If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or email alerts. Thanks for visiting!Registered on AlGore.com, Ash informs me that Al Gore will endorse Barack Obama for President in a few hours in Detroit. Thus, the last big endorsement in the Democratic Party has come through and now we [...]
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June 13th, 2008
Neglecting Margin of Error
More in media election coverage bashing, yesterday Chris Matthews was talking about differences in support for Obama and McCain among women or more particularly suburban women. He had a graphic up on the screen with Obama’s photo captioned with “Woman Trouble?” Now what is seen as a part of increased media scrutiny toward media networks, [...]
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June 12th, 2008
Obama - Fiscal Conservative?
Almost 90% of Americans will pay less taxes under Obama than under McCain. And you thought Republicans were the fiscally conservative party. You’ll seen an increase in your taxes under Obama only if you earn $112K or more (strangely only $12 increase if you earn between $227K and $603K). Perhaps the ‘tax cut to the [...]
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June 6th, 2008
Media’s Sexist Behavior toward Hillary Clinton
“Clearly, in an age when the dangers and indignities of Driving While Black are well-acknowledged, and properly condemned, Striving While Female – if it goes too far and looks too real — is still held to be a crime.”
An excellent post on Clinton’s treatment by the media by Judith Warner. Mind you, the Obama campaign [...]
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June 5th, 2008
Hillary Clinton Supporters for McCain
Yeah, now this is really mature. The paragraph at the top seems to suggest that they are already sold on McCain so why bother pretending they were with Hillary? Methinks some mischievous Republican 527s are at play here.
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June 5th, 2008
The Presumptive Democratic Nominee
Finally after a 50-state primary, the Democrats have a presumptive nominee. Presumptive because the nomination will be endorsed only in the Democratic Convention in Denver in August. Heck, even previously ignored territories like Puerto Rico and Guam joined in the nomination party with cable news network actually paying attention to polling. Even though the networks [...]
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June 2nd, 2008
Would Bobby Jindal really be a good choice for VP?
The chatter for McCain’s Veep is rising and Jindal is getting lot of consideration. His nomination would supposedly give McCain not only an age counterbalance but also a conservative slant. Jindal although an Indian-American holds ultra-conservative values such as refusal to believe in evolution in favor of advocating creationism and strongly opposing abortion in any [...]
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May 29th, 2008
Perils of Loyalty as Employment Criteria
“Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”
…seemed to be the inspiration for Scott McClellan as is evident from its preface for writing his latest book eviscerating the Bush White House. Ranging from labeling the Iraq war as a ‘major blunder’ to the ‘constant campaign state’ as opposed to governing, McClellan [...]
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May 29th, 2008
Murdoch’s Prediction
Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch of Fox News and Wall Street Journal considered as the bastions of conservatism today, says Obama might win in November and that McCain has lot of problems [video].
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May 23rd, 2008
Margin of Victory
Clinton’s continued presence in the Democratic Primary race coupled with Obama’s losses in the conservative states are giving pundits fresh ammo regarding the electability issue. Obama’s 41-point loss in West Virginia followed by a 35-point victory in Kentucky seemingly put in doubt Obama’s ability to win in November. Bill Kristol, the columnist added to bring [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, Politicking, United States | 7 Comments »
May 20th, 2008
The Appalachia Racists
How are so-called working-class Appalachia whites Obama’s problem? If they can’t see beyond their racism, Obama will never get their vote no matter how hard he tries. It makes sense to let them wallow in their heartland gutter.
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May 18th, 2008
Public Whip helping undecided voters
Undecided voters skewing the polls? At least in the UK, voters who are lazy enough to take an active interest in the political issues yet do not want to vote by the Enee Meeny Mynah Moo strategy can log on to The Public Whip website. The website documents how individual MPs vote, together with who [...]
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May 15th, 2008
Clinton’s Point and Wave
All candidates have their patent campaign moves. For Hillary Clinton, it is the point and wave. You know you are no longer the press’s darling when they expose your secret (popat kiya in Bombay lingo) as Dana Milbank did in Washington Post today:
2:57 p.m., Yeager Airport, Charleston, W.Va.: A steep descent brings Clinton’s plane [...]
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May 13th, 2008
Bob Barr for President?
Bob Barr, the former Georgia Congressman has announced a bid for the Libertarian nomination for president. We had him in class for a guest lecture once in Atlanta. Even in the U.S., the Libertarian Party nominee doesn’t really attract much attention let alone stand a chance of making an impact.
Patrix | Asides, Politicking, United States | 1 Comment »
May 13th, 2008
Older than McCain
Nothing against old men but getting past 70 is pushing it. Here is a list of things older than McCain. Senility is considered less of a risk than inexperience both in Indian and American politics.
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May 6th, 2008
The Drag Race
So it is yet another Super Tuesday. Honestly, it doesn’t take much to make a Tuesday super these days. In India, Angarika could be safely considered as one especially if you are a Siddhivinayak bhakt but across the pond, it just takes two states to head to the polls. Folks on the cable news networks [...]
Patrix | Media, Politicking | 8 Comments »
April 30th, 2008
Obama in 30 Seconds
Move On Dot Org is currently running a national contest on creating 30-second videos for the Obama ‘08 campaign. They announced the 15 finalists recently based on viewer votes. Some of the videos are wonderful and creative and I’m glad that one of the three voting criteria is the presence of a positive message.
Patrix | Asides, Politicking, World Wide Web | 2 Comments »
April 17th, 2008
No more debates
When you have debated 21 times, questions are bound to get petty and stupid. So when Barack says there is no point debating further, he is a sore loser? Honestly are these debates even helpful anymore considering that Obama and Clinton differ so little in policy matters as we have seen in previous debates? People [...]
Patrix | Asides, Politicking, United States | 10 Comments »
April 13th, 2008
The Real Petraeus Questioning
I always thought SNL loved Hillary but obviously in this introductory sketch on the Petraeus questioning this past week, McCain and Clinton get the brunt of the attack. As for Obama, well, you can’t make fun of a guy who opposed the war right from the start unlike those people who claim to. Obviously cursory [...]
Patrix | Politicking, United States, Videos | 5 Comments »
April 9th, 2008
Torch Relay through Arunachal Pradesh?
Given the extent of protests worldwide, the Chinese authorities will be glad when the Olympic torch relay comes to China and roam around its countryside before culminating in Beijing on August 8th. In their country, it can safely squash any protests and hide its brutal ways of doing so from the eyes of the world. [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, India, Politicking | 3 Comments »
Movies I've Watched...
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2008-09-20 16:55
Delightful comedy laced with dry Brit humor. A bit sappy though.
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2008-09-02 21:00
Explores the brother-sister relationship brought together during their father's last days.
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2008-09-01 21:00
Poignant but slow narrative of an orphaned girl living with her aunt in rural Maharashtra.
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2008-08-09 23:00
Stunning and engaging narration. Raw violence and personal struggles of ordinary guys in a tough neighborhood.
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