And here we go again people. Nothing matters tonight except Sarah Palin. Don’t think that anyone is watching for any other reason.
And try your best to avoid the random camera shots of large white men dancing badly. Scarier than Rudy Guiliani.
Entries Tagged as 'convention'
The second day of the whitest, oldest gathering of Americans ever
September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
The thing he did in Denver
August 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics
Prelude:
It’s a riot watching the PBS team. They seriously sound like they are all about 80 years old (maybe because they are?), talking about the young people looking good dancing; cracking old people jokes about Biden’s orthodontist; loving them some Stevie Wonder. It’s kinda funny (and a nice break from the MSNBC bickering despite [...]
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Obama cometh: Prepare the hype-mobile
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
You might think it’s the second coming of JFK and FDR and MLK (and a little bit of Marilyn Monroe thrown in for good measure) with the frenzy that’s surrounding Democrats in Denver and the media that suckle at their breasts. But no, it’s just a man — a historic, paradigm-shifting, silver-tongued man — accepting [...]
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More random musings from the Democratic Convention
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Will Democrats ever stop loving Bill Clinton? We keep forgiving him over and over again for all sorts of stuff. Why do we do that? I mean, he did some crappy stuff over this past year and yet the roars and cheers keep coming.
Everyone is loving the Bill Clinton speech. Pundits, bloggers, the audience. Even [...]
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Clinton & Obama: At this moment, at this time
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
I know I shouldn’t get caught up in this stuff … it’s all orchestrated, it’s all just pageantry, it’s all just backroom deals and handshake agreements that will somehow end up hurting us or the party or something … and yet, I have to say that watching the roll call vote today gave me goosebumps.
It’s [...]
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What I missed last night watching network TV
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
It appears that while the major channels were talking to themselves or to boring Virginia wanna-be, probably gonna-be senators, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer gave one hellava speech. So I missed it. But again, thank goodness for the internets and their uncanny ability to not let a single moment of our collective history go unrecorded.
You could [...]
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Random convention musings or, why I regret not having CSPAN
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Why are there no cable channels showing the Kucinich speech? It looks like he’s getting a good response (thank god for the intertubes). I actually would prefer to hear what he has to say as opposed to hearing the media talk to each other about Hillary Clinton.
If it weren’t for my love of [...]
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Michelle Obama is the woman I’d like to be
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Someday, a wife of a man running for President will get up in front of America and not have to talk about herself primarily as a mother, as a daughter, as a wife. She will be able to talk about Princeton and Harvard Law School without having to reference her humble roots as a corrective. [...]
Hey Democrats! Can’t we all just get along?
August 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
I get it. I get that there are Clinton supporters who might not like how the whole thing played out. I get the anger over the sexism — subtle and not-so-subtle. But I fundamentally cannot believe that the 30% of Clinton supporters who say they will vote for McCain over Obama would have voted for [...]
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