Obama and Palin — head to head
If you haven’t yet read this, at Just Say No Deal, you must. (Hat tip: Lots of people and blog sites, which is why you may already have read it.)
Continue readingConservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
If you haven’t yet read this, at Just Say No Deal, you must. (Hat tip: Lots of people and blog sites, which is why you may already have read it.)
Continue readingBear with me here, because I’m thinking out loud. It all started with the fact that today’s Chronicle had a sad, sad story that began like this: Expectant mother, fetus shot dead in Oakland Kennah Wilson, 18, was eagerly anticipating the birth of her daughter this fall. She was going
Continue readingFrom the San Francisco Chronicle (with the emphasis all theirs): Worth noting: Democrats had good reason to be nervous going into the Denver convention – and the problem looked to be bigger than just the bruised feelings between the Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton camps. Recent polls of California
Continue readingWe in America have become very introverted in the last few weeks, obsessively (and probably appropriately) focusing on our own upcoming elections. As we focus on those elections, it’s useful to remember what’s still out there: Hardline female ‘preachers of hate’ are radicalising Muslim women at one of Britain’s top
Continue readingIBD has an excellent editorial that neatly summarizes Palin’s many political virtues. And while I’m on the subject of IBD editorials, catch this one cutting Obama’s pedestrian speech even further down to size.
Continue readingTo me, the first good thing about the Palin nomination is that it highlights Obama’s inexperience. You can just hear him going around the house muttering, “I know you are, but what am I? I know you are, but what am I? I know you are, but what am I?”
Continue readingBecause I’d like to see traffic driven to the new Bloggers for John McCain website, to which I am a contributor, I’ll just print a little bit here of the post I did there regarding the Sarah Palin pick. If you like the post, you can read the rest here:
Continue readingI’m a bit slow going today, since I was up very, very early, to drive fairly far to a day of soccer in the hot sun. As a Bay Area wuss who likes the weather cool, I feel somewhat depleted. I’m working on reigniting my energy level, especially since I
Continue readingAs I noted in my post about Obama’s acceptance speech, even my husband was put off by the pre-speech video, which he found artificial, pretentious and uninspiring. Turns out his instincts were good, because they showed the wrong video. This was the one they meant to show: Hat tip: Hot
Continue readingThe Watchers’ votes have been counted and the results are in.* Again, there’s a slight summer slump, with fewer nominations and even fewer votes, but we expect that to resolve itself soon. By the way, there is an opening at the Watcher’s Council. If you’re interested, read the rules here
Continue readingI’m not naming names, but my career as a soccer mom has me hanging with one of the most powerful women in America. Strange world.
Continue readingPalin gave a great speech. What’s really funny is that it’s chock full of “I did this and I did this and I did this,” which is appropriate, not boastful, considering that she’s trying to explaining to her potential future employers — the American people — why she should be
Continue readingIt looked in the beginning as if the McCain campaign group was doing nothing at all. They were just dormant, though, ready to explode. They came up with a series of great ads that highlighted the creepy personality cult building around Obama. They timed the VP announcement perfectly to suck
Continue readingInformation or disinformation? It’s hard to tell right now. The AP article expresses surprise that McCain would pick a neophyte for a VP when he’s been attacking Obama for being a neophyte. Apparently the AP reporter is confused about the difference between being a VP (a good place for on-the-job
Continue readingMy husband had TiVo’d the speech, so we started watching it. Poor guy, he’d like to support Obama, but he had a real problem with the absence of a “there there.” He was disgusted by the video’s reference to corporate “fat cats,” which he said sounded dated and artificial. My
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