Posted in 2008 General Election, Culture/Trends, Names, Politics, tagged baby names, Barack Obama, beau, bristol, Hunter, Joe Biden, John McCain, Malia, piper, Sarah Palin, Sascha, track, traig, willow on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another less relevant observation from Sarah Palin’s debut today:
“Our oldest son, Track, he’ll be following the presidential campaign from afar.”
Track? Our son, Track. Track Palin. Then she got to the names of her other four children:
“Next to Todd is our daughter, Bristol, another daughter, Willow, our youngest daughter, Piper, and over in [...]
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Posted in 2008 General Election, History, Patriotism, Politics, tagged Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic Convention, Eugene Robinson, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Legend, John McCain, Mark Warner, Michelle Obama, Norah O'Donnell, Pat Buchanan, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Palin, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder, Ted Kennedy, Will.i.am on August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s always difficult to measure history in real time. It usually devolves into either hyperbole over the moment or a sort of unnecessary conservatism – the automatic need to tamp down any enthusiasm and figuratively pass the buck to “historical perspective.” Still, under any measure, I can’t see how the last seven days [...]
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R.I.P. the Mac and Biff dream… you were fun to imagine running against. And, just for old times sake…
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The buzz on this Biden pick is that it will force McCain to select Romney.
Um… how’s that?
Poorest Senator in the Senate known for impolitic “straight-talk” up again the rich guy with the perfect hair and the memorized talking points? How is that a stroke of genius? They say (yup, “they”) that Romney is the guy [...]
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OK, it’s certainly fair to say that a good deal of the outpouring of support for Joe Biden is built on relief that he isn’t Evan Bayh. And there’s always that roll-out glow that makes the VP selection look so brilliant for those first 24 – 48 hours (I was even excited that first day [...]
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The apparent word of the day. In Joe Biden’s 2,156 word VP introduction speech today, he used the word “literally” eight times.
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Posted in 2008 General Election, Culture/Trends, Politics, tagged Barack Obama, Britney Spears, fist bump, Harold Ford, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Paris Hilton, Starbucks, style vs. substance, trend on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, the McCain campaign has finally broken through the news cycle with, what, 73 consecutive negative ads? It’s that celebrity ad – the one with Britney and Paris – that has generated the most buzz, and the most “ya think?” kind of pronouncements from the media:
1. The McCain campaign is trying to turn [...]
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