presidential race 2008

Via kottke.org

Race and gender are an issue in the democratic race for nomination between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. After 200.000 years or so that we are around on this planet, race and gender are an issue?! Radio host Sam Seders (I like his talk), in a whim, painted this as an ironic situation. As if this were symptomatic of our failiure to stop making inferences based on race or gender.

I think the irony is that we have such expectations. How could gender and race not be an issue? Are we expected to factor out race and gender in our relationships? Are we expected to be indifferent towards these human features?

America! If a grain of salt is alive in you, listen: 1480 KPHX.

Did Hillary Clinton win in Ohio and Texas because the majority of Americans who voted there want her for President? I don't think so. She won because people who want a Republican President voted for her.

Votes for Obama reflect the will of the people. Votes for Clinton reflect the effects of deception. Hillary is haughty. A haughty spirit comes before a great fall.

Digital is about authenticity. You can see it in the language they use. Obama uses the language of "we and you," which is inclusive and nods to the wisdom of the crowds. She uses "I and me." His stuff is about "yes, you can." Which is about the buyer. She talks about "experience from day one." That's about the seller. That doesn't resonate anymore.

Source: Obama's Web marketing triumph

Poster design by Shepard Fairey

"I will send once more a message to those yearning faces beyond our shores that says, "You matter to us. Your future is our future. And our moment is now."

— Barack Obama

Randi Rhodes provides insightful commentary on how “the democratic party disenfranichised its own voters in Florida and Michigan.”

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