Category: United States

Five Ways Barack Obama Can Ensure That He Wins The US Presidential Election

After the recent meltdown in the US economy, Barack Obama has opened a wider lead over John McCain than at any point in the campaign and looks all

A Bunch of Sarah Plain Quick Hits [Edit: Meant to type “Palin” but am going to leave typo as its too good]

What am I going to do for blog content when the US election is over?The Candidates as TrainsThe Candidates In A WordPalin’s Facebook PageSarah Palin’s Debate FlowchartJoe Biden

Patriotic Drunk Rednecks

Something like 15% of American citizens believe Barack Obama is Muslim.  Including the woman in this video.  But I'm not posting this clip to make fun of her. 

Palin Loves The Second Amendment, Not So Sure About The First

Yet more follow-up on the “Sarah Palin attempted to ban books” story – this one a bit more legitimate sounding than the last one.  “The author of the

Noted Pundit Matt Damon Weighs In On The Sarah Palin Choice

Pretty funny clip and Damon does mention the thing about her banning books so that's cool!  Oh, but if you've seen an e-mail flying around supposedly listing the

A Retraction

Earlier this week, I posted that John McCain had picked “sexy librarian” as his running mate.  (If we're going with librarian stereotypes, we should also mention that McCain

McCain Picks Sexy Librarian For VP Slot

(And yes, I'm cribbing that joke directly from Stephen Colbert)

Dennis Kucinich at the DNC

I've always liked Kucinich and his speech last night at the DNC only reinforced this – watch how he brings the afternoon crowd to life.Maybe the Democrats nominated

Friday Fun Link: The Internet Changes Politics (Small Fry Version) (July 25, 2008)

I've previously written about the 2.0-esque campaign that Barack Obama has run this year – embracing cutting-edge technology, bottom-up organizing, social networking, the wisdom of crowds and all

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