Revisionism Watch 2008: Progress Report
By Ravenhawk | February 12, 2008
For those missing the purpose of the Revisionism Watch, check the Intro. With Super Tuesday and a majority of the state’s primaries already held, many are looking ahead to November, unsure who will be on the ballot. While it has indeed been a cut-throat battle, the main-stream media wants to paint a picture of an epic tie between two equals.
It has been somewhat hard, through all the battle over-hype to track down the actual numbers behind the potential nominees. The best play-by-play I’ve found so far is The Blog From Another Dimension. They have a good overview of the way things have been playing out so far.
Overall the media has like to portray Obama as being the underdog, who is barely fighting against Clinton’s experienced hand. In reality, his charisma and strong call for a change in the corrupt government as it stands has brought quite the uprising since his campaign began. While at the beginning he was an underdog, for sure, since then his campaign has battered and surpassed that of the Clinton camp. Now, with Obama ahead in states and delegates, Clinton is panicking. She’s fired her campaign manager, trying new blood to revitalize her campaign.
I applaud the turn-over. The idea of Clinton is the white house I find a rather disturbing one. A democrat though she may be, no one who would actually compare themselves to Harry Truman is someone I would ever want to see in the white house. She represents staying with the same old political ambiguousness that we’ve been dealing with for years. There is no difference between people like her in the democrats and many of the same in the republicans.
I’ve heard far too much political doublespeak from Clinton to ever cast my vote towards her. Add to this her strong anti-gaming stance over the years and no politically-minded gamer could support her in good conscience.
Tags: Politics, 2008 Elections, Clinton, Democracy, Democrats, Elections, Obama, Primaries, Revisionism, Revisionism Watch 2008
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A Last Minute Political Plea
By Ravenhawk | February 5, 2008
The title “A Second-hand last minute political plea” may have been somewhat more appropriate but whatever. As the large masses flood out today to cast their votes all over the country for various primaries, I find a great tension hanging. This day could likely determine the future of this country, at least for the next four years; Will we act responsibly on the world fronts? Will government clean it’s act up? Can this country possibly move to become something I personally could hold respect for again?
Alas, I’m feeling ineloquent and time is short, as pollsters are already moving out in parts of the country to cast our future. And so, rather than using this soap-box to stand up and give my own, long-winded and potentially un-grandiose plea for those of you voting later today to cast in favor of Obama, I instead send you forth to this link. It is a blog post written by the creator of xkcd, a web comic which I personally enjoy. It does not try to argue some sharp point, berate too many of the failings of the other candidates or any of those usual politics. It is just a short, quiet plea for a better future.
Tags: Politics, Democracy, Obama, primaries, voting, xkcd
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