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Entries from November 2008

Expect real ‘change’ to come from the 111th

November 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

In case you weren’t aware, change is the call of the times. Taking 52.3 percent of the popular vote, President-elect Barack Obama is the first Democrat since Carter to win the popular election by more than 50 percent. Debate its raison d’être until the cows come home, what’s not up for debate is the […]

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Ten reasons the GOP lost

November 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Now that we’ve had a week to let it sink in, I wanted to mull over some of the reasons why McCain et al. weren’t able to maintain the GOP’s eight-year grip on the White House. I wrote this for my friend Tom’s blog and you can check it out Here.

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Haikus made from spam

November 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Immediate post-election season can be a real bore. With my Obama euphoria now settling into what can only be described as a state of relaxed contentment, I’m slowly beginning to recover from the general anxiety and Pavlovian shock dealt to my fluttering eyelids from staring at poll figures for days on end (oh-drama!). In […]

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A Letter to my Relatives Regarding Today’s Election

November 4th, 2008 · 8 Comments

I sent the following letter this morning to each of my relatives (or as many as I could find email addresses for), 75 percent of whom I’d classify as conservative Christians and staunch Republicans. The results should be interesting.

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