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WHew.
Who are you voting for? Not that I plan to follow everyone else's vote, but in light of the upcoming primaries, I'm going to post perspectives on each candidate.
When I have the time, it'd be fun to make a sonnet about the candidates.
Upcoming post on issue topics
I mean, this whole fiasco is really humorous in a way, if it didn't have to do ( Read more... )
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Since she's got more Superdelegates already, it'd take a fucking miracle or an assassination to give Obama the nomination now.
Words cannot properly convey my disappointment and my utter firey rage.
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The one year the Dems could run nearly anybody and beat the Republicans, we seem to be setting our sights on a right-of-center washington insider who won't even admit she made a mistake approving Iraq. She is a cold, cynical wonk who is confusing people with claims of "universal health care" (when in reality all she'll do is force you to buy health insurance, awesome) and producing crocodile tears to get the woman vote.
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I thought we'd established it was an affectionate joke by this point. D:
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Everybody wants health care! But not everyone can afford it. That's why many people use health insurance to defray the costs of medical treatment. But not everyone can afford health insurance, either--and many people hate health insurance because insurance companies basically make their money by denying people coverage. I'm not being a partisan hack there, watch the videos of doctors testifying before congress that it was their job to find loopholes for insurance companies--through which said companies could deny sick people treatment.
Passing a law that makes such insurance mandatory is not going to give people truly universal health care. It will force people into universal coverage, which will solve some problems and create spectacular new ones.
Presidential candidacy shouldn't be about whether or not you think someone's crying for real or not.
My point is, I have a hard time trusting Clinton. She does not seem genuine. Obama seems flawed--inexperienced and idealistic--but genuine, without ( ... )
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I don't think it matters as much who was opposed from the start as much as what they will do about it. It seems to me that Obama is really milking that point, but will Hillary draw more Republican votes because of that record?
Clinton does support negotiations with Iran (The Nation, 1/8/08) Oh, don't forget how many nations were complicit in cover-up human rights abuses, such as deportees to Yemen. I don't see anything that immediately stands out in Obama or Clinton's plans to address these issues.
In terms of Iraq, either candidate promises withdrawal, just a question to what extent and weighing the consequences.
I might go for Barak because I think he has more leverage in response to McCain.
Obama should be Hillary's First Gentleman or Hillary Obama's First Lady. Or one vice prez the other. That would result in an unstoppable team.
NEENER NEENER NEENER says Uncle Sam.
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The well of tears, my friend. Just when it seemed like her campaign was floundering, she cried in what looked like a genuine moment of humanity and vulnerability. Voters were touched and Hillary experienced a surge in the polls. The cynic in me scoffs; the idealist in me says that, okay, maybe it really was a real uncalculated showing of emotion.
Then, once Obama took the lead in delegates, she started crying again in a QA session. Like, immediately after he took the lead in delegates. Considering how much manipulation and imagery goes into politics, that's extremely questionable.
If there was less government spending on healthcare, there would be more
funds reallocated to more constructive policies. I read that Obama's
rejection of an individual mandate would make it more difficult to reform
the system: http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20080205/cm_huffpost/085144This is really interesting, actually. I ( ... )
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The Obama family images can be seen as equally contrived, almost too ideal. I refuse to point fingers about who's being real or fake because I think it is an unfair judgment to make on the candidates and emotions are an unfair point of contention.
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It's literally just as bad as the literal body-fights Korean politicians get into.
However, the email does show the comparative difference between Greenberg's early Avant Garde and Kitsch essay (Artforum, 1939), and his later revision in response to (was it Lyotard?'s critique??).
It would be an interesting art project to reconstruct Greenberg's later article out of comparative clues...
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