Today was so busy that I almost forgot to watch the State of the Union. Thankfully, Sister #2 reminded me that it was on. In case you too were busy here’s what you missed.

Ted Kennedy napped through the entire thing, sitting next to his BFF Barack
Bush and Cheney showed their support of photography and the [...]

My eyes started watering before George W. even opened his mouth, and I totally lost it when he said “Thank You Madam Speaker.” Totally lost it. I tried to laugh at myself and ended up just kind of sobbing in a weird sort of glee. Madam Speaker. This is not unusual behavior for me. As [...]

You can read my sappy, weepy ode to the election process on vox.

“He fought for the voiceless, the homeless, the poor, the little guy — in this country and beyond. He was a politician but not a robot; an idealist, but not a sap, and if his legacy has already morphed into myth, it’s because there were/are so few like him.”
– Jim Walsh on Paul Wellstone

A few [...]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
It was on this day, September 25, in 1789 that Congress [...]

i blame ohio. kerry concedes, we’ve got the retarded monkey in oval office for another four years, first ave is closed, and well, at least i have no new cavities (though i still have two that i need filled) and i am working from home.
i am so disillusioned. how on earth could he have won? [...]

so i got up this morning to rock my vote, with giddy anticipation i headed down to the fire station on new fire department road. it wasn’t as busy as i thought it would be. i got to walk right up to the little old lady behind the A-G registration list. i gave her my [...]

i don’t talk politics very often here on iwilldare.com. it’s not because i’m unpolitical, it’s not because i don’t care, it’s because i am so passionate about my beliefs that i often can’t seem to talk about them in a logical manner that makes sense to people who do not live inside my head.
if [...]

wow, i just discovered The Living Room Candidate, it’s a site with all the presidential campaign commercials from 1952 until now. it’s totally rocking the casbah on this boring thursday afternoon.
this site is so amazing. it’s got the commercials categorized by year, topic, kind of message (fear, documentary, etc.). this is more fun than one [...]

Coleman defeats Mondale, Pawlenty beats Moe, Kline beats Luther and suddenly everyone who claims to “represent” me is on the opposite side of the political spectrum. but will it matter? how much will my day to day life change? i’m just feeling a little bitter and cynical about the whole thing today.
and the word of [...]

i must concede that i cannot stay up tonight to watch all the returns. i am going to sleep through history and see what the new day brings in the morning.

for sister #2, you know it’s gonna be all right.
p.s. thanks keith

courtesy of sister #2:

Republicans decry service as partisan reports the Strib. After last night’s political rally err, memorial Republicans must be freaking out. I mean, really the DFL got like a 3 hour, primetime commercial free! And really i don’t blame them for being a bit upset. But, i think if the shoe were on the other foot [...]

i’m still tuning in to the Wellstone memorial and they’ve got this guy, rick kahn, i believe giving his little speech. the speech was supposed to be a eulogy of sorts for senator wellstone– at least that’s what i thought.
instead it’s turn into a rallying campaign sort of speech and the whole time i’m listening [...]