By Lars Laing-Peterson 1) He votes with the failed and failing policies of George W. Bush 90+% of the time. (FactCheck.org has it at 95% of the time.) These policies will have a lasting detrimental affect on this country. And, more importantly, how can you be a Maverick when you vote with the Party Line […]

Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Lars Laing-Peterson
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Senator Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden, Ph.D., held a women’s rally in Sterling, VA this morning, where they touted the need to have equal pay for equal work, a women’s right to choose, better healthcare options, tax credits for education and the right to privacy. Mason Votes was there to provide live blogging, […]

Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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The Office of Student Media dn the Film and Video Studies program present a free screening on September 27, 7:30 p.m., in Harris Theater of Six Days in June, a film about the 1967 Six Day War between Israel and Egypt. This is part of a series of election-season films at George Mason University. The […]

Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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by Noah Martin Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, U.S. Rep. Jane Harman and Richard Clarke, former chief counter-terrorism advisor to the U.S. National Security Counsel, will speak at the Foreign Policy Town Hall at George Mason University in Student Union Building I’s Patriot Lounge on Saturday at 7 p.m.. The speakers will address the […]

Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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by Noah Martin George Mason University’s School of Public Policy will host Bruce L.R. Smith, Jeremy D. Mayer, and Lee Fritschler, authors of Closed Minds? Politics and Ideology in American Universities, on the Arlington campus in the Original building room 244 on Friday from 6:00 – 7:30pm. Smith, Mayer, and Fritschler will lecture on their […]

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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by Noah Martin George Mason University hosted Feminist Majority Foundation representatives for their Get Out Her Vote 2008 campaign, a non-partisan campaign traveling to campuses nationwide to encourage voter registration and increase knowledge of the voting system. They spoke at multiple classes around campus on Sept. 17. “The most important part of our message is […]

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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Maybe next time Obama tries to demonstrate his capacity to handle middle of the night crisis, he should hold the phone the right way.  And here I was thinking that McCain was the senile one in this election…

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Tierney Kain
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CNN is on campus covering students registering to vote     Students Register to Vote        VA-21 on Campus  

Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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Mason Votes is looking for opinion bloggers who are Libertarian, Green Party or Supporters of Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader. Please contact us at masonvotes@gmail.com if you are interested.

Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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By Tierney Kain Oh god. Oh GOD. Our economy’s NEVER been as bad as it is now. Great Depression?! Please. Our current “Great Recession” is much, much worse. I mean…our million dollar houses we bought with zero money down and refinanced six times are being foreclosed upon! The dinners out and the DVD libraries we […]

Posted on September 16th, 2008 by Tierney Kain
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