Category Archives: politics
election 2008– a few days after
I was going to run three dense, separate posts of analysis on this election & its aftermath, entitled “WHO LOST: OLD WHITE FOLKS,” “WHO LOST: THE GAYS,” “WHO WON: EVERYBODY ELSE” but then, like a long-time friend of the blog, … Continue reading
ten reasons to vote for obama
(obligatory pre-election chatter. sorry. can’t be helped.) Mail to my old pal, Harvey, who claims he is voting McCain and asked for ten reasons why he should go Obama: – From: Jarett Kobek To: His Pal Harvey Date: Thu, Oct … Continue reading
Some monsters will never die
There is no way to put a gloss on the complete and utter failure of Rudy Giuliani’s Presidential run. It ranks as the single worst campaign in modern political history, a statement born out by the numbers: $50 million dollars … Continue reading
in the midnite hour, she cried more more more
U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain kisses Trig Palin who is held by his sister Willow Palin (obscured) after arriving to attend the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota September 3, 2008.
welcome to hell
U.S. Republican vice-presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) (L-R) meets U.S. first lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ), in Minneapolis, Minnesota September 2, 2008. Riding dirty and running with the … Continue reading
street flier art from little armenia
With zero understanding of the Armenian language, and knowing very little about the current state of Armenia, I won’t hazard a guess. This is one of three fliers that started appearing about two weeks ago– the first is nearly identical, … Continue reading
Goodbye, Norma Jean
Regardless of this election cycle’s outcome, it is safe to say that we have avoided the worst of all possible fates– the dreams of a Rudy Presidency have been dashed like the brains of Babylon’s children. My first stint in … Continue reading
the wheel of fortune
Not that it needs another blog post, but Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize has shocked my lefty brain. It was hard, so hard, to have lived through the chaos of the 2000 election and its aftermath. There was … Continue reading
Giving Paddy his wacks
George W. Bush’s Andover old boy attitude with an Irish interviewer, and Todd C. Murray‘s comment upon it, reminded me of my second favorite piece of young Bush lore: the branding. When I first heard that Bush had defended, and … Continue reading
One last chance to make it real
Any individual monitoring the pre-primary Election 2008 chatter, can’t have missed that one of the biggest issues thus far has been Mitt Romney’s Mormonism and what it means. There are many good reasons to find Romney disturbing– like his apparent … Continue reading