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Huckabee Comments And The Unspoken Obsession With Obama’s Assassination
May 16, 2008 – 10:30 pm
Former GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, known for his witty one-liners on the campaign trail, today showed that there is such a thing as being too quick on one’s feet. Speaking to the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, Huckabee made an off-color remark regarding Barack Obama having a gun aimed at him [...]
Clinton/Obama Dream Ticket?
April 13, 2008 – 11:40 pm
By Larry Santana, Paul Gackle and Kim Geiger
A former Clinton campaign aide has launched a web petition, voteboth.com., in hopes of reviving the notion of a Democratic “dream ticket.”
The site doesn’t specify who would be on the top of the ticket. But it was sponsored by something called Democrats United for Clinton—slash–Obama ’08.
We went [...]
“Do I Know You?” Characterizing the Youth Vote
March 18, 2008 – 6:31 pm
(Written for KALW radio request to speak about the youth perspective on the elections.)
I’m a hot commodity in these presidential elections. And if you’re under 30, you are too. It doesn’t matter that you’ve never picked up a newspaper and I’m a journalism student. We’re practically the same person.
That is, according to the media [...]
The other youth revolution
March 18, 2008 – 2:54 pm
So I’m told there’s a “youth revolution” happening this election. Its leaders can be found scrawling witty one-liners in chalk on steps and sidewalks of campuses nationwide, holding posterboard and chanting inspirational phrases, and, of course, glued to MTV’s Rock the Vote and Saturday Night Live in their dorm rooms. Apparently, I’m supposed [...]
The beneficiary of spectacular attacks in Iraq
March 17, 2008 – 9:39 pm
Despite the Republican presidential candidate’s assertions, in the event of a terrorist threat of attack, the only beneficiary among the three remaining candidates is John McCain alone.
On Friday, McCain said that “Al Qaeda or another extremist group might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against me.” This is a [...]
The race card
March 12, 2008 – 9:24 pm
First, it was Peggy Noonan. Now, it’s Geraldine Ferraro. What is it with white women using the race card to demean Barack Obama’s candidacy?
Geraldine Ferraro, the 1984 vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket with Walter Mondale — the first and only woman to ever hold a VP bid — said this to a Torrance, [...]
Dems Need Florida
March 12, 2008 – 8:58 am
While Sen. Obama was increasing his lead in the delegate race Tuesday night in Mississippi, Democrats were digging trenches over what to do with Florida.
A headline on the New York Times website read: “Democrats in Florida Are Near Plan for New Vote.”
According to the article, Florida Democrats were outlining plans to give the state a [...]
The election on blog in Farsi
March 10, 2008 – 12:45 am
The enthusiasm about the 2008 presidential election does not end at the U.S. borders.Because of the Internet and satellite dishes, millions of people outside the country follow the tight marathon that might take the United States in a new direction in November.
Since I’ve started blogging on presidential elections in the United States on my Farsi [...]
