Monthly Archives: June 2008

Fight the Smears

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Meng Bomin

Today, the Obama campaign launched a new website called “Fight the Smears“, which is meant to debunk some of the malicious rumors that have been circulating against Senator Obama, such as the Muslim smear and the Pledge of allegiance smear. … Continue reading →

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Keeping this update brief

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Meng Bomin

Because I’m not quite done working on the latest map update, I’m just going to post two versions and their color swaps, one weighted and one ratio:

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Unacceptable

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Meng Bomin

Image from The New York Times, taken by Doug Mills Last night, before heading to work, I watched Hillary Clinton’s speech. From Terry McAuliffe’s introduction of “the next President of the United States, the speech struck me as willfully ignorant … Continue reading →

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Puerto Rico primary results map

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Meng Bomin

Cross-posted at Daily Kos Today, Puerto Rico voted and Hillary Clinton won by a wide margin. However, this was not an ordinary contest. For one thing, Puerto Rico is not a state. For another, the traditional Republican and Democratic Parties … Continue reading →

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Obama’s letter to Trinity

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Meng Bomin

Here is the letter that the Obamas sent to Reverend Moss at Trinity yesterday. It reads just like his statement at the press conference yesterday and was obviously written an a manner that would allow for it to be released … Continue reading →

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