MetaFilter posts tagged with JohnKerry

"The original Port Huron Statement . . . Not the compromised second draft."

IvoShandor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:37:35 -0800

The Sixties Project - The Sixties Project began as a collective of humanities scholars working together on the Internet to use electronic resources to provide routes of collaboration and make available primary and secondary sources for researchers, students, teachers, writers and librarians interested in the Sixties. From The Sixties Project: *Special Exhibitions (incl. Sixties buttons and political posters) *Winter Soldier Investigation (wiki) *Articles (published in the Viet Nam Generation Journal, 1988-1996) *Fiction and personal narratives *Primary sources: incl - Port Huron Statement (wiki), and John Kerry's 1971 statement to the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations *Other resources Other interesting Vietnam links: *Texas Tech University: The Vietnam Center and Archive (Oral History Project: Interviews, search (some material excluded because of copyright)) *University of South Florida: The Vietnam War: Oral Histories (videos) *Brown University: The Whole World Was Watching - An Oral History of 1968 *Rutgers University: Oral History interviews (site contains materials from other conflicts too) *Georgia Tech: Vietnam War Resources (this is a pretty astounding compilation) *Mount Holyoke College: Documents relating to American Foreign Policy in Vietnam *Los Angeles Times: Vietnam - The War Crime Files (wiki) *PBS: "Battlefield: Vietnam", American Experience: Vietnam Online (online companion to "Vietnam: A Television History") And a general 60s site called "The Psychedelic 60s" from the University of Virginia. There really are an abundance of great links on Vietnam and the 1960s, this is just a sampling of some that I enjoy.

Tasered Open Mic Veterans for Truth

Mach3avelli — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:40:40 -0800

Tasers are the new black. University of Florida student gets tasered while police try to restrain him for "disrupting a public event" at an open mic when he brazenly began dogging John Kerry about the state of the 2004 election, Bush's potential impeachment, and Kerry's affiliation with the Skull & Bones Society. Video of the incident here and here. Echoes from this incident a little less than year ago.

Low Cost Media and Distribution || High Impact Message Delivery

ericb — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:40:00 -0800

"Why should candidates, or issue groups, spend millions on traditional advertising when they can generate hundreds of thousands of hits from simply uploading a video? Take, for example, the Hillary Clinton campaign's use of a Soprano’s spoof to unveil a campaign theme song....she generated a stunning amount of favorable press and television coverage (not to mention millions of dollars worth of free advertising)."^* A well produced video distributed on the Web can have great impact. For example, in a dispute last year a United Steelworkers union video forced Goodyear back to the bargaining table. A new video produced by the International Association of Firefighters may have impact on Rudy Guiliani's campaign for President. "...[The video's] release on the Internet hints at a broadening effort to spread [the union's] dim assessment of the Mayor and has already drawn comparisons with the campaign by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth against John Kerry in 2004."^*

Swiftboat'd

delmoi — Tue, 30 May 2006 19:52:23 -0800

NewsFilter: Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss

Amazing little magazine

escorter — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:12:15 -0800

This tiny (24 pages or less!) magazine is the best graphic design pub around, even at six bucks a pop. I’m not a designer, but I’ve picked up enough from this that people think I am. And for you cheapskates, they’ve just done a $16 book with the best stuff from all the issues. Their site also has an interesting analysis of the Bush and Kerry logos, showing why one (guess which?) had serious flaws.

Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes

specialk420 — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:51:59 -0800

Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes An error with an electronic voting system gave President Bush 3,893 extra votes in suburban Columbus, elections officials said.

Franklin County's unofficial results had Bush receiving 4,258 votes to Democrat John Kerry's 260 votes in a precinct in Gahanna. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct.

do the math.

crap

Outlawyr — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 08:22:54 -0800

Kerry Concedes President Bush won a second term from a divided and anxious nation, his promise of steady, strong wartime leadership trumping John Kerry's fresh-start approach to Iraq and joblessness. After a long, tense night of vote counting, the Democrat called Bush to concede Ohio and the presidency, The Associated Press learned.

Whoah, nellie.......

troutfishing — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 11:44:28 -0800

Early exit polling shows strong Kerry battleground states edge : lots of variables in play, and these numbers do not include early voting. Further, early exit polling has in the past tended to favor Republicans. This election, though, that trend may no longer hold. We'll see. Get out and vote! Vote vote vote! (more inside).

And the winner is...

coyroy — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:03:37 -0800

And the winner is... Kerry with 77% of the vote!

Pumpkin-heads

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:22:11 -0800

George W. Bush and John Kerry pumpkin stencils. Celebrate the last weekend before the election by carving your endorsement into... well, I guess into anything, although pumpkins are recommended. (minor popup warning)

World supports Kerry: BBC World Service's online poll

hoder — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:24:06 -0800

World supports Kerry: BBC World Service's online poll results by language, religion, sex and age

Endorsement: Kerry for President

Postroad — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:23:31 -0800

Endorsement: Kerry for President Ok. The NY Times endorsed Kerry. And now the Washington Post. But now the Orlando-Sentinel, a paper that has not endorsed a Demcorat in the past 40 years! "Four years ago, the Orlando Sentinel endorsed Republican George W. Bush for president based on our trust in him to unite America. We expected him to forge bipartisan solutions to problems while keeping this nation secure and fiscally sound. This president has utterly failed to fulfill our expectations. We turn now to his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, with the belief that he is more likely to meet the hopes we once held for Mr. Bush. Our choice was not dictated by partisanship. Already this election season, the Sentinel has endorsed Republican Mel Martinez for the U.S. Senate and four U.S. House Republicans. In 2002, we backed Republican Gov. Jeb Bush for re-election, repeating our endorsement of four years earlier. Indeed, it has been 40 years since the Sentinel endorsed a Democrat -- Lyndon Johnson -- for president...."

Catholics for Kerry?

TungstenChef — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:36:29 -0800

Think that Bush has the Catholic vote sewn up? Think again. Despite the efforts of some to make Catholics one-issue voters, many Catholics are more concerned with the views on social justice [pdf] of the Church in this hotly contested [Real] race. It’s a weird year to be a Catholic voter.

Simtastic GWB vs. JFK

ssmith — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:42:53 -0800

George Bush & John Kerry living together in the Sims 2. First things heat up, then they really get hot. Just wait until they meet their new neighbors! Via.

Because Blood is Thicker Than Oil

jackspace — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:19:59 -0800

Bush Relatives for Kerry grew out of a series of conversations that took place between a group of people that have two things in common: they are all related to George Walker Bush, and they are all voting for John Kerry. As the election approaches, we feel it is our responsibility to speak out about why we are voting for John Kerry, and to do our small part to help America heal from the sickness it has suffered since George Bush was appointed President in 2000. We invite you to read our stories, and please, don't vote for our cousin!

John Kerry supports JRUN

TungstenChef — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 08:39:30 -0800

John Kerry supports using evil powers to blast back a crowd
The lighter side of photo ops. [via MoFi]

Anti-Kerry Film Producer Accused of Libel

Postroad — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:57:59 -0800

Anti-Kerry Film Producer Accused of Libel A Vietnam veteran shown in a documentary criticizing Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites)'s anti-war activities filed a libel lawsuit against the movie's producer Monday, saying the film falsely calls the veteran a fraud and a liar. Kenneth J. Campbell, now a professor at the University of Delaware, said in the suit that "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" combines footage of him appearing at a 1971 war protest with narration that claims that many of the supposed veterans who took part in the event were later "discovered as frauds" who "never set foot on the battlefield, or left the comfort of the States, or even served in uniform."

The (Non) Issues

MattD — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 11:05:55 -0800

Why this election is so disappointing... Opposite today's New York Times' 30-column-inch endorsement of John Kerry, Thomas Friedman makes a good case that several of the most important issues are not being talked about by either candidate in any serious way.

The Choice: 2004

stbalbach — Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:33:15 -0800

The Choice: 2004. Frontline documentary. First aired on PBS earlier this week, the full two-hours is now available online. Examines the lives of Sen. John Kerry and President Bush -- from their days at Yale through their military experience and the political world. NPR interview about the show.

SWIFT BOAT LIES

Postroad — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:18:55 -0800

SWIFT BOAT LIES send this to 5 people! "Like most bloggers, I have my beefs with the mainstream media. But you know what? They produce an awful lot of damn fine original reporting. Case in point. In August the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth charged that John Kerry had lied about the events that led to his Silver Star. In order to figure out if the SBVT account was true, Nightline sent a crew to Vietnam, where they visited the hamlets of Tran Thoi and Nha Vi and interviewed the local villagers to get their recollections of what really happened 35 years ago. You can read the resulting story yourself, but it's summarized pretty easily: Kerry was right and SBVT honcho John O'Neill wasn't. But there was also this:..."

Round Two in the Town Hall

fenriq — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:09:04 -0800

Bush & Kerry Round Two: Town Hall
It was going to be done. I'm just the one doing it.

and i know a few things about photo essays

tsarfan — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:01:31 -0800

The best political photo essay i've ever seen. A cheeky look at Bush's flip flops in the form of a shoe catalogue.

Going Upriver

Stuart_R — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 09:25:15 -0800

Going Upriver : The Long War of John Kerry, is the new documentary in theatres about Kerry's service in the Vietnam War and his subsequent protests against it. Somehow, I'd never even heard about this film until this morning. Reviews of the film seem to be mostly positive. Have any MeFi members seen it? Do you think this will have any affect on election day?

Roll your own presidential stump speeches.

geronimo_rex — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 05:31:32 -0800

Roll your own stump speeches. Comes in two delicious flavors: George Bush and John Kerry.

Blog catches FoxNews.com in fabrication

fleener — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 21:34:52 -0800

Blog catches FoxNews.com in mocking fabrication Are you surprised it was in a story quoting Senator Kerry? (A sequential account. Scroll upward to follow developments.)