Monday, February 25, 2008
Your Morning News 2.25.08
Posted by Josh in Barack Obama, Cuba, Election 2008, Iraq, Kurds, Nader, no country for old men, Oscars, Turkey
Just to get it out of the way, the 80th Academy Awards were last night. No Country for Old Men was the big winner, pulling down awards for best picture, best director, and best supporting actor. Best actor went to Daniel Day Lewis in There Will be Blood and best actress went to new 2.0somethings obsession Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (A biopic of someone I have never heard of). If anyone wants you to talk about the ceremony (and they will) just mention it that seemed subdued and talk about how much all the montages sucked. We discuss the latter at length in our 2.0somethings liveblog.
Ralph Nader has entered the race for the Presidency. To people of our generation he is known more for being a perennial third-party candidate than he is for his crusading consumer protection work. That should say something, Mr. Nader. Nader announced his intentions on Meet the Press on Sunday. If this comes up at work, just say disdainfully that it is all ego at this point.
Democrats, Cuba, and Iraq after the jump
Senator Clinton and Senator Obama met last night in the final (why not?) debate of the Democratic Primary. Since Senator Edwards dropped out of the race, this was the first chance voters had to see Clinton and Obama debated