I’m not saying it’s going to be easy for Obama. It’s going to be really, really hard and he is very likely going to disappoint me. But damn. This is a historic beautiful thing. Even if you voted for the other guy, I hope you can see that this is a moment that will shine [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Election 2008'
What kind of country will we be? Live-blogging the election
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
We are about to find out. We’ll be following along using and so can you. Here’s Nate Silver’s handy-dandy timeline for you to use. And if you like the conservative (meaning not calling races until the polls actually close and the results are mostly counted), use the NYTimes.com map.
So here we go folks:
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I can’t look
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
It is probably good for my physce and general overall mental health that I am stuck in an all-day workshop today and no where near a TV with only intermittent internet browsing opportunities.
So if you must fill the next 4 hours with mindless anxiety producing election stories and prognostications, you should not come here. Because [...]
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The end is nigh
November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
It’s all about to end. This never-ending presidential election which began a thousand years ago. Seriously. John Edwards (remember him?) basically began running in 2004. Back in those innocent halcyon days, it was going to be Edwards vs Hillary. Ah, the smell of inevitability. And then oops! it’s all gets screwed up somewhere in the [...]
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains
November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Every election has them … the winners and the losers. Ok. Not quite true. There’s usually lots and lots of losers and really only one winner. And technically that will be true on this Tuesday night Wednesday evening morning as well.
But this election has seen several winners; they won’t all be making victory speeches in [...]
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Menno Roundup: special election edition
November 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · "Those shiftless Mennonites"
And the debate goes on and on and on. I’m going with Jim Wallis on this one.
Apparently, the fate of the free world now rests on the Amish. Well, those that are paying attention anyway.
Good to know I’m not the only one stressed. And just like a good Mennonite, I’m dealing with it by eating.
Gay [...]
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Obama got Powell, McCain got Bin Laden?
October 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Apparently, the McCain campaign is … uhm … Freaking. Out. at the idea the Osama Bin Laden — who is actually an Arabic Muslim terrorist — is not endorsing the Arabic Muslim terrorist currently running for President of the United States.
Oh no.
Bin Laden — again, an actual bona fide Arabic Muslim terrorist who doesn’t just [...]
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We just need to hang in there a little while longer
October 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
It’s the beginning of the end. In less than two weeks, our long, long national nightmare will soon be over. Or just beginning again. Hah!
I’ve got the opposite problem that Minor Mennonite has I think. I’m actually writing less and less about politics (or maybe less and less in general) because the closer we get, [...]
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Somewhere on Long Island, two men sit down at a table
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
I am here in a hotel room on a twin (a twin!) bed in lovely Philly (home of the Sarah-Palin booing Flyer fans) eating delivered Indian food. And yet somehow I’m not as upset as I think I should be. Because tonight is the last live blogged debate of the 2008 Election.
Oh, I know it’s [...]
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The priming of Mr. Levi Johnston
October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
How to change your image from small-town, bad-boy, hard-drinking, hard-fighting high school dropout to future son-in-law of the Republican Party’s next great hope.
Step 1: Get yourself a haircut and shave. Accept that your hotness will be commented on by straight women and gay men everywhere.
Step 2: Buy a suit — one that fits well.
Step 3: [...]