Posts Tagged ‘election 2008’

Ok, from what I can tell, voting in the US election is already being hit by numerous problems that Slate are pointing out in their running commentary of the days events here. It’s pretty incredible seeing lines snaking around streets all over the country as people wait to vote. Not only because it’s unbelievable that [...]


In an attempt to choose the lesser of two evils, I’m hoping Barack Obama wins the election tomorrow. He wont bring any fathomable change, but I guess he’ll be able to speak coherently and walk in a straight line, which is an improvement on the current occupant of the White House. Obama is certainly going to break [...]


AP BREAKING NEWS 1/11/08 -
Commentators have become concerned about California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mental state following a speech made at a McCain-Palin rally held in Columbus Ohio yesterday. Professional psychologists believed the Hollywood star turned politician may be suffering from a mild form of psychosis due to comments he made regarding Senator John McCain’s election chances [...]


Apparently this is Obama’s long lost Cuban brother;

Surely this guy has gotta milk this for all it’s worth over the next 4 years!!


Much has been made of Obama’s apparent air of elitism which has led some people to distrust him and view the man as arrogant. Considering Ronald Reagan and George W Bush were elected to the highest office in the US it seems there is a large portion of the population which finds intellectual prowess a [...]


I’m not sure how many people have seen this around since it was first reported in the summer, but the following snippets are from a leaked memo that was sent to Gordon Brown from the British ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald in the US. It’s basically a run down on Obama, what makes him tickpersonally and [...]


The US electoral process is being systematically attacked on partisan lines as covered on a wonderfully cogent blog here and here. Greg Palast’s site has released a statement regarding a year long investigation he and Robert F. Kennedy Jnr have released and will be featuring in Rolling Stone next month. Although I’ve gone into the [...]


Powell said the following in an interview today;
“I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the [Republican] Party say… such things as ‘Well, you know that Mr Obama is a Muslim’.
“Well the correct answer is, ‘He’s not a Muslim, he’s a Christian, he’s always been a Christian’. But the [...]


With polls showing John McCain beginning to trail behind Barack Obama in the race for the Whitehouse, it appears the Republican candidate has turned to negative means to create fear among the electorate over placing a vote for his rival.
From The Guardian (UK);
“The McCain campaign yesterday sought to distance itself from ugly remarks by supporters, [...]


 It seems there are some interesting new developments in the world of US election rigging, brought to my attention last night by a segment on BBC’s Newsnight programme by Greg Palast the author and investigative journalist. When I posted on this subject during the summer I generally focused on issues surrounding electronic voting machines, but [...]