Politics::Election2008: November 2008 Archives
Rene Wanner's Poster Page / Shepard Fairey posters for Barack Obama
A collection of 149 parodies of the red and blue Obama HOPE poster. (But they missed the arugula poster!) (Via 423smith.)
Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster - VECTORTUTS
Make your own Obama HOPE-style poster with Photoshop.
CitizenLink: Dr. Dobson: 'We Won't Be Silenced'
Focus on the Family founder replies to Kathleen Parker and others who want conservative Christians to be excluded from the public debate.
Remember the shady campaign contributions from Chinese and Indonesian sources? James Riady? John Huang? The slimy pay-to-play pardons at the end of Slick Willie's second term? Christopher Hitchens does: "In matters of foreign policy, it has been proved time and again, the Clintons are devoted to no interest other than their own. A president absolutely has to know of his chief foreign-policy executive that he or she has no other agenda than the one he has set. Who can say with a straight face that this is true of a woman whose personal ambition is without limit; whose second loyalty is to an impeached and disbarred and discredited former president; and who is ready at any moment, and on government time, to take a wheedling call from either of her bulbous brothers?"
Jonah Goldberg On Kathleen Parker s "G-O-D" Shame - Right Wing News
Commenter Bill Dalasio, a non-religious libertarian conservative, says the threat to his liberty isn't coming from "oogedy-boogedy" social conservatives: "Put bluntly, I can't help but feel I'm being sold a bill of goods here. Progressives, with the full consent of moderates,...chip away consistently and unabashedly at my freedom. All the while, telling me how scared I should be of the religious conservative bogeyman hiding under the bed." He cites smoking restrictions, speech codes, gun laws, the fairness doctrine, and mandatory recycling as examples.
Via the Cranky Conservative, who adds, "The essence of modern liberalism is a quest to perfect society. It really should come as no surprise, therefore, that it is the left that seeks to use government to achieve that end. More often than not, social conservatives are merely fighting against greater government intrusion."
RedState: How To Tell The "Culture Wars" Are Not Over
We can tell, because the Left was actively fighting for cultural hegemony in this election. In fact, the Left has been the aggressor all along:
"The point is this: we have political conflict over social and cultural issues because we have two sides that disagree on a broad range of issues, and neither is willing to change its position. If these issues were actually unimportant or indefensible, the side that was losing elections on them would throw in the towel and adapt its positions, as for example happened with the end of the political battles over segregation and Prohibition. And if cultural liberals disdained conflict, they would never start battles on these issues - yet they do so all the time. Indeed, abortion wasn't an issue in national politics until Roe v. Wade; the NRA wasn't a force in politics until liberal politicians pushed increasingly intrusive gun-control measures."
Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know - Telegraph
"He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - he didn't.... He doesn't drink coffee...."
330 - From Pickin' Cotton to Pickin' Presidents « Strange Maps
Interesting correlation between a map of 1860 cotton production and county results in the 2008 presidential race.
Covering the recount in the Coleman-Franken Senate race.
Obama's promise to bankrupt the coal industry begins already: Coal stocks down 15% since Election Day.
McCainBlogette.com - Musings and Pop Culture on the Political Trail
Meghan McCain's photos -- lots and lots of them -- showing life on the presidential campaign trail.
President Map - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times
More cool maps! An interactive map showing county-by-county results from 1992 to the present. You can even compare this year to a previous year. The only areas that got redder since 2004: Cajun Country, the Redneck Riviera, and a belt from western Pennsylvania, through W. Va., Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and into eastern Oklahoma -- the migration path of the Ulster Scots (including my mother's side of the family).
On the Other Foot: See why I love this woman?
"NEW PARIS, Pennsylvania: Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska was swiftly working the rope line at an apple orchard in southwestern Pennsylvania when she met a supporter who brought her to an abrupt stop. Amber Brown, 23, held a poster that read, 'I have Down syndrome and I'm voting for you. I'm a fighter too!' Seeing Brown, Palin wrapped her in a tight hug. 'I love that poster,' Palin said. 'You're a fighter and you're beautiful.'"
Jack Cashill writes: Yavelow Study Confirms Ayers Hand In Obama's "Dreams"
Call it the crockumentary hypothesis. After seeing the tool of source criticism used to attack the authorship of scripture, it's kind of fun to see it being used to deconstruct the liberal messiah.
The Judge Report - A Jerk to the End
The One delivers the ol' one finger salute.
Lautenberg, Zimmer go at age and earmarks in last debate - Breaking News From New Jersey - NJ.com
The wonders of Metamucil: "'Age has nothing to do with whether you're effective,' [N. J. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 84,] countered. 'It's known that I produce regularly.'"
