Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

In Praise of Asynchronous Voting

On Medialoper: In Praise of Asynchronous Voting

In the end, Election Day will become more of a deadline than anything else, and no spoilers please! Those who have always thought that it was special, and that exercising their franchise on Election Day is part of what makes this country great will still have it. And more power to them! They feel that the ritual is part of what makes it special, but I just don’t have that kind of time.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Who Will Get Joe Strummer's Vote?

On Medialoper: Who Will Get Joe Strummer's Vote?

It has been like this forever. In fact, I’m not actually sure that I can remember a time before this campaign started. Way back in March 2007, (over a year and a half before Entertainment Weekly said the same thing on their cover) I asked if this campaign was going to be the best reality TV show ever, and I think that it has ended up that way.

One small problem: I hate reality TV.