Swiftboating clearly just a relic of the past.
Thursday, October 9th
6:23PM
Dear Diary,
So sick of campaigning. Told David that we should just run television ads like John’s campaign manager lets him do, but was told to “stop whining, people think you’re young enough as it is without acting like a spoiled child.” Pointed out that he all he does is send e-mails to people who already like me while I am forced to face down mean old men who call me “that one” and as a result I probably have permanent mental scarring and will require years of psychotherapy. Was told that running for president was my own choice and that I “had to deal with the consequences of that decision.” Stuck out my tongue at him when I thought his back was turned, but was caught and threatened with being locked up like Sarah Palin.
Campaign managers think theyâ??re just so important.
In other news, have started to get paranoid after receiving phone call from John Kerry last night warning about something called ‘swift boating.’ Reminded him that I had no military record, was therefore safe from accusations of former war people, and really don’t like boats much at all, but was told that I “didn’t understand” and needed to think back to certain experiences in my past. Had brief, semi-related argument about current smoking habit. Said that millions of Americans would sympathize with current attempts to quit—Change! Hope! Hope for change!—but was countered with point that Americans seem to have found out about lung cancer.
Both Kerry and David apparently unimpressed by current lead in polls.
Hopefully yours,
Barack
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Sarah Palin: Arch-Enemy of Peace
Never have I been so afraid.
At the mere mention of Sarah Palin's name I start to panic. You see, the passion that this woman has ignited in this nation is astronomical in proportion. From those who whole-heartedly defend and support her to those who oppose her views and her candidacy for Vice Presidency, it is what's fuelling this election. No matter which way you cut it, there is a lot of hate going on.
And that is where I see the biggest problem: Sarah Palin inspires hate.
Sarah Palin has single-handedly revived the hate culture of this nation, which even President Bush wasn't able to do, even accidentally, though he was close.
The thing is that it's not just her foreign policy we should be worried about in this country, but it's her fundamental beliefs about life. Being pro-life does not equate to being PRO-LIFE, as in for those who are already alive. Part of what makes Sarah Palin popular among many Americans is her stance on abortion rights and war. Both very delicate matters that require more than hair-trigger reactions and sound bites. These issues demand careful analysis and a deep understanding in order for her to make informed decisions, should she were to become the commander in chief.
Those are legitimate issues for which she should be scrutinized, without a doubt. Especially since she has demonstrated a lack of even basic understanding of the superficial facts related to them. But what really scares me is that we are already getting a taste of what she has to offer, IF she were to be elected as Vice-President.
The hate-mongering in which she has been participating the last few days of the election campaign are trully alarming. Sarah Palin is capable of spewing lies and hate, unsubstantiated claims about her opponents, and those who don't agree with her.
Mrs. Palin, equating herself to a pit bull, is a dangerous thing. Take for instance at a political rally where she was recently campaigning, she referred to Sen. Barrack Obama as a terrorist. One of her supporters in the audience yelled out: "Kill him!" Surprisingly, Sarah Palin displayed no contempt for such a crude outburst of hate. She seemed satisfied by the hate that she ignited in her followers. It is never a good thing for a political leader to condonethe blind contempt some of her supporters display.
Hate leads to violence. Isn't that what we are dealing with today with the terrorists. These are people who promote a hate of the US so intensely as to kill and destroy with no discrimination. Sarah Palin is engaging in a similar tactic with a fellow American because he is her competition. What does this say about her? Should we not be afraid?
Maybe we shouldn't be afraid, as the polls show that she and John McCain are behind in numbers, but it is still a thought that keeps me up at night. The idea that our Earth will be plundered for the rich to line their pockets, that my reproductive rights be taken away because of a Christian zealot, and the idea that an uneducated, uninformed, emotionally charged administration has any access to nuclear weapons...well, yes, I am afraid.
If Google Chose Our President
Digg Me!
Call it a slow day at the office, but I wondered out loud today how our four Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates are doing on google - which is to say, how much is being written about them and to what extent are people searching for them. Before I knew it, I was off gathering some crude 'data' just to see what, if any, trends emerged. Candidate Related Content My first question was how much information is out there about each candidate? How is it spread out across formats? To answer these two questions, I simply performed different types of searches in Google for each of the candidates/search terms and recorded the raw number of results in the table below. So here are the raw #'s for search hits in Google:| Search Term | Web Search | News Search** | Blog Search | Image Search |
| "Barack Obama" | 83,700,000 | 321,451 | 3,882,154 | 8,250,000 |
| "John McCain" | 64,300,000 | 343,804 | 2,928,493 | 4,410,000 |
| "Joe Biden"* | 35,900,000 | 75,719 | 509,411 | 567,400 |
| "Sarah Palin" | 172,000,000 | 184,334 | 487,247 | 4,870,000 |
Notes: All terms searched in Google between 3:20-3:50PM PST 10/09/2008 *Combined Total of Searches using "Joe Biden" & "Joseph Biden" **News from last 30 days
So what does this all mean? Not much of course. However, I do think that one can safely say that there is a certain degree of Palin-mania taking place. Considering that she has only been on the national scene for a very short period, it is quite remarkable that she has earned more overall web search hits than the two presidential candidates combined. Another possible trend: no one wants to see Joe Biden's picture. Most Searched Candidates As for how popular searches are, click the graphic below to see how the candidates rate in search popularity. Once again, I think you will find that Palin-mania is real - and please, feel free to play with the numbers and inputs on this google page - I would love to hear your results!Digg Me!
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Sarah Palin Does Not Want to Help Women
"There is a special place in Hell for women who don't support other women" -Sarah PalinThere are so many things wrong with Sarah Palin making this statement, primarily that it is a misquote of Madeleine Albright's quote: "There is a special place in Hell for women who don't help other women." But mostly that it came out of Sarah Palin's mouth as a way to get women to vote for her, or else...what, we'll burn in hell? See the difference? Nice try anyway, Sarah. Sarah Palin thinks that American women are dumb. Her attempt at connecting with female voters was pathetic at best, and if we're going to talk about reservations in Hell, well, let's just say she has secured her spot somewhere in the ninth ring. Sarah Palin is not good for women. It's that simple. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see a woman rise to the position which she has just been handed, on a silver platter no less, but just because she is a woman doesn't make her the right woman. Just because she has a uterus and five off-spring doesn't qualify her for my vote. This is where the Republicans and John McCain shot themselves in the big political foot. By assuming that if they propped up a woman like Palin, so-called average, hockey-mom, that we, women, would somehow follow blindly. Here's the problem with that logic: Not all women are average Joe Six-Pack-types, with hand-fulls of children, and conservative views. Some would dismiss my opinions as envy, since Sarah Palin seemingly has it all and then some, but I am not alone. Let's set aside her views for a moment and look at the situation. What would qualify her as Vice-President? It certainly isn't her intelligence as she has proven time and again; she is nothing but a mouth-piece for the conservative right which is consistently anti-woman. Her political views are whatever John McCain tells her they ought to be, and even then she can't seem to get it right. But politics aside, on a personal level, Sarah Palin is offensive to the female gender. This is not a woman I see as an ally or an advocate for change. Sarah Palin is not interested in women like us, single mothers who struggle with the day to day things. She wants to pander to us with her extreme religious views that oppress women and keep them in perpetual poverty. Why would I say that, you ask. Let's just take her stand on female fertility. Sarah Palin doesn't believe a woman should have the right to choose...anything. She is against teaching sex ed in the schools which would help prevent unwanted teen pregnancy, she against giving a woman a choice, and she doesn't support programs which would help a woman in need, with children, to try to make a better life for herself and her family. It is common knowledge that Conservatives with their obsession with family values, vilify the single mother as the cause of the disintegration of the traditional nuclear family, and as a drain to the economy, as so many of us are dependant on government programs, right? So the vicious cycle continues. Sarah Palin is the worst kind of woman there is. She is a misogynist. She does not want to help women. She is a charicature of a working mom, with cartoonish ideas of what feminism means (Sarah,it doesn't mean you have to think and act like a man), and will use her femeninity when it suits her, or when it suits the party she serves. I want to see a woman in the White House as much as ny other struggling mom who feels misrepresented, but if we elect Sarah Palin, we won't just be misrepresented, we might see ourselves loosing some of the basic rights we need: a right to healthy bodies and healthy lives. Sarah Palin does not want to help you. Dont' forget that this November 4th.
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