2008 election

The Good, The Bad, and The Downright Ugly

by Cara November 5, 2008

The Good President Obama. Of course. The Democrats now have 56 seats in the Senate. Four seats are still undecided, according to CNN, but it looks like they’re all going to go Republican. Our best shot to pick up one last seat is Al Franken in Minnesota — who, with supposedly 100% of the vote [...]

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Yes We Did

by Cara November 5, 2008

My only regret is that Obama’s grandmother didn’t live to see the moment above. The victory is hers as much as anyone’s, if not more.

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Election Night

by Cara November 4, 2008

I’ll be spending my evening live-blogging over at Feministe, getting drunk and watching election coverage on CNN — hopefully not all at the same time, but you never know! Live-blogging starts at 6pm, so come on, check us out, and join in on the live chat. How are you spending Election Night?

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Can I Vote?

by Cara November 4, 2008

I just called my brother to see if I could hitch a ride with him down to the polls later on today. (I could walk, but it’s a mile each way and I’m lazy so I’d prefer not to.) I was really sure that he was planning on voting — for Christ’s sake, he’s holding [...]

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Reporting Back From Erie

by Cara November 3, 2008

Canvassing Erie, Pa was contradictorily both really exhausting and really energizing. It was a strictly GOTV (Get Out The Vote) operation, meaning that we were done trying to convince people to be on our side — the goal was to make sure that the people who are on our side cast their ballots.

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Democrats Still Backing Anti-Choice Candidates

by Cara October 31, 2008

A few days ago the NY Times published an article about the unusually high number of anti-choice candidates the Democratic Party is running this election year: In fact, Mr. Bright is one of a dozen anti-abortion Democratic challengers the party has recruited to run for the House this year and has aggressively supported with millions [...]

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Strip Club Holds Sarah Palin Lookalike Contest

by Cara October 29, 2008

Via Sociological Images — a truly great blog I discovered recently — comes this story about a Sarah Palin lookalike contest held at Vegas strip club (oh, sorry, “gentleman’s club”). Lots of bikinis, sexualized use of guns and sexism abound. You can view more photographs of the event here. The saddest thing is that it’s [...]

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More Ballot Updates: No on Prop 4

by Cara October 28, 2008

Yesterday I provided an update on anti-choice ballot initiative Measure 11 in South Dakota — today it’s time for an update on anti-choice ballot initiative Prop 4 in California. Prop 4, a piece of legislation which will appear on the ballot for the third time in four years, would instate a parental notification requirement for [...]

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Same-Sex Marriage: Violating Your Right to Free Speech

by Cara October 28, 2008

I was reading an article yesterday about the arguments being made by those on both sides of Prop 8 — the California ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage — and found this intelligent argument from those supporting the family-protecting legislation: In television advertisements, rallies, highway billboards, sermons and phone banks, supporters of Proposition 8 [...]

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