The Washington Post campaign blog has an article about this ad, which is titled "Heartless." Any opinions on its effectiveness and its target. According to the Washington Post this ad is going to be run in Missouri, Northern Virginia, and Wisconsin.
posted by Anonymous @ 8:12 PM
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I think that Thursday's debate holds much more excitement for many people than the Presidential debate. First of all, it is the only scheduled Vice Presidential debate. Both nominees have to be careful Thursday evening. After some not-so-good interviews, Palin has her work cut out for her. Some believe that the bar is set so low for her going into the debate that even a mediocre performance will be seen as a success. Meanwhile, Biden will be have to focus on strictly McCain and the issues- attacks on Palin and her qualifications will be seen as sexist remarks. Another interesting thing about the Vice Presidential debate- the McCain campaign fought and won to have a more structured debate than the free-flowing Presidential debate. There will not be time for any unpredictable questions; the debate will stick to the simple question and answer sessions between the moderator and candidates. Biden advisors were ok with either format. Does this show any concerns in the McCain campaign about Palin's debating abilities? Should they be concerned?
posted by Anonymous @ 3:51 PM
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I thought the Takaki speech was very delightful, it was certainly different than I expected. And I think it did shed light on this book, a work which could be considered fairly tedious. I thought it was inspiring to find out how committed Takaki is to these issues or race relations and multiculturalism. I also couldn't believe the story he told about losing his job because of his views. That kind of passion and commitment does not seem common today, as we live in a society that puts far to much value in tangible measure of success rather than in principles at times.
posted by Rachel @ 10:16 PM
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This Thrusday at 7pm a debate between vice presidential canidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin will take place. This is a debate that I am personally very excited to see. I think that Palin has her work cut out for her to redeem herself after the Katie Couric interview. She has much more to prove then Biden in these debates. But Biden also must watch himself on Thursday evening because he definately does not want to come off as sexist by attacking the poor hockey mom. So I guess my question is what does everyone predict will be the outcome of the debate? Do you think Palin will surprise us all or will Biden be able to boost the Obama campaign without coming off as sexist?
posted by Anonymous @ 8:50 PM
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I found Takaki's speech very intriguing. In his book he says that the book is meant to open the minds of Americans. His purpose for opening the minds of Americans really hit home for me when he discussed his experience at Wooster College. Secondly, his empathy and passion for all culturals really showed through in his speech. Most historians seem only to be focused on their race or culture that have been oppressed, in contrast Takaki studied several cultures and races in his book. The fact that Takaki critiqued his book and felt that events were missing is also interesting. He seemed to be open to criticism, yet confident in his work. His balance of self-criticism and self-confidence is hard to achieve. Furthermore his optimism for the future was surprising. He has studied and witnessed acts of discrimination that would appal any of us, but continues to have a positive outlook for the future. Lastly, the fact that he has written a new revised version shows that the issue of multiculturalism is still relevant today.
Overall I felt that his speech was intriging and relevant today. His empathy, perspective and attitude was refreshing to see considering his experiences and concentration of study.
posted by Jozie @ 8:05 PM
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Berkeley Professor Ronald Takaki's presentation at Hamline Methodist was an especially lively (considering Takaki is 69 years old) extension of his book A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America.
Unfortunately for the audience, Takaki failed to really add anything substantive to what he wrote in the book. Takaki retaught his interpretations of Irish and Chinese immigration for the audience and answered a few questions that failed to leave much of an impression.
Takaki's sense of humor, which did not make an appearance in his book, made the evening more enjoyable by injecting a little more energy into his tired topic. Certainly a revisionist history of minority immigration to the United States would have been edgy and timely if the topic and presenter and had been newer.
The most enjoyable part of the evening was the story Takaki told about how he taught the first African-American history course at UCLA, which was ironic since Takaki is not black. Other than that the evening was a bit drab with the monotony of a tired topic.
posted by Anonymous @ 5:49 PM
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This blog belongs to "Through the Looking Glass," a first-year seminar at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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