Just last week, President Bush made a very stupid comment about his opponents’ diplomatic proposals, comparing it to Nazi appeasement. David Neiwert wrote an excellent follow-up at Firedoglake.com. (text bold-faced by yours truly) You’ve got to love how easily conservatives jerk their knees and point their fingers at liberals, labeling them appeasers and traitors, when [...]
An email landed in my email box today: My name is Eli Braden and I’m a writer and musician in L.A. I have a band called Pistol Opera, and we recently recorded a catchy, upbeat original song called “Obama” in support of Barack Obama’s candidacy. It’s funny, irreverent and light-hearted, but also (hopefully) a suitably [...]
Oh Boy Obama is the unofficial campaign think-tank. Created by Obama supporters for the purpose of giving the Obama grassroots a platform to submit and vote on ideas to better the 2008 primary and general election campaign of Barack Obama. Very cool concept! OhBoyObama.com
You’d think John McCain would take a closer look at their video footage before they used it in their ad? Nope, don’t think so. One of John McCain’s commercials features an Obama supporter wearing an Obama shirt. To see the actual commercial, go to this official YouTube link from the McCain campaign. Coming soon: John [...]
Political Wire shares this tidbit: Despite Senator Hillary Clinton‘s insistence that her husband didn’t clinch the Democratic presidential nomination until June 1992, Bill Clinton had a very different recollection in his own memoir, My Life. He writes: “On April 7, we also won in Kansas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. On April 9, Paul Tsongas announced that [...]
Interesting article at Politico.com about how Barack Obama has exceeded all expectations, and overwhelmed the system: The record-shattering fundraising by Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has reshaped the financing of presidential elections and generated breathless coverage and analysis of the otherwise arcane area of campaign finance. Yet it’s had another consequence that [...]
Jonathan Singer of MyDD.com made some excellent points today about the ongoing debate over foreign policy: After hearing John McCain join George W. Bush in attacking Barack Obama for being willing to speak with the Iranian leadership this past Thursday, I had a few questions: I’d go even a step further and ask why John [...]
With a tip of the hat to the Huffington Post, the Washington Post reported that Barack Obama had a massive crowd of 75,000 people to see him today in Portland, Oregon. To date, this is the biggest gathering of people that have gathered to see Obama, who inspired the largest crowds of the election In [...]
Barack-Obama-Now is a blog created by a part-time procrastinator. An exercise by a motivated slacker to try and make a difference. A little push for renewed idealism by a recovering Dean activist. As some of you might have noticed, this blog doesn’t get get updated as quickly as other Obama blogs. I just can’t do [...]
The Washington Post has a nice article about Shepard Fairey, the man who designed the coolest Obama graphic I’ve ever seen. All political art is propaganda (that is the point), but most political posters are bland, forgettable, wallpaper, like Fred Thompson on an off day. Fairey wanted something more iconic — aspirational, inspirational — and [...]
