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A sobering portrait of Obama's reception in rural America. It ain't the race (though there may be coded racism just like there's coded sexism, sure), it's the class, the suspicion about intellectualism. And what the hell is Joe Biden doing? How can a story like this one talk about how Obama, McCain, and Palin play in rural America but not mention coal-country Biden?
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This is, of course, why I have such a hard time getting rid of books. Of course, even I have to admit sometimes that enough is enough.
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Like it says. I've gotten wary of tinyurls and the like that come from other people, so this is really useful.
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Interesting digital camera tips. It's all about the lighting and the postprocessing.
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"The media are getting mad." Well, it's about time.
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"Alex Koppelman immediately caught the biggest gaffe of the interview: Palin's deer-in-the-headlights ignorance about the 'Bush doctrine' that claims for the U.S. the right to unilateral, 'preventive' war against nations perceived as fomenting threats against us. Her answer committing us to defend Georgia or the Ukraine against Russia was almost as bad…"
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Newsjunk's roundup of links from 9/11/2008 shows the segue in discourse from remembrance to horror at Palin's interview performance. Really good demonstration for the effectiveness of the technology.
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The press, at least, was not impressed by Sarah Palin's softball interview with Charlie Gibson last night. What will swing voters think?
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Still going after all these years.