It's the Character, Stupid

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 10:30 PM PDT

2008/09/11 · 22:30

For those of us who think that this election about the issues, George Lakoff has got some news for you: running on the issues is no way to run a campaign. And Barack Obama's attempt to run on the issues instead of campaigning with the inspirational fervor he ran on in the primary may end up costing us the election. More over the fold...

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Monday September 08, 2008 · 9:57 PM PDT

2008/09/08 · 21:57

Barack Obama is my choice for president, for the simple reason that he's doing something I could never do. I don't have his drive, his political savvy, his eloquence. I certainly don't have his keep grasp of the American economic landscape and I don't have the faintest clue how to argue about abortion in a way that doesn't offend my friends and family. Being a military doctor, though, I do have some strong opinions regarding the war, and health care (note: I'm writing this as a private individual and don't purport to speak for the military or its health services) and have some amount of knowledge to back those opinions up.

So as a diligent supporter, I've read up on Barack's positions; I've studied his proposed policies, and I've done my digging on McCain. And I think I can explain the Obama campaign's positions pretty clearly. But even with all that, I realized tonight there's still a lot of work that needs to be done.

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How will you make a difference today?

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How will you make a difference today?

I'm donating my cold, hard-earned cash.

4 votes

I've only giving my blood, tears, toil, and sweat.

4 votes

Screw your diary, I only scrolled down to see if there was a snarky answer in the poll.

1 vote

I'm wearing my Obama T-shirt proudly at work.

1 vote

I don't have a T-shirt, but I did get the bumper sticker already, so lay off the guilt.

0 votes

Counting down the days till January and praying for the light.

1 vote

Putting out an APB for party unity.

0 votes

Pie. And by that I mean a bake sale for Barack Obama.

1 vote

How amazing is this?

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 · 6:51 PM PDT

2008/05/20 · 18:51

I didn't see this diaried anywhere else, but at any rate, it deserves mentioning. Today, another Republican strategist for the McCain campaign resigned. That's not the big story. The big story is why.

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Wednesday March 05, 2008 · 4:47 PM PST

2008/03/05 · 16:47

With all the talk about math, delegates, superdelegates, real estate deals, experience, change, naivete, corporate servitude, shady deals, questionable ethics, back-stabbing, and general bitterness, I thought I would add my own $0.02 to the conversation. Not that anybody asked, of course.

But all my little pea-brain can come up with is this: can we remember who the real enemy is?

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Saturday July 07, 2007 · 5:25 PM PDT

2007/07/07 · 17:25

These are some of the things I've learned after my first week as an Internal Medicine intern on the MICU. Nothing to do with politics because really this is all I've had time for in the past week.

Things I've learned so far on my first week (2 days of 30-hour call):

When placing a central line, don't ever let go of the wire.

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Tuesday April 17, 2007 · 9:36 AM PDT

2007/04/17 · 09:36

In all the media frenzy surrounding the Virginia Tech shootings, there's been talk about how we should have MORE guns; we should have FEWER guns; there's abundant speculation about the shooter's motives-- we have FBI profilers trying to explain his "mental demons" and television anchors saying it was "his girlfriend issues," we have reporters telling us it was because of his "mental health concerns." We already have Democrats blaming Republicans and Republicans blaming Democrats. And yet, one thing has been grossly overlooked: that this product was not just the product of guns, of psychiatry, of politics, or of angry ex-boyfriends: it was the product of our culture of alienation and isolation.

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Wednesday January 10, 2007 · 8:30 PM PST

2007/01/10 · 20:30

I didn't see this already posted, but I figured it bears repeating here. A site known as Deadspin raised funds to send to the family and platoon of a soldier serving overseas-- e.g., Iraq. They solicited funds via their website and had people contribute those funds to a Paypal account, which they figured would be an easy and safe way for people to transfer money. All pretty simple, right? Wrong.

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Thursday July 06, 2006 · 6:01 PM PDT

2006/07/06 · 18:01

The New Republic once again lends its pages to anti-progressive sentiment, this time by allowing two business-people to talk about how to improve medicine. As if doctors and nurses really needed advice from them on how to improve the way they give healthcare. The last time I checked, we went to the doctor because we wanted to feel better when we were sick, not because it was simply a fun thing to do. More below the fold. Read More

The New Conservatism.

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Wednesday July 05, 2006 · 3:51 PM PDT

2006/07/05 · 15:51

First time diary-- cross posted from my own Xanga. Posting this more for my own edification on how diaries work here, with the hope to contribute more later when schoolwork isn't quite so heavy.

I recently made the mistake of leaving a comment on a fellow Xangan who calls himself "Conservative_Kyle." Basically, I informed him that I found his site unreadable and his opinions and writing completely stultifying. Actually, what I really said was that I was dumber for having come across his site and that I nearly had a seizure trying to read it. Read More

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It's the Character, Stupid

The work we need to do

How amazing is this?

Can we remember something?

Lessons from the MICU: a list.

Guns don't kill people. We kill people. (NOT about guns)

Paypal Hates U.S. Troops

Doctors vs. Insurance Salesmen

The New Conservatism.