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By Kim on September 17, 2008
Alexandre Kojève If Man becomes an animal again, his arts, his loves, his plays must also become purely natural again. Hence it would have to be admitted that after the end of history, men would construct their edifices and works [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Philosophy, USA | Tagged blogosphere, Culture Wars, John McCain, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By tigtog on September 12, 2008
While it’s cringeworthy it was actually worse than I expected. I’m not sure that it will actually make much change in the perceptions that people already have about her due to partisan bias. It may well sway some actual Independents [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Media, USA | Tagged bush doctrine, interview, sarah palin, US election 2008, vice president |
By Kim on September 11, 2008
As a bit of a follow up to Mark’s post on the latest travails of the Democratic campaign, here’s a link to a very interesting article which includes interviews with both Obama and McCain’s campaign managers. My take? Obama (and [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 10, 2008
Although aspects of his critique are tentatively sketched by his own admission, Jay Rosen has hit more nails than he’s missed with his analysis of the significance of the Sarah Palin veep selection by the McCain campaign. Rosen’s article is [...]
Posted in Blogging, Ethics, Foreign Elections, Media, Polls, Sociology, USA, Women | Tagged Alaska, american election 2008, Andrew Perrin, barack obama, blogosphere, bridge to nowhere, cultural studies, Culture Wars, Democrats, earmarks, electoral behaviour, Gary Kamiya, George W. Bush, GOP, Jay Rosen, John McCain, Karl Rove, netroots, political blogging, political sociology, political strategy, Polls, Republicans, sarah palin, Sociology, sociology of media, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on September 9, 2008
With the news that John McCain has now hit 50% in the Gallup poll, opening up a 4 point lead over Barack Obama, I thought it might be worth mentioning a few cautions about interpreting both American polls and the [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Polls, USA | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Democratic Party, economic policy, GOP, John McCain, polling, Polls, Republican party, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Mercurius on September 4, 2008
…could John McCain have selected for his running-mate a mid-40s former small-town mayor and State Governor for 20 months, loudly insist such a person is the best available Republican VP – and avoid gales of laughter and general ridicule? Why [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged american election 2008, GOP, Republican National Convention, Republican party, sarah palin, US election 2008, veep, vice-presidential candidate |
By tigtog on September 4, 2008
Names in the quote below have been updated to reflect the personalities engaged in the current election: Rabbi Smuley Boteach, World Net Daily, May 25, 2004: Now, having a wife who provides you with a private jet and eight multimillion-dollar [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Relationships, USA | Tagged cheap shots, Cindy Lou Hensley, Democrats, gigolo, John Kerry, John McCain, prenuptial agreement, Replublicans, sarah palin, Teresa Heinz, US 2008 election |
By Kim on September 3, 2008
As a bit of a follow up to the discussion on this post of the familial scandals confected or exploited about GOP Vice-Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, here’s two excellent and thought provoking pieces. First, Feminist Philosophers asks [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Climate change, Culture, Economics, Ethics, Feminism, Foreign Elections, Health, Media, Parenting, Poverty, Sociology, USA, Women | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Blogging, blogosphere, Bristol Palin, celebrity politics, civic republicanism, Daily Kos, deliberation, deliberative democracy, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Feminism, feminist blogging, GOP, John McCain, Naomi Wolf, netroots, online public sphere, political blogging, political scandals, public sphere, Rebecca Traister, Republican party, sarah palin, social justice, US election 2008, veep, vice-presidential candidate |
By tigtog on August 30, 2008
Bene mentioned last night a desire for some commentary on the cynically timed announcement of McCain’s running partner as Sarah Palin, so here goes: here’s a short bit from the LA Times, who sums her up as a risky choice [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Sociology, USA | Tagged biden, bloggers, core issues, dems, doubts, heaps, hyped, inexperience, la times, majorities, mccain campaign, million years, narrative, presidential campaigns, republican base, resentment, risky choice, sarah palin, tv debates, veep |
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