2008 Election

Trauma and Change in America

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Howard Gluss, John McCain, Portkeys, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, 9/11, Republican Convention, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

In this radio interview I discuss my ideas about emotional trauma (RD Stolorow, Trauma and Human Existence, Routledge, 2007) and extend them to the collective trauma of 9/11.

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Conservatives' Race-Baiting Miscalculation

John Ridley | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Race in Politics, Minority Voting, Black Voters, Mccain Minority Vote, Asian Voters, Hispanic Voters, Race and Politics, Minority Voters, Obama Minority Vote, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
John Ridley

Conservatives have gotten too complacent playing bait-your-way-to- victory and failed to notice that in 2008 it's minority voters who may very well decide the outcome of this presidential election. The same minorities that conservatives have been handing a slap to the back of the head at nearly every opportunity. From not-so-subtle euphemisms to open slurring, how much is conservative race-baiting going to cost the Republicans? Probably the presidency.

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A New Low: McCain Camp Condones Violent Threats Against Obama

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Yitzhak Rabin, John McCain, Intolerance, John McCain 2008, Violence, Yitzhak Rabin Assassination, Hate Speech, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Eric Schmeltzer

John McCain's campaign is defending these kinds of outbursts, saying those like Barack Obama who are bothered "just doesn't understand regular people."

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20/20 Has Slanted Vision

Andy Bernstein | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Television, Abc, Entertainment, Voter Registration, Voters, Headcount, 20/20, Media, 2008 Election, Journalism, John Stossel, Voter Drive, Media News
Andy Bernstein

When producers from ABC's 20/20 called, it was naïve of us to believe that they would do anything but use the worst interviews of the dozens at their disposal.

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"Trust" in the Economy and Electoral Politics

Michael Roth | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Democracy, Trust, 2008 Election, Stock Market, Politics News
Michael Roth

The problem with the politics of attack that the Rovesque McCain-Palin ticket is now employing, and the problem with Obama's defense through recrimination, is that both strategies erode trust in democracy itself.

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WATCH: The U.S. Army Prepares to Invade the U.S.

J.S. McDougall | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Martial Law, Bailout, 2008 Election, Civil Rights, Politics News
J.S. McDougall

When I first learned about Naomi Wolf's book, The End of America--in which she chronicles America's slide toward becoming a police state, I considered...

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Palin Rallies Ignite Widespread Talk of 'Fascism'

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Speech, Palin Rallies, Palin Democracy, Sarah Palin Fascism, Bush Republicans, 2008 Election, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

Even if 'fascist' is not a very accurate description of Sarah Palin -- neither sociologically nor historically -- public concern in response to her campaign events is a social fact well worth noting.

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Lady Liberty Wants You to Vote

Alec Brownstein | Posted 10.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John McCain, Liberty, Voter Registration, War Wire, Night Lights, Statue of Liberty, Nightlights, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Entertainment News
Alec Brownstein

You know that the race is heating up when the household night lights start discussing it. In this video, Lady Liberty discusses "The War," George W. Bush, and why you should vote this year.

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Erratic Is Not Enough

Michael Showalter | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Ayers, William Ayers, John McCain, Obama Terrorist, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Politics News
Michael Showalter

Believe it or not: this Ayers thing is gaining momentum. The collective attention span for any one issue is two weeks and Obama's two weeks are up. It's pulp fiction but who doesn't love a good read?

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Calling Bill Ayers a "Terrorist" Doesn't Make Him So

Sam Sedaei | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Terrorism, Economy, Sarah Palin, Bill Ayers, Fbi, Joe Biden, Weather Underground, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

Sarah Palin has been out there saying Obama is friends with Ayers, "a domestic terrorist." In response, Obama has accurately pointed out that Ayers committed his actions over forty years ago, when Obama was eight years old.

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Your Very Own Obama Ad

Trey Ellis | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Wall Street, Economy, Middle Class, Polar Bears, Obama, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Trey Ellis

A few weeks ago I blogged here about a script for an Obama commercial that I would love to see. Well some hard-working folks actually took me up on it.

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Release Those Medical Records, John

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, 2008 Election, McCain Health, John McCain Medical Records, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

Until McCain respects the job for which he's applying and the country which would be employing him by releasing his medical records, he has no right to have "Country First" printed on his podium.

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Elections officials deny illegally purging voters

AP | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voters, Voters Purged, Election, 2008 Election, Politics News

NEW YORK — A newspaper report Thursday said tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at ...

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Why John McCain Lost The Election (Advance Copy!)

Jackson Williams | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Religious Right, Sarah Palin, Southern States, Voting Trends, 2008 Election, Republicans, Politics News
Jackson Williams

The Republican strategy to win the White House this year was flawed and out of sync from the beginning, which is why we're ending with vicious character attacks.

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Prescription for Dealing with Opposites

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Health, Happiness, Stress, 2008 Election, Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

If, like most, you have been paying attention to the economy, politics, or the spin that politicians are placing on what is happening at national and global levels, then you're probably stressed out. Your mind reels. It's simply too much.

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The Murdochurian Candidate

David Horton | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Sarah Palin, George Bush, Manchurian Candidate, 2008 Election, Republican Base, Politics News
David Horton

The deluge of articles about Palin continues as unchecked as a snow melt creek in Spring. We know already it seems, far more than we ever wanted to kn...

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Fake Balance and McCain's Desperate Fear Campaign

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Barbecue Media, 2008 Election, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Politics News
Bob Cesca

The McCain campaign has become nothing less than a well-financed whisper campaign -- a desperate, dishonorable tabloid operation on the same level as the thoroughly debunked trolls who spread lies via forwarded e-mails.

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The Legacy Continues

Harvey Edwards | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Troopergate, Flip-Flop, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, 2008 Election, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics News
Harvey Edwards

A McCain-Palin ticket will continue the policies of Bush and will put our country in harm's way which will be detrimental to our life, liberty and the pursuit of hope for a safe future.

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E-Voting Machine Produces Out-Of-Whack Result. D'oh!!!

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Democratic Primaries, Voting Machines, Washington DC, Touch Screen Voting Machines, Computers, The Simpsons, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Sequoia Voting Machines, Optical Scanning Voting Machines, Voting, Home News
Diane Tucker

"Voters shouldn't worry," said Michelle Schafer of Sequoia Voting Machines. "We're in much better shape than in 2000 and 2004. Poll workers and election officials are better educated. New guidelines are in place..."

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The Iraq War Hits Wall Street

The Real News | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, The Three Trillion Dollar War, Politics News
The Real News

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McCain Campaign Palling Around with Terrorists in Miami?

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Terrorism, Cuban-Americans, Max Lesnik, Sarah Palin, Florida, Eduardo Arocena, 2008 Election, Miami, Barack Obama, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

As the home of GOP-linked individuals known to advocate and use violence to advance their cause, South Florida is not the best place for Republicans to talk tough on terrorism.

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A Yom Kippur Letter to Joe Lieberman's Rabbis: Joe Is McCain's Best Jewish Friend. Please Ask Him To Beg McCain to Stop Encouraging Hate

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Lieberman, Anti-Semitism, John McCain, Daniel Cohen, Barry Freundel, Sarah Palin, Yom Kippur, McCain Lieberman, Lieberman McCain, Lieberman Yom Kippur, 2008 Election, Politics News
Jesse Kornbluth

Sen. Lieberman is, if you will, John McCain's rabbi. So I thought I would write to you and ask you, as Sen. Lieberman's rabbis, to talk to him about the hatred that the McCain-Palin campaign is encouraging.

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Alaskan Independence Party: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Vogler, Todd Palin, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, John Kerry, Sarah Palin, Bill Ayers, First Dude, Obama Ayers, William Ayers, Alaska Independence Party, Todd Palin Aip, Palin Alaska Independence Party, 2008 Election, Todd Palin Sarah Palin, Aip, Politics News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

If McCarthy-era guilt-by-association is once again a valid political consideration, Palin, it would seem, has more to lose than Obama.

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I Know Sarah Palin. She's Tracy Flick & So Much More

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 10.09.2008 | Style

Read More: Punditmom, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Reese Witherspoon, Style News
Joanne Bamberger

Sarah Palin's winking and so-called "folksy" manner don't fool me or many others I know. We've seen her type all to often and we know exactly who she is -- just someone who has decided that there's no reason to know too much.

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McCain Not Fit for Transition, Let Alone Presidency

Adam Blickstein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Afghanistan, Transition, McCain Transition Team, 2008 Election, Politics News
Adam Blickstein

By putting superstition, not country, first, John McCain risks putting America in a precarious and dangerous place.

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