I know the night is early and there are a lot of votes out in California, but I’m looking at Obama 13,786,707 — McCain 13,533, 528 as the popular vote stands right now.
That’s Obama’s 49.9% to McCain’s 49.2%.
Sure, the electoral college is 174 (Obama) to 69 (McCain), but where is the big landslide? Where is [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘mccain’
November 4, 2008
game changer?
November 4, 2008
voting zen
it’s a kind of eeiry, peaceful feeling, knowing that you’re voting for the loser. no need to go home and fire up CNN + Politico and breathlessly wait out the evening. knowing that you didn’t just choose between the lesser of two evils, and that no matter whether it’s a blue landslide or an upset [...]
November 3, 2008
McMarginalized
you know that thing people sometimes say, when they’re trying not to sound racist or bigoted, that only makes them sound vaguely racist/bigoted as well as kind of hokey and old-fashioned… they say something like:
I don’t care if you’re white, black, yellow, orange, purple, whatever…
because sure, there are yellow people. and when they refer to [...]
October 24, 2008
the politics of dancing
if you love our democracy, you must watch this video. [sorry, can't embed.]
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[headline reference; watching that, I don't blame the Russians for wanting to bomb us back to the stone age back in the 80's.]
August 17, 2008
“I learned this one from mom”
“it’s called: hold on a sec, I have to drink my caramel macchiatto and say good morning to your future president of the United States.” *
her official caption was: “Dad saying hi to me in the morning.”
“this is my So-Inspired-By-His-Vision-for-America-face (made more difficult by Botox):”
her caption: “I had the best seat in the house.” she [...]
