I noticed something interesting today. I was at the gym and I was watching CNN and Rick Sanchez (www.twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn) showed footage of John McCain using the term “Lipstick on a Pig”. Then I watched as Contessa Brewer on MSNBC wouldn’t let a question of hers go unanswered and spun.Then I Continue Reading
Politics
The Difference Between Democrats and Republicans made simple.
Republican: I want to talk to you about the differences between the parties but first you need to know: You’re an Asshole. You: What? R: You’re an asshole. We’ll get to the topic but first I need you to understand that you are an asshole and a moron. Got it? Continue Reading
The Real Swift Boat.
What is the definition of insanity? To do something over and over again and expect a different result, right? How about to respond gently and dismissive to a media machine that knows how to create sound bytes, alter the story and shift the focus? That would be insane, right? Given Continue Reading
Volunteering for Obama
I’m 40 calls in phone banking for BO. The script is really just to determine who people are voting for and if they want more info, we’ll send that. So far? One answer. An 80 year old supporter on oxygen. 38 no answers And, believe it or not:One busy signal. Continue Reading
Sarah Palin. Capturing the imagination of the next generation?
Zoe loves stickers.Zoe loves to say “No-o-o!”Zoe loves to eat peas.She loves to sit on the counter while I cook.She loves to dance.She loves balloons. But nothing seems to have fascinated my daughter as much as the Sarah Palin issue of Time Magazine. God help me.
More thoughts on Palin and the new political ideology of crassism
This is the new ideology. Why vet someone when the propaganda and speechwriting can be played for the truth?Never mind that they steal music.Never mind that they had no permission to use the image of that middle school.Never mind that no one has heard her speak beyond the empty rhetoric.Never Continue Reading
Will Palin ever Meet The Press?
I had a scary dream the other night. Scary because it didn’t seem all that far fetched.It’s the evening of the Vice Presidential debate. Joe Biden has been practicing all month to tone down his “bully” and still seem effective.Sarah Palin has run out of invective and rhetoric. And she Continue Reading