If I were the President’s voice, this is the speech I would give next Wednesday.
Ladies and Gentleman, Good Evening.
Let us get straight to the point: the State of our Union is dire.
We are on a precipice and we are teetering. Our past is catching up to us, and our future is uncertain. Our politics is [...]
Also tagged ObamaJust returned from a short walk with my wife and daughter to drop off our absentee ballots here in Costa Mesa. There was some rain this morning, so the ground is wet and the trees are dripping, but it’s blue skies now. There was no line (it’s mid-morning; everyone is at work) but all the [...]
Also tagged Costa Mesa, Election 08, VotingFor a move titled “W”, it would seem that more attention would be paid to the 43rd president.
Instead, the most interesting parts of “W” are when we get to see how those around him react to him. The narrative follows Bush the Younger (played uncannily by Josh Brolin), but in almost every scene he is–instead [...]
Also tagged George W. Bush, Movie Review, movies, Oliver StoneObama is struggling to condense his economic policy into a sound bite. The long version:
So I asked Obama whether he thought he had been able to tell an effective story about the economy during this campaign. Specifically, I wondered, did he think he had a message that compared with Reagan’s simple call for less government [...]
Also taggedThere are already approximately seventeen million reviews of Matthew Yglesias’ new book, Heads in the Sand, so I figured one more wouldn’t hurt.
Yglesias is one of my must-read bloggers; when I’m behind a few days, I’ll plow through his feed first because he makes great points, ties it into the larger picture, and doesn’t belabor [...]
Also tagged Book Review[Inside, Lunchtime. Two men in their sixties in "San Juan Capistrano Police Volunteer" uniforms sit at a table covered in empty wrappers. Another man, just as old, stands nearby.]
Non Volunteer Old Man: It’s been nice talkin’ to y’all. Say, who you voting for?
Old Man 1: Not Hillary.
Old Man 2 shakes his head and smiles.
Old Man [...]
Also taggedSenator Clinton’s appearance felt a little strained, Senator Obama’s appearance was kind o funny, but EdWørds was hands-down the best of the cameos. Better introduction, better content, and much, much funnier. It reminds me of Al Gore on SNL warning about attacking glaciers; surreal enough that you know they’re in on the joke, but real [...]
Also tagged[Two men, each about 50, sit at a table over burritos. One of them is wearing a t-shirt that says "If you don't like abortions, don't get one." He is listening as the other man speaks]
Man #1: But the planes couldn’t have brought down the towers. The physics don’t work. And the Democrats are in [...]
Also taggedRobert Reich’s Blog: 2008 and 1968:
Yet the striking thing about Obama, and the enthusiasm he has stirred up, has little to do with the specifics of the policies he advances. It is rather his almost pitch-perfect echo of the John F. Kennedy we heard in 1960 and the Robert Kennedy last heard in 1968. It [...]
Also tagged¡Viva Obama!:
Personally, there are some things about silly season that I like.
How is it that this is so awesome and this and this are so terrible?
The lack of cheesy 90s graphics is a definite difference, but the music is the deciding factor. The Obama video is fast and happy and loud, the Clinton video is [...]
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