There's been some interesting comments so far in Friday's "When politics gets personal for Latinos" post, including the one point the media often overlooks, that Latinos are not some monolothic entity that can be stereotyped in one particular way. Today, I came across a couple more interesting nuggets, one that digs a little deeper into Clinton and Obama's support within the Latino community … Continue reading Latino politics follow-up
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When politics gets personal for Latinos
In reality, politics are without question a very personal matter but, partly due to the media's focus on the horserace aspect of elections and partly due to the candidates often allowing themselves to be defined by labels (or at the least, trying to marginalize their opponents with them), most political debate occurs from a safe, impersonal distance. … Continue reading When politics gets personal for Latinos
Monday Mash-up, 2/4/08
1) While a couple of good things happened in January (most notably an unexpected promotion at work to Online Ad Sales Director for all of our properties!), overall it was as bad a start to 2008 as I could have imagined. Nothing major, but a lot of bumps in the road that tested my constitution … Continue reading Monday Mash-up, 2/4/08
Hope vs. Cynicism
I'm a pretty cynical person most days, but I have a couple of good friends who make me look like the love-child of Mother Theresa and Gandhi. One of them emailed me today asking me to convince him about Obama: "C'mon Guy, if anyone can sell me, it's you....do your worse.....convince me why I'm not just settling … Continue reading Hope vs. Cynicism
Hollywood Democratic Debate
It was a surprisingly substantial, mature discussion of actual issues between two very Presidential candidates with minimal interference from the moderator, who turned out to be Wolf Blitzer, not Anderson Cooper as I'd thought it would be. Highlights: Health Care: The difference between them seems subtle on the face of it but I think it ultimately comes … Continue reading Hollywood Democratic Debate
Review Roundup: 1/08
Last year I was invited to join Amazon Vine, the online behemoth's slick new marketing program that enables publishers (and other companies) to provide free review copies of their books (and other products) for a group of Amazon-selected reviewers, pretty much ensuring a lot of independent user reviews for the participating products. The program lets … Continue reading Review Roundup: 1/08
If I Had to Vote Republican
Random thoughts on tonight's Republican Debate (live-blogging): The format of the debate, with Brian Williams and Tim Russert asking specific questions with little follow-up or interaction from the other candidates makes things a little stilted. [ETA: This got better as the night wore on.] I was surprised and glad to see Ron Paul on the … Continue reading If I Had to Vote Republican
Time Out!
Okay, once I start posting 2am rants about politics, it's clearly time to pause for a deep breath and talk about something else for awhile. ... Spindle? Chugging along quite nicely. We hit 15,000 page views on Sunday and today's update concludes the "official" launch. Now I have to start working on February's content, including a new Notable New … Continue reading Time Out!
Is Barack Obama Electable?
This started out as a reply to a friend's email who asked the question, and despite my wanting needing to come up for air from the political waters for a day or two to avoid an early repeat of 2004 where my frustrations got the better of me and my cynicism hit new lows, it evolved … Continue reading Is Barack Obama Electable?
Gambling with God in Nevada
With the cynical lawsuit to stop casino workers from caucusing on the Strip tomorrow having been rightly dismissed, the LA Times has an interesting article entitled "Clinton plays gaming card against Obama", pointing out her latest attempt to muddy the waters in what is looking more and more like a campaign against Barack Obama instead of the campaign for … Continue reading Gambling with God in Nevada