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October 2008

Everyone's Talking Politics

Posted by Emma Hryniewicz

Everyone's talking politics, however, I'm only hearing about Democrats and Republicans... Why aren't any other candidates being talked about? What about the various 3rd parties? I can't be the only person interested in seeing the views of the other parties. And come to think of it, the only reason I'm actually interested in hearing from the third parties was a guy on the MBTA who saw my tattered Simmons College bag and asked if I was voting and for who and I said I was undecided and he gave me a "Vote for McKinney" flyer. If you're curious, this is the state-by-state ballot access chart. It lists all the parties and marks the major ones that are available for each state. :D

Personally, I've been following the commentaries by the Green Party candidates and the Libertarian party candidate on bloggingthedebates.com which is using voterwatch.org to get all the different angles from politicians, writers, and users. It's awesome.

I love seeing all the commentaries.

Posted: October 1, 2008 8:29 pm | 1 comment
Tags: election08, politics, Simmons, what about the third parties?

debate night

Posted by Emma Hryniewicz

sooo.. The Last Debate is tonight... and yeah I know they're showing it in I think quadside...but i'm lazy and I don't want to be a type-a-holic.

Personally, I'm going to watch via current.com and put my input in via twitter tonight....Yep, I'm gonna attempt to participate in the "Hack the Debate Project" via Current TV.

I do have something better to do(namely homework) but I think I can balance the two nicely. It's the loveliest thing about internet streaming. I don't have to watch--I can listen.

I also have to start working on my "third parties" fact sheets later so I can deliver those to the Simmons Votes committee. Because hey we have 4 other people with ballot access here in Massachusetts: Green Party's McKinney/Clemente, Libertarian Party's Barr/Root, Independent Party's Nader/Gonzalez, and Constitution Party's Baldwin/Castle.

And then over the weekend I get to continue following bloggingthedebates.com.

Posted: October 15, 2008 8:56 pm | 1 comment
Tags: election 2008, final debate night, politics

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Emma Hryniewicz

CAS Undergrad Student

I'm a senior, majoring in Information Technology with a minor in East Asian Studies. I also am a member of the Student Government Senate, representing The Alliance. I am supportive of a variety of organizations, including but not limited to: Best...

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