It’s looking good for the election: Obama’s up 8 in the polls, and seems to have a lock on the electoral college. So why am I suddenly so depressed? True, a glass that’s 54 percent full will – at last! – get us a thinking president, a decent president, very possibly a great president. (Unless […]
Market Losses? Just an Investment in an Obama Future
That bundle you recently lost in the stock market? Stop weeping and look at the bright side. Think of it as your share of an investment in the nation’s future. Because face it: Many voters are so uninformed – or, more damaging, misinformed, by the likes of Fox News – that they might not […]
OK, Let’s Imagine a Palin Presidency
I’m sorry, but sometimes this country just terrifies me. In a recent post, I made the case that even the Republican faithful should vote for Obama – that they should realize that, considering the multiple crises we face, their “values” issues pale next to considerations of competence and honesty. That post got the following […]
Why Thinking Republicans Must Vote for Obama
Open letter to the Republican faithful: OK, we probably disagree with each other on practically every issue, from guns to taxes to gay marriage to abortion. And much as I consider you dead wrong on all these issues, let’s just agree to disagree and start from there. And from that starting point, I think I […]
Joe Six-Packs? Let ’em Do It All
Oh, sure, I resisted hoppin’ on the Sarah Palin bandwagon, but I’ve come around. It was my fault, of course. I was indoctrinated with that elitist mindset for so long – I used to work for one of those fancy newspapers, with all those facts and things, and I guess I just sipped too […]
Not Voting and Proud of It. How Scary.
I got a new perspective yesterday on America’s voters – or, more to the point, non-voters. It was both illuminating and scary as hell. A group of us drove to Pennsylvania from our home near New York to register voters, and the Obama campaign dispatched us to an inner-city supermarket in Allentown. As we […]