Caucus gawker
Caucus gawker sighting at the Bob Hope Airport. I’m on my way to Iowa, folks–excited, terrified, inspired, and apparently, in good company.
Cruz on Trump
Ted Cruz has a compelling message for the people of Iowa. Just watch…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt3P73y1dHc
Hold onto your hats, America. This presidential election’s gonna be a wild one!
Delusional xenophobia
I used to think Trump’s candidacy exposed our electoral process for what it’s become. Now I think it exposes Americans for who we’ve become. Delusional xenophobia has never been stronger in America. This 00:30 second clip says it all.
theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/dec/09/donald-trump-muslim-bigot-video
Who’s taller?
Today’s ad is a parody, but isn’t all that different from the real thing.
nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/bush-series-1-taller/2859799
No hope
Today’s political ad is only 7 years old, and yet feels like a relic from a long time ago. Barack Obama’s intelligence, integrity and remarkable personal narrative filled many of us with a previously unimaginable degree of hope for the nation. I believe he’s been an excellent president, but the transformative governance I was looking for never actually came. I doubt I’ll ever put that kind of faith in a candidate again.
livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2008
Political ads then and now
Today, I’m submitting two separate ads (the reason immediately obvious). I didn’t think it was possible, but I now like Ted Cruz even less than I did yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwdcmjBgNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4K_uFZW9Jk
Watch: a 5-minute history of Syria’s war and the rise of ISIS
“…to understand the war, you need to understand how it began and how it unfolded.”
http://www.vox.com/2015/11/14/9735102/syria-isis-history-video
