7 posts from May 2008

Today John McCain publicly rejected Reverend Hagee's endorsement today after having been informed of the Reverend's controversial sermons, which claimed that the Third Reich had fulfilled God's wish to return Judaism back to Israel. In a recent sermon, he described Adolf Hitler as the hunter that hunted down the Jews to return to their homeland. In response, McCain made a statement to CNN Thursday and said, "Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them. I did not know of them before Rev. Hagee's endorsement, and I feel I must reject his endorsement as well." Later the same day, in addition from removing himself from the election, Rev. Hagee withdrew his endorsement, saying, "I hope that Senator McCain will accept this withdrawal so that he may focus on the issues that are most important to America and the world." Among his other claims were comments  that referred to the Catholic Church as a "great whore" and an "apostate church". This would have a great blow to McCain's campaign, as Catholic voters have chosen the winner general  elections for the past several elections. Speaking of such, this series of endorsements and givesies backsies will undoubtedibly draw brief attention back to the Rev. Wright scandal. It is beginning to seem that having a reverend tarnish your campaign is a right of passage. What a shame for Hilary.

I have been doing a lot of thinking, and have made a very important decision. Joe Lieberman was the man that would have saved the Democratic party. 

Ah! This is sort of hard because I've never been in a relationship, but... 

1. I Don't Wanna Be in Love by Good Charlotte. This is a song that is both upbeat and appeals to the scorned.

2. West Coast by Coconut Records. Despite its themes of unrequited love, a great tear jerker.

3. Till It Happens to You by Corinne Bailey Rae. Like number two, only with newly acknowledged affections. Bittersweet memories, guaranteed!

4. Girl by Destiny's Child. To make you feel that you're not alone.

5. There's Hope by India. Arie. Because there is.

The demise of the Clinton campaign has come to an end in the most unlikely of places. Today former presidential John Edwards at long last thrown his support to Barack Obama in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan (home of Nerdfighter gathering with the Green brothers and author Maureen Johnson). This seemingly simple gesture will affectively mark the end of the Clinton campaign, though Clinton says that she will battle to the end. But other than the end of the Democratic race, will Edwards' support mean for Obama in November? For one, Edwards will bring with him the votes of thousands of rural working class individuals, with whom Obama has been shown to have little support. In fact, one Matt Bennett called Edwards the "troubadour of the working class". He may prove to be Obama's greatest asset in the general election. Edwards' endorsement may also be the first step towards the Democrats' reconciliation from what has been a damaging race between Clinton and Obama. As John Edwards has been a long beloved Democratic figure, he is also expected to sway those voters who had previously teetered between Obama and Clinton. Needless to say, however, Barack will still have a ways to go before he will be ready to take on John McCain.

Suite Scarlett

Maureen Johnson

Maureen Johnson's recently released novel, Suite Scarlett, is by far her best piece of work. Though the plot follows the basic structure of the young adult novel, her newest piece manages to carry the same appeal as her five works, making of feel both as though we are her characters, and that we have came away better people than before. Set in the city of cities, New York, Johnson captures a bit of its magic and is able to let it loose on the page. The first of at least two to come, consider your copy already reserved. 4.8/5

It's finally happened! After years of hiding, the G.O.P. has finally found us, and they're striking back with a vengence. That's right, today when I got home, I got the mail and there it was, a white envelope with the return address of John McCain's Washington office. The Republican presumtive nominee had just wrote to ask me for money. As one would imagine, I was stunned, shocked, scared out of my Democratic mind; but then I remembered something very important: that I live in California. See, there are two things in California that can be found in ample supply. One is waiters with head shots, and the other is staunch, and obscenely rich Republicans. There is nothing wrong with being a Republican (YOU ARE RUINING THINGS!), but when I get sent a survey from your nominee asking me to fill out a survey- I did because I enjoy miffing the G.O.P. in any and every way possible- and give you one THOUSAND dollars for the Victory 2008 committee, I sort of lose my mind. Granted that the only reason we got the letter was because the former owners, who now live in Canada where there are no Republicans, were Republicans that fiercely supported their party, but still. This reminded me that what is going on here is really important, and that no matter ow much we want to brush it off and joke, what happens in this election is going to change American, for better or worse, because yes, it could be SO much worse. So please (I hate to preach) vote, if not in your state's primary than in the general election, because I don't want to have to clean up after you! 

Yes, believe it or not the school year (or mine, anyway) is nearly at a close and it couldn't come soon enough. Usually I really enjoy school, and why shouldn't I? School is a place of learning and personal growth, however cliché that may sound. Granted  it is far for commonplace behavior for students, especially those in their l year at a school, to begin to slack off. But I went to school today  and found that I've simply stopped caring. I guess what mostly have been experiencing is the anxiousness of preparing to begin a new life in high school.