Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Apologies to Joao Silva/New York Times for using their photo. But look: American soldiers walking past a
spray-painted blast wall in Al Awad, Iraq, yesterday.
The first time I voted in a presidential election was in the 2000 election. I was a senior in college in New Hampshire. I voted absentee in Alaska. Before election night, the [...]
4th November 2008 | Tags: 2000, Al Gore, anomie, elections, George W. Bush, Iraq, politics, Ralph Nader, sharks, voting
Posted in anticipation, dissipation, history, politics | 1 Comment »
A forward link landed in my e-mail yesterday. It led me to a 13-second lark trying to portray John McCain as Oswald C. Cobblepot, better known as the Penguin, from Batman. You can see it here:
The Penguin is surely one of the more entertaining Batman villains–my favorite, if we’re working from the 1960s television [...]
15th October 2008 | Tags: Barack Obama, Burgess Meredith, debate, guilt by association, John McCain, politics, strategy, tactics, the Penguin
Posted in irony, politics | 2 Comments »
When I was in high school, an especially talented teacher brought the hammer down on all of us idealistic almost-voters. Our votes for president, she told us, wouldn’t count.
Easy for her to say. And not necessarily wrong. We were living in Alaska, which holds a whopping three electoral votes. And those three electoral votes are [...]
29th August 2008 | Tags: Alaska, Barack Obama, John McCain, politics, Sarah Palin
Posted in Alaska, politics, really? | 1 Comment »
When I heard of the death of Tim Russert yesterday, the grand inquisitor (in a good way) of Washington, I repeatedly thought of Mark Leibovich’s Chris Matthews profile from the NYT Mag in April:
On the morning of the Cleveland debate, Matthews was standing in the lobby of the Ritz when Russert walked through, straight [...]
14th June 2008 | Tags: celebrities, Chris Matthews, class, death, Mark Leibovich, NBC, politics, status, success, television, Tim Russert
Posted in competition, journalism, television | No Comments »
Who says politics has devolved into a slideshow? Looks more like it’s the center ring. This was recorded for the WWE, broadcast last night. I guess they really are trying to get that working class white male vote. No more direct route than pro wrestling, right?
I like how McCain suggests that he’s “the man.” Hard [...]
22nd April 2008 | Tags: politics, the Man, video, wrestling
Posted in anticipation, competition, politics, race, really? | No Comments »