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Why I'm Voting For Barack Obama
I. Energy Policy:Summary: This is one of the most important issues for me in the 2008 election. As I see it, we need to reach three goals: (1) change our auto fleet so that it is no longer dependent on oil as a fuel source; (2) reduce greenhouse gas ...
McFast & McFurious
...is the election over yet?...
Intermission
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Debate #3: Obama Wins
Once again, the viewer reaction polls have Obama winning by wide margins (see here and here).UPDATE:UPDATE II: There's a new post-debate ad up.UPDATE III:...
Anger and Shame
From Steve Benen: The McCain campaign has deliberately been whipping the angry, far-right Republican base into a frenzy. That includes increasing frequency of "Hussein" references, but it also includes looking the other way while campaign supporters ...
Obama Ad: "Lose"
Joe Biden: McCain is "an angry man, lurching from one position to another"
Second Presidential Debate
Why I'm Voting For Barack Obama
[I will be updating and adding to this list a lot between now and November]I. Energy Policy:Summary: This is one of the most important issues for me in the 2008 election. As I see it, we need to reach three goals: (1) change our auto fleet so that it...
Buckle Your Seatbelts
A few years ago, John McCain said this on Newshour with Jim Lehrer:I just have to rely on the good judgment of the voters not to buy into these negative attack ads. Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads...
Split Vote
Post-Debate Analysis From A Monkey Scientist
I normally don't care for post-debate analysis that focuses on body language, who refused to make eye contact with whom, etc. But let's see what a monkey scientist has to say about this one:I think people really are missing the point about McCain's f...
McCain Pre-Emptively Declares Victory
McCain is already running the above ad in the Wall Street Journal. Despite the fact that the debate doesn't even start for a few more hours.What's with this guy?...
Jeffrey Toobin Is Absolutely Right
How can these people be so gullible to say that McCain has "suspended" his campaign when he's still appearing on news networks, running TV ads, attacking his opponent, fundraising, etc.? What is the difference between this and "campaigning"?The CNN g...
McCain's Economic Plan
McCain�s Economic Plan For Nation: 'Everyone Marry A Beer Heiress'...
Frail Old Man Tries To Avoid Talking To African American Asking For Change
Just a few months ago, John McCain said: "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book." I don't know how an economist's autobiography was supposed to help him, but oh well.Just ten days ago, ...
Why I'm Voting For Barack Obama
[I will be updating and adding to this list a lot between now and November]I. Energy Policy:Summary: This is one of the most important issues for me in the 2008 election. As I see it, we need to reach three goals: (1) change our auto fleet so that it...
Required Reading
This article ("John McCain's Hot Air") by former Department of Energy official Joseph Romm is a must-read....
Fail
Out on the campaign trail, McCain recently said this:My friends, this is the problem in Washington. People like Senator Obama have been too busy gaming the system and haven't ever done a thing to challenge the system. That isn't country first, that's...
McCain Attacks Obama
Why I'm Voting For Barack Obama
[I will be updating and adding to this list a lot between now and November]I. Energy Policy:Summary: This is one of the most important issues for me in the 2008 election. As I see it, we need to reach three goals: (1) change our auto fleet so that it...
Watch Him Dissemble and Repeat Scripted Words
Joe Biden Speech
A Big Lie
BIG LIES "people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it." [United States Office of Strategic Services]JOHN McCAIN “The fact is that Gov. Palin learned that earm...
Obama Ad: "Deception Is All He Has Left"
Obama Ad: "Super Lobbyist"
More McCain Dishonesty
This one is reported by Army Times: McCain on FCS: Flip-flop or fib?: Has Sen. John McCain renounced his longtime antagonism toward the Army’s Future Combat Systems? On Sept. 8, the Republican presidential candidate told a rally crowd in Lee’s ...
Obama and McCain Legislation
The Washington Monthly has compiled a partial list of the legislation coming from McCain and Obama in the 109th and 110th Congress. I encourage everyone to check it out....
Obama Ad: "It's Over"
Fail
