tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2555377285735045418..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-41156366287412608172013-04-25T22:22:39.473-05:002013-04-25T22:22:39.473-05:00On the political consequences of a 13-year path to...On the political consequences of a 13-year path to citizenship: To me it is extremely dubious to speculate on the voting behavior of people who will not be eligible to vote in presidential elections until 2028. It would be like extrapolating from the easy victory of Bill Clinton in West Virginia in 1996 (which he had also easily carried in 1992 and which even Dukakis had won in 1988) and assuming the state would also vote for the Democratic presidential candidate in 2012. Or to assume that because white women voted 56-44 for Nixon in 1960 while white men gave JFK a slight edge, therefore women would always be more Republican than men. Or that because African Americans voted heavily for Hoover--not just in 1928 but even in 1932--they would be heavily Republican in 1948...David Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09260587086663631888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-44906144321736615922013-04-25T10:39:08.558-05:002013-04-25T10:39:08.558-05:00The five presidents gathering today at the opening...The five presidents gathering today at the opening of the Bush library appears to tie the record. There are some really great photos of presidents gathering together here:<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/here-are-all-5-living-presidents-together-at-the-george-w-bush-library/275296/TNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-44705217025058204632013-04-25T09:43:30.203-05:002013-04-25T09:43:30.203-05:00Fair enough, but: still, there he is on lots of te...Fair enough, but: still, there he is on lots of terrific stuff. Even if he's just the good luck charm, well deserving of birthday wishes, no?Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-1955852736080088972013-04-25T09:33:04.944-05:002013-04-25T09:33:04.944-05:00Just to clarify, being an assistant director doesn...Just to clarify, being an assistant director doesn't really have anything to do with directing, it's more of a scheduling, picking background extras and making the crew move faster sort of thing. Not that it isn't a very tough job, it is terribly hard and the hours, oh the hours. But it's not very glamorous and contributes little to the actual artistic content of a film. It'd be like offering congratulations to an assistant communications director for the success of a campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com