Posts filed under “2008 Presidential”
O Frabjous Day!
Me, on Monday: … after McCain gets creamed more badly than any presidential candidate has ever been creamed in living memory. And … survey says: Barack Obama‘s 52% of the popular vote is the best Democratic performance in 40 years, and the best of any candidate in either party in 20 years. Speaking of living [...]
Alaska Replaces Texas…
…as the state with the most idiotic electorate. “They may be crooks, but theys our crooks.” Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Lopsided Enough To Be Satifying
Remember all the times in the last four years (just to take a random period of history) that people like George Bush have said “God bless America!”? I don’t know if blessing is anything like saving, but gods certainly decided to step in and save America. From the enemy within, which is unfortunately what the [...]
Congratulations President-Elect Obama
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Election Night 2008 Live Blogging
Will tonight see the expected blowout for Obama? Or a crazy comeback by McCain? We’re gonna do some live blogging for a while, providing some snarky analysis and bad pop culture references for that ass. Right now it’s just me, but Matt will be joining in soon enough. I am flipping between CNN and Fox [...]
Who’s Their Daddy?
No reason why we can’t amuse ourselves while the election results are being totted up. After having promised two weeks ago to release her medical records, late last night Sarah Palin had her aides issue a two-page letter from her doctor saying she’s healthy. (The letter actually tells us nothing at all.) As far as [...]
The Moment Of Truth
There’s something about this election that invites hyperbole. But to call what we’re doing today the moment of truth may not be much of a hyperbolic stretch. I’m not really referring to the result of the election, per se. But rather, to what the result will tell us about ourselves as a country. By the [...]
The Decrepit Machinery Of Our Democracy
The news of long lines for early voting – with waits of six hours in some places — brings into sharp focus how decrepit the machinery of our vaunted democracy has been allowed to become. People get exercised about it every election, and then nothing ever happens. And then we duly get exercised about it [...]
The Map and After
That’s my prediction, a combination of actual poll-watching and gut feeling. I still have my doubts about PA, but losing there still puts Obama up 270-268. If this happens, even a 5 million popular vote win is going to be swept under the carpet in favor of “how close it really was.” But I don’t [...]
McCaign, Iowa And Flying Pigs
On Friday night, McCaign released a memo explaining how the presidential race stands in Iowa: Our numbers in Iowa have seen a tremendous surge in the past 10 days. We took Obama’s lead from the double digits to a very close race. That is why you see Barack Obama visiting the state in the final [...]