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Daily Links for December 13th

December 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Schumpeter on Political Parties (Harper’s Magazine) - A party is a group whose members propose to act in concert in the competitive struggle for political power. If that were not so it would be impossible for different parties to adopt exactly or almost exactly the same programme. Yet this happens as everyone knows. Party and machine politicians are simply the response to the fact that the electoral mass is incapable of action other than a stampede, and they constitute an attempt to regulate political competition exactly similar to the corresponding practices of a trade association. The psychotechnics of party management and party advertising, slogans and marching tunes, are not accessories. They are of the essence of politics. So is the political boss.

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Daily Links for October 15th

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

From ‘Hope’ to ‘Dope,’ Imitators Spoof Fairey’s Obama Poster | The Underwire from Wired.com -
Fafblog! the whole world’s only source for Fafblog. - Okay okay but who is Barack Obama, really, while I am playing scary music and flashing this terrifyingly desaturated image of Barack Obama in a turban across your television screen? "Oh my god I have no idea, who is this mysteriously radical mystery radical!" Giblets is glad you asked!

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Daily Links for October 7th

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Design For Obama -
FRAMESHOP by Jeffrey Feldman - At her last rally in Florida, Sarah Palin told the audience that Barack Obama "palled around with terrorists" adding,"I am just so fearful that this is not a man who sees America the way you and I see America." Upon hearing the Republican VP candidate's concern that Sen. Obama might be a terrorist, a voice in the crowd cried out 'Kill him!'

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Daily Links for September 25th

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Talking Points Memo | Pundit Patrol - So, what do the pundits say?
Daily Kos: State of the Nation: Three Times is Enemy Action - This is not the first time McCain and the GOP have crashed an economy…
Reading Between the Extremes of Obama Campaign v. Michigan GOP - ProPublica - Outrage over a news story that reported a seemingly heartless plan by Michigan Republicans to use home-foreclosure lists to challenge the residency status of voters escalated last week into the first hot-button lawsuit of the election. Accusations got ugly. American Lawyer suggested it could be this election's Florida 2000 or Ohio 2004.

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