Gawker says a bunch of students from University of Mississippi got together to riot when President Obama won reelection: Local media reports that “hundreds of Ole Miss students exchanged racial epithets and violent, politicized chants” across campus. As many as 400 students are said to have participated. There are also reports that several students were […]
Election 2012
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Shrieking White-Hot Sphere of Pure Rage In 2016
After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016 Via the Onion, which has yet again proven to be the best place to go for eerily accurate post-election analysis.
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14,660 Portlanders Wrote In Their Choice for Mayor
The Halesees, announcing victory last night. It looks like Denis wasn’t the only person who wanted to send Charlie Hales a message by writing in someone for the mayor’s race. As I noted this morning, 7.7 percent of voting Portlanders wrote in someone for mayor. That’s 14,660 people. I was interested in how that compares […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Sarah Palin Is Concerned
Last week I finally got around to watching Game Change, the HBO TV movie about the McCain campaign’s choice to go with Sarah Palin as their vice presidential nominee. It was fun, if cartoony; Julianne Moore’s fantastic as a way-out-of-her-depth Palin, and Ed Harris’ McCain is who I wish McCain had actually been when he […]
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The Movie was Okay, but Nate Silver Spoiled the Ending
Election night used to be fun. I’d sit down with some pop corn and watch the votes roll in. Chuck Todd would be touching his touchy-touch board, NBC would be painting their Ice Rink Of Divisiveness, and people and holograms would finally be working together for the greater good. It was fun! Knuckles were enwhitened, […]
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NOM’s Sad Silver Lining
The National Organization for Marriage got its hateful, bigoted ass handed to it last night—NOM spent millions and in a tweet that has since been disappeared NOM’s president Brian Brown predicted that they would win all four marriage measures—but Brown is claiming a silver lining: the defeat of two pro-gay-marriage GOP state senators in New […]
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“Soon America Is Going to Suck for All of Us”
It’s time for our quadrennial sampling of schadenfreude by visiting conservative magazine National Review‘s Corner blog. Let’s start with the big names! Maggie Gallagher says: “Either we figure out how to win a much larger share of the Latino vote or the conservative movement could be over.” Here’s Grover Norquist, looking for a silver lining: […]
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Local Portland and Oregon 2012 Election Results
Today is National Try Not to Be Smug Day, but it’s a little hard when we’ve got the first openly gay female senator, support for same-sex marriage, and Obama all of a sudden saying things about “a warming planet.” Anyway, we all know the outcome of the presidential election and the mayor’s race, but here’s […]
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What Does Marijuana Legalization Actually Mean For Washington?
HOLY CRAP. While I was eating jalapeno poppers in a basement on SE 82nd with Oregon’s Measure 80 crew last night, Washington’s pot legalization campaign was actually declaring victory. So now marijuana is legal in Washington state. But what will the practical effects of Initiative 502 be? I spoke this morning with campaign director Alison […]
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It’s the Mercury‘s Election 2012 Live Blog
Welcome to the Blogtown Election Vulture’s Lair! In this post, we’ll be following races both near (mayor? city council? legal grass?) and far away (Barry-O vs. Willard the Mittens, gay marriage across the Columbia?). The latest updates start at the top of the page! For up to the second news and results follow us on […]
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Classic “Rock the Vote!” Vids
Since 1990, Rock the Vote has registered over 5 million young people—which is almost as astounding as these classic Rock the Vote videos that rocked MTV over the years. Take it away, Coolio! Let’s get artsy, Robert Downey, Jr. and Sara Jessica Parker! And of course, the classic Rock the Vote vid: Madonna, and her […]
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A Bipartisan Post About Election Day Panic
Democrats: Are you super-scared about voter fraud yet? Here, via Wonkette, is a bit of terrifying voter fraud porn that’s circulating the internet this morning showing a voting machine that refuses to let you vote for President Obama: It’s probably just a busted touch screen, but I bet some of you are still hyperventilating! Republicans: […]