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Obama Wins

Cian — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:21:29 +0000

Part of me is ecstatic; part of me is just glad it’s finally all over. I felt like it was Christmas morning when I woke up today, but by this evening the day felt more like a miserable birthday and I was in a massive sulk. I don’t know if it was nervousness or tiredness or what. Right now I’m mostly just relieved.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter at all how I feel. Well done, America. And thank you.

7 Days

Cian — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:57:34 +0000

Next Tuesday we can all begin to love America again.

The Economist’s Global Electoral College

Cian — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:56:50 +0000

Here’s another great new media project from The Economist. As the name suggests, it’s a global poll of support for candidates in the US presidential election, but based on the rather archaic electoral college system that still structures US elections. Thus, every country’s vote is weighted according to population, giving a total of 9,875 electoral college votes, including the ‘real’ 538 electoral college votes in the United States. Besides being a useful measure of global support for the two candidates, it’s the closest that some of us will get to being able to vote for Obama, so don’t miss your opportunity.

At the time I voted Obama was leading McCain by 7,779 global electoral college votes to 0.

Joe Biden

Cian — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:16:38 +0000

I’m delighted with Obama picking Biden as his running mate. Even though he was never really given a fair shake in the Democratic primary, Biden was one of the most assured of all the candidates in the debates, and certainly the wittiest. Until he became a VP candidate I had thought him a likely Secretary of State in a Democratic administration, but the McCain camp’s sustained negative campaign in recent weeks obviously added a new lustre to his brawling credentials, given Obama’s apparent reluctance to return fire himself. The only other somewhat likely ‘attack dog’ veep pick, Hillary Clinton, was probably never seriously in contention for the post since Biden brings far more to the table in terms of experience (especially in foreign relations), has lower negative ratings, and also offers the possibility of gaining greater traction with the working class/Catholic/Irish demographics that Obama has yet to nail down. Biden has the further advantage of not being married to Bill Clinton.

Here he is in his element, talking about foreign affairs, slamming an opponent and being funny all at the same time. The expression on his face at the end of the clip is priceless.

Video via Andrew Sullivan.

Stewart Nails It

Cian — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:07:20 +0000

Jon Stewart highlights how McCain is getting a pass from the media on a whole host of issues, even while his own side keeps complaining that the press is infatuated with Obama.

Obama’s Berlin Speech

Cian — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:03:49 +0000

Colbert on Obama’s Foreign Trip

Cian — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:12:33 +0000

\o/ He’s funny again! \o/

Jon Stewart on Baracknophobia

Cian — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:24:16 +0000

Fox News Jokes About Killing Obama

Cian — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:38:20 +0000

What an idiot. This is disgraceful even for Fox News, that toilet bowl of television journalism.

Dancing on Clinton’s Grave

Cian — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:06:16 +0000

Downfall with alternative subtitles.

A cartoon summing up the Democratic race right now.

Via Andrew Sullivan.

Obama Clinches the Democratic Nomination

Cian — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:17:44 +0000

Clinton hasn’t conceded just yet, but let’s all just accept that Obama has a lock on it at this point. John Zogby agrees.

Tim Russert agrees too.

Obama Hoping It Up in North Carolina

Cian — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:47:39 +0000

It’s great to see him back on form after a rather unpleasant few weeks.

Throwing Wright Under the Bus

Cian — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:04:02 +0000

He didn’t have much choice, given his former pastor’s media blitz in the last few day, during which time he’s basically shown himself to be a bitter old nut, clinging to crazy conspiracy theories and a runaway persecution complex (see what I did there?). It’s as if he wants Obama to lose the election.

The Onion: Black Guy Asks Nation For Change

Cian — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:50:17 +0000

The Onion can be a pretty hit-and-miss publication, but this article is hilarious.

“I’ll be honest, when that black guy said he would ‘stop at nothing’ to get change, it kind of scared me,” local mechanic Phil Nighbert said. “Just leave me alone.”

Though many were taken aback by the black man’s brazen demands, some, such as Jackson, MS’s Holly Moser, sympathized with him. She gave the black man credit for boldly standing up and asking every last person around him for change.

“I told him I’d give him some if I saw him later, even though I probably won’t,” Moser said. “Very nice man, though.”

The Economist on Obama

Cian — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:01:54 +0000

The Economist casts a critical (but not unduly harsh) eye over the possibility of a Barack Obama presidency here.