It's Barack Obama, Charlie Brown! The Infomercial and My Suspension of Disbelief

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 9:56 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 21:56

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

I absolutely loved it. I don't mind telling you that I cried.

I had intended to try and watch this through the eyes of a skeptic, someone who has decided that Obama is the anti-christ, that he is Hitler, that he is a Muslim terrorist who plans to destroy the country. Through the eyes of someone who believes he is, in short, a liar. It was like trying to go back to the way I felt in the primary, when I wanted Hillary to be President so much. I looked at this commercial objectively and tried to really see where someone might say, "That doesn't make sense" or "That's a bad idea." I thought I would get some insight into the people I'm trying to understand.

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 5:51 AM PDT

2008/10/26 · 05:51

My open letter to everyone who is bustling around the internet telling everyone who will listen that Obama is a socialist! A socialist! And then standing back, waiting with gaping mouth, for people to rush out and change their votes.

If you enjoy having weekends off, thank a socialist.
If you appreciate the eight-hour work day, thank a socialist.
If you approve of minimum wage, thank a socialist.

If you like living in a country where it's illegal to sell your child to a sweatshop for a dollar a week, you can be thankful that socialists, yes those are anti-capitalist, anti-free-market socialists, worked hard in the face of big business and government opposition to make that happen.

There's more...

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 6:20 AM PDT

2008/10/08 · 06:20

McCain charges out onstage and immediately starts scratching notes down with a fat Sharpie. What is he writing?
"Remember: do the lollipop dance during economy question!"
"Next time go with the blue tie, this damn thing looks like Santa's underwear!"
"Soy Milk! Pepto! Vienna sausages! Ensure!"
"Do not reveal true name is Rumpelstiltskin!"
"ACH-MEH-DIN-EH-JAD"

Your guesses and my debate recap below...

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 10:17 PM PDT

2008/10/02 · 22:17

My favorite moment was when Palin maverickily claimed she was not going to answer the questions the moderator asked! and not going to respond how Biden wanted to her to! and was just going to talk straight to the American people! with great lip-quivering and winking! and then launched into her soliloquy on when she was mayor...

...only to be cut off by the moderator because time had run out on that question she wasn't going to answer.

Below, my recap and predictions for media montages on the news tomorrow...

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 9:07 PM PDT

2008/09/26 · 21:07

I watched the debate (mostly) and provided some commentary (sort of) along with some snotty remarks, unrelated observations, and expressions synonymous with "Ptooey!"

How is everyone's botox holding up? Where do I get an invisible flag lapel pin like McCain had tonight? Where do I get my own analyst scorecard half circle to poke, and my own agreement knob to turn!?

These and more pressing questions, as well as a stunning lack of information on foreign affairs, below...

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Saturday September 13, 2008 · 6:54 PM PDT

2008/09/13 · 18:54

Today we went canvassing in the morning. I left the children at home playing video games with Dan and took Ahno out with me. After picking up our canvassing packets at the launch, we found our target neighborhood, a middle class area with big trees, oldish houses, and some waterfront lots. The residents were a mix of black and white and Asian, old and young. Some had taken great care with their yards and homes and some had kind of let nature take its course. It was a very interesting place to knock on doors. Wonderful and also horrifying.

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Tuesday September 09, 2008 · 10:18 PM PDT

2008/09/09 · 22:18

Great guys. Inspiring speakers. Smart and dedicated. Plus, they look good next to a kid with orange hair. Pictures below...

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Monday September 08, 2008 · 6:54 AM PDT

2008/09/08 · 06:54

Before yesterday, I had never done any canvassing for any political candidate ever. Even when I was at my most active, I shied away from knocking on doors. When I considered canvassing for Obama, I envisioned the following scenarios:

I creep up to a grey, weatherbeaten house with a dog on the porch and a chill wind whistling through the yard. Bits of torn paper and dry leaves spiral around in an eddy of breeze over a banging cellar door. A faded sign on the gate reads, "No libruls wanted." The dog bares its teeth as a voice whines from a broken upstairs window: WHO IS IT? And I say, "It's the Democrats!" And then the mouth of hell opens up beneath my feet and I'm immolated in a fountain of molten lava.

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Thursday August 28, 2008 · 10:45 PM PDT

2008/08/28 · 22:45

I thought I could only be happy voting for Hillary, but was prepared to vote Obama out of party loyalty and fear of McCain. Tonight, Barack Obama changed my mind.

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Monday February 11, 2008 · 10:21 AM PST

2008/02/11 · 10:21

Our two children, 4 and 8, are homeschooled, and part of their education outside school is seeing politics in as many experiences as I can give them. They worked the polls for John Kerry, and they'll work the polls this year for whichever candidate is wearing blue. Yesterday, we took them to see Barack Obama at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, and we had a truly memorable experience:

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Sunday February 03, 2008 · 6:36 PM PST

2008/02/03 · 18:36

Obama's was good. But what might Hillary's have looked like? Hmm...

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Sunday January 27, 2008 · 1:06 PM PST

2008/01/27 · 13:06

Who hasn't been in this situation? Your friend is dating a guy you find repulsive. You think he's politically backward, or he has a career you don't respect, or maybe you even caught him ogling a waitress while your friend was in the bathroom. Or... your friend supports a candidate you despise. You think he's a weak golfer, or she's a closet cannibal, or he's soft on redwoods, or she's got cankles. What do you do?

I'll tell you what you don't do, if you're smart. You don't march up to your friend and tell her, "Your boyfriend is a f*king lying cheating ugly racist whoremongering bastard and marrying him will ruin your life."

Why? Three reasons:

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If my best friend is dating a jerk, I will:

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If my best friend is dating a jerk, I will:

Tell her exactly what a hateful lying elephant's ass he is. She needs to hear the truth.

10 votes

Remind her occasionally that I think he's a sack of horse doot.

7 votes

Inform her of any facts she needs to know, but reserve judgment.

30 votes

Keep my mouth shut.

10 votes

Abandon this friend. If I don't like her boyfriend, then obviously, she is too stupid to live.

4 votes

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