tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:22:53 +0000American University's only student-powered politics blog: hosted by Katherine Stump & Am Word Magazinehttp://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)Blogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-229808664097047033Mon, 19 May 2008 20:44:00 +00002008-05-19T13:46:08.803-07:00Greetings, Stumped Speech fans:We're going on summer vacation, but please check back in August for new management and more political action as Am Word Magazine gears up for it's fourth season. Thanks for reading!Best,Your Hosthttp://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/05/politics-doesnt-quit-but-we-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-4183737828183808332Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:49:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:31.624-08:00Apolitical niche organizations are reaching out to energize their bases.(Updated @ 4:30pm) You may remember the ill-fated “Vote or Die” campaign made famous four years ago by P. Diddy, 50 Cent, Mya and other MTV rock stars. It was part of Citizen Change, an organization that sought to empower those in the 18-30 age range to vote in the 2004 presidential election. The non-partisan organizationhttp://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/04/rockin-smashin-vote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-7824722929848233572Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:12:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:31.684-08:00The ire of the public is up again!Last week, Obama said in a Pennsylvania speech: "...you go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they feel through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/04/your-fellow-citizens-offer-food-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-189790742915962232Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:09:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:31.879-08:00Falling in line, a slate of Iraq vets hit the ballots as RepublicansYesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that seventeen Iraq War veterans are running for the House, all as Republicans and all pledging to support John McCain. What the article didn’t mention is that they aren’t the first to try. If any of the 17 is successful, they will join Patrick J. Murphy, a representative from http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/04/seventeen-against-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-7607387268670903702Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:59:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:32.074-08:00The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don't acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead. - Kurt Vonnegut We have come to realize that the only way the Democratic presidential campaign will end is either by bowling tournament, or the destruction of the earth. - NPR's Wait Wait, Don't http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/04/this-week-in-politics-great-quotes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-4322839469616809996Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:26:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:32.210-08:00A March 20 report by the Pew Research Center doesn't bode well for Sen. McCain, who is already having to shout to be heard above the ruckus of the Obama-Clinton campaigns. From the survey:Fewer Voters Identify as RepublicansIn 5,566 interviews with registered voters conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press during the first two months of 2008, 36% identify themselves as http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/04/mccains-long-road-ahead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-1591538496773353426Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:07:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:32.465-08:00(Comments from Washingtonpost.com's politics blogs:)On Hillary Clinton's claim that she encountered sniper fire in Bosnia in 1996.The fact of the matter is, Bosnia WAS a war zone when she visited, she WAS the First Lady, and they would have employed extraordinary safety precautions because there WERE reports of sniper fire in the area, and she WOULD have been whisked from the high risk airport http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/03/your-fellow-citizens-offer-food-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-3600137596157860196Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:32.561-08:00Senators struggling up the corporate ladderUpdated March 24President number 44 will be unprecedented. Not because he might be African American. Not because she might be woman. Not because he might be the oldest president ever. Forty-four will be only the 16th senator to become president, and only the third senator to go straight from Congress to the White House. Richard Nixon was our last http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/03/mr-senator-oops-i-meant-to-say-mr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-5654788203799592734Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:36:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:32.747-08:00This week I’m pulling some interesting numbers from a Feb. 28 Pew poll on the candidates’ images. Polls can be overwhelming, and there are significant clusters of people who don’t believe in their accuracy, or simply consider them meaningless. What I find of interest, however, is the illustration of American fickleness that polls give us. Polls also give us things to lodge in the backs of our http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/03/where-have-all-issues-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-6268095524415043223Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:33:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:32.892-08:00Recently, Stumped Speech reviewed a highly irresponsible children’s book, Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under my Bed! Partisan not in the youthful values of sharing and honesty, but of low taxes and a hands-off government, the conservative book was disheartening to those who plan on raising their children to have open minds and to perhaps think for themselves.Not to be outdone, a sister book was http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/political-childrens-books-for-democrats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-4386781862516478747Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:39:00 +00002008-02-27T10:59:39.750-08:00I am in the process of reading through the issue statements posted on the three leading presidential candidates' websites. But before I get to that, two things are immediately telling: what issues are absent from the platforms of each candidate and how each issue is labeled. Here is what you can find on each candidate's website (wording their own):Sen. John McCainEconomic Stimulus PlanMcCain Tax http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/issue-comparisons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-8714860513613396147Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:07:00 +00002008-02-26T09:09:05.816-08:00Here's one reason students Barack the vote: respectThe Obama, John McCain, Ron Paul, and Mike Huckabee campaigns in Washington and Idaho treated young journalist-bloggers from the University of Washington like pros. The Hillary Clinton campaign couldn't be bothered.By David Domkehttp://www.crosscut.com/2008-election/11938/http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/talk-to-hand.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-5960326522332081901Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:51:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:33.377-08:00Courting super-delegates goes grassroots  My roommate just forwarded me an email that she received from the Clinton campaign. It has started a new website about super delegates, perhaps because they aren’t happy about Sen. Barack Obama cold-calling delegates himself. The message begins:“There are a number of misconceptions about the role that delegates will play in this election, so we've http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/doh-factor-first-installment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-936400257262639800Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:16:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:33.735-08:00Clinton's CojonesOne of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s favorite sound bites is to say that America needs someone who is ready to be commander in chief on day 1. Just last night, in the face of her Wisconsin defeat, she had this to say:"Both Senator Obama and I would make history. But only one of us is ready on day one to be commander in chief, ready to manage our economy, and ready to defeat the http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/when-they-say-it-just-because-it-sounds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-1865559950439904656Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:50:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:33.903-08:00Summaries of today’s press releasesObama calls for political prisoners to be released and says that if Cuba takes steps toward becoming a democracy, then the U.S. must be prepared to normalize relations with it.“Today should mark the end of a dark era in Cuba's history. Fidel Castro's stepping down is an essential first step, but it is sadly insufficient in bringing freedom to Cuba.”Clinton put http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/being-presidential-candidates-on-castro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-2164216339660760584Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:16:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:34.034-08:00“In the election last night, sound bites and personality profiles finished a strong first and second. Real issues, which came in at a distant third, might drop out of the race.”In the race for media attention, both Democratic candidates are scoring sweeping victories. For the week of February 11 to the 17th, Hillary Clinton has snagged headlines twice as often as McCain has, and slightly more http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/it-might-be-democrat-v-democrat-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-8430594965238390211Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:50:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:34.200-08:00Forget those touch-feely children's books about teaching kids to be nice to each other and listen to their parents - now you can start on their political indoctrination early!There is disturbing evidence out there that becoming an adult doesn't ensure maturity. Political elections drive home this unfortunate reality. If adult partisan politics, name calling, narrow-mindedness and the repetition http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/political-childrens-books-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-7342223121672914811Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:55:00 +00002008-12-08T18:27:34.307-08:00Comments on some of washingtonpost.com's politics blogs. The respondents have a tendency to start fighting with each other. NOT edited for grammar, spelling or content; NOT chosen for any (partisan) reason other than they were interesting:"I'm a white male republican from Texas, now living in Colorado. I've voted Republican in every election for the past 20 years. This election, I plan on voting http://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/your-fellow-citizens-offer-food-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-2835884001715101227Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:02:00 +00002008-02-12T14:33:44.418-08:00Overheard at Washingtonpost.com on February 5th.Your thoughts?Of course it's a horse race. I don't understand why everybody objects to that. - Benjamin Bradlee, former Executive Editor of the Washington Post.This is an election campaign; it's called a race for a reason. - Leonard Downie, Jr. Executive Editor of the Washington PostCharacter matters and character is action. Reading the long storieshttp://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/02/one-night-in-primary-land-overheard-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203594321570446758.post-4789015506372510879Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:40:00 +00002008-01-31T09:42:27.510-08:00As a holdout of traditional journalism, I continue to have a love-hate relationship with blogs, especially those attached to news organizations. In a world where the immediacy of information and a flood of “facts” pouring out over the airwaves and on the Internet threaten to overwhelm us, blogs have two great potentials.The instant publishing platform allows a journalist – trained professional orhttp://stumpedspeech.blogspot.com/2008/01/politics-blogs-good-bad-and-otherwise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katherine Fuller)0