March 2012
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Game Change is a pleasant way to spend two hours, especially if one likes to view train wrecks. Palinoconservatives will decry the film as a left-wing hatchet job. But aside from a few priceless scenes, such as one during which campaign advisors try to explain the combatants and outcome of WWII to Palin (Julianne Moore), the candidate is given an humane treatment.
But in fairness to Palin, John...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
the republican brand
The McCain campaign (if not John McCain himself) is as emotionally stable as Alex Rodriguez when he’s in a room with Madonna. It’s (he’s) angry and resentful at one moment, then...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
call me irresponsible
A message of intolerance goes over much more easily when it comes with a smile and a wink. The “he’s not one of us” theme seems ready-made to appeal to the baseness of the Republican...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
palinoconservative
Governor Palin seems to be a novice in a lot of things, a necessity which she has turned into virtue. Ou la chevre est lie e faut qu’elle broute. It makes her a maverick by default. In other words,...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
grading the vice-presidential debate
Senator Biden: you were disciplined and didn’t come off as condescending. Your task was pretty easy, but you didn’t raise the bar. You can’t coast at this level. Final...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
straight outta Wasilla
What happened to the special needs baby? Sarah Palin’s experience as a working mother (hockey mom) seemed to be one of the qualifications she claimed for herself as McCain’s vice-presidential...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
body language
Much is being made of the fact that John McCain rarely (if ever) made eye contact with Barack Obama during their first presidential debate. While it’s possible that McCain was showing disdain for Obama by...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
political hysteria: McCain and the crisis
Deal or no deal? A lot is riding on this for McCain. House Republicans clearly don’t want to sign off on the bail out. I assume the plan could pass despite House Republican...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
stealth campaign
Republicans have preferred well choreographed photo-op situations and tightly scripted speeches before handpicked, friendly audiences since the Reagan years. So the sudden press phobia of the McCain/Palin campaign...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
as the polls turn, or: what would a McCain presidency entail
According to the polls, Obama is losing support from “white” women to McCain. I wonder if those Democrats who have switched to McCain have pondered a McCain...
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In light of the premiere of HBO’s Game Change film on the McCain/Palin (or was it Palin/McCain) campaign in 2008, I’m reblogging myself from 2008 on this very topic.
getting to know Sarah Palin
Last night was Sarah Palin’s second minute of fame at the Republican National Elder Hostel. I was shocked and relieved to find out that Sarah Palin is not Hillary Clinton (I imagine...
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The Republican electorate does not want a smiling face, certainly not the sunny, “morning in America” visage of Ronald Reagan. Republican politicians have painted a doom and gloom, Chicken Little view of America and its position in the world since — as Newt Gingrich describes him — the “bureaucratic socialist” Obama took office. The base of the Party is angry,...
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Rock Magic: Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, And a search for the elusive Stairway to Heaven by William Burroughs, Crawdaddy Magazine, June 1975.
When I was first asked to write an article on the Led Zeppelin group, to be based on attending a concert and talking with Jimmy Page, I was not sure I could do it, not being sufficiently knowledgeable about music to attempt anything in the way of...
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