John Edwards fits with Barack Obama, politically and biographically. Both come from modest economic backgrounds, and understand political issues from the perspective of working Americans. Both have rejected negative campaigning and lobbyist influence as well, and that will be a strong point in opposition to John McCain, who has filled his Senate office and his campaign staff with corporate lobbyists. Edwards and Obama also both represent an idealistic vision of a better American future, not a desperate clinging to the past.
Writing about bumper stickers for progressives
Irregular Bumper Stickers- Popular Bumper Stickers August 2010: Welcome Back Barack, Shoo RepublicansIn the month of August 2008, the following were our five best-selling bumper stickers: 1. Librarians Against Palin bumper sticker 2. People With One House Against McCain bumper sticker 3. Republicans for Barack Obama bumper sticker 4. I Like Obama, But is America Ready for a President with Brains? bumper sticker 5. Hope, Not Fear: […]
- Obama and the Birth of GodIs the maker of this bumper sticker claiming that God was born in Kenya and is a Muslim? God and Obama have one thing in common: No birth certificate? […]
- Deadliest Month Ever For Americans in AfghanistanThe Taliban are nasty, to be sure, but much of what makes the Taliban nasty are policies shared by the American-supported regime of Hamid Karzai. […]
- The Barton-BP 2012 Presidential Ticket Needs Your SlogansJoe Barton for President and BP for Vice President: it’s the perfect ticket for 2012. Joe Barton’s already bought by the oil companies, after all, so you know they’re close to begin with. Sticky and oily, greasy and filthy, the Barton-BP 2012 ticket would be a combination just like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, except carcinogenic. […]
- Joe Barton is a Tragedy of the First ProportionWhat do you say to a politician who rakes in more than 15% of his campaign cash from the energy industry? What do you say to that same politician after he identifies the “tragedy of the first proportion” of the BP oil spill as a government requirement that BP pay the costs of cleanup? You […]
- Popular Bumper Stickers August 2010: Welcome Back Barack, Shoo Republicans