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Elections and the 'ape' in apricot
Glenn Hurowitz's analysis of Democratic election strategy |
biodiversivist |
05 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Hurowitz has written a book that analyzes how the Democrats managed to lose control of Congress for 12 whole years and let Bush get into and hold his office for the last eight. He sums up the problem in a single word: Courage. What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the 'ape' in apricot? Courage can be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. For example, here is an old YouTube video where some guy off camera tells Cheney to GFY. Sometimes there is a fine ... |
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| Topics: books, elections, politics (all these topics) |
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The assault on Gore's capacity to keep his cool
His new book, about stupid media, is treated stupidly by the media |
David Roberts |
21 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Al Gore has a new book coming out called The Assault on Reason. It's about the sickness of our democratic dialogue, the systemic features of our culture and media that lead us to ignore evidence, focus on trivialities, and accept deception after deception. Gore's going to be out promoting the book, and there's a certain bitter irony to the fact that the media is likely to interact with him in a way that proves his thesis better than anything in the book itself. Exhi ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, books, elections, green living, messaging, politics (all these topics) |
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