September 3
danielgene took a stand.
John McCain has used his experience as a POW to not only escape criticisms of his proposals, campaign gaffes, and political record, but he has used it to make a case for presidency based more on biogr...
9/3/2008 1:56:40 PM
August 29
danielgene comments on this issue
Overusing. Overemphasizing. Some of these words don't mean the same thing as exploit. It's not a question of how often or how emphatically he's referencing his service, but when in what context. He's ...8/29/2008 12:23:52 PM
August 28
danielgene comments on this issue
I think it's fine if you put the word "exploiting" in quotations. Both McCain and his critics have used that word. It's clearly not off-limits. (Philly.com reported McCain saying "what I've never tri...8/28/2008 12:53:12 PM
August 27
danielgene comments on this issue
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/opinion/24dowd.html">NYTimes.com<a/> "His campaign is cheapening his greatest strength — and making a mockery of his already dubious clai...8/27/2008 2:57:55 PM
July 26
danielgene commented on opinion of BrianR
Lol. How pre-Enlightenment are we talking here?7/26/2008 2:53:28 AM
July 22
flarex commented on opinion of danielgene
No condescension intended; the point I was trying to make is the question of whether or not something is effective satire is whether or not it effectively satirizes the topic, as opposed to whether or...7/22/2008 12:47:39 PM
July 16
flarex commented on opinion of danielgene
It effecitvely portrays the politics of fear in that it, with a literary device known as "hyperbole", shows the extremity of the nonsense that the right-wing is producing. As a literary and artistic p...7/16/2008 6:05:46 PM
BrianR commented on opinion of danielgene
Sure Flarex, it's satire, we get it, but to me it was ineffective in what The New Yorker's agenda was in printing this cover.7/16/2008 12:23:52 PM
flarex commented on opinion of danielgene
sat·ire Audio Help /'sæta??r/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sat-ahyuhr] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicul...7/16/2008 12:19:03 PM
danielgene took a stand.
If it's satire, shouldn't there be some truth to it? OK ok ok.This cartoon doesn't in any way reflect reality, but rather the real rumors which are ... false. I guess any conspiracy theory or crackpot...
4 Comments•7/16/2008 12:09:37 PM
June 4
gethro commented on opinion of danielgene
cabinet member? Interesting thought...I think I'd like to see that.6/4/2008 2:21:25 PM
danielgene took a stand.
She has shown in ways both subtle and blunt that she would be, to put it lightly, difficult to work with. Bill Clinton would also be a constant distraction with his business deals, youtube moments, an...
1 Comment•6/4/2008 2:12:17 PM
May 14
BrianR commented on opinion of danielgene
Well, our fearless chearleader 'n chief has made sacrifices. He took a golfing holiday to support our troops. How nice and thoughtful. I agree with your logic. Seems radical but it would certainly get...5/14/2008 5:21:22 PM
danielgene took a stand.
If a draft would have been a possibility, we would never have gone to Iraq in the first place. Many people supported this war because they thought it would always be someone else's problem. Besides th...
1 Comment•5/14/2008 4:48:33 PM