presidential campaign
October 15, 2008
- OK, so this blog has nothing to do with books, and precious little to do with writing. But I just wrote this parody song about Gov. Sarah Palin, sang it last night (Oct. 14) at the monthly jam with the band, Los Train Wreck, here in San Francisco, and a guy asked for a copy of the lyrics so he could put them online.Fine with me, but, the way things go, he's likely to post it without proper ...
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September 29, 2008
- A few months ago the Presidential election seemed a self-contained narrative, an uncomplicated drama starring Barack and Hillary, and then Barack and John. Democrats feared that if their candidate threatened to win, the Republicans would pull an “October surprise,” and speculation centered on the bombing of Iran. But since then, time has accelerated, and the Presidential campaign no ...
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September 10, 2008
- One of the most appalling aspects of experiencing the current Presidential campaign has been watching John McCain’s step-by-step shedding of every last vestige of integrity. McCain once stood out among Republicans as a supporter of legislation to limit climate change and reasonable immigration laws and as a critic of both Bush and the party’s ultra-right Christian fundamentalist ...
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September 1, 2008
- For the first time in this presidential campaign, I am feeling political. And I don't like feeling political. I don't like feeling angry and appalled and saddened and depressed. It seems like drama that I don't want or need, and yet, it's about the country that I live in. So who else should be upset but me and everyone else?In any case, what caused me to stop in my tracks and think last ...
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