Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2008 by Dillon MacRae
In the final weeks preceding every presidential election, the media drive the American electorate into extreme fits of either boredom or anxiety, depending on one’s level of engagement in the electoral process, by hopelessly obsessing over polls and a mysterious segment of voters that — it turns out — may barely even exist at all. Entire truck caravans laden with barrels of ink — and their present-day electronic equivalent — are devoted each election cycle to analyzing the thoughts, attitudes and leanings of the “undecided” voter.
Posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 by Dillon MacRae
Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin repeatedly has attempted to brand Sen. Barack Obama as a terrorist sympathizer due to his casual professional acquaintance with William Ayers, a present-day college professor who in the turbulent 1960s had been a militant anti-war activist. Annenberg Political Fact Check found the McCain campaign’s assertions “groundless, false, dubious…seriously misleading.” Palin has downplayed her own highly questionable and more recent associations, at least one of which — unlike the Obama-Ayers link — raises legitimate concerns about where her true allegiance lies.
Posted on Monday, October 6, 2008 by Dillon MacRae
After meriting a couple of momentary mentions during the primary season, the “Keating Five” scandal — the 1980s savings-and-loan debacle that Sen. John McCain once called the biggest mistake of his career — now has surfaced again in all its ugly glory. As global financial stability today teeters on the edge of collapse, those looking for reasons leading to the present meltdown should take a close look at the Republican presidential candidate’s regulatory philosophy over his quarter-century in Congress and his role in the infamous S&L scandal.
Posted on Sunday, October 5, 2008 by Dillon MacRae
In what has become a satirical sensation, Saturday Night Live viewers expecting to be entertained once again by the show’s characterization of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin were not disappointed last night. Tina Fey returned for the third time as Gov. Palin — this time facing off against Jason Sudeikis as U.S. Sen. Joe Biden in a spoof of Thursday’s vice-presidential debate. Queen Latifah more than held her own as debate moderator Gwen Ifill of PBS.
In the final weeks preceding every presidential election, the media drive the American electorate into extreme fits of either boredom or anxiety, depending on one’s level of engagement in the electoral process, by hopelessly obsessing over polls and a mysterious segment of voters that — it turns out — may barely even exist at all. Entire truck caravans laden with barrels of ink — and their present-day electronic equivalent — are devoted each election cycle to analyzing the thoughts, attitudes and leanings of the “undecided” voter. 
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