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Pop Politico: “Action/Reaction”

Ted Asregadoo March 17, 2008 10

As presidential campaigns become longer, the media’s appetite grows for comments by anyone who has a connection — no matter how close or remote — to candidates who are in the running for the

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Pop Politico: “Between Liberty and Equality”

Ted Asregadoo March 10, 2008 1

If you’ve been reading the papers for political stories that aren’t about the presidential campaign, you might have noticed a story that had a headline with a variation of the following: “California Court Declares

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Pop Politico: “Communing with The Forms”

Ted Asregadoo March 3, 2008 40

It seems every four years Ralph Nader surfaces as a presidential candidate to remind progressives, and even some libertarians, why our system of government is rigged, why we’re getting screwed, and why we should

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Pop Politico: “We Demand!”

Ted Asregadoo February 11, 2008 0

I would venture to guess that most of the Popdose audience wasn’t even born when the radicalism of the 1960s bubbled up — yet the shadow of the 1960s is showing signs that its

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Pop Politico: “Priorities”

Ted Asregadoo February 4, 2008 26

Years ago, I used to teach political science to students whose level of interest ran the range from apathetic to enthusiastic — with a good chunk in the middle just trying to get a

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Pop Politico: “Why Bill Clinton Is a Douchebag”

Ted Asregadoo January 28, 2008 23

For all intents and purposes, Bill and Hillary Clinton should be my candidates. On the political spectrum I consider myself center-left, and the Clintons have been center-left politicians since, well, they became politicians. You

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Pop Politico: “It’s Not All a Dream”

Ted Asregadoo January 21, 2008 17

Upon leaving office in 2000, Bill Clinton was keen on having a national conversation on race in America. He eventually did in 2004, but because he was a former president involved in this conversation

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Pop Politico: Spare Change

Ted Asregadoo January 14, 2008 25

Presidential campaigns, like marketing campaigns, have to have a sellable theme. Something that sounds snappy and connects with voters/consumers so they will act (i.e., vote for a candidate or buy a certain product). Whether

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