Here we are, one week from Election Day 2008. I have already voted, because I’m a childless elitist with liberal time on my hands.
I decided to dig up my Ineffectual Election Song from 2004 to remind everyone how heartbreaking politics can be. If the Bush Presidency existed solely to lead us to an Obama Presidency, well, my adult life as an American will make a lot more sense.
Here’s the song as it appears on Bedroom Demos Vol. 1: Zero Demand.
(Click here if you can’t see the audio player.)
as reported in The New York Times
October 28, 1908
PRESIDENT REACHES HALF-CENTURY POST
King Edward, Gov. Hughes, Archbishop Ireland, and Others Send Felicitations.
President Roosevelt to-day celebrated his fiftieth birthday. All day long a string of messenger boys bearing congratulatory messages, penned in many quarters of the globe, trooped to the White House. This and the steady line of express wagons that brought flowers and other presents alone made the day different from other workdays at the Executive office.
One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:
When Sarah “Barracuda” runs for president in 2012, I think she should join up with the great country singer Mr. Jennings. They’d have great posters that say…
Highlight here for answer: [Palin Waylon]
I Am Beautiful Too: Slime Mold Rehabilitated
In one week, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a nation just to win an election; that tries to pit region against region, and city against town, Republican against Democrat; that asks us to fear at a time when we need hope,” he said. “As I’ve said from the day we began this journey all those months ago, the change we need isn’t just about new programs and policies. It’s about a new attitude. It’s about new politics — a politics that calls on our better angels instead of encouraging our worst instincts; one that reminds us of the obligations we have to ourselves and one another.
Barack Obama
EVERY DANG THURSDAY
8:00 PM
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
9:00 PM (Doors open at 8.)
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
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HOUSTON, TX
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