Daily Archives: August 11th, 2008 «

 

Video: “Obama Believer”

Posted by: ST on August 11, 2008 at 9:31 pm » 5 Comments

“Sang” to the tune of The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer”: (groan) Kind of fitting, eh? They’re singing a song originally done by a group of pretend musicians, about a man who has been pretending to be president ever since he wrapped up the nomination. Perfect. Semi-related: The Atlantic has a blockbuster story today that takes [...]

 

10 year-old girl meets McCain, then starts blog and YouTube channel to help him get elected

Posted by: ST on August 11, 2008 at 7:24 pm » 7 Comments

If this is the face of the future, we have nothing to worry about What an awesome story! Especially after a crazy Monday workday.

 

Obama veep selection to be announced early next week?

Posted by: ST on August 11, 2008 at 12:25 pm » 15 Comments

The LA Times Top of the Ticket blog writes about an email the Obama campaign is sending out to those who signed up for email updates from the website telling them they can sign up to be the “first to know” when Obama announces his VP running mate: Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee [...]

 

Fallout from the John Edwards affair confession

Posted by: ST on August 11, 2008 at 10:41 am » 8 Comments

Here’s a few things that have been reported in the aftermath of His Royal Phoniness’  affair confession on ABC’s Nightline program Friday night: Elizabeth Edwards posted her own statement on the Daily Kos blog In spite of the fact that John Edwards said he’d be willing to take a paternity test to settle the “who’s the [...]

 

US Olympic men’s relay swim team kicks French bootie

Posted by: ST on August 11, 2008 at 9:06 am » 6 Comments

The French men’s relay swim team had been talking smack this weekend about how they were going to “smash” the American team.  The US team was not favored to win the 4×100-meter freestyle relay final  … but they did, edging out the French last night by a fingertip and setting a new world record in classic fashion. Caption: [...]