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New and Exciting in PLoS this week
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:18:54 -0700
Just trying to catch up with the publicartions in various PLoS Journals this past week. Here are some interesting titles. ...What, In The Grand Scheme Of Things, Is Important?
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:05:44 -0700
There is a new meme of commentary out there now that I wrongly misstated the timeline of who threw the ...Happy July 4 from Izzy!
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:46:12 -0700
We call it Interdependence Day at our ...Happy Birthday, America!
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:08:00 -0700
...One interesting sentence
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:01:13 -0700
To borrow an idea from Tyler Cowen, here’s a really interesting sentence: After crunching the numbers, he calculates that ...5 great songs for July 4
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:58:46 -0700
Happy Independence Day! Here at Facing South, we have a July 4th tradition of posting two thought-provoking pieces -- Patriotism's ...Lindau Nobel - interview with Matthew Siebert
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:14:59 -0700
A brief interview with one of the young researchers attending the Lindau Nobel conference - Matthew Siebert of the University ...Guest Column: Celebrate 1776 AND Participate in Taking Back Liberties
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:55:42 -0700
The following is the July 4th message from NC Real ID, and was submitted to your blogger for posting: (Photos, ...The Ice’s Cat Gene
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:27:22 -0700
The Ice’s Cat Gene from Lisa Creech Bledsoe on Vimeo. This is one of our family’s favorite stories about The Ice. ...Confused?
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:52:07 -0700
Me too.The governor of South Carolina says quitting would be the easy way out.The governor of Alaska says finishing her ...Why Palin quit (including a Freeper battle cry)
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:00 -0700
Everyone out there has a theory -- the latest is that Sarah Palin stepped aside as governor of Alaska because she's about ...Long Run Blahs
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:11:00 -0700
This morning I did a long run/walk with the Galloway group at Shelley Lake. The scheduled run was 10 miles, ...Oracoke Ferry Terminal Explosion
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:52:00 -0700
WRAL has posted the first reader photos of this morning's fatal explosion of a fireworks truck at the ferry terminal ...Clock Tutorial #3c - Darwin On Time
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:31:03 -0700
This post is a modification from two papers written for two different classes in History of Science, back in 1995 ...Happy Fourth of July!
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700
Happy Fourth of July, everyone!Like most of you, I am taking the day off to celebrate with some patriotic festivities.If ...Ken Hutcherson: Obama has no 'black experience'
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700
Hutcherson photo art via Mike Tidmus. Oh man, the homo-hating pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Washington state, Ken Hutcherson, ...How comedians played a role in the election with Chris Rock
I know you watched SNL and other late night comedians who made fun of the presidential candidates. Some have said comedians played a big role in helping voters who to choose. I don’t know about all that but Chris Rock was in Raleigh at Shaw U. on Sat. take a listen at his jokes & what the community thinks about comedians & the elections Did comedians help you choose who to vote for? Let me know in the comments
4 Responses to “How comedians played a role in the election with Chris Rock”
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Gregory Ng
November 5th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Comedians did not affect how I voted. But Twitter did.
2
Larry Weaver
November 5th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I’m a comedian, and I definitely influenced my vote. Jon Stewart? Chris Rock? SNL? Not so much.
3
Wayne Sutton
November 5th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I kind of agree with some of the people I interviewed and I think the comedians exposed some of the candidates weaknesses.
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Bargo
November 6th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Admittedly, the twitter jokesters featured on Favrd were singing to the choir but in total they have legions of followers. @gruber, @moltz, @lonelysandwich, @seoulbrother, @mathewbaldwin, @nevenmrgan, @antichrista, @nick, @mike_FTW, @hodgeman and many, many others were very vocal about this election. I used (stole) many of their bite-sized retorts, jokes and poignant tweets in conversations with my undecided and right leaning friends, family and acquaintances to great effect.
While popular stand-ups were great in highlighting the low lights, these twitter comedians made it more personal and immediate.