2008 election
30% voted before election day
I wonder how high this number rises once we can vote online.
In the presidential election of 2008, approximately 39.7 million or 30% of all votes were cast prior to Election Day, November 4, 2008. This is a significant increase from 20% in 2004 and part of the upward trend experienced since 1992, when 7% of [...]
NT7 Breakfast Show interview
I was on the NTV7 Breakfast Show yesterday. Being on live TV with no sleep is interesting! I couldn’t sleep the night before the election and then again the night after Obama’s amazing win I was still buzzing. I was asked to come on after speaking to a reporter during the election watch party hosted [...]
Online video viewers better informed voters
photo by AgentOdd
This is interesting for me because living overseas almost all of my election news is online. I’m curious how the news is being absorbed back home. Most of what I watch is from Huffington Post, Crooks & Liars, DailyKos, YouTube. The vicious loops of stateside political coverage from CNN International (and mind numbing [...]
Prediction: Obama 375, McCain 163
I’m being kind giving McCain Arizona. It’s now looking like he might lose his home state.
I endorse McCain for President, of Halloween
This is NOT photoshopped. The man actually made this zombie face in the final moments of the most important televised appearance of his political life. He is a Maverick! What if he’d performed the thriller routine? John McCain, you won’t get my vote but you’re invited to any future BBQ I have. Just leave Keating [...]
Bloodthirsty War Mongerer by Jill Greenberg
photo by Jill Greenberg
Protest, Art, or just wrong? I don’t know who is more stupid, McCain’s people for not doing background check on political leanings of photo journalists or Jill for putting herself in a position to possibly get sued or worse.
via BuzzFeed
Obama billboard causes outrage
A billboard in West Plains, Missouri suggests that Obama is a Muslim out to tax abortions for same sex married gun owners..
I’d probably knock it down if I drove by, but it’s (still) a free country. Say what you like. I’m free to blog about what an idiot you are though.
via CurrentTV
Obama: “I can take 4 more weeks of attacks, but America can’t take 4 years of McCain”
Obama is talking directly to republicans in this clip. “You might just want to try it this once..”
Ladies and gentlemen, the next President of the United States, Obama.
Four score and seven tweets ago
Just saw this over at Joe Trippi’s blog,
If you haven’t already heard, a big win came over the weekend in the form of Franking Reform that will open the doors to allow Congress to log on and communicate over the web with their constituents and anyone else out in the cloud. One of the main [...]
Mad Dog Palin
Illustration by Victor Juhasz
The scariest thing about John McCain’s running mate isn’t how unqualified she is – it’s what her candidacy says about America
via RollingStone
Post turtle
picture by DcubeD
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who’s hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Palin and her bid.
The old rancher said, “Well, ya know, Palin is a Post [...]