Showing posts with label Election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Election. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Political Analysis Rocky Can Understand
Why does fake news get closer to the truth than straight news these days?
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Now THIS is the Obama administration I was looking forward to...
Actor Kal Penn joins White House team
3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has hired actor Kal Penn as a liaison between President Barack Obama's administration and arts groups.
White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a recurring role on Fox's TV show "House" and has starred in several movies would join the staff as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison. His role will be to connect Obama with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, as well as arts and entertainment groups.
Penn starred as Kumar in the movie, "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay." His "House" character committed suicide in Monday's episode.
Penn backed Obama during the campaign. The White House says a start date for Penn hasn't been set.
3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has hired actor Kal Penn as a liaison between President Barack Obama's administration and arts groups.
White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a recurring role on Fox's TV show "House" and has starred in several movies would join the staff as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison. His role will be to connect Obama with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, as well as arts and entertainment groups.
Penn starred as Kumar in the movie, "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay." His "House" character committed suicide in Monday's episode.
Penn backed Obama during the campaign. The White House says a start date for Penn hasn't been set.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Thanks and Have Fun Running The Country
Excerptsfrom a new book of children's letters to Barack Obama.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Sore Winners, Smoothly Making The Transition To Being Sore Losers
from NPR's Morning Edition
A week after the GOP's worst electoral loss in decades, Republican governors are gathering in Miami this week for some serious soul-searching …
In a presentation to the governors, Republican consultant and pollster Frank Luntz laid out some stark facts. John McCain won just 32 percent of the youth vote — the lowest margin in history, according to Luntz. Young people increasingly communicate and get their information over the internet. The Obama campaign understood that and compiled a list of 10 million names and e-mail addresses.
"It makes him and his supporters the most powerful special interest group in all of America," Luntz said of the president-elect. "And 3 million of those people have donated to the campaign. We've never had that situation, where so many people are so active and so engaged, and they can be reached by the stroke of a key."
Just in case the election results left you with the delusion that the American people had spoken.
A week after the GOP's worst electoral loss in decades, Republican governors are gathering in Miami this week for some serious soul-searching …
In a presentation to the governors, Republican consultant and pollster Frank Luntz laid out some stark facts. John McCain won just 32 percent of the youth vote — the lowest margin in history, according to Luntz. Young people increasingly communicate and get their information over the internet. The Obama campaign understood that and compiled a list of 10 million names and e-mail addresses.
"It makes him and his supporters the most powerful special interest group in all of America," Luntz said of the president-elect. "And 3 million of those people have donated to the campaign. We've never had that situation, where so many people are so active and so engaged, and they can be reached by the stroke of a key."
Just in case the election results left you with the delusion that the American people had spoken.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Republican Party, Average Working Joe Bid One Another Adieu Until 2012
from the Onion:
WASHINGTON—As the 2008 presidential campaign came to a close Tuesday, the Republican Party and the average American hard working Joe bid each other a fond farewell at a small rally in Pennsylvania, vowing to meet once again, as scheduled, at the dawn of the next election season. "The Republican Party wishes to thank the Joe for his cooperation and faithful support, and we look forward to acknowledging his needs again in 2012," said GOP representative Luke Hayes, moments before getting in a car and heading back to Washington. "Until then, old friend, we'd just like to say happy trails to you and best of luck." Representatives for the average working Joe reported that the time spent together had likewise been a pleasure, even though he did not actually get around to voting this year
WASHINGTON—As the 2008 presidential campaign came to a close Tuesday, the Republican Party and the average American hard working Joe bid each other a fond farewell at a small rally in Pennsylvania, vowing to meet once again, as scheduled, at the dawn of the next election season. "The Republican Party wishes to thank the Joe for his cooperation and faithful support, and we look forward to acknowledging his needs again in 2012," said GOP representative Luke Hayes, moments before getting in a car and heading back to Washington. "Until then, old friend, we'd just like to say happy trails to you and best of luck." Representatives for the average working Joe reported that the time spent together had likewise been a pleasure, even though he did not actually get around to voting this year
Thursday, October 23, 2008
McCain in the Membrane
Running low on impotent rage? Check out the scathing critique of John McCain by Tom Dickinson, published in Rolling Stone, that was linked (though undersold) by Stoner a while back. I just got around to reading it; it's very long, and not at all fair or balanced, but very enlightening.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
A Note on the Primary from a "Bitter" "Elitist"
It's been reported that Hillary's strongest demographic groups are the elderly (50+ club), those with a high school education or less, and those making less than $50K per year. In other words, these are the same folks who fall for telemarketing scams, are the target audience for infomercials for dubious products, and are disproportionately the victims of various schemes of opportunistic scammers. Why doesn’t this surprise me?
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Equal Time for Hillary
As "liar, liar, sniper fire" becomes a popular playground taunt, it's time to set the record straight. She wasn't lying. See actual footage of her heroinism.
Jesus, Dude
About five lanes over, a young man in a T-shirt that said "Beer Hunter" fell on his backside while bowling and still recorded a strike.
Joseph DiSarro, a political scientist at Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, said the low score "humanizes him." He told (The Guardian):
Bowling is still a rather popular activity in western Pennsylvania and central Pennsylvania. I don't know whether 37 is going to hurt him, but I would say that his appearance at a bowling alley helped him.
The score itself, it probably humanizes him. Some people think he's a bit too much of a preppy or an elitist.
They're going after the blue-collar vote. They're trying to diminish this notion that this guy only gets the college types. He's in a bowling alley. Some people even might think he probably had a beer and a hot dog. I think it's a master stroke. DiSarro noted that large photographs of him on the lane ran in local newspapers.
An unlike Dukakis, Kerry and Bush at the above-mentioned events, Obama didn't look awkward or uncomfortable.
"His form wasn't bad, but a lesson wouldn't hurt him at all," said Myron Mitchell, president of the Amateur Bowlers Tour told me. "We could spend an hour with him and I could have him in the 140s without any trouble."
Bowling is still a rather popular activity in western Pennsylvania and central Pennsylvania. I don't know whether 37 is going to hurt him, but I would say that his appearance at a bowling alley helped him.
The score itself, it probably humanizes him. Some people think he's a bit too much of a preppy or an elitist.
They're going after the blue-collar vote. They're trying to diminish this notion that this guy only gets the college types. He's in a bowling alley. Some people even might think he probably had a beer and a hot dog. I think it's a master stroke. DiSarro noted that large photographs of him on the lane ran in local newspapers.
An unlike Dukakis, Kerry and Bush at the above-mentioned events, Obama didn't look awkward or uncomfortable.
"His form wasn't bad, but a lesson wouldn't hurt him at all," said Myron Mitchell, president of the Amateur Bowlers Tour told me. "We could spend an hour with him and I could have him in the 140s without any trouble."
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Glassbooth
Want to build up false hope for our country's future? Save yourself some legwork and go to glassbooth, where they'll find the candidate who most closely aligns with yr political leanings. The site appears to be on-the-level and supports it recommendations with a melange of quotes, videos, and voting records from the candidates.
Warning: chances are it won't be one of the pols already chosen by Coca-Cola and Lockheed-Martin for the November crapshoot. Anyone for a $2 Pocket Shot?
Warning: chances are it won't be one of the pols already chosen by Coca-Cola and Lockheed-Martin for the November crapshoot. Anyone for a $2 Pocket Shot?
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