October 29, 2008
Who Slate's staff is voting for, and why
From Slate:
Noreen Malone, Executive Assistant: Obama
David Sedaris framed the choice with this metaphor: "Can I interest you in the chicken?" … "Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?" I definitely want the chicken.Farhad Manjoo, "Technology" Columnist: Obama
This is the third presidential election in which I'll cast a ballot, but only the first time that I'll be voting for someone: The last two times, I was voting against Bush. I'm choosing Obama for one main reason: He's the smarter candidate. I don't just mean he's got smarter policies, though he does. I mean he seems to have the higher IQ. His books and speeches suggest deep intellectual curiosity—a calm, analytical, rational mind of the sort we haven't seen in the White House in years.I've long admired John McCain; I rooted for him in the 2000 primaries, and I might have picked him over Al Gore in the general that year. I also admired his stance against soft-money political donations and the Bush tax cuts. If that John McCain had been on the ballot this year, I might have thought harder about this vote. But over the last four years, that McCain has transmogrified into exactly the kind of divisive agent of intolerance he once decried, and now I'm terrified at the thought of him in charge.
More here. [55 out of 57 votes to Obama, 1 vote for McCain.]
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As Captain Renault in the film Casablanca would say, "I'm shocked, shocked to find out that the staff of 3 Quarks is voting for Obama!"
Posted by: Wade Nichols | Oct 29, 2008 8:35:03 AM
Maybe even more shocking, shocking, Wade, is that I'll be voting for Obama on the Working Families ticket. (NY state allows "fusion" voting.)
Posted by: Robin | Oct 29, 2008 12:19:58 PM
Every time a teenage boy walks into the corner store, the clerk standing behind the counter tells him to pull up his pants and stand up straight. Every time, the boy insults the old man by pulling his pants down farther and putting just a bit more curve in his slouch. One day, after the boy has told his friend about his daily encounters with the stupid clerk, his friend asks, "Well, why do you keep going in there, then? You don't even buy anything."
"Because," said the boy, "that clerk is the only person I know who cares enough about me to want to improve me."
Wade, sometimes I feel you're the boy in the 3QD corner store. Who's the clerk? I don't know, but I think I see Elatia bringing a tray of biscotti...
Posted by: ghostman | Oct 30, 2008 2:08:11 AM
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