Entries For: February 2007
02/21/2007
Rep. Goode Does Not Like Muslims
Why, of all the clips from the congressional debate on the non-binding Iraq resolution, did we choose to feature Rep. Virgil Goode's time on the floor? Well, sometimes it's important to remember that some of our nation's elected officials are the best and brightest minds around... And that some of them are ignorant fools. Congressman Goode's gross generalizations about Islam aside, these four minutes are full of the sort of hyperbole and name-calling that would be beneath a junior high debate team.
Favorite moment: Mr. Goode's declaration that the radical Islamists want to rid the world of "so-called infidels like myself and many of you." It's nice that he chooses not to paint the entire Congress with the brush of infidel. But who does he think the terrorists want to spare? The non-Christians? Or just the Democrats? Well, according to Virgil Goode, they're probably the same thing.
02/14/2007
Obama Makes It Official
So here we go, with the Obama '08 campaign. And in his announcement speech, in the shadow of the Old State Capital in Springfield, IL (where Lincoln told the nation that a house divided cannot stand), it's clear that he's running for real.
Admitting that as a one-term senator, his decision to run is more than a little "audacious," Obama nonetheless demonstrates his readiness for higher office. With his proven talent for rhetoric, Obama rocks the mike right with talk of health care reform, curbing greenhouse gas emissions, and developing a smarter, stronger military. "Let's be the generation that makes future generations proud of what we did here." Preach it, brother.
02/07/2007
Ask A Gay Man: Politics Edition
Recently, YouTube fashionista William Sledd was on MTVU discussing the 2008 presidential candidates and their weblogs. I’m not going to lie -- I was totally excited to see my favorite “gay man” cross media platforms -- but I also think his perspective was spot on. There is something really awkward about seeing Hillary Clinton sitting in a plush floral chair “chatting” with the nation. And Tom Vilsack looks like he is in a college library, being swallowed by a mountain of books. What are your campaign managers trying to prove here?
Tom and Hill, if you want to have a chance in this election, listen to William. People want to see who you are, not hear about your political views -- if they wanted that, they would read Newsweek. Instead, how about showing us how life really is? Having a bad day? Have a new idea for a pot-pie? Share it with the nation. We eat that sort of stuff up.
