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the election comes to south park

i am sure most of you are aware of the comedy central show south park, and i am also sure that at least a few of you are aware or saw last wednesdays all new south park having to do with the election. what amazed me was the the concession speech of john mccain and [...]

Watching Obama Vote

on election day i happened to be flipping through the channels when there was breaking news that obama was about to vote. having little else to do tuesday morning as i was waking up i decided to stay there and watch. (better to watch that then “the view”) the whole obama family walked in together [...]

Election Predictions

Post yours in the comment section:
Electoral Votes:
McCain:
Obama:
Key States (who wins):
Virginia:
Pennsylvania:
Ohio:
You can figure out the EV’s at: http://www.270towin.com/

Just be Tuesday, already.

It’s so close. The election is four days away, and I feel like I can’t turn on the tv or check my e-mail without being barraged by Michelle, Barack and Mark. Yes, I know there are only a few days left, and I’ve seen the polls, I know there is still work left to be [...]

Elections and Megachurches

I just saw this article and laughed out loud until I began reading, at which point I became a little uneasy.
 http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort…
The author attempts to prove that “running a campaign is like building a megachurch.” He first goes through the general history of a megachurch, which was inspired when a missionary in India decided that the [...]

Drudge lost his mojo?

I found an article talking about the internet newsguy’s possible declinde in power:
 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/…
It stated Drudge’s possible out-of-touch-ness, due to his cautionary comments about Obama…..
On Monday, Drudge posted a link to this You Tube clip featuring an Obama radio interview from 2001 with a headline that blared: “2001 OBAMA: TRAGEDY THAT ‘REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH’ NOT PURSUED [...]

Why Marx Would Vote for McCain

Perhaps the most absurd contention that has arisen in the final weeks of the campaign is that Barack Obama is a Socialist or Communist, or some perverted combination of the above. If anything, Senator Obama is the anti-Marxist candidate; a true socialist would be well served to vote for John McCain. Obama’s slight revisions to the tax code [...]

Female v. Male candidates

This study discusses an interesting gender bias between voters. Female voters were considered male candidates ‘dominant,’ male voters did not see a difference in dominance based on gender. This is expsing the kind of social structure that influences women to look at men as dominant. Without getting in to a nature v. nurture or logic [...]

Politics is also about business

After the third presidential debate, where the two candidates spent precious time of their talk commenting on him, Joe the Plumber has become part of the campaign. He has been mentioned in countless speeches, he has appeared on many newspapers, his story has become national known and a campaign ad based on his figure was [...]

What a relief not to dread election day.

For the first time in a long time I feel like I can respect my future president. The days of embarassment are over. George Bush is almost done! Whether McCain or Obama wins the United States will be better off than we have been. Seeing the Obama ad that is effectivly his closing statement makes [...]

Obama fundraising

One of the best record B. Obama set through the ongoing campaign is about fundraising. The Democratic candidate in fact has become the most successful presidential fundraiser ever, with donations of more than $ 600 million, almost the amount of money that all candidates from both major parties collected in private donation in 2004. The [...]

Jesus would have worked with Bill Ayers too.

For a while now, the McCain campaign has been attacking Obama about his past association with Bill Ayers, a controversial anti-war activist. The McCain campaign also used this tactic in calling out Obama for his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I do not believe you should judge someone based on the people they associate with.
Obama [...]

Obamacons

In the most recent edition of The Economist, Lexington writes an article on another phenomenon we are witnessing this election: conservatives jumping ship in favor of Obama. Colin Powell is only one of the most prominent figures leaving the Republican Party. The article cites a poll from The Washington Post-ABC which shows Obama winning [...]

Bias and Negativity: Validation for Journalists

I found this article and thought it very interesting considering our recent study of negative ads. One could say that there is a parallel suggested by this article: like negative ads being good for the campaign process, negative and biased press could be in a similar fashion…….
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14982.html
Why McCain is getting hosed in the press
By: [...]

Vote in your college town or hometown?

So it’s probably really obnoxious to keep posting articles I’ve written for the Free Lance-Star… but most of my feelings and information I get while reporting about the election! I apologize if I come off as self-promoting.
I wanted to ask you guys about where you’re registered to vote this year. It’s an interesting issue with [...]

Palin Rally!

I love that I’ve had the chance to see three out of the four Presidential/Vice Presidential nominees this election.  I think it is an amazing opportunity, and I hope that everyone took advantage of the fact that we’ve been so fortunate this year!  Maybe in 2012 I’ll catch all four.
So, as you can tell, I [...]





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