Posts Tagged ‘Election2008’

by Patrick Moberg

A couple of radio DJ from Canada prank called Governor Palin pretending to be the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. AND SHE FELL FOR IT. There has to be a) a reality check by her and her peeps, and b) a more legitimate way to call other heads of state. But, hey, she has plenty of experience, right? Oi vey.

Update: I found more Palin stupidity at Salon.com . If McPalin wins, we are so fucked. If they lose, and the Republican Party runs Palin in 2012, they are fucked. She is not worthy of being President, but then again, neither is Bush.

I am starting to believe that the Republican Party is much worse off than the Democratic Party - aside from the fact that the Republicans have a larger base than the Dems. I am forseeing a split in the Republican Party. The relatively sane fiscal conservatives (Libertarians) of the party are going to get fed up with the bat-shit-crazy social conservatives and bail. I look forward to that day because the social conservatives are ruining this country for everyone, even themselves. They are just too myopic to realize it.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I) Vermont has a lot to say about what America should be and isn’t on Real Time w/ Bill Maher. If he were from Kansas, I’d vote for him in a heart beat.

FiveThirtyEight.com has a breakdown of Kansas’ voting population’s tendencies. I wish I could say I was surprised. Sometimes I cry myself to sleep because I live in a stupidly Republican state. But in states like Kansas God and guns come before calm and sense.

I love that Starbucks:Walmart ratio is an indicator of the general socioeconomic makeup of a population and thus their voting tendencies.

I watched Frontline’s 2-hour PBS documentary “The Choice” tonight (and you can, too). If someone’s an undecided voter, this docu won’t sway them, though it will inform them. If someone hasn’t been paying attention, then this will fill in most of the necessary bio/character info. (One detail not addressed: Barack is a poker player, and John is a craps player. Enough said.)

The Kerry/Bush side-by-side Frontline did was amazing; even a dork like me didn’t know the depth of the differences between the lives of those two men. I still refer to points it made in conversation. This election cycle’s docu was more forgettable, though solid. And, simply due to the timing of its production, it doesn’t examine anything post-conventions, which has clearly (Palin, the economy) been pivotal.

Huh. I was totally riveted to the screen tonight, even deferring a trip to the bathroom. A program like this is like porn for wonks. Yet this post is not a glowing endorsement of the show…

…maybe satire is the best way to examine this election. More power to the court jesters: Fey, Stewart, Colbert, hopefully Grier’s new show, and boy do I miss Chappelle.

With a killer ad.

Great stuff.

I feel like I felt on Super Tuesday.  Like Jake Taylor said in Major League the only thing left to do is win the whole fucking thing.

I have lots of thoughts, will share them tomorrow, but a knockout tonight.  A complete thrashing.

Please, please register to vote if you are not registered already. Even if you’ll be in a different state, you can still register and vote with an absentee ballot - hint, hint, nudge, nudge alupa. You can even register while you pooping, at least that is what Sarah Silverman claims. This election is way to important to not vote.

Presidential Unlikely Ralph Nader will be in Lawrence.

Oct. 9th, 6:30pm
Nader/Gonzalez Rally
Abe & Jake’s Landing
Suggested Contribution: $10/$5 students
(415) 902-9250 or events@votenader.org

For me, this is nearly as good as Pearl Jam coming to Lawrence. Woohoo.