Archive for October 22nd, 2008
I can’t Marry You because You Didn’t Register to Vote : Voto Latino’s La passion de la Decision Parte 1
2:37 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Internet|TV|US Presidential Race 2008 · 2 Comments
22 Oct 2008Our amigos at Voto Latino just released the the final episode of their get out the vote spoof telenovela La Pasión de la Decisión. It features Rosario Dawson, Wilmer Valderrama, Tony Plana, Mayte Garcia y otros acting melodramatically TelemundoUnivision style.
We’ll feature an episode everyday as we get closer to election day. Part one asks the burning question, would you marry/date/sleep with someone who wasn’t registered to vote?
Sarah Palin Needs to Read Job Advertisement Before She Submits Application
12:37 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off
22 Oct 2008You know, one of the first ‘rules’ I ever got from my university advisor on how to work job applications was to sit and read the advertisement really closely before you work through the application. That way you could be extra sure that you had the skills that the employer was looking for, but also so that you could mold your resume around the requirements of the job.
My advisor told me, there’s nothing that will get a job application thrown in the garbage faster than an application where the applicant clearly isn’t really even all that sure about what job it is they are applying for.
Which brings me to this lovely clip:
Er…since when was the VP post all about monitoring and rubber necking Congress? I wonder if McCain just told her that so that he could keep her away from his White House should he win?
Soy Jose el Plomero
11:55 am By Maegan La Mala · US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off
22 Oct 2008Did you peep John McCain’s new ad where everyone is suddenly Joe the Plumber, except anyone that looks like me or anyone I know (save the black man who is not Barack Obama who is on screen for what? a millisecond?). Don’t know about you pero this ad makes me want to not vote for McCain especially if those are the peeps on his team.
I couldn’t agree with them more!!!!
11:38 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off
22 Oct 2008John McCain is chocked full of total Jackass moments these days. Ok, here’s the background. John Murtha (Democrat for Pennsylvania) recently told the press the oh so startling news that Obama might have trouble pulling in the vote from some areas in Pennsylvania. Why? Because those voters are *racist*.
Well, McCain decided to use Murtha’s words to stoke the fires of his base. Only…well…see for yourself.
Sigh. Poor John. Throwing all his truth out there like that…I feel like sending a couple tios out on the dance floor to reel drunk John off the floor and bring him home.
Sarah Palin’s New $150 G Style
9:55 am By Maegan La Mala · Controversia|economy|Fashion|Money|US Presidential Race 2008|Women · 2 Comments
22 Oct 2008
Despite Alaskan governor’s excellent record, the Republican National Committee felt that Sarah Palin needed a fashion makeover at a cost of more than $150,000.
The Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74.
The records also document a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September.
Problems with Early Voting
7:55 am By Maegan La Mala · North Carolina|race|US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off
22 Oct 2008
Jack from Angry Brown Butch blogs that various news outlets are already reporting problems in early voting that has begun in some states. Not surprisingly, mots of these problems favor John McCain voters while disenfranchising likely Barack Obama voters, that is voters of color. This doesn’t look good for actual election day, now less than 2 weeks away.
McCain Supporters Harass Obama Voters in North Carolina
In North Carolina, over 200,000 residents have already cast ballots in early voting. In Fayetteville, a group of John McCain supporters heckled and harassed a group of mostly black supporters of Barack Obama as they voted on Sunday. The Washington Times reported the McCain backers shouted and mocked the voters as they walked into the voting place. The website Facing South reports the McCain supporters likely broke the Voting Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits anyone from intimidating or threatening a person for voting or attempting to vote. On that same day in Fayetteville, North Carolina, thirty people reported having their tires slashed after attending an Obama rally.
More voter harassment after the jump.
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