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Is there a study showing that Fox viewers are angry and depressed?

By erica20 on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 11:51am |

A friend asked me about this, and I thought I remembered something about it. But I couldn't remember whether it was an actual study, or more of a rumor. 

There are various Pew studies debating whether Fox viewers are well-informed or not, but on the subject of anger/depression, Google searches are so far not bearing fruit.

Thank you for the fine predictions and lovely live blog!

By erica20 on Wed, 11/07/2012 - 2:48am |

That's all. Just a round of applause.

 

(And tomorrow we'll get back to that 2nd term agenda.)

The zinger I should have thought of 6 months ago

By erica20 on Mon, 11/05/2012 - 2:38pm |

"As you walk into that voting booth remember:

The only thing we know for sure that Mitt Romney can change, is his mind."

Feel free to share, now at the 11th hour.

 

Please help me with this: I want to explain to moderates why they shouldn't vote Republican

By erica20 on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 12:50pm |

Ok gang I know this might be a fool's errand but humor me here.

I have spent a lot of time thinking about why any reasonably moderate person would still believe that voting Republican is a good idea. Here's my latest theory.

"Veritasshole" James O'Keefe gets another one

By erica20 on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 8:40pm |

Does "Veritasshole" as applied to James O'Keefe of Project Veritas violate the DAG terms of service? Or would "Veritasshole" be considered a new and clever English word?

Normally I am not much for profanity but this new term seems pretty apt as a descriptor for O'Keefe.

For clarification, see today's video of the overly trusting (possibly stoned?) Pat Moran not catching on the the fact that he is being led down the garden path. Hint--watch the "full" version--it's much more clear that Moran is trying to humor someone who won't let him get away.

Humanae, Caritas and voter disenfranchisement

By erica20 on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 4:25pm |

I want to get this out there: I feel uncomfortable writing something so speculative but I think that there is a possible theological aspect to this case.

Colin Small, the young man who was caught throwing eight voter registration forms in a dumpster in Virginia, is a strong proponent of the Catholic Church's encyclicals Humanae Vitae and Caritas in Veritate.

Colin Small is very, very pro-life

By erica20 on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 10:14pm |

Here's an update and some context on Colin Small, the young man who was arrested in Harrisonburg, VA last week for destroying voter registrations.

Where is the sacrificial nerd?

By erica20 on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 3:50pm |

Human behavior doesn’t always make logical sense, but in our increasingly plugged-in world, stories about human behavior have a certain predictability to them. Call it the power of gossip. If an event occurs, and the usual human interest debates about the event and people involved don’t happen, it’s a clue that we might not have all the facts.

I’ve been following the story of Colin Small, a young Republican who was seen throwing out completed voter registration forms in Harrisonburg, VA, and got arrested for it. Turns out Small was employed by the oft-renamed firm sometimes and formerly known as Strategic Allied Consultants, sometimes and formerly run by disgraced Republican consultant Nathan Sproul.

Foreign policy: the NeoCons buggered it up. Every democrat knows it--and no Republican will admit it.

By erica20 on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 4:13pm |

The strange thing about tonight's debate is that telling the truth about foreign policy would be an electoral disaster for either candidate.

The bizarre moratorium on mentioning George Bush or Dick Cheney, or saying anything accurate about their eight years at the helm, means that it's impossible to tell the truth about US foreign policy, or about our place in the world.

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