Pop + Politics | Archive for 2008 August 26

Archive for August 26th, 2008

That’s it, baby! Let’s go win this election!

Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) is awesome.

Soapbox: HRC @ the DNC —Part Deux

While some of my colleagues may not agree, I thought Hil’s big moment was a very good speech which contained some subtle hat tips—if you paid any attention.
Hillary’s not nearly as fluid as Michelle Obama, Barack, or her own husband, in terms of delivery. She’s kind of stiff and stilted and pauses at the wrong [...]

Soapbox: Gut Reactions to HRC @ the DNC, Part 1

Brit Hume over at Fox Comedy Channel relished in all the things Senator Hillary Clinton left out of her prepared remarks. He said he always loves when Democrats hate on the Bush years, suggesting it sounds as if we were living in Belarus (a nation where the government, coincidentally, spies on its citizens, too).
My immediate and gut [...]

P+P @ The DNC: Obama’s Major League Screw Up Revealed

Barack Obama’s first job was with Judson Miner’s law firm specializing in civil rights in 1992. While mingling outside a Politico-sponsored panel at the DNC, Miner said he’s often asked about any criticisms of Obama or anecdotes of errors, screw-ups and faults.
“They say he’s a lawyer so he had to have made a mistake at [...]

P+P @ The DNC: Michelle Obama’s Speech “Just like Mom”

Last night I attended the opening night of the Democratic National Convention and heard Michelle Obama speak. And I caught myself feeling as though I was listening to someone’s sister or mother, or even my own.
Although Mrs. Obama’s speech was written to garner political support for her husband’s presidential candidacy, I believe her speech last [...]

P+P @ The DNC: Wyclef Gets The Unity Thing

More on the epic Wyclef performance from Chris Nelson, including a sick photo gallery and descriptions of the electric vibe at the event.

Evening Nuggets: Daily News Roundup

One step forward… And even the State Department is calling it a step back. North Korea has decided to stop stopping their nuclear weapons program. They’ll get back to disabling a facility used to produce weapons-grade plutonium, but only if the United States stops referring to them as a terrorist state and officially ends the [...]

Post-Vietnam Politics: Now it’s OK to Laugh

Are we finally ready to laugh at the Vietnam War? And does this say anything about Barack Obama’s chances in November?
Ben Stiller’s Vietnam/Hollywood spoof Tropic Thunder has been the No. 1 movie for the past two weekends. Stiller nimbly eviscerates whiny stars, pretentious directors with too much “vision,” contract-obsessed agents and bloviating studio heads who [...]