Where have all the election activists gone? (Updated)

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Friday July 16, 2010 · 10:14 AM PDT

2010/07/16 · 10:14

During these past few years when the Democrats were the underdog candidates, sites like the Daily Kos were a destination for all who felt hopeless from too many dark years of Bush and Republican terror. The Daily Kos community helped give me hope that together we could elect more and better democrats and then possibly try to turn things around. Many blogged, while others like myself, watched from the side-lines, donated my money, and spoke to friends, family, and associates about a progressive and better future.

Dopusopus

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Thursday November 22, 2007 · 6:14 AM PST

2007/11/22 · 06:14

I started out being Gung-ho for Gore. I gave up on that. I like the idea of an African American president, or a female president, but neither Obama nor Clinton appear ready to lead.

My moral is pretty low. We all know what is happening to our country. Jobs are leaving the US so that other countries can make products that we end up buying that aren't safe to be sold. We get screwed, then screwed some more. We intimidate our scientists, we are strangling the arts, torture, tasering, and denying habeas corpus is becoming common practice, we have our heads in the sand on global warming, and the US dollar as well as our reputation abroad is starting to feel empty.

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Desperate Measures Solution Candidate is...?

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Desperate Measures Solution Candidate is...?

Chris Dodd

1 vote

Bill Richardson

1 vote

Hillary Clinton

0 votes

Barack Obama

2 votes

Joe Biden

0 votes

John Edwards

9 votes

Dennis Kucinich

3 votes

not to late for Al Gore, whatchoo talking about?

0 votes

Artist Gores Bush with Oil Painting

Dopusopus

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Sunday October 14, 2007 · 8:23 PM PDT

2007/10/14 · 20:23

A while ago I painted The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly. It is a painting that reflects an idea on how the Bush administration has dehumanized the world to such an extent that I fear the possibility of becoming a wandering specter. I decided that it might be fun for our Kossack community to hear about some my thoughts as an artist on history, politics, and the creative process that goes into planning a painting.

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Which Monster would you rather drink a Beer with?

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Which Monster would you rather drink a Beer with?

Cookie Monster

18 votes

Bush

0 votes

Picasso

12 votes

Gorgon Sisters (there's three of em)

3 votes

Medusa

1 vote

Ann Coulter

1 vote

Monster's Ball

0 votes

Little Monsters

2 votes

Bigfoot

4 votes

Mothman

1 vote

Art and Progressive Values

Dopusopus

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Saturday September 15, 2007 · 2:37 PM PDT

2007/09/15 · 14:37

America’s identity has been squished, poked, and disfigured by forces of greed, power, and corruption. Thus, our image to the world is one of violence, faith over science and reason, and money over the rights of people and our environment.

What builds a nation? I remember when I was in High School and I read about the first McDonald's opening up in Russia in 1990. It was the first US chain there. We were bringing our culture abroad, and as a kid I was proud. Just recently, it made the news that the first Hooters was erected (pun intended) in Beijing, China. When I was younger, I was proud. Today, I am embarrassed. Countries take great pride in their culture and its image abroad, humble or great, and the best we can give is McDonald's and Hooters?

The myths of Adam & Eve tasting the fruit of knowledge, the people-powered Prometheus seeking fire from Mt. Olympus, and Daedalus crafting wings with his son Icarus to escape the Minotaur’s maze all have one thing in common. The belief that the status quo has never been good enough and that knowledge, creativity, and innovation are human pursuits worth supporting and fighting for. Dreams, ideas and how we transform them into reality are what make civilization possible.

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What do you view the Arts within Culture

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What do you view the Arts within Culture

Thomas KinKade rocks the Casbah

3 votes

I miss Bob Ross

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That's where I learned about Sex Anatomy...helloooo David

1 vote

I don't get it, but I think its important

1 vote

I do get it, but who cares

1 vote

I get it, and its important

34 votes

I get it, but who cares

3 votes

My kid could paint that

0 votes

It's not that easy being green

1 vote

I like it, as long as I agree with it

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Where have all the election activists gone? (Updated)

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Artist Gores Bush with Oil Painting

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