Archive for the ‘2008 Election’ Category
Dear President George W. Bush, I owe you an apology. I said some pretty mean things in the heat of your Presidency, and now that I’ve had some time to cool off, I want to tell you that I’m sorry and how much I’ve changed. I said some pretty awful things: I called you “the [...]
Every year I watch the Republicans exploit fear and win elections. It works so well that even you Democrats seem to still be afraid of the very issues you always lose elections with: terror and national security. It’s time for the you use fear to win this election, and there’s nothing to be ashamed of. [...]
It should come as no surprise that John McCain’s running mate has an unmarried pregnant teenage daughter. In a campaign that is solely about narrative, with characters and scene-by-scene conflicts that are crafted only to arouse sympathy, anger and ultimately the biggest audiences, what better twist could there be than to include a teenage pregnancy [...]
I have been completely unable to write a single sentence for most of the summer, and I’ve barely been able to read anything anyone else has written either. The sheer inanity of the public discourse and the crushing disappointments that are the Democratic Nominee and the Democratic-led Congress, have dealt a serious blow to the [...]
I have allowed HOPE to overtake cynicism during this election, and to continue to honor that possibility, I ask the following of myself and those who believe we can make real change: I will not feel powerless over the problems of our time that seem too big to change I will not dismiss people because [...]
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