AltWeeklies Wire
Election '08: Meet the Also-Ransnew
Third-party candidates often languish in obscurity and find it hard to raise money or even gain a place on the ballot in many states. In Florida, however, ballot access is easy. So that means come Nov. 4, you'll have a lot of choices –-- 13, to be exact, plus one write-in.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
What if Everybody Answered Questions Like Sarah Palin?new
The unabashed balderdash that spews from this particular pig's painted lips makes Dan Quayle look like a thousand Mensa men conflated their sperm in a lab, injected it into the cryogenically preserved uterus of Madame Curie and gave birth to a disembodied brain.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
10-15-2008 |
Commentary
One Schlepper Talks About Visiting Her Grandma in Floridanew
Across the country, young Jews are heeding comedian Sarah Silverman's call to have a political pep-talk with their grandparents in Florida. The message is: Don't let bubbe and zaideh vote McCain. Becky Gluskin, a 26-year-old PhD candidate from Manhattan, tells us how her weekend visit to 80-something-year-old grandma Helen swayed one more vote to Obama.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
Redistricting Idahonew
A look at the 2010 Census in Idaho and how it might affect legislative and congressional seats, using GIS software to show which legislative districts are most out of whack.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
Third Partiers: Nader, Libertarians and Constitutionistsnew
We talk to independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader, Darrell Castle, VP pick for the Constitution Party and a guy who has met Bob Barr.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
Sarah Palin and Fascism's Winning Smilenew
Palin takes over for Reagan in painting Republicans as something they're not.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
10-14-2008 |
Commentary
How Wall Street is Our Abusive Lovernew
We love the markets because, increasingly, we depend on them for comfort and security. We also love them because they promise romance: more and more, happily ever after. But they also keep us off balance, leaving us hungry -- and unsatisfied desire always feels like love.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
10-13-2008 |
Commentary
Joe Biden's Tears Rememberednew
In 1972, after Sen. Joe Biden's wife and child died, I wrote him a note of condolence. That letter is long gone, but not his response to me, which arrived later that winter.
INDY Week |
Steven Petrow |
10-10-2008 |
Commentary
Election '08: A Guide to Third Partiesnew
Even if you can't vote for your chosen third-party or independent candidates, it's worth perusing their campaign platforms.
The Real October Surprisenew
As the country struggles with a confidence-shaking economic meltdown, unfinished and bloody business in Iraq and Afghanistan, and soaring energy costs, we can only hope that the candidates will move past the current ugliness and get back to the real issues soon. Now that would be a real October surprise.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
10-10-2008 |
Commentary
Bob Tuke Soldiers On, Despite Being Given Zero Chance to Unseat Sen. Lamar Alexandernew
Sen. Lamar Alexander took a long Canadian fishing trip in the middle of his reelection campaign. That's pretty much all you need to know about how much he fears Bob Tuke, the Democrat attempting to unseat him.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-10-2008 |
Politics
Going Door-to-Door for Obama in North Vegasnew
I've come to believe that in my own small way I've helped to allow the takeover of Washington by the present coalition of free-market buccaneers, armchair imperialists and religious zealots -- whose supporters have been all too eager to do the grunt work of politics. And so I take my clipboard and trudge forward in the 97-degree heat.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
10-10-2008 |
Politics
Socialist Prez Candidate Brian Moore Talks About His Runnew
After winning the Socialist Party USA nomination by just four votes, Moore is a write-in candidate in four states, and is listed on the ballot in an additional eight.
Palin the Impalernew
America's latest manufactured celebrity, Sarah Palin, is intriguing for at least two reasons to those who are easily swayed by the mass hysteria the mainstream media stirs up from time to time over whatever nonentity it chooses to coronate at the moment.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
10-10-2008 |
Commentary
The McCain Campaign is Flatliningnew
Tuesday's presidential debate was a death rattle not only for the McCain campaign but for a political era.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
10-10-2008 |
Commentary
