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Fear Politics: Happy Halloween?

Fear Politics: Happy Halloween?

John McCain is busily working to assure that we have all soiled ourselves prior to this election. Because, clearly, Barack Obama is a socialist, a terrorist sympathizer, and a dangerous leftist leader. Clearly, of course, because if someone says something a hundred times it simply has to be true, doesn’t it?

Take the latest attempt [...]

Rise Up

Rise Up

America, it is time to make good on a promise that was written in the declaration of independence. “All men are created equal.”

The time has come when America can no longer afford the hypocrisy too present in our country. We cannot call ourselves a country of freedom if we value one race more than [...]

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So Our Children Can Fly: Viral Poetry

A message has been circulating through text messages over the last few days. I thought it should be here:

Rosa sat
so
Martin could walk
Martin walked
so
Obama could run
and
Obama is running
so
Our children can fly

An appropriate, accompanying video:

Attacks to Triumph: Volunteering for Obama

Attacks to Triumph: Volunteering for Obama

I wrote this on the night of Obama’s resounding 28 point victory in South Carolina in order to make our amazing experience there known, and had to write it through my cell phone. It was among the most important experiences of my entire life, proving to me that our country was indeed greater than the [...]

The Source of Our Fears: Democracy in the Balance

The Source of Our Fears: Democracy in the Balance

We are less than two weeks from the irrevocable conclusion of this election and given the state of the race progressives like myself have many reasons to be hugely optimistic. Barack Obama has an enormous lead in national, and key state, polling, even closing some of McCain campaign core issues, and by far a better [...]

Debate Wrap Up

Debate Wrap Up

There are some subtle, and not so subtle, differences that were made in the third and last debate. I have a few problems with what was said tonight. For the time being however I will post some video and pictures for you courtesy of Huffingtonpost.com. David Gergen called it an “Excersize in anger management” for [...]

Voter Suppression Attempts Begin

As the McCain campaign has gone on the offensive against ACORN, a community activist group that has helped register voters, in a bogus voter registration fraud accusation attempts to suppress the enormous new voting numbers have begun springing up with great frequency.
Voter suppression is basically a tactic of limiting the amount of people that [...]

Campaign of Cowardice

Campaign of Cowardice

In recent weeks the campaign for the highest office in the most powerful country on Earth has taken an ugly turn toward hate and the suggestion of violence.

John McCains campaign for President is not having a good month, or a good year, but that is no excuse for the cowardly stance Senator McCain has taken [...]

Early voting today

Early voting today

I am voting today and there is a line due to it being columbus day. Whoo! As most of you know I have been waiting for this for about two years. I encourage anyone that can to take advantage and vote.