Democratic Convention: Bookmarks
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008We've been busy bookmarking stuff about the Democratic convention (which you can browse here). Blog posts coming soon.
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We've been busy bookmarking stuff about the Democratic convention (which you can browse here). Blog posts coming soon.
Biden Takes a Bite
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Biden speaking in Springfield [aka Kath / Flickr] McCain is now ahead of Obama in the national polls, and one of Joe Biden's new roles -- at least judging by his Springfield speech -- is to play bad cop to counter McCain's recent offensive. Mary, who lives "in a Blue State, in ...
Obama and Lincoln
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Obama introduced Joe Biden as his running mate at Springfield's Old State Capitol, the same place he declared his candidacy in February 2007 -- the spot where Abraham Lincoln gave his "House Divided" speech. Obama referred to Lincoln liberally during his 07 announcement and counts him as a political hero. ...
Obama and Biden in Springfield
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008These two photographs show Obama and Biden onstage at their VP-announcement rally. Race has obviously been in the subtext and the overt conversation about Campaign 08, so what I like about this juxtaposition is the white hand waving at Barack and the black hand giving Joe a victory sign. The ...
Springfield’s Old State Capitol
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Just because it's a cool photo. It's a reflection of Springfield's Old State Capitol, where Obama introduced Biden as his running mate over the weekend. John Kannenberg took it. He's a visual and sound artist who "creates quietly reflective works [...] that blur the boundaries between intention and accident" -- ...
Springfield Security
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008A surprising number of people documented the rooftop and ground-level security at Springfield's Obama-Biden rally. From aspiring photographer Erin, who lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, here's what looks like the spotter half of a sniper team: [Eyes Azure / Flickr] Ariana de Chicago recorded a security checkpoint: [Ariana de Chicago / Flickr] What do you ...
Crowd in Springfield, Illinois
Monday, August 25th, 2008Flickr is amazing sometimes. Today we found great shots of Saturday's first Obama-Biden rally in Springfield, Illinois. Lots of citizens with a good eye wielding cameras out there. This photo by Bradjward is a quick preview; we'll feature more tomorrow. It shows part of the 35,000-strong crowd in front of ...
I Can’t Believe It Is Butter
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Yep. At New York state's Erie County Fair, people made scultpures of McCain and Obama. Out of butter. Here they are in progress, in a photo by Timothy Finucane, a programmer/developer from Lancaster, New York (thanks, James Mills): [speljamr / Flickr] Jessica Tanny, a processing archivist from Buffalo, caught them a ...
Christian Isn’t Partisan
Friday, August 22nd, 2008She likes Dr. Pepper. There aren't any CC photos of a nonpartisan Christian voter. [Darwin Bell / Flickr] Dee is a Christian blogger with dyslexia and dysgraphia who has taught herself to like writing. She's also a fan of theme parks and Dr. Pepper, especially if it's bottled in Dublin, Texas. Last month, ...
Veteran Sees Profits in Iraq
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Acumensch from Tacoma, Washington, filmed Seth Manzel, an Iraq veteran, talking about the enormous profits he believes some companies are making on the war. (Thanks, Sarolta Cump.) Seth is a member of the Seattle chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Not too hard to guess what some of the ...
Embroidery for Obama
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Miss_glass from Oakland, California, worked diligently "around the clock" for almost two weeks to create this embroidery. Even while camping. She submitted it to the Manifest Hope exhibit of Obama art that's showing in Denver next week during the Democratic convention. Miss_glass doesn't think she'll win, but she deserves some ...
Elections: A Romance
Friday, August 22nd, 2008[riot jane / Flickr] This is amusing and at least partly true. Jennifer Killpack-Knutsen, who's from Salt Lake City and likes green living, makes the case that elections are like dating (thanks, Ann Raber): Most people see only what they want to see in the candidate or potential partner. Well, they might ...
