Presidential Election

Come on, People! This is the Third Most Important Election of Our Lifetime

Billy Kimball | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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It's not unreasonable to imagine that those of you with long enough lifetimes may eventually look back on this election and decide that it wasn't really the third most important -- more like the eighth.

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Sarah's Favorite Drink Recipe: This One'll Get You Hammered

Michael Seitzman | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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The right ingredients, at the right time, mixed together by a ravenously ambitious leader without any moral compass, can and will produce something extremely toxic and dangerous.

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Obama vs. McCain Wrap-Up: Thoughts on the Second Presidential Debate

Brad Listi | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

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The town hall promises to be a heated affair, as the Republicans continue their rabid shift into full-blown desperation mode. Twenty-eight days until the election and the gloves are off. The bar has been lowered yet again, and the mud-covered daggers are flying.

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Americans Have Lost Confidence In Our Social And Legal Institutions

Sheila Suess Kennedy | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

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The sobering question that confronts us is whether any president, any administration, can stem the bleeding and put this nation back on the long and difficult path to competent governance, fiscal sanity and the rule of law.

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Jews for Obama?

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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The one issue that surpasses even those that center around civil liberties is the continued existence of the state of Israel.

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Obama and Democrats Fighting Hard on GOP Turf

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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All told, 20 states are currently at high risk of loss by the Republican party in either the presidential election, the Senate race, or both. How is that for expanding the playing field?

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Marketing for Grownups: Selling the Rescue Plan

Alan Fein | Posted 09.30.2008 | Business

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Bush noted that the effect of just Monday's drop in the market capitalization of the stock market was in excess of $1 trillion -- that's right, more than the $700 billion "bailout."

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Side Stepping Statement? Take Drink. Depressed About Country? Take Drink. Blog!

Natasha Vargas-Cooper | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

END. FINAL. OVERRRR. Well, this debate was a pretty grueling exercise in tedium but I think I'm going to call it for Barack. He needed to come off pr...

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The Presidential Debate Drinking Game

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Every time McCain says "my friends", spit out your drink and shout "I am not your friend" at the TV. When NATO is mentioned, clink glasses with everyone around you and attack anyone who refuses to clink.

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Let The Politics Of Anger Prevail

Lance Simmens | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

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Fear versus anger, defense versus offense, past versus future, insecurity versus hope. These are the trademarks of the current decisions Americans must make in the next six weeks.

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McCain and Obama Prepare for a Showdown: Deja vu?

Jerry Weissman | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Tomorrow night is the night when Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are scheduled to meet in the first of three presidential debates. Whether it ta...

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It's Not Always the Economy Stupid

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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If McCain can create enough doubt about who's really to blame, and convince voters that he can reverse the economic free fall as well as Obama, the election again may not be about the economy.

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Suckering The Fundamentalists, Again

Christine Wicker | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

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The Christian kingmakers forced McCain to pass up more experienced candidates. They won and, heady with their victory, the faithful rushed back into the Republican fold, and they'll get nothing again as a result.

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Why the Financial Meltdown Reflects the Fundamental Failure of the Bush-McCain Economic Philosophy

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

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The American mortgage market now provides us with another clear example of how the fundamental premise of right-wing economic thought is dead wrong.

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We Are Winning: An Interview With Battle In Seattle Director Stuart Townsend

Brad Listi | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

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A lot of people feel like they've lost their voice during the last eight years. This movie is a clear illustration of the fact that you do count... Things can be different. If Obama runs the country like he's run his campaign, we're in good shape.

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Please Barack Say It's Nonsense that You Tried to Stall Troop Withdrawal Until after the Elections

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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The alleged reason for the Obama request for a foot drag on troop withdrawal says the New York Post was to give him an election boost.

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Why the Political is Personal(ity)

Aimee Liu | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

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There are seven basic traits that we all have in common, and our own personalities influence how we respond to Obama and Palin. This election season we would do well to understand how these seven traits affect our actions and reactions.

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Why I Believe (Specifically) That Sarah Palin Is A Really, Really Bad Idea

Brad Listi | Posted 09.13.2008 | Home

Palin gives me the creeps the way Bush and Cheney give me the creeps. Similar ideology. Similar whiffs of God-fueled certainty, incompetence, callous indifference, culture war. But I can do better than that...

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McCain: Same As He Ever Was

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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At some point it becomes hard to blame the traditional media for its improper coverage. Clearly, the McCain/Palin lies have not gone unnoticed -- yet, there is barely a blip in the polls.

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The Global Vote

Buddy Winston | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

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Dear World Leaders, The recent polls show that at least 80% of the world wants Obama to be the next president of the United States. Here is your cha...

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The Divided States of America: One Nation Under Two Gods

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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These diametrically opposed, partisan visions of America can never be reconciled because both parties feel that they are fundamentally saving the other party from itself.

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Dubious Praise for The Daily Show

Norman Solomon | Posted 09.10.2008 | Media

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If -- as the New York Times soberly reported -- "straight news programs cannot" tackle the "big issues of the day" while "speaking truth to power," we should ask a key question: Why not?

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Old Jews, Young Jews, Red Jews, Blue Jews

Robin Maxwell | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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Tell me I'm dreaming! It can't possibly be true -- the People of the Holocaust, the most persecuted group in the history of the world are refusing to vote for a man because he's black?

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Frightened by McCain's Post-Convention Bounce? Three Things You Can Do Personally To Affect the Outcome of the Election

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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Take personal responsibility to do the two things that will win -- persuade swing voters, and mobilize people who won't vote unless they are motivated to do so.

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I'll Cover Chuck, Man to Man

Doug Apatow | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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Don't let the title confuse you... I'm no pro basketball player, nor am I a farmer. I was born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in suburbs of NYC (Nausau ...

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