Oklahoma Political News, 1/14/08, blogger straw poll edition
Lots going on, I've got news from Democratic candidates Andrew Rice and John Edwards, and a report about an Oklahoma online straw poll for the presidential race, which should be …
Help raise $7 million for Edwards on 1/18
This idea is coming from the grassroots/netroots, not the Edwards campaign. I saw a diary by KingOneEye about it on Daily Kos, which was from one of the folks with …
My life's a cautionary tale
Which literature classic are you? George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four. You are the classic warning against the threat of totalitarianism. To you, politics and philosophy are inseparable, auchtorities suck and the …
Netroots blog review: Daisy's Dead Air
Daisy's Dead Air, a blog by, um, Daisy, in upstate South Carolina is currently noting the visits by candidates and their surrogates to her neck of the woods as the …
Call for The Oklahoman to start being a responsible newspaper
On his excellent blog, Okie Funk, Kurt Hochenauer (DocHoc) provides fiery, in-depth criticism of local media, particularly The Oklahoman. Today he looks at its part in the enactment of H.R. …
Things you won't hear from the $200 million candidates
or on the corporate-controlled media that are doing everything they can (which is a lot) to keep you from hearing this simple and urgent message.
Pro-Constitution activists barred from National Archives over clothing
Today, activists in DC were barred from viewing the Constitution at the National Archives because they were wearing clothing promoting the impeachment of Cheney and Bush. Let me see if …
Clear message for the media
It's a Lou Dobb's poll, usually a worthless exercise in nativism. But this one rocks. I think the 6% of no votes were all made by Chris Matthews, who just …
Questions about leadership for the Democratic candidates
Dan Froomkin at Harvard's School of Journalism blog Nieman Watchdog, which tries to influence journalists to do a better job at covering politics, has some good questions for them to …