Kirby's Currents

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Campaign Commercials

Links to some of the commercial sites we used in class.

Dueling Ads

News Story on the Obama 1984 ad
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2963398&page=1

Hillary 19841 min 14 sec - Apr 10, 2007Description: Barack Obama spot using Macintosh 1984 ad.

Barack 19841 min 8 sec - Mar 19, 2007Average rating: (2 ratings)Description: Barack Obama in a 1984 like moment. A must see for all Obama, and Hillary Clinton Fans.

Infomercial/Attack Ads:

Code Pink Hillary Clinton Cindy Sheehan Sean Penn Barack Obama 1984 anti Iraq8 min 32 sec - Feb 12, 2007Average rating: (67 ratings)Description: Pansy4Peace Production's anti war video featuring Code Pink, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, 1984, Senn Penn, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. Original music written and performed by Code Pink. Thanks to Kirsten Michel - kirstenmichel.com - for her contribution of footage from Code Pink. *******Code Pink clips used by permission - Kirsten Michel - KirstenMichel.com*******

Hillary Clinton 1984 in 2008: The Big Lie That Won Her Election to the Senate10 min 36 sec - Jan 25, 2006Average rating: (58 ratings)Description: Documentary trailer that exposes the lies Hillary made to the voters and her opponent through the Washington Post (www.hillcap.org) and to the FEC in 2000 about who her largest contributor was,(Spider Man creator Stan Lee's partner, Peter F Paul) how much he gave and why he gave more than $1.6 million to her so he could have Bill Clinton work with his public company, Stan Lee Media, when Clinton left the White House.

Ad Sites:

Political Communication Lab – Stanford U.
http://pcl.stanford.edu/campaigns/2008/

Race42008
http://race42008.com/

Thursday, October 11, 2007

The Primaries

As Campaigns Chafe at Limits, Donors Might Be in Diapers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/23/AR2007102301882.html?hpid=topnews

Date of N.H. primary rests with one man
Granite State's Gardner waits to schedule first-in-the-nation contest
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21221397/

A taste of '08 in fight to split electoral votesInitiative on electoral votes has become a battleground for Giuliani, Clinton
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21124456/

The Disciples of Ron Paul, Spreading the Word in N.H.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/14/AR2007101401329.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter

CNN Political Tracker
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

MSNBC Republican Debate in Michigan

Michigan Republican debate

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Student Rights Blog - Due by End of Tuesday (11:59pm)

Do you agree or disagree with the decision of the Supreme Court majority in your case? Why? Be sure to ID the case and be specific in your reasoning. 1/2 to 1 page.

Bong Hits 4 Jesus - The latest Supreme Court case examining your rights.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/washington/20scotus.html?ex=1175054400&en=8b93f1ab98e345e7&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Current Events for the Week of 10/1

1 - Bush Vetoes Children’s Health Insurance Bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/washington/03cnd-veto.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

2 -

Making money off the '08 race

3 - A taste of '08 in fight to split electoral votes
Initiative on electoral votes has become a battleground for Giuliani, Clinton
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21124456/