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October 7, 2008

Mac getting desperate

Aggregated from: Obamanos¡ Filipinos for Obama Movement

      McCain gets desperate as Obama retains lead     By MITCH R. CONFESOR a.k.a Jason Hussein Bourne (OIC) Obamanos-in-Chief Filipinos for Obama Movement Philippines-America for Obama     MANILA – The campaign of Arizona Senator John McCain, the losing Republican presidential candidate...

Barracuda of Alaska: the next Cheney?

Aggregated from: Obamanos¡ Filipinos for Obama Movement

    The Barracuda Babe of Alaska aims to be the next VP Cheney   By MITCH R. CONFESOR OIC (Obamanos-in-Chief) Filipinos for Obama Movement 30 August 2008     MANILA – A vote for the Arizonan phoenix John McCain, the Republican Party long-shot to the United States presidency, will just be ...

Beware of the Barracuda

Aggregated from: Obamanos¡ Filipinos for Obama Movement

  ALASKAN BARRACUDA. Gov. Sarah Palin sits pretty in Anchorage with the fur and hide of a grizzly bear that her own father earlier shot and killed.     Bloggers see Palin as hunter, killer of grizzly bears, wolves     THE Grizzly Bay blog lists the Top 11 things one must know about Republica...

Debate winner

Aggregated from: Obamanos¡ Filipinos for Obama Movement

  WINNING TICKET. Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware (left), the next Vice President of the United States, walks with his ticket frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the next President of the U.S., during a campaign rally in North Carolina on Saturday. AP Photo   Obama beats McCain by 2...

Joe packs it!

Aggregated from: Obamanos¡ Filipinos for Obama Movement

      Biden wins veep debate     By MITCH R. CONFESOR a.k.a Jason Hussein Bourne (OIC) Obamanos-in-Chief Filipinos for Obama Movement Philippines-America for Obama     MANILA – Not bad for Sarah Palin … but good for Joe Biden!   Palin delivered, but doubts lingered.  Biden was ...

Philippines: Comment on Palin

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

After reading an interview of US vice president candidate Sarah Palin, a popular Filipino blogger comments: “The woman has no idea what she’s talking about! It is not sexist to call a dimwit a dimwit, especially if she’s running for the vice-presidency.” ...

October 3, 2008

Debate Watch: The Global Twittersphere Favors Biden

Throughout the campaign thus far, Voices without Votes has been keeping an eye on the Twittersphere. Last week, we followed our global Tweeps (that's Twitterspeak for "friends") as they commented on the first presidential debate. Tonight, we followed those same Tweeps (and a few newcomers), spread out around ...

September 30, 2008

Tina Fey Reloads

Following popular demand, Tina Fey is back as Sarah Palin. After an internationally appraised impersonation of Gov. Sarah Palin in her first Saturday Night Live sketch as a “spot on” act, Tina Fey is reenacting Gov. Palin’s interview with CBS host Katie Couric. Although the first sketch did receive a certain disapproval, Fey’s audience was demanding an encore.

September 11, 2008

The Election Debate

Aggregated from: About A Nurse

I am among very apolitical people. I am serious. Most of the people I work with, or know, looked at me like I had three eyes when I asked them what they thought about Palin’s speech at the RNC. They were like, “Palin who?” They know Obama is African American, McCain is way too old. That’s ab...

September 5, 2008

U.S. Politics as Reality T.V.

Aggregated from: The Warrior Lawyer

From all accounts, the Palin family saga has stolen the thunder from John McCain’s formal acceptance of the GOP’ s nomination as presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention. McCain made a surprise choice of the 44-year old governor of Alaska, a mother of five and self-described ...