Election 2008
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2007-01
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Thoughts On The Next President.
2007-01-22.
With the presidential race “heating up”–or, as I like to think of it, “just barely getting started”–I figured I should take some time to ponder what kind of president appeals to me.
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2007-02
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Biden Announces, Shoots Foot.
2007-02-01.
Sen. Joseph Biden announced his official intention to run for president in 2008 and simultaneously ensured he will lose every Democratic primary all in one fell swoop: Biden Says He’s In…Again.
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2007-04
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Bill Richardson Handicaps His Own Campaign.
2007-04-03.
So far, I like the second-tier 2008 presidential candidates a lot more than the first-tier candidates. One of them, Bill Richardson, has just signed a bill allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes in New Mexico, according to CNN. At the risk of sounding cynical, this sounds like something that will probably doom him to remain in the second tier.
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2007-05
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Ron Paul Challenges People’s Thinking.
2007-05-16.
I watched the second Republican “debate” last night (I’ve seen all the debates so far), and a couple things jumped out at me. (I put debate in quotes, of course, because they are not debates at all in the traditional sense. I’m not sure what you’d call them.
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2007-06
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Tom’s Top Eight, May 16, 2007.
2007-06-06.
For historical reference.
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Top Eight Following CNN Debates.
2007-06-06.
I’m trying a silly little experiment this presidential election. I’m keeping scorecards on the mainstream presidential candidates and numerically rating each one in a variety of categories. This allows me to select the next president mathematically.
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Virginia Blog Presidential Endorsements.
2007-06-08.
I’m updating from time to time. See notes below.
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Brace For More Negative Ads.
2007-06-25.
I see that the Supreme Court has allowed political “issue ads” again. Personally I don’t see how those sorts of ads are helpful to society, but I guess it’s free speech (assuming you’ve got enough money to buy the ad time, that is). I suppose we’ll be bombarded by even more negative advertising from the big money lobbyists now.
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2007-07
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The Torturous CNN YouTube Debate.
2007-07-25.
We only watched about 45 minutes of the YouTube “debate” Monday night in the Krehbiel household before giving up. I tried to watch a little bit more of it tonight on the DVR, thinking I should at least make an effort to watch the entire thing before commenting on it, but I just couldn’t take it seriously. It was incredibly inane.
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2007-08
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Barack and Pakistan.
2007-08-02.
Note: I think it’s about time for me to declare blogging bankruptcy. I am defining this somewhat like email bankruptcy, except it is a declaration that I will never, ever be able to find time to write polished blog posts on the subjects running around in my head. So I’m going to revert to a more stream-of-consciousness format.
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Missed Debates.
2007-08-09.
I’ve missed several presidential debates in the past week.
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2008-01
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New Hampshire Independents.
2008-01-10.
In the 2008 New Hampshire primaries, 42% of registered Independents voted Democratic and 34% voted Republican. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#val=NH
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Candidate Ratings.
2008-01-11.
I don’t think a president needs too many skills. Delivering a good speech and bartering with foreign leaders is about it. Other than that, I figure the actual work of running the country is delegated far down the chain of command and the president himself is just a figurehead embodying the spirit of America to the rest of the world.
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2008-02
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The Worth Of The Virginia Primary.
2008-02-02.
Many bloggers here are hoping (a bit desperately, I think) that the Virginia presidential primiaries on February 12 will matter. I’m skeptical.
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Slightly Different Analogy.
2008-02-03.
Ann Coulter: “Are you too busy boning up on Consumer Reports’ reviews of microwave ovens to spend one day thinking about who should be the next leader of the free world? Are you familiar with our ‘no exchange/no return’ policy on presidential candidates? Voting for McCain because he was a POW a quarter-century ago or Huckabee because he was a Baptist preacher is like buying a new car because you like the color.”
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Primary Results Spreadsheet.
2008-02-06.
In case anyone is interested, I’ve been keeping an Excel spreadsheet summarizing the 2008 primary results. I made it because I couldn’t find anything on the web that gave a chronological summary. You can find an HTML copy of it here: 2008 Presidential Primary Results.
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Primary Eve.
2008-02-11.
Despite keeping a semi-watchful eye on the 2008 presidential race for what seems like an eternity, I have no idea who to vote for tomorrow. There are huge negatives with each one of the remaining candidates.
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Ralph!.
2008-02-24.
Ralph joins the race! Down with the corporations! I like this story mainly because it challenges the idea that God handed down a two-party system to America carved on stone tablets, and we citizens should learn to not just accept it but embrace it unquestioningly.
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2008-03
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On Obama’s Pastor.
2008-03-18.
I got the sense today that some of the anti-Obama people have been dying for a story like the one about his pastor to come out, so they can have a legitimate, politically correct reason to despise him. Previously, they would just hem and haw and say things like, “Well, I don’t know… he doesn’t have much experience, does he?” Now they are all buzzing around like, “Did you hear what that pastor said? He’s a raving lunatic!
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2008-04
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Obama is no Kennedy.
2008-04-08.
An old post from my Drafts…
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The Upside of the McCain Backlash.
2008-04-28.
Funny stuff from United Conservatives’ Cargosquid, which I think generally exemplifies the Virginia conservative Republican sentiment about the upcoming presidential election: F**K YOU MCCAIN! An open letter to the McCain campaign. On the plus side, I admire his honesty.
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2008-06
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Third Parties For President.
2008-06-08.
To do my small part to destroy the thought-stifling two-party political system in America, here is some information about third-party presidential candidates running in 2008. This information was gathered from Wikipedia and various Google searches.
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Silliness from McCain.
2008-06-24.
Here’s something I don’t get about John Sidney McCain’s offshore drilling policy. He’s fine with tearing up the oceans looking for oil in the continental shelves, but he’s against drilling for the oil we know is there in ANWR. Kids, can you say, “pandering for votes?” Or, “have your cake and eat it too?” Or maybe just plain, “WTF?”
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Eric Cantor for VP!.
2008-06-26.
Lots and lots of reports completely unsubstantiated rumors are flying around that Eric Ivan Cantor could become John Sidney McCain’s running mate. As someone who lives in Virginia’s 7th district, I’d also like to urge the The Partisan Robot to leave… err… run.
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2008-07
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Reversal of Fortunes.
2008-07-02.
I found this post on Too Conservative somewhat amusing: When Surrogates Attack. It’s a warning to Barack Hussein Obama and his surrogates about going down the road of attacking the military service of John Sidney McCain.
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Political Chess Overseas (updated).
2008-07-26.
Too Progressive gives us the scoop (actually just links to the YouTube where Andrea Mitchell gives us the scoop). One of the meatiest nuggets that conservatives have found in Obama’s overseas junket to reinforce their “Hussein” fantasies is that he snubbed wounded troops !! in Germany.
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2008-08
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Election of Childish Nicknames.
2008-08-06.
If you want to be taken seriously in political discourse today, it’s very, very important to create a childish nickname for the opposition – you know, something that would fit in with the fourth grade playground set. Here’s a look at the playing field so far.
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Blogger Shutdowns.
2008-08-06.
There’s been some consternation lately about Google allegedly “shutting down” some blogs that were critical of Barack HUSSEIN! Obama.
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Never Trust An Accent.
2008-08-09.
I didn’t think it was still possible for me to be disappointed in elected officials… John Reid Edwards’ admission of an affair proves they can never be trusted. I was actually somewhat impressed by the improvement in his rhetoric in the 2008 primaries. I should never have fallen for that Southern Baptist-sounding* accent.
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Obama’s VP.
2008-08-19.
Three different scoops about Obama’s VP pick: One for Kaine, one for Bayh, and one for Biden. Take your pick.
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Obama’s VP Part 2.
2008-08-21.
One of the previously mentioned scoopers now has a new scoop: Hillary.
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Biden As VP.
2008-08-25.
I actually like Joe Biden. He is long-winded, yes, and I don’t agree with all of his policies, but he always seems to skip past the B.S. and get right to the point.
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The Conventions Part 1.
2008-08-29.
We’ve been watching the DNC on C-SPAN this week. If you’re masochistic enough to want to watch a partisan convention, C-SPAN is definitely the way to go. It entirely cuts out the commercials and painfully ridiculous commentary that typically comes with the news networks.
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Palin as VP.
2008-08-29.
I said before I thought Biden was an “interesting and bold choice” for Obama. Well, today McCain actually one-upped him. Gov.
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2008-09
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Virginia Third Parties in November.
2008-09-01.
I was curious to see how many third parties made it onto the ballot here in Virginia, so I went over to the Virginia State Board of Elections. Here are the candidates that will be appearing on the ballot in Virginia for U.S. Senate.
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This Is An Outrage.
2008-09-01.
I am outraged that Hurricane Gustav is interfering with the Republican National Convention. How am I supposed to compare it with the DNC now?
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Prediction.
2008-09-04.
I am going to make a bold prediction that Republicans will praise Sarah Palin’s speech (probably using baseball metaphors), and Democrats will not.
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Common Ground.
2008-09-05.
I’m going to try to find some common ground with Gov. Sarah Palin.
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Secure Your Teleprompter Text.
2008-09-05.
I was scanning over Gov. Palin’s speech as it was pasted at Caroline County VA Justice (original source unknown), and stumbled over this part, which plenty of others have also noticed.
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Liberal Media Bias Again.
2008-09-05.
Here’s some more of that damn liberal media bias again. I’m glad conservatives are finally holding the media accountable for this foolishness.
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Comparison of VP speeches.
2008-09-05.
I thought it would be instructive to compare the tone of the personal attacks in the vice-presidential candidate speeches at their respective conventions.
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The Conventions Part 2.
2008-09-05.
I’m not going to lie to you: The RNC was nowhere near as entertaining as the DNC. (Except as seen on The Daily Show.) Here are the all-star speakers from CSPAN’s YouTube channel: George Bush (introduced by Laura Bush), Fred Thompson, Joe Lieberman, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Lindsey Graham, Tom Ridge, Cindy McCain, John McCain. (Remember bloggers, embeds are not valid HTML.
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2008-10
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The Cynical Election Roundup.
2008-10-20.
By the way, I’m purposefully avoiding writing and especially reading further about the presidential election. Thankfully I already have all the information I need to make a decision, because if I didn’t, I definitely wouldn’t be getting anything useful from television, radio or the blogosphere. I feel badly for anyone actually trying to decide how to vote right now.
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2008-11
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A Minor Reflection upon the Election.
2008-11-04.
For some parts of the country, tomorrow will be a day of joy and relief, and for others, it will be a day of anger and despair. Both of those extremist groups will be flailing around a lot on television, radio, and the Internet in the days and weeks ahead while media producers scramble to further dramatize what is supposed to be the (latest) defining news event of our time.
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Poll Results from 2000 and 2004.
2008-11-04.
It’s popularly believed (at least by the handful of people that I’ve overheard lately) that polls don’t mean anything, and the actual results of today’s election will be far different from what the media says it will be. I tend to agree with that theory, up to a point*. But I was curious to see if that viewpoint bears up against the historical evidence from the 2000 and 2004 elections, which as you may remember turned out to be toss-ups.
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Post-Election Musing.
2008-11-06.
I have many post-election thoughts.
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