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Saturday, June 7, 2008
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A chronicling of my thoughts on our options for President through the primaries and the general election season. [*NOTE: Since first starting this in early December of '07, and after some months of consideration, I decided to support Barack Obama. This blog covers much of the thought process leading up to and following that decision. I'll include a few post-election thoughts up until the inauguration or a little after.]
In humble attempt at casting this in the tradition of Socrates, a (slightly altered) quote:
"The unexamined vote is not worth casting."
About Me...
Brendan
Native Virginian living in the DC area who thinks "politics" is just another word for "life," when you consider the realities it deals with: peace, war, health care, the nature of our obligations to one another as fellow human beings, etc. (even if those in politics don't always treat it in this way). In early 2008, after about two months of thinking and writing on here, I became convinced that Obama viewed politics with this level of importance, so I decided to support him. Read posts pre-Feb. '08 to see my thoughts leading up to this, and subsequent ones to see my thoughts from there.
Native Virginian living in the DC area who thinks "politics" is just another word for "life," when you consider the realities it deals with: peace, war, health care, the nature of our obligations to one another as fellow human beings, etc. (even if those in politics don't always treat it in this way). In early 2008, after about two months of thinking and writing on here, I became convinced that Obama viewed politics with this level of importance, so I decided to support him. Read posts pre-Feb. '08 to see my thoughts leading up to this, and subsequent ones to see my thoughts from there.
Key Starting Points
- Intro for New Visitors
- A Summary of My Thoughts in a Radio Piece I Did...
- Closing Thoughts on the Night Before the Election...
- Post-election Posts
- Pictures of Some of Us During the Election Cycle in Virginia
- Meet the Man Who Would, and I Think Should, Be President (and now is!)
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Series on Various Subjects
Two questions on Iraq...
Note on comments: If I know you, please consider using your name if you leave a comment, as it allows for more of a connection, encouraging the type of honest dialogue that is too rare in our society (in my view).
Posts on Topics (or search by keyword using the box at top-left)
Issues
Abortion
Economy
Energy
Faith
Health care
Iraq, Afghanistan & war in general
National service
Parenting
Race & racism
Social justice
Terrorism
Women's issues
Other topics
Debates
Endorsements
Experience question
Getting involved/volunteering
Lack of integrity (in both parties)
Music for politics
Repub. & Dem. Conventions
Repub's/Conservatives for Obama
Virginia & the Presidential Election
Other past topics...
Abortion
Economy
Energy
Faith
Health care
Iraq, Afghanistan & war in general
National service
Parenting
Race & racism
Social justice
Terrorism
Women's issues
Other topics
Debates
Endorsements
Experience question
Getting involved/volunteering
Lack of integrity (in both parties)
Music for politics
Repub. & Dem. Conventions
Repub's/Conservatives for Obama
Virginia & the Presidential Election
Other past topics...
Posts on Various People
Candidates
John McCain
Barack Obama
VP Candidates
Sarah Palin (McCain VP candidate)
Joe Biden (Obama VP candidate)
Others
Bill Ayers
Bill Moyers (this is the PBS guy, not Maher, and his show is basically better than any other education I've had; check out his website)
Colin Powell
Michelle Obama
Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Past candidate posts...
John McCain
Barack Obama
VP Candidates
Sarah Palin (McCain VP candidate)
Joe Biden (Obama VP candidate)
Others
Bill Ayers
Bill Moyers (this is the PBS guy, not Maher, and his show is basically better than any other education I've had; check out his website)
Colin Powell
Michelle Obama
Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Past candidate posts...
"Only by having excellent people in government can we have excellent performance by government."
-Albert Carnesale
-Albert Carnesale
Site stats thus far
Unique visitors:
With so many blogs, it's helpful to know you're not the only one looking at something. Check here for stats like average time spent on the site, etc.
I was also encouraged to see this rating of my blog in the top ten Obama blogs by Blogger.com (nothing spectacular, but nice no less!).
With so many blogs, it's helpful to know you're not the only one looking at something. Check here for stats like average time spent on the site, etc.
I was also encouraged to see this rating of my blog in the top ten Obama blogs by Blogger.com (nothing spectacular, but nice no less!).
Get-to-know-the-candidate Links Part 1 (all use video clips)
- All the debate videos, analysis, etc.
- C-SPAN - Road to the White House (great candidate town hall events, etc.)
- Election 2008 TV Ads (just make this like your 402nd source of information for voting--i.e., get in-depth info. elsewhere)
- Global Poverty Stances of Both Candidates (OneVote08)
- Social Justice Stances of Obama
- You Tube Election '08 Page
Get-to-know-the-candidate Links Part 2
- McCain's Blog
- McCain's Stances on Issues
- Obama's Blog
- Obama's Stances on Issues
- Obama "Fight the Smears" Site (facts on common misconceptions about Obama)
- OpenSecrets.org: Who Exactly Donates to the Candidates?
- ProCon.org on Candidate Positions
- Republicans for Obama (stories of Rep's supporting O., Rep. issues section, etc.)
- Vote Gopher on Candidate Positions
Various Election Coverage Sources
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