Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
hofstra-on campus wrap-up : our professor commentator is giving mccain too much of the benefit of the doubt. and when I raised an open the debates issue he was rude and factually wrong. first he said that not since anserson was a third party candidate in the debate. he forgot perot. then I mentioned cynthia […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
I get how we should stop relying on oil from the middle east. but why do we have to worry about the oil we get from venezuela? well I really know. I was just surprised the two corporate candidates were willing to act like it was obvious we have to release ourselves from the grip […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
the moderator asked a genuine and blunt question – he listed accusations on both sides and said can you face each other here and say these things. mccain actually did a good job on this. I do think that obama went back on a promise about public funding. I think mccain did a trick saying […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
afew times mccain has sounded silly. people here didn’t seem to like mccains trite line – if obama wanted to run against george bush he should have run 4 years ago.
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
I will probably stop blogging soon the don’t deserve the stage. I will admit that mccain made me think when he said barack obama got a federal earmark to spend on a 3 million dollar projector in a planetarium in his hometown. pretty visual symbol. it is a problem with our whole system. barack got […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
here at the hofstra screening we cheered when obama thanked hofstra. (i missed mccains opening). on one of these first interactions the moderayor said to mccain, do you want to ask him a question? mccain said no in a way like he could not be bothered. people here laughed out loud. then mccain did a […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
it felt good to have prez of hofstra stuart rabinowitz welcome everyone on behalf of hofstra community. but praise of commission on presidential debates is a little sickening. the commission is unfair and corporate. the the wealthy sponsors got to stand up. wish they had helped to open the debate to third party candidates. he […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
at our screening they are taking questions from the audience
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
more live blogging from the hofstra campus – walking from the end, slow down of peace demo and public area we went west towards our alumni viewing on south campus. over there, on the tip of where peace demo had been permited as night fell, a different crowd gathered – or maybe they had stayed. […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
deomo, talked on stage at public area, now in cozy theatre for alumni screening. I had reserved time on stage. iwas allowed to share time. kare young, matt bennett, and betty davis stood with me. betty and I talked about cynthia mckinney for president. betty talked about the bailout and said next generation woud have […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
not eveyone will take green party/cynthia for prez literature. but almost anyone will take our “open the debates” lit. we made that fairly non-partisan and listed all 6 nationwide/electoral college candidates. the 350 young people were interested in green party lit. oh another group represented here is the friends (quakers) and li wins who are […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
it is about 5:40 pm. there are about 200 or so people in the free speech zone and much more than that stretched out on the sidewalk across from hofstra. some groups scene: a few greens with mckinney signs , at least 3 sets of green camarades not showing green/mckinney signs, some obama people, several […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
Ask others to report any exclusion of third party candidates in class rooms Green Party leaders today argued against students being told and taught that there are only two parties in the upcoming elections. Tim McKee, a Green Party spokesperson said “With millions of people voting for a third party in 2008, teaching our students […]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by iwilder
we are between events. ian was the first speaker at big public area with loud speakers. he was brilliant. but there were only about 10 audience members. the public area is a big gated are with some grass and a parking lot. they check your bags to get in. the good news is that the […]
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