The Looking Glass

posted by Megan @ 4:33 PM 6 Comments

Voter turnout

An interesting article that has a variety of opinions about the voter turnout: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i34ao3tow5yhj2v7v24HM_wbT8JQD948LJRG0

posted by Jozie @ 6:48 PM 3 Comments

Congratulations America (for fixing nothing)

Congratulations America, you managed to elect a candidate who might be more likely to save you from the impending economic apocalypse. You gave power to the left so that they might implement their policies. So now we get the reverse of what we had six years ago when the Republicans controlled everything and a terrorist induced apocalypse was imminent. So now in another four or maybe eight years we will see the whole thing switch again.

Regardless of what happens none of the real problems will get addressed:

• the deficit- which will destroy us all
• uninformed voters- "Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."- Thomas Jefferson 1789
• the partisanship that makes polarizes American politics
• the fat, the sick, the poor
• Islamic radicalism- this will require continuous suppression
  
• the Chinese- God help us when they stop bailing us out
• reality tv- because I hate it
• general incompetence

posted by Anonymous @ 9:30 PM 6 Comments

McCain giving in early

Josh Peterson and I were on our way out of Sorin last tuesday night of the election at about 9:45 central time when we were caught of guard by the television. John McCain was giving his concession speech before all the states had finished voting. It was obvious that McCain was going to lose the election but by giving in early it didnt give people a chance that hadnt yet voted to feel like their vote really matters. Also I really liked Obama's acceptance at Winter Park in Chicago. I thought it was really a good idea to have a glass "cage" surrounding him. I reluctantly believe that before Obama's four years of service is complete, a sick bastard will try to assassinate him. Any thoughts on that?

posted by Trevor @ 7:19 PM 5 Comments

Sure we're biased. So what?

An interesting article about the favoritism that some believe the Obama campaign received from the press: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14982.html.

posted by Hudson @ 4:44 PM 2 Comments

McCain's Concession Speech

I was very impressed with John McCain’s concession speech. The things he said and the way in which he said them surprised me. It didn’t seem like the McCain we’d seen throughout the election. It makes me wonder if the Senator had been like he was on election night throughout the campaign, if maybe the results would have been different. If McCain had been that articulate and sincere, maybe he would have been making a very different speech Tuesday night. I don’t know if this is just my impression, or if others feel the same way.
Heres the link to his speech if anyone hasn't seen it yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bss6lTP8BJ8

posted by Abi @ 9:40 AM 3 Comments

Coverage of the race

As the race unfolded, Americans around the country were watching. While I was watching the predictions, it seemed a bit skewed. Political analysts were debating whether McCain could win or not at many points during the night. Specifically it seemed as if the analysts were holding onto the hope that McCain could win. They seemed biased because they focused on the probability of McCain winning right up until Obama won the needed amount of electoral votes. On the smart screen one analyst was predicting how many red states McCain had to win, instead of focusing on the reality of Obama winning California and the electoral votes. As a viewer I could predict that Obama would take California and get the electoral votes needed to win the election. Next election analysts should focus on reality more than just continually being optimistic for one candidate.

posted by Jozie @ 11:40 PM 4 Comments

Coverage of Election as it unfolded

Was the coverage of the race accurate on the night of the election?

posted by Jozie @ 11:38 PM 2 Comments