2008 election

It’s Crunch Time in South Dakota

by Cara October 27, 2008

The good news is that a new South Dakota poll on Initiated Measure 11, the proposed abortion ban, shows the public is opposing the ballot initiative. The bad news is that we’re only ahead by a hair: On behalf of Daily Kos, Research 2000 conducted a South Dakota Poll about Initiated Measure 11 from October [...]

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McCain Doesn’t Seem Sure About Why McCain Should Be President, Either

by Cara October 25, 2008

It looks like even McCain’s arguments for why he should be president are actually arguments for why he shouldn’t. John McCain kicked off a campaign swing in two Western states Friday with a new warning that electing Barack Obama could create unchecked Democratic control in Washington. Republican incumbents and challengers are facing stiff battles in [...]

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Black, White, Whatever

by Cara October 23, 2008

This video by spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, about the political erasure of American racial groups outside of black and white, kind of made my day. Check it out. h/t Racialicious

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Palin Not Such an “Advocate” For People With Disabilities After All

by Cara October 23, 2008

It seems like Sarah “friend and advocate to parents of children with disabilities” Palin might, shockingly, not be such the ally after all. In Colorado, she opposed a ridiculously minuscule tax increase which would help state citizens with developmental disabilities by providing vital services. Republican Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) is speaking against [...]

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Irony

by Cara October 18, 2008

Via Hoyden About Town comes this article about the latest Republican dirty election tactic (which should surprise none of us). But one sentence, well, really stuck out at me. Emphasis mine: Republican John McCain is facing accusations of using a false crusade against voter fraud to suppress legitimate votes as battles over who ought to [...]

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On Cockiness

by Cara October 16, 2008

Obama makes some really good points here. Listen, hmm?

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John McCain: Openly Scoffing at Your Health

by Cara October 16, 2008

I believe that I speak for many American women when I say in response to last night’s debate (video below) that I do not want Senator McCain’s brand of “compassion,” and I sure as hell do not want his kind of “help.”  I do not need him to help me have the “courage” to let [...]

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Stand Up Against Prop 8

by Cara October 14, 2008

Thanks to my good friend Ali, it has come to my attention that Proposition 8, the anti-gay California ballot initiative which would overturn the recent ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in the state, has been gaining significant ground in the polls.  According to an email sent out by Equality California, polls on October 7th showed that [...]

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Campbell Brown: “Arab” is Not an Insult

by Cara October 14, 2008

Before a few weeks ago, I had never heard of CNN commentator Campbell Brown.  But her name seems to keep coming up lately, and the impression I’m getting is that she’s pretty cool.  Here’s some of her latest commentary about the “insults” that have been thrown at Barack Obama. Woman at rally: I don’t trust [...]

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Palin Attacks Obama’s Record on Abortion

by Cara October 13, 2008

Apparently realizing that the whole racist “Barack Obama is a big meanie American-hating terrorist, and oh probably a Muslim too (oh no!)” line of attack was losing them more points than it was winning them — and you know, inciting hate-based violence — the McCain/Palin campaign has seemingly switched tactics again. On Saturday, Palin started [...]

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