Category: Politics

Barack Obama has announced that he has formed a Presidential Exploratory Committee and will make a final decision on whether or not to run on February 10th. The presence of his Google Ads here on the Casey Blog bodes well for him 🙂

UPDATE: I tried embedding Obama’s announcement video using the web code provided from his own site’s video player. But instead of the video, you may see the below statement dissing my site as unqualified to share it. Barack’s first stumble??!!

UPDATE: Phew! They fixed it. Nice recovery Barack.

We get one every day, churn through it, and then add it to the recycling pile. But yesterday, while poking around an antique mall, I found an old copy of the Washington Post that just felt worth buying. On Friday, August 9, 1974, I was just a month past turning nine years old. The Presidential campaign of 1972 is really my earliest political memory, and while I don’t specifically remember the moment, I’d like to think I was aware of the big news of that day. You can read the headline online today, Nixon Resigns.

What else was going on in this 15¢ copy of the Post? Rain was predicted, with a high in the mid-80s. The Senate Banking Committee decided to delay their vote on the nomination of Alan Greenspan to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors to give newly sworn-in President Ford the “flexibility” to offer his own nomination. NFL Players were considering a strike. The TV guide took up a quarter of a page and listed seven channels. Three Dog Night was coming to play at The Capital Centre, and The Three Musketeers, Born Losers, Walking Tall and The Sting were playing in local theatres. At the Penn Theatre on Capitol Hill you could catch a double bill of Dairy of a Stewardess and Pigkeeper’s Daughter. An AM/FM stereo with built-in 8-track tape player could be had for $99 at Custom HiFi.

Somewhere in my basement, hidden under a false floor created when the basement was finished, is a copy of the Washington Post from the morning after Election Day, proclaiming Bill Clinton’s presidential victory. It it’s ever discovered, and assuming it’s held up over time, perhaps it will sell for a few bucks at a flea market in 2025. A much happier political memory, it should be worth something.

… of a wonderful Election.

Virginia win gives Democrats the Senate
AP, 11/9/06

The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

WASHINGTON, DC—Republican officials are blaming tonight’s GOP losses on Democrats, who they claim have engaged in a wide variety of “aggressive, premeditated, anti-Republican campaigns” over the past six-to-18 months. “We have evidence of a well-organized, well-funded series of operations designed specifically to undermine our message, depict our past performance in a negative light, and drive Republicans out of office,” said Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman, who accused an organization called the Democratic National Committee of spearheading the nationwide effort. “There are reports of television spots, print ads, even volunteers going door-to-door encouraging citizens to vote against us.” Acknowledging that the “damage has already been done,” Mehlman is seeking a promise from Democrats to never again engage in similar practices.

(Via The Onion.)

At last… at long last…