A Brief History of My Presidential Politics as Inspired by Barack Obama’s Speech in Portland ME (1987-2010)

02Apr10

I remember I was in kindergarten. It was 1992, and I was vaguely aware of the world around me. I had been for a while; in pre-school I remember my parents talking about Sadd-am Husein (pronounced exactly that way). We were at war, and being but a small child, this deeply concerned me. I heard […]

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Tags: al gore, bill clinton, emerson college, George W. Bush, health care reform, hillary clinton, Obama, poliology, politics, portland me

I Don’t Plan to Spend Too Much Time on This

09Mar10

*Sigh* This ad (for Lowden, essentially) is just as stupid as the one I just posted. I’ll even, just for the hell of it, forgive the anti-bailout rhetoric. It mentions our paychecks are shrinking, implying a tax increase, when there has only been tax cuts, specifically targeted towards the middle class. It fails to mention we […]

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Tags: bailout, deficit spending, government health care, Harry Reid, health care, health care reform, left, medicaid, medicare, medicare part d, political communication, politicals, politics, right, Sue Lowden

The Feud Continues; FOX vs. the World, especially NBC

11Jul08

Jason Whitlock, notably a former guest on ESPN’s The Sports Reporters, has a front page story on FoxSports.com completely trashing NBC’s line up for Football Night in America, basically the Sunday night game, and a wrap-up of the day in the league. Whitlock has been controversial figure in the past for his remarks about Sean […]

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Tags: ESPN, Football, Football Night in America, Fox News, Fox Sports, hit job, Jason Whitlock, Keith Olbermann, MSN, MSNBC, NFL, Olbermann, politics, Sports, Sportscenter, Sunday Night football, Whitlock

Obama as Ryan Giggs

13Jun08

Some trouble is a-stirrin’ at HuffPo today, as Tom Edsall writes about Obama beginning to move from the left more to the political center (hence the Giggs comparison–I’m a nerd). Edsall’s argument  is based primarily in the staff he is hiring, which disappointingly includes Lawrence “before I was a blatant sexist I was named Larry” Summer, former president of Harvard.  While […]

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Tags: advisors, Barack Obama, center, democratic nominee, election 2008, john mccain, new politics, Obama, old politics, pivot, pivot to the center, playing politics, policy advisors, political process, politics, race for the white house

Scott McClellan, You Thieving Douche!

31May08

Scott McClellan thought he was all cool or something this week, when he was all over cable TV promoting his groundbreaking book, What Happened. McClellan may even get to testify before congress based on the not-so-stunning revelation that the Bush administration did some really fucked up shit. Sorry, I sound bitter, but that bastard stole […]

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Tags: bush, Clinton, Dick Cheney, ethics, George, George W. Bush, McClellan, Obama, politics, Press Secretary, Scooter Libby, Scott, Scott McClellan, speaking out, speaking truth, Valerie Plame, W, What Happened, whistleblower, White House

Welcome

12May08

Mostly, the description is in my bio and the title. But let’s talk about the reason This is a(n) historic time. Never has there been so much news, so much goings on, media, etc… and I suppose by starting a blog I am contributing to that mess. Tragedy of the Commons, oh well. Perhaps I […]

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Tags: arianna, blogs, drudge, huffington, journalism, matt, ny times, politics, pop culture, post, report, sociology