“ How to talk to non-supporters about Obama ” is an excellent primer that explains very effectively how to get other Democrats on board for November. The author, demoinesdem , was a precinct captain for Kerry in 2003-04 and for Edwards in 2007-08 (in Iowa), so this wasn’t her first rodeo, and it sounds like she’s a very patient, practised, and effective campaigner. (Her website is Bleeding Heartland .) She’s got a lot of great scripts for comments that people who didn’t vote for Obama in the primary might throw at you, and examples of both ineffective and effective replies.Â
Much of her advice boils down to this: “ Remember that voter contacts are not about winning an argument. They are about finding ways to get on the same side as the person you are talking to .” In other words, you don’t have to bring people to a Road to Damascus moment  about Obama so that you can bask in the warmth of yo...
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What we talk about when we talk about misogyny, religion, racism, and teh funnyFrom: historiann.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 15:25:17
While we wait to see the results of today’s primary that will surely force the end of Hillary Clinton’s campaign even if she wins, let’s tour the non-peer reviewed internets, shall we?
Bob Somerby has a really interesting ethnographic analysis today at The Daily Howler , arguing that the press corps’ dominant Hillary hatred can be traced to middle-aged ”East Coast Irish Catholics” prominent at NBC and the New York Times, and the particular...
more Ay-O-Way to go, Ohio. (And Texas, too!)From: historiann.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 22:50:24
Well, we found out a few things tonight:
One, Ted Strickland looks like a great candidate for Vice President if Hillary Clinton is indeed the Democratic nominee. Two, Obama should drop out immediately because continuing his campaign is divisive and hurting party unity . My math (see above) proves conclusively that he can’t win the nomination without the Superdelegates . (Kidding! Well, except for the Ted Strickland as V.P. part. Ohio’s a must-wi...
more It’s Boston Massacre Day!From: historiann.com
Post Date: 2008-03-05 07:47:43
Clinton, Obama, and McCain campaign teams take note: here is some truly excellent propaganda by Paul Revere–238 years later, it still works. (Please note the blanching or erasure of Crispus Attucks , the first American to die in a confrontation with British soldiers in the American Revolution, who was in fact of African and Algonquian ancestry.)
Thirteen years ago when I was living in Massachusetts, Historiann attended the historical reenactment of the Boston M...
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