And a bonus election-week addition!
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Knickers off for Obama!: Fauxgressive douchebaggery at Fivethirtyeight
Fivethirtyeight.com is a polling wonk’s delight. If you have a fraction of a passing interest in psephology, you can lose hours of your life there. I screenshottified this comment (image text below*) because I’m still having trouble believing my eyes:… Read More ›
Thoughts that get me out of bed to blog in the wee small hours
All these news reports recently about the Bradley Effect…it just struck me: are some media using earnest explanations of said Bradley Effect as an opportunity to remind the American VoterTM that that nice Obama they’re planning to vote for is,… Read More ›
Quick Hit: Weekend Election Watch
Teresa Nielsen Hayden at Making Light sums up how frothingly the extreme right wing blogosphere is reacting to the polls for the McCain campaign: The Corner goes round the bend Meanwhile, as I say, The Corner and its cronies continue… Read More ›
Lazyblogging Replay: “Yes We Can” vs “Ten Thousand Years”
We’re getting a lot of googlers popping by after searching variations on mccain obama compare and contrast I just rewatched the two videos on the original “Obama and McCain: Compare and Contrast” post, and they’re as relevant now as they… Read More ›
Latest Palin rumour: a wedding for Bristol just before the election
Off the record, it appears that some McCain team members think a wedding for Bristol would provide the perfect distraction from Obama’s talking points in the crucial last week. Inside John McCain’s campaign the expectation is growing that there will… Read More ›
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Feminism Friday and the twisted talking point de jour
And that talking point is: “If you truly support ALL women’s rights then you will get behind Sarah Palin and fight for her.” The news that a group of veteran feminist organisations have endorsed the Obama/Biden ticket (many of the… Read More ›
How more vile (and thick (and don’t forget vile)) can McCain possibly be?
He pimped his wife to voters as a potential contestant in a local “beauty contest” that involves skimpy swimwear, topless parades and simulated sex acts – (edited to addwhich to be fair I’m sure he didn’t know was quite so “risque”, but it’s still totally objectifying his wife). (Video here of both McCain’s “quip” and a typical night’s entertainment in the contest) As I’m sure you’ll all
Obama/Osama confusion: It’s not just Fox
Looks like it’s not just Fox News’ Liz Trotta, Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, CNN, Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney, and AP Chairman W. Dean Singleton. Fairfax’s Sydney Morning Herald is now in on the “Obama? Osama?” faux-confusion act. A… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 