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by Susan Getgood //
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
– Katharine Lee Bates, 1893
[tags] presidential election, Barack Obama [/tags]
by Susan Getgood //
Only a few more days until the election.
It’s no secret where I fall on the political spectrum, but no matter who you intend to vote for this Tuesday, you have to appreciate this anecdote from mom blogger Goon Squad Sarah recounting how her daughter tells the difference between the two presidential candidates:
She pointed at the man on the left “This is Narack Ofama” (meh, close enough for a four year old) “and this is John McCain. You know how I can tell?”
I asked her how.
“They have different color hair.”
And don’t miss this week’s posts on BlogHer by Jill Biden and Michelle Obama.
[tags] presidential election [/tags]
by Susan Getgood //
Today two political videos for Barack Obama started making the rounds that deserve to be noticed. Not because they are necessarily the best or most compelling political videos to surface this year. There have been many worth watching, worth sharing, including pretty much every episode of The Daily Show and the Colbert Report, not to mention Tina Fey’s dead-on “Sarah Palin.” The best IMO is still Jon Stewart’s take on the GOP spin once Palin was selected.
Today’s videos are markable because they will spread far and fast at this critical juncture two weeks before the election. They will call on nostalgia. And they will remind voters of the economic and political uncertainties facing this nation.
Will that lead voters to mark the box or pull the lever (but please not to hang the chad) for Barack Obama? I hope so.
But no matter who you plan to vote for, please vote on November 4th.
And now for the videos. The first is from Funny or Die and features actor Ron Howard gleefully embarassing himself while embracing his past.
The second is an updated version of an old Budweiser commercial. It is not affiliated with Anheuser-Busch, but it does remind us of the essential issues in this campaign. Hat tip Todd Defren.
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[tags] presidential election, videos [/tags]