Need Video of Kerry's Campaign Announcement!!!

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday December 09, 2004 · 9:18 AM PST

2004/12/09 · 09:18

I am writing my master's thesis on JK's performance of war leadership and I was depending on just streaming the announcement speech off the C-SPAN website. But it's disappeared from the archive, and it costs $45 to buy. WTF?

Is this a democracy, my friends?!

So, any hints on finding it online would be much appreciated. Likewise, if anyone has a copy from TiVo or whatever, I will buy a copy and pay for shipping. Assuming it's less than $45.

you can email me: moralvaluescampaign@hotmail.com.

Thanks fellow kossacks

Re-claim and Re-frame Without Shame

politicsistheater

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday November 10, 2004 · 8:07 AM PST

2004/11/10 · 08:07

This is the underlying philosophy (with thanks to Lakoff) for our new campaign, Progressive Values Are Moral Values.

To become a part of this campaign contact: moralvaluescampaign@hotmail.com. Or join ProgressiveValuesAreMoralValues yahoo group.

We will soon have a website, and we are working on a national database of progressive groups to network through. If you have suggestions, contact us.

See below for the goods... Read More

Progressive Values are Moral Values Campaign--need help on copyright/trademark issues! (plus poll)

politicsistheater

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday November 05, 2004 · 5:41 PM PST

2004/11/05 · 17:41

Hi Kossacks,
I have posted this notice on several threads already today, but here is a new request for legal help:

Some friends and I in Austin, Texas are starting a meta-campaign to re-frame the values debate and take our country in a progressive direction.

We want to share our slogan with everyone across the world so that it picks up steam.

More below the fold...
Read More

"I have moral values" campaign

politicsistheater

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday November 04, 2004 · 10:00 AM PST

2004/11/04 · 10:00

Some friends and I in Austin, Texas are starting a meta-campaign to re-frame the values debate and take our country in a progressive direction.

We want to share our slogan with everyone across the world so that it picks up steam.

We are making t-shirts, buttons, signs, etc. that say "I have moral values." This a great slogan because it can be personalized in any way to fit a person's identity. In a demonstration we can chant,
"I love my partner, and I have moral values!"
"I am a Christian Democrat, and I have moral values!"
"I care about poverty, and I have moral values!"
"I hate war, and I have moral values!"

It's not, "I have moral values TOO" but "I have moral values"--plain, simple, and powerful.

Please help pass this meme on. Let's take our country back.

To become a part of this campaign contact: moralvaluescampaign@hotmail.com

What is CW and when does it fail us? A multi-part series

politicsistheater

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday August 10, 2004 · 11:01 AM PDT

2004/08/10 · 11:01

Hello everyone,
I am a master's student in theater history/criticism at the University of Texas at Austin. I recently became involved in politics during Howard Dean's campaign and have since decided to write my thesis on the performance of politics in the 2004 presidential election.

I have a good background in theater theory and practice, but I am relative novice at political history. Still I have been reading electoral history and political communications texts all summer. So, I want to take advantage of the collective wisdom of all the Kossacks to identify some political maxims (aka CW, or conventional wisdom).

Here is my first maxim:
Today I finished reading Eloquence in an Electronic Age, by political communications scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson. She argues that the old fiery, aggressive, verbal oratorical style of the Romans, Greeks, and 19th century British and American politicians has since given way to a friendlier, more intimate, emotional and visual-centered style that works better on both radio (pioneered by FDR) and especially television (mastered by Ronald Reagan).

I am realizing now that Howard Dean exemplified the older style--he whipped his supporters into such a frenzy on such a daily basis that once the national eye was on him immediately after the Iowa caucus he forfeited chances of a comeback by repeating the animated, aggressive style his supporters had come to love about him.

So the maxim is: Act more like Bill Clinton (or Ronald Reagan) than Howard Dean--this is the age of television and Oprah, not William Wallace.

Dissent? Agreement? Other maxims related to performance style?

Iraq on the Record--from Playboy

politicsistheater

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday July 20, 2004 · 8:13 PM PDT

2004/07/20 · 20:13

A small blurb in the most recent Playboy (I get it for the writing!) describes a report called "Iraq on the Record" published by the Committee on Government Reform Minority Office (www.house.gov/reform/min). This report identifies 237 statements that were made by Bush and Co that were misleading at the time they were made...and 10 that were simply false.

It finishes with, "The 30-day period with the greatest number of misleading statements was before the congressional vote on the Iraq war resolution."

Check it out.

Whoopi fired by Slim Fast

politicsistheater

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday July 14, 2004 · 10:28 PM PDT

2004/07/14 · 22:28

Check out CNN's webpage. Bittersweet day for Whoopi in that she loses money, but gains moral ground. And she makes a good statement in her defense.

Oh well...

Colin Powell's future is in Jeopardy

politicsistheater

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday July 03, 2004 · 10:24 AM PDT

2004/07/03 · 10:24

Take a look at the video clip on Cnn.com and see what really goes on in international summits on security and other "important" matters.

I really hope this gets as much play as Dean's remarks after the Iowa caucus.

RSS