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In the Eleventh Hour, I Turn to Shawn J Douglas for Comfort

Posted by mistergroonk in USA on November 4, 2008

Here’s an excerpt from writer and United States Army veteran Shawn J Douglas on why he’s voting for Barack Obama. I meant to share this days ago but time mismanagement(and a little thing called life) kept me off the ball.

Why I’m Voting For Barack Obama
By Shawn J. Douglas

I’ve gotten enough emails from people whom I have always had the utmost respect for stating things like “Barack Obama is the Anti-Christ” or a “Secret Militant Muslim” that I felt compelled not to sit on the sidelines and offer, for what it is worth, my personal opinion as to exactly why this little Freak of Nature is voting for Barack Obama on November 4th.

I’ve held back on sharing any strong thoughts on my choice for the next president. If you were paying close attention, my choice is pretty clear. In the last few months I’ve had debates with friends and arguments with strangers over my reasons.

It was the strangers that cause me the most concern. The things that fell out of their mouths had me checking my smartphone calendar just to be sure that I didn’t somehow fall through a wormhole and land in the year 1885.

I cannot stress enough that you, Faithful Readers, devour all of what Douglas has to say and chew on it in your craniums for a bit.

(via naked imagination)

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Comics, There are Days You Baffle Me

Posted by mistergroonk in Comics, USA on October 1, 2008

A few weeks ago this article appeared on Newsarama:

If you’re Bluewater Productions, you “[break] new ground” with a comic-book biography of a former presidential hopeful — one Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“John McCain and Barack Obama have all of the spotlight,” Publisher Darren G. Davis says in the press release. “Our goal is to show the historical impact that maybe underrated from by those who are too facetted on the candidates to fully understand the historical impact of being a few votes show [sic] for the 1st female president. Many people are daunted by the endless stream of articles on the candidates. A visual medium provides perspective that is not only accessible but more relatable to the average person without loosing [sic] any of the information involved.”

Said article was promptly updated with covers from IDW’s Presidential Material books.

Talk about your “separated at birth.”

Yes, it did take me several weeks to process what was going on here. You have a problem with that?

(via newsarama)

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