As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare for Wednesday’s debate I give you audio clips from the 1912 election. Below are the actual voices of Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft in campaign recordings from that year (presented in the order that they finished). Phonograph records were the Facebook/YouTube of it’s day. RadioContinue reading “2012: A 1912 Rerun? (Only if you make it)”
Tag Archives: 2012 Election
The Need for Exactness
Whether truthfully or not, stating the need for exactness is an effective tool for planting doubt in the public’s mind about your opponents claims. Some birthers and JFK conspiracy theorists will never be satisfied with the official explanation of their respective claims. At the bi-Monthly Goo Goo Gathering that the Pittsburgh Coffee Party held, thereContinue reading “The Need for Exactness”
PA Senate Shuffle for Jane Orie’s Seat
This Tuesday there will be a special election to fill the PA State Senate seat of Jane Orie (the 40th) who has been convicted of using her staff for campaign purposes. The main candidates are the Republican Randy Vulakovich and Democrat Sharon Brown. The district covers the blue area in the map at theContinue reading “PA Senate Shuffle for Jane Orie’s Seat”
Texas and 5 Other States not participating in Medicaid Expansion So Far
Texas now added itself to the five other states above in dark red which will not participate in the ACA medicaid expansion even though it leads the nation in the percent uninsured at 26.3% and is correlated most strongly with income and the % Latino population at the county level. Here is Texas Gov. RickContinue reading “Texas and 5 Other States not participating in Medicaid Expansion So Far”
Progressive Soul Searching in Wisconsin, PA, & other Red Gov. States
The failed attempt this week to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has left many of his opponents to scratch their heads and wonder “was it the money?”, “Was it better organization?”, “Was something wrong with the exit polls?”, and “What does it mean for Obama’s reelection?” While these questions are interesting there are other questions,Continue reading “Progressive Soul Searching in Wisconsin, PA, & other Red Gov. States”
Deep South Primaries
On Tuesday Mississippi, Alabama, and Hawaii had GOP Presidential contests (American Samoa too). The above map shows the previous results by county with Santorum in green, Romney in blue, Gingrich in red, and Ron Paul (in the states that have voted so far) in white. All of the attention is focused on Mississippi and Alabama.Continue reading “Deep South Primaries”
Insult Roulette
For me the recent bruhaha over the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke brings back memories of another one from 2010 in which Sarah Palin (who was teasing with running for the GOP Pres nod at the time) was calling for President Obama to fire then White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel called critics of theContinue reading “Insult Roulette”
Italian Americans and Todays Immigrants
This mornings Democracy Now! program included typical stories about racial profiling and harassment of Muslim and Latino immigrant groups in New York City and East Haven, Connecticut. While I was watching this clip of the East Haven story, I saw either Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. or Police chief Leonard Gallo talk about their Italian rootsContinue reading “Italian Americans and Todays Immigrants”
Santorum’s “Bounce”
The news media has seized on the latest CNN Iowa poll which suggests the latest “surge” for former PA Sen Rick Santorum. This poll has Romney at 25%, Paul at 22%, Santorum at 16%, Gingrich at 14, and Perry at 11% with the others in single digits. A lot has been made of Santorum placingContinue reading “Santorum’s “Bounce””
Rick Perry’s Efforts to Save Us All
It seems to be a law of electoral politics that the most popular candidate is the one with the most messianic potential. This can be seen on both the right and the left as many hoped Barack Obama would deliver the nation from eight years of George W. Bush. After almost three years of ObamaContinue reading “Rick Perry’s Efforts to Save Us All”