Sarah Silverman and the Great Schlep

To schlep is Jiddish and, yes, it comes from “schleppen” and means a long and difficult journey. The Jewish Council for Education and Research got comedienne Sarah Silverman to create this brilliant video to get young liberal Jews to convince their old conservative grandparents in Florida who think he is Muslim to vote for Obama. […]

White House online

Aren’t they lovely? The average campaign donation for Obama was 83 dollars. This time you know who the money came from. The picture is ripped from the print edition of the article “Young and Restless” in the Financial Times of 24 October, which sweetened my ride home last night. Here is one section that will […]

Election Party

I still haven’t received my ballot from D.C., so I may have to vote by emergency write-in ballot, which was made possible by Democrats Abroad and the site they created, Vote from Abroad. Election Party Munich Hosted by: Democrats Abroad When: Tuesday, 4 November 2008, dinner 7-10pm How much: €10 entrance plus menu Where: Busching-Garten […]

McCain and Obama

Here the two candidates are, battling for the presidency, and they can joke about all of it. It’s the ultimate test. Listen to them roast each other at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner on 16 October 2008:

The end of Bush

“Can you sense it? Do you feel the deep tingle? Because amid the fiscal meltdown and Obama’s stunning poll numbers and the stress of the election, this staggering fact: George W. Bush is nearly done. He will soon be gone forever, America’s most spectacularly incompetent footnote, the oily residue left on the pavement after his […]

Joe the plumber

“Joe the plumber” was the hero of this debate. McCain said, “A couple days ago Senator Obama was out in Ohio and he had an encounter with a guy who’s a plumber, his name is Joe Wurzelbacher. Joe wants to buy the business that he has been in for all of these years, worked 10, […]