Category Archives: Barack Obama

Salty endorsements

UPDATE: The Salt Lake Tribune endorsed George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, so contrary to what I wrote below, it probably is sort of a big deal that they endorsed Obama in 2012. I think what I said about the other newspapers listed below still stands, though I’d be happy to be proven wrong. I… Read More: Salty endorsements »

Astroturf for (or against?) Obama

An interesting comment showed up a few hours ago on an earlier blog posting of mine about Barack Obama: “Just wanted to say that I am eployed at a large Pharmaceutical company in Clayton NC and I support Barack Obama with all my heart. I would love for all my friends and colleagues to re-elect… Read More: Astroturf for (or against?) Obama »

The Obamas’ date in NYC: letter to the editor the Herald didn’t print

I sent this letter to the Boston Herald on June 8.  Unfortunately, they declined to print it.  Although I wasn’t reading the entire paper every single day around that time, I don’t recall the Herald printing a single letter, column or article defending the Obamas against the attacks on them for their “date night” in… Read More: The Obamas’ date in NYC: letter to the editor the… »

Voted

Some day I would like to be the first ballot counted by the machine on Election Day, but alas, with five kids in the house, I doubt that day will come for a while :-). I was up before 5am — couldn’t sleep.  Got the kids up at 6:15.  Got breakfast and lunches made and… Read More: Voted »

Awesome McCain flip-flop fact sheet from the NJDC

The National Jewish Democratic Council just released an awesome fact sheet on some of McCain’s biggest flip-flops.   Read or link to it here: http://njdc.typepad.com/njdcs_blog/2008/07/senator-mccain.html   Digg it here: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_flip_flop_fact_sheet   This is powerful stuff!