The Clockwork Chartophylax

Dammit, but the man makes an interesting subject for a photoessay.

Posted on November 20th, 2008 under Photography, america, politics. Tags: america, election 2008, obama, Photography, politics. Comments: None

Election cold turkey is a killer. So to ease the transition to a life unpunctuated by opinion polls – here’s some political palliatives:

To give some context to this year’s election – a graphical representation of every American election from 1840 to 2004.
And to complete the set – maps of this year’s results.

A behind the scenes [...]

Posted on November 7th, 2008 under america, politics. Tags: america, election 2008, history, map, obama, photos, politics, results. Comments: None

Barack Obama’s election has sparked off a vicious civil war…in the GOP.
On one hand, there’s the Palin Rebel Confederacy – hard core religious and social conservatives who heart the End Times, hockey moms and blastocysts.
On the other, there’s the blue-blooded McCainiac Union, who include some of the more moderate (read: sane) elements of the party, [...]

Posted on November 6th, 2008 under Stupidity, america, politics. Tags: america, civil war, election 2008, gop, politics. Comments: None

At the Democrats Abroad party in Dublin. Have been photographed by two national papers and interviewed by two radio stations. And I’m not even American.
But I have a question, why is CNN reporting 1% of the vote in Kentucky and Indiana. Aside from having to have something to talk about.
Six hours of Wolf Blitzer chain [...]

Posted on November 4th, 2008 under america, politics. Tags: america, cnn, democrats abroad, dublin, election 2008, election night, live blogging, mccain, obama, politics, results. Comments: None