Another interesting story comes to us out of Ohio. This one raises a few questions, but centers on voting by people who may not be in a position to make responsible decisions about their vote. Examples of possible voter fraud in Ohio stretch from the farmlands to the West Coast. In Highland County, 95-year-old Mildred Meddock registered and voted for the first time in her … [Read more...] about Who is Getting the Alzheimers Vote in Ohio?
Is Sarah Palin The McCain Campain’s Scapegoat?
With less than a week before the votes are counted, an ongoing media narrative is the continued friction -- real or otherwise -- between Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and his pick for Veep, Gov. Sarah Palin. Is she sinking or has she sunk his campaign? Or is HE sinking and has he sunk HER campaign? If you're a Republican, where you point the finger … [Read more...] about Is Sarah Palin The McCain Campain’s Scapegoat?
Poli-Sci (Fi) Girl: Election Cure for the Vainglorious Vote
This is the Republic of Gondour's way of balancing the disparity between the wealthy, and the not wealthy. On Gondour, each person begins with one vote each, but can earn through unusual means, the right to vote multiple times in a single election. Thus, a single person can earn the right to have many votes, while others, less ambitious, are left with only one vote for … [Read more...] about Poli-Sci (Fi) Girl: Election Cure for the Vainglorious Vote
Netflix Coming to TiVo
Dave Zatz at Zatz Not Funny!: The process probably hasn’t played out exactly the way TiVo and Netflix anticipated when they initially inked a development agreement in 2004… In fact, the struggle to find content and move this project forward drove Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to declare there’s “no work going on,” “no content,” and “no point” in 2005. Fast forward a few years and … [Read more...] about Netflix Coming to TiVo
(Election Countdown Edition) Wanted: A Better Caption For This Photo
THE SCENE OUTSIDE A HOUSE SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA … [Read more...] about (Election Countdown Edition) Wanted: A Better Caption For This Photo
McCain Gets Key Endorsement. Obama Doomed.
This seems to be the long awaited October Surprise. In a last minute switch, a decisive endorsement has moved from Obama to McCain. As usual, a picture is worth a thousand words. Click through the jump for all the details. (Image via Weekly World News) … [Read more...] about McCain Gets Key Endorsement. Obama Doomed.
World Series 2008: A Phabulous Phillies Victory Is Tempered By A Greater Reality
World champions (top) and The Wild Thing The Philadelphia Phillies' last gasp as a World Series contender ended on a frigid late October evening in 1993 with one swing of the bat as the Blue Jays' mighty Joe Carter launched a fastball hurled by reliever Mitch Williams into the left-field seats of Toronto's Sky Dome for a walk-off three-run homer. Williams, known with an … [Read more...] about World Series 2008: A Phabulous Phillies Victory Is Tempered By A Greater Reality
Wednesday Night Live
The presidential campaign peaked on prime-time TV with Barack Obama's 30-minute, $5 million valentine to the American middle class, followed by John McCain on Larry King, free of charge, expressing pride and confidence in Sarah Palin, while admitting their maverickosity leads to an occasional difference of opinion. Later, Obama upstaged himself on the Daily Show by … [Read more...] about Wednesday Night Live
Election Prediction (2008)
I can't take the horse-race nature of the presidential election reporting much longer. Who's ahead now? We hear of poll after poll, polling averages and polls of "likely" voters. (Does an "unlikely" voter count? And who decides who is "likely"?) We are expected to pay attention to this as it crowds out more substantial reporting. Here in the final stretch - oh! - the race … [Read more...] about Election Prediction (2008)
Notes from a Disgruntled Hollywood Conservative
My partner told me about this post by Los Angeles Times blogger Patrick Goldstein, where he interviews Michael DeLuca, a Hollywood conservative (a rarity) who is leaning towards Obama in this year's race, but grudgingly. His words read like something I would say, heck it IS something I said. He liked McCain, but wonders what happened to the McCain of 2000: As much as I’ve … [Read more...] about Notes from a Disgruntled Hollywood Conservative
Our Better History: Thoughts on Obama’s Half-Hour Prime-Time TV Ad
I thought it was excellent: the focus on the economy, on the middle class, on his personal story, a story that is so profoundly American, on a strong foreign policy that focuses on the real threats and that restores America's standing in the world, on the themes of hope and change that have come to define Obama's run for the presidency from the very beginning. And, once … [Read more...] about Our Better History: Thoughts on Obama’s Half-Hour Prime-Time TV Ad
You Can Vote However You Like!
A joyful reminder from Atlanta's Ron Clark Academy, via Andrew Sullivan... … [Read more...] about You Can Vote However You Like!
Obama’s 30 Minute Infomercial: Smart Production Values And Smart Target Focus
There are those of us who are old enough to remember the days when politicians bought 30 minute blocs of time to do infomercials that ran on one or more networks. These political infomercials weren't always purchased by the main, top candidates -- and their production values often left lot to be desired. In 1964, then Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton ran an extended … [Read more...] about Obama’s 30 Minute Infomercial: Smart Production Values And Smart Target Focus
Thoughts on the Obama Infomercial
First a reminder. I'm biased. I've been a supporter of Barack Obama since he ran for Senate in 2004. I am truly "in the tank" for Obama and have been all along. So this won't be an "objective" reaction to the infomercial. It will be the reaction of a supporter who is optimistic about next Tuesday but knows very well that this race is not over yet. So here goes. First, was it … [Read more...] about Thoughts on the Obama Infomercial
Eighteen Latin American Countries Prefer Obama: Poll – Observa, Uruguay
One of a flood of new international polls on which U.S. candidate people prefer, is one by Latinobarometro. According to the Chilean organization's Web site, this annual survey involves some 19,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 400 million inhabitants. Covering the results of the survey, this article from Uruguay's Observa newspaper says … [Read more...] about Eighteen Latin American Countries Prefer Obama: Poll – Observa, Uruguay
Polls: Obama Still Has Stable Lead And Gaining In Battleground States
Most key polls still show Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama ahead with a fairly stable lead -- as he continues to gain ground in key battleground states. With a week to go until voting -- and hours before Obama airs a 30-minute infomercial on several networks that could either help him solidify support or backfire and give his opponents ammunition -- the … [Read more...] about Polls: Obama Still Has Stable Lead And Gaining In Battleground States
Obama’s Debt to the People
If elected, Barack Obama will be the first truly independent President of modern times without a large debt of gratitude to big business and financiers. For the nearly two grueling years of campaigning, he is carried aloft by millions of ordinary people and financed for the most part by contributions of less than $100. His debt is to the people. Obama has already made … [Read more...] about Obama’s Debt to the People
The Obama Infomercial: What to Expect
The NYT gets and shares an abbreviated sneak peek. … [Read more...] about The Obama Infomercial: What to Expect
Civil Rights Roundup: 10/29/08
Your daily dose of civil rights and related news The White House is asking its (now totally apolitical!) Justice Department to hamper 200,000 Ohio residents from voting. Black voters are really nervous about the integrity of this election. A Black Brazilian immigrant gets a lesson in racism upon arriving in America. Lawyers have finally secured access to a … [Read more...] about Civil Rights Roundup: 10/29/08
The Idea of Sarah
Danielle Crittenden, the wife of conservative writer, David Frum, is putting a lie to the belief among some conservatives that the only people against VP candidate Sarah Palin are elitist snobs who go to Ivy League Schools. But Ms. Crittenden is no such person. She never went to college, having gone straight into the family business of running a newspaper and becoming an … [Read more...] about The Idea of Sarah