election 2008

2008 saw elections around the world and throughout the year, from Georgia (January 1st) to Bangladesh (December 29th). Many of these elections marked crucial turning points for their constituencies, including a historic election in Nepal which abolished a 239-year-old royal dynasty.

But in the blogosphere, the 2008 election almost exclusively refers to the United States' presidential contest in which the Democratic candidate Barack Obama was the victor.

A historic election on several counts, this event saw the highest voter turnout (approximately 63%) in over 40 years. It was the first time that a woman (Hillary Clinton) and a black man were in direct competition for a party nomination, and the first time in 56 years that neither a sitting President nor Vice-President entered the race. But the most significant factor for many Americans was that Obama became the first black man ever elected as President of the United States, beating out Republican war hero John McCain after a long and often heated campaign.

The Internet is widely acknowledged to have played a larger part in this contest than in any previously. Obama, along with other candidates, maintained a Twitter account and a Facebook page, using online connectivity to reach out to younger voters. The online community responded effusively, making the 2008 election easily the most-discussed topic of the year.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “election 2008”

• Obama flips finger at John Callahan, Callahan supported Hillary Clinton, Character revealed, Allentown PA, December 4, 2009, Mayor of Bethlehem PA, Hillary rally in Bethlehem, Obama no Christian

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 548
  “Watch out for people who have a situational value system, who can turn the charm on and off depending on the status of the person they are interacting with….. be especially wary of those who are rude to people perceived to be in subordinate roles.”… Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson, “Unwritten Rules of ...
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• Obama Changes Copenhagen Plans, Invites Huge Failure, Again

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  How many times have we seen this strategy explode in Obamas face only one year into his term? He did the very same thing with the Olympics to disastrous effect. By switching his visit from Dec.
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• Breaking: Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” Is Promoting Child Porn in the Classroom– Kevin Jennings and the GLSEN Reading List

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Scott Baker from Breitbart-TV.com and Co-Host of ‘The B-Cast‘ submitted this shocking report today on Obama’s deviant Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings.
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• Palin Ethics Complaint – The Next Generation

  
  The Mudflats — Authority: 599
  Today, a brand new ethics complaint was filed against Sarah Palin. No, you’re not reading an old post by mistake. This is a new generation of ethics complaint. Ethics 2.0, if you will. It has been filed based on information revealed when ethics watchdog Andrée McLeod reviewed emails she obtained in response to a ...
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• Palin: Obama birth certificate ‘a fair question’

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Speaking to the conservative talker Rusty Humphries today, Sarah Palin left the door open to speculation about President Obamas birth certificate.<
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• Just another Hollywood right-winger

  
  Rene's Apple — Authority: 428
  Well, there are a few conservatives in LaLaLand- Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Robert Duvall, and Dennis Hopper(!) among them. Plus, theres Mary Tyler Moore, who, unlike one-time co-star Dick Van Dyke-turns out to be a right-leaning individual who wouldve campaigned for John McCain if asked. Interesting. 
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• Huffington Post, Sarah Palin, Birther, Orwellian Lies, Pay to Play Politics, Obama birth certificate, Obama payments to Huffingtonpost.com

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 548
  “Winston dialed “back numbers” on the telescreen and called for the appropriate issues of the Times, which slid out of the pneumatic tube after only a few minutes’ delay.  The messages he had received referred to articles or news items which for one reason or another it was thought necessary to alter, or, as ...
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• Palin: Obama birth certificate ‘a fair question’

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Speaking to the conservative talker Rusty Humphries today, Sarah Palin left the door open to speculation about President Obamas birth certificate.<
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• Friday Links

  
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  * Good job numbers suggest the recession could be bottoming out . Of course, you can’t please everyone. * BREAKING: Ben Bernanke is kind of a douche . * Ted Kennedy may be gone, but John Kerry still won’t support the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound. * In a new piece in Vanity Fair , Erik ...
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• Palin: Obama’s birth certificate is fair game; Update: Transcript added; Update: Palin responds

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  "I think the public, rightfully, is still making it an issue."
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• Sarah Palin, Citizen Wells challenge, December 4, 2009, Palin says fair question, Obama not eligible, Billboard, Barack Obama not natural born citizen, US Constitution, Father Kenyan British, No birth certificate, Obama spends millions to avoid

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 548
  INTERNET BILLBOARD   Article II, Sec. 1, cl. 5 of the US Constitution “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. . .” From the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution. “or if ...
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• Poll finds adults identifying as Republicans increase, while Democrats dwindle; gap closes to only 2.9%

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  A year after Obamas election, five percent fewer American adults call themselves Democrats.
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• Poll finds adults identifying as Republicans increase, while Democrats dwindle; gap closes to only 2.9%

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  A year after Obamas election, five percent fewer American adults call themselves Democrats.
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• Media Matters aka Big Brother editor, Orwellian Lies, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, Citizen Wells challenges Eric Boehlert, Orwellian birther spin, Simple question, Why has Obama employed private and government attorneys to avoid eligibility

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 548
  “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed –if all records told the same tale–then the lie passed into history and became truth. “Who controls the past,” ran the Party slogan, “controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”… George Orwell, “1984″   ...
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• Jeff Maurice files for County Commissioner Precinct 4

  
  Eye on Williamson — Authority: 135
  Via press release : Jeff Maurice officially files to run for Williamson County Commissioner, Precinct 4 On the first day for campaign filing, Hutto resident Jeff Maurice filed to run in the Democratic Primary for Williamson County Commissioner, Precinct 4. Maurice, a Democrat, will challenge incumbent Republican ...
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• Why You’re Searching for “Meredith Baxter Birney,” “Transgressions,” and “Joan Najbar”

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Wondering why "Meredith Baxter Birney," "Transgressions," "Cassandra Sproch," and "Joan Najbar" are surging in Google Trends? We can shed some light on the mystery.
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• Public Policy has Castle up by 6

  
  DelawarePolitics.net — Authority: 442
  I will publish an exclusive interview with the public policy polling team tonight. We go beyond the headlines and look at potential primary pitfalls for Mr. Castle including a third of Republicans who think that he is too liberal and a low 61% approval within his party. and weaknesses and strengths of both ...
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• Why You’re Searching for “Meredith Baxter Birney,” “Transgressions,” and “Joan Najbar”

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Wondering why "Meredith Baxter Birney," "Transgressions," "Cassandra Sproch," and "Joan Najbar" are surging in Google Trends? We can shed some light on the mystery.
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• Washington Times ad, White House attack, Charles Kerchner ad, December 3, 2009, Kerchner V Obama and Congress, Hacker attacks Post & Email

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 548
  Just in from John Charlton of the Post & Email, December 3, 2009. “White House orders attack on Washington Times KERCHNER ADVERTORIAL SPARKS VICIOUS RACE-POLITICS ACTION SIMULTANEOUS HACKER-ATTACK OF THE POST & EMAIL BY OBAMA SUPPORTER” “As editor of The Post & Email I can now publicly confirm ...
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• Searching in Vain for the Obama Magic

  
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