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Political Culture: Redefining “Bread and Circuses”

Jon Cummings November 13, 2008 8

The other day my Popdose colleague Ted Asredagoo posed the question of how President-Elect Obama — once he is wrapped up in the business of actually, you know, governing — will manage to carry

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Political Culture: The Final Days

Jon Cummings October 30, 2008 6

Doesn’t it seem like just a decade since the protagonists of our current national melodrama began taking the stage? John McCain announced his candidacy on David Letterman – only to discover that what Dave

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Political Culture: McCain-Palin Plays the GOP’s Greatest Hits

Jon Cummings October 23, 2008 20

Last night I had a dream … of long-faded memories, and basic-cable infomercials: Voiceover: Remember…this? John McCain: “Who is Barack Obama?” VO: That’s right … they’re the hits you’ve come to know and love…

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The Final Debate: Plumbing (Sorry) the Depths of American Despair

Jon Cummings October 16, 2008 20

Jon Cummings: Why am I so bummed that the debate season is over? Please, Barack, take McCain up on his pleas for a dozen more town halls! I know, I know – these three

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Presidential Debate Two: Love Conquers All

Ted Asregadoo October 8, 2008 29

Dw. Dunphy My initial idea for taking in tonight’s town hall debate was to do so with headphones and without visuals. I’ll admit, over the past month or so, the visual component has played

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Confab-ulous? Obama vs. McCain: Round 1

Ted Asregadoo September 27, 2008 7

Ted Asregadoo This is the first time Barack Obama and John McCain have faced each other as competitors rather than Senate colleagues, and it’s clear that the chumminess of that institution cast a long

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Exit Music (For a Film): “The Bourne Ultimatum”

Zack Dennis September 16, 2008 10

There are fewer members of the Washington establishment that I detest more than Richard “Dickface” Cohen. I noticed yesterday evening that he’s finally soured on his hero John McCain, but I’m willing to predict

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Pop Politico: “Swing! Swing! Swing!”

Ted Asregadoo September 9, 2008 26

The current breathless “Sarah Palin Watch” going on in the mainstream and not-so-mainstream media is one of those political phenomena where the accuracy of her claims doesn’t really matter to those outside the chattering

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Sugar Water: I Coulda Been a Contender …

Robert Cass September 7, 2008 6

My girlfriend, Aimiee, and I finally returned from China on August 24. It was a few days earlier than we expected, thanks to a summer wind that came blowing in from … well, you

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Exit Music (For a Film): Office Space

Zack Dennis September 2, 2008 8

In Mike Judge’s 1999 comedy Office Space, its protagonist Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is described by the downsizing consultants as a “straight shooter with upper management written all over him.” It’s a gross misjudgment

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