One America or Un-America? Senator Edwards or Reverend Backwards?
Clinton & Obama vie for past President Carter who has worked on global peace & building homes. McCain has lined up past President Bush who's worked on getting rich from the Carlyle Group.
While the Dems angle for Al Gore, who has raised awareness against global warming, McCain has a staff of lifetime lobbyists who have raised their money from the Myanmar junta.
This week, Obama got the nod from McGovern. This week, McCain's role model -- the Bush team -- has continued to embody "Can't Govern."
And while John Edwards returned to the stage with an upbeat message of creating "One America," McCain's Rev Hagee's anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim comments struck us as "Un-America."
Senator Edwards...or Reverend Backwards? I know whose support means more to me.
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Forget Super Delegates...Here Come the Super Candidates!
Barack Obama can move crowds with his words & Hillary Clinton can survive fatal blows.
Clinton's tireless against all odds & her strength increases under pressure. Obama's survived base, baseless attacks & nobody can discover his kryptonite.
They've hit more states & had more debates shook more hands, kissed more babies, & eaten more samples of local cuisine than any mere mortal candidates in memory...
Forget Super Delegates. These two are Super Candidates.
John McCain better be scared. He's looking more & more like a mix of Lex Luthor & Skeletor.
When Hillary & Barack's powers combine, McCain's in trouble -- now, let's hope they survive each other long enough...
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In February, states split, votes were close & "Super Tuesday" turned out to be "Just Another Tuesday."
In March, we were promised that Texas would be someone's "last stand" at the Alamo, but in the end, the night didn't produce a Lone Star.
And this week, the Primary in the Keystone State ended up more of a Secondary concern, and was definitely not a keystone moment.
Howard Dean took over the Democrats promising a 50-State Strategy...
Obama & Clinton are just taking him really literally.
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TV "news" re-plays Jeremiah Wright's comments more than General Petraeus's testimony... which one's in charge of the war again?
The press wonders which of three candidates -- all with the wealth & status to run for Prez -- is most in touch with "the common person"... but doesn't talk much about their plans to solve the "common person's" housing crisis.
In the first debate in 7 weeks, the moderators get around to Iraq ...only after important issues like lapel pins.
Maybe the media's run out of things to say, maybe "issues" get in the way of their gossip, ...or maybe the media's just bored.
The media & pundits would get re-engaged if only there were a corps of informed pros who'd talk to them & the public about the race in an exciting and intelligent way...if only...
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In Planet of the Apes, Charlton Heston played a man imprisoned by forces of theocracy, ignorance & fear. In the 2008 election, John McCain plays a man ignorantly courting theocrats & fear-mongers.
In Ben-Hur, Heston challenged the rule of imperial occupation. McCain wants to be an occupying empire.
Heston once led the Jews out of Egypt. McCain wants to lead us all into Iran.
Not only would Heston's roles have beaten McCain by chariot, drowned him in the Sea and called him a damn dirty ape for good measure ...they also would have voted against him.
And while he may've been an gun-loving old man, at least Heston marched for civil rights ...decades before McCain opposed MLK Day.
McCain should learn by watching a few more films ...he'll have plenty of time starting early November.
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We've Got Our April Fools...If Only They Were Joking
As Americans face a home mortgage crisis, McCain suggested they fend for themselves, while wanting to bail out the industry that enabled the crisis in the first place.
As new violence erupted in Iraq, revealing how little progress we've made, McCain claimed the surge was working.
As the media enjoysed McCain on Letterman, they laughed off as a simple "gaffe" his continued false statements on Al-Qaeda.
For April Fools Day, McCain & his media fans revealed themselves a group of April fools... if only his stances were just a bad joke.
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America suffers from a collective case of do-gooder deafness: we have a hard time hearing a message when it's delivered by a dorky academic or an unattractive activist. We're all ears, though, when celebrities speak out about their pet causes, or their pets, or whatever. So, in acknowledgement of the fact that I, as a mere blogger, can only hope to influence so many people, I'd like to enlist the aid of some of our most ogled and Googled celebrities to help America combat climate change and overconsumption:1. Britney Spears: Britney's evidently on the road to recovery after some much needed r 'n' r. Here are three more "r's" I'd love to see Britney promote: reduce, reuse and recycle. Our landfills are overflowing with post-consumer crap and the oceans are clogged up with plastic; what better time for Britney to redefine white trash! Recommended reading/viewing: Garbage Land by Elizabeth Royte; The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard.
3. Lindsay Lohan: Lindsay confided to Elle magazine last fall that she feels bad about the fact that media coverage of her shenanigans "is distracting from the other things that are important, like global warming and that kind of stuff." So, Lindsay, why not use that media glare to highlight the hazards of climate change? You'll get a glow, and it won't be from global warming. Go on David Gershon's Low Carbon Diet, school yourself with the hot eco-doc Everything's Cool, and you'll be cool, too.
5. Madonna: America's most famous ex-pat has set down roots as deep as her brown hair in Britain, so she's the perfect candidate to publicize the plight of Britain's endangered red squirrels, whose very future is imperiled by an invasion of deadly pox-carrying gray American squirrels. How about an animated PSA to the tune of "Who's That Squirrel?" in which she helps Squirrel Nutkin knock Rocky J. Squirrel's block right off the island? At the very least, the pop princess could follow Prince Charles' royal lead and become a patron of Save Our Squirrels.
6. Donald Trump: The Lowbrow Baron of the High-Rise isn't getting very far with his bullying and bulldozing these days. From his proposed golf course development in Scotland to his Long Island "Trump on the Ocean" project, The Donald's grandiose plans keep running aground in the face of stiff opposition from locals. Is his stature diminishing? Here's a new mantra for the author of Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life: Think small and DO GOOD. Recommended reading/viewing: Deep Economy by Bill McKibben; Garbage Warrior, coming to a theater near you on April 2nd!
7. Rush Limbaugh: Yes, Limbaugh's a noxious gasbag, but scientists are making great strides these days converting methane gases from manure into energy. Limbaugh is the nadir of climate change naysayers, and it's a safe bet that he'll continue to pooh-pooh the notion that global warming's a threat to the planet, so why not harness the harmful nonsense he spews and turn it into a useful source of energy? Recommended viewing: Biogas, The Movie:
8. Amy Winehouse: Winehouse is, alas, goin' back to rehab, so she presumably won't be available to do any kind of pr for awhile. But once she's bounced back from her latest crack-up, I'd love to see Amy put her beehive'd head to work on raising awareness of colony collapse disorder, the mystery disease that's killing bees all over the U.S. and Europe. Come to think of it, she'd be a great spokesperson to raise awareness of white nose syndrome, too--that's the deadly illness that's decimating the northeast's bat population. Recommended viewing: Every Third Bite, coming soon!
9. Chuck Norris: Now that Mike Huckabee's presidential bid is over, Norris presumably has some free time, so I'd like to suggest that the legendary martial arts megastar turn his attention from black belts to green belts and use his status as America's number one action star to slay the developer dragons and strip-mall monsters. Who better than a diehard conservative to champion conservation? Recommended reading/viewing: The Long Emergency by James Howard Kuntler; The Unforeseen.
10. Richie Sambora: Sambora was arrested last Tuesday in Laguna Beach after his black Hummer was spotted weaving in and out of traffic. The Bon Jovi guitarist went to rehab twice last year; will a third time be the charm? Drinking and driving is never a good idea (especially when your 10 year-old daughter's in the backseat) but alcohol can be a tough demon to shake. Maybe Sambora would have more luck if he swore off driving instead? Ditch the Hummer, Ritchie, get off the Lost Highway, and become an advocate for Transportation Alternatives.
