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Paris Hilton

Freedomfighter — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:59:07 -0400

Her reply ad is also far more complimentary of McCain than what could be expected. She mocked him and mocked herself but than supported drilling now.

BOOTS ON THE GROUND

RPmaniac — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:40:09 -0400

Meetup.com members as of 9/16/2007
updated from 9/10/07

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Vague Daily Show Links

Alan Rosenblatt — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:48:27 -0400

I agree... they put it up for free on their own site, but not on YouTube. Seems silly. But even putting it on their own site is problematic. There is no direct link to any specific video. You have to hunt through all the clips to find the one you want and they don't keep them up forever.

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AKA DrDigiPol (drdigipol.com)

Daily Show website

Peter Erickson — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:36:21 -0400

What I don't understand is that Daily Show videos, each and every episode, are available for free on their website, including the YouTube debate analysis here.
They keep toying with showing advertisements between clips but at the moment they don't have any, though there are a couple click ads in the margins. Why not at least release a few on YouTube to generate interest and direct people to the website?

Good point n/t

David All — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:44:51 -0400

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Fair and balanced?! How about relevant?

jake3_14 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:01:43 -0400

Rather than worrying about whether candidates prefabricated answers to prefabricated questions will be fair and balanced, we should worry about whether the questions or answers mean anything at all. The only candidate Q&A I've seen lately of any substance was McCain's grilling on "The Daily Show." And there, only the questions were relevant. McCain's answers might as well have come from a Magic 8 ball.

Let's watch what candidates do, rather than listen to the boring pablum they spew when they talk to an audience. Knowing that Obama's political platform is written by the same Wall St. consortium that wrote Clinton's tells us far more than the vague platitudes about "the politics of hope" Obama mouths. Following the money trail (see http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/moneyweb.asp?cycle=2008) will tell you more about a candidate's loyalties than professions of solidarity with union workers. And there are a number of sites that examine candidate's voting records.

Frankly, I stop listening to what a candidate says the moment the candidate announces s/he's running for something, and I start looking at what s/he's done, who's paying for his/her campaign, and who's writing his/her policy material.