THEY JUST CALLED IT FOR OBAMA!!
He swept straight past McCain to victory. I am laying on my floor trying to catch my breath. Because this happened in my lifetime. And I cannot believe that I got to see this day.
Election Day 2008
I voted. Have you? No matter who you’re voting for, it’s important to vote. Exercise your right. Open Thread on election stuff! In the comments you can post any election news, let us know what it’s like for you locally, or share an election story.
Liveblogging Election Day
Anyone who reads this blog is well aware of how important tomorrow is. Though I have a day job, I suspect I’ll spend most of the day and night looking at election coverage and the growing clusterfuck that is mismanaged polling places. I’ll update the
Mirror Universe
You would think that any headline reading: John McCain ‘endorsed by al-Qaeda supporters’ Would actually be from the Onion. Or something the McCain campaign would say about Obama. But no. In a message broadcast on the password-protected al-Hesbah site, the group said they would also
News & Notes Monday
I’m going to be on NPR’s News & Notes again Monday as part of the blogger’s roundtable. One of the things we’re going to discuss is the incident Nora mentioned in the previous post. I’ll try to keep the disgust from my voice. Also: I’m
The Attempted Lynching of Barack Obama, pt. 1
I started hearing about this a few days ago: a series of incidents in which Obama supporters — usually black — violently attacked McCain supporters — usually white. The most prominent of them was an incident in which a woman claimed that a 6’4″ black
Of Patriotism, Joe Six-Pack, and Real Americans
There’s been a lot of rhetoric lately about this idea that “real” Americans are middle class Christian white people living in small towns. Because somehow the POC in those towns? Not really American. People living in major cities? Not really American. People who are not
Joe Six Pack
Palin goes on and on about Joe Six Pack, McCain is all about Joe the Plumber. These mythical men are supposed to represent Real Americans and all that. Yeah. I haven’t bene paying much attention to the coverage, so maybe one of you can tell
Of Politics, History, And The Future
So a blogger (apparently protesting some of the misogynistic macros aimed at Gov. Palin) gets the idea to post: and then decides to “pull it down” but not. Because I’m hotlinking to the picture (which is still hosted on his webspace) right now. And then
Hoist by his own petard
See, this is what happens when you use hate as a strategy. No, not a tactic, a strategy. John McCain on Friday moved to calm rising anger among his supporters at rival Barack Obama, calling him a decent man and at one point taking the