Michelle Obama on Indecision 2008

Two points from these videos:

1) What does it say about our news gathering organizations when the best interviews and commentary are coming from comedy shows? I know this is not a new idea.

2) Is it important to be interviewing the spouse of the candidate? I have mixed feelings about this. We are not voting for the spouse, but at the same time they do indirectly tell us about the candidate. I do know that I like to hear what Michelle Obama has to say because she is an intelligent woman.

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WOW!

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Beaker does "Ode to Joy"

Ode To Joy from Beaker on Vimeo.

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Ever have a day like this?

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Why I'm voting for Al Franken:

Here is an example of why I'm voting for Al Franken and not Norm Coleman.



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Hiding Gambling?

Martha Miller: McCain's Tax Returns Hide Gambling

The title says "hide gambling" but the just of the article is actually "may hide gambling."  Still interesting just in that John McCain loves to gamble.  Not clear how much he loves to gamble.  One thing is clear to me:  given his choice of Sarah Palin, I think the gambler personae is accurate.

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This picture is from a blog of a friend of mine. He has a real talent for photography, as his pictures show. Check out his blog for more of his pictures.

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CelticProgressive: Sarah Barracuda Strikes Back!

CelticProgressive: Sarah Barracuda Strikes Back!

Favorite quote:  JFK to Goldwater: "you want this ^$&#^ job?"

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public void palin()

void palin() throws CannotAnswerAQuestionException { throw new CannotAnswerAQuestionException("I"m not going to answer that question"); }

Thank you, John McCain

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Perhaps it would be best to send President Clinton to Alaska to campaign for Obama

This is how Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory:

At one point, host Tom Brokaw asked, "Would you use the same words for [Obama] that you have used for Senator McCain, that you admire him and that you think he's a great man?"

Clinton's response:

"Well, I don't -- look, I had my first conversation with [Obama] in my entire life in Harlem," a reference to a lunch the two had in mid-September. Clinton followed by stating that he "certainly admire[s]" Obama, but that while the Illinois Democrat has "unlimited potential," he could only achieve greatness in time.

Clinton went on to speak up Palin. (For full details see here.)

President Clinton: get with the program. You continue to give the perception that you value your wife's political career over what is good for the nation in this present moment. This election is too important and your lukewarm endorsements of Obama is not helping the cause.

It's not me blowing this up, it's the Republicans.

The following is an except from a NY Times article:

Friday morning, on CBS’s “The Early Show,” Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the lead Democratic negotiator, said the bailout had been derailed by internal Republican politics.

“I didn’t know I was going to be the referee for an internal G.O.P. ideological civil war,” Mr. Frank said, according to The A.P.Thursday, in the Roosevelt Room after the session, the Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., literally bent down on one knee as he pleaded with Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, not to “blow it up” by withdrawing her party’s support for the package over what Ms. Pelosi derided as a Republican betrayal.

“I didn’t know you were Catholic,” Ms. Pelosi said, a wry reference to Mr. Paulson’s kneeling, according to someone who observed the exchange. She went on: “It’s not me blowing this up, it’s the Republicans.”

Mr. Paulson sighed. “I know. I know.”

From an article in the NY Times.

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"Suspend being president?"

"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!"

--Dave Letterman on McCain suspending his campaign.

Alleluia, version 1

Over at my music blog (The Note Head) I've just added a new song: Alleluia. The idea of sacred music is definitely not new, but I want to experiment a bit with creating soundscapes based on this idea. I have a blog entry with some more thoughts on that.





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And now for something completely different...

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Man does not live by political blogging alone... What we've all been waiting for. The true tales of MCLOVIN!!!

Socialism, Republican Style

You know what this is?

Republican Socialism

Yep, you heard me, Republican Socialism. R-E-P-U-B... well, you get the picture.

I wish I could take credit for that phrase, but I first saw it on the blog Celtic Progressive. Don't get me wrong: I think that these bail outs are probably necessary at this point. But is this not an example of a corporate safety net? Why don't ordinary people deserve such a safety net?

Les Misbarack

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Thanks to Ben who alerted Mindy who posted this to facebook!

You might have to be a true Music-Theatre Geek to get how really off the wall funny this is, but trust me--it is! Special mention is needed for McCain/Palin showing up as the Thénardiers.

"Sarah and Hillary" on SNL

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Craig Ferguson on voting

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I saw this last night! It was EXCELLENT! GO CRAIG! GO VOTE!!!

A voice for the end of distractions.

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Lipstickgate is a distraction. Obama points out that such distractions is what keeps our political debates from being about the issues. Thanks to Alan B. for bringing this to my attention.