Below you'll find all my writing tagged with the word politics. The posts are listed in chronological order. Click the post title to read more.
Dear American Whiners, Yes, what Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina did tonight during President Obama’s address to Congress was juvenile. Any adult shouting out the equivalent of liar, liar pants on fire is juvenile no matter where or when it happens. I’m sure the fact that it happened on national televison makes it seem [...]
Oftentimes we hear about all kinds of policy and legislation and bill signings going on up on Capitol Hill, and in some nebulous way they effect our lives. I’m sure as soon as I post this all the smarty pants will come to point out 88 pieces of legislation that had a direct impact on [...]
“That car is so cool,” Nolan said as we were venturing home from the SuperT. We had just pulled up behind a car with a bunch of bumper stickers. “No it’s not,” I said. “Why not?” “He doesn’t like Obama.” The car was owned by a very red Republican and was the first time I’d [...]
“ On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics. We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come [...]
Nolan has informed me that Barack Obama has won and that it’s a good thing because McCain was kind of rude. Now he sits on the couch leafing through an old issue of Rolling Stone looking for pictures of Barack Obama (every time he says the first and last name). Liam kneels on the floor [...]
The NY Times has an awesome graphic thing about which words describe people’s current frame of mind. Of course, you can’t know for sure if McCain supports are actually sad, depressed, and disgusted while Obama supporters are hopeful, cautious, and giddy. But it’s still cool to look at. I said I was excited (I went [...]
I voted and drooled on my shirt. Here is photographic proof. As I told the Westernerds earlier this morning, there aren’t very many times in our lives where we have the power to change the course of history. But here you are. Today is that day. History repeats itself. It’s a cliche, because it’s true. [...]
Joe Biden interviewed by 5th grader Damon Weaver. So awesome. {via}
Cher is making me cry. She’s on Ellen right now sporting a Barack the vote t-shirt and talking about why she’s choosing Obama. A lot of what she had to say was about helping those who are most vulnerable so they can learn to help themselves and if we don’t help those people there’s no [...]
Here’s the thing, how can McCain talk about all the change and reform and whatnot that Washington needs (and he will bring) when his party has been controlling the joint for the past eight years? And I know he tried to chide the Repubs with all the “we lost their trust.” But it’s just confusing [...]
She almost had me when she started talking about being the mother of a special-needs child and how she would be an advocate for special-needs kids. I even shed a tear or two. I can’t lie. But then that’s the last thing she said about being a woman. She did not talk about any cracks [...]
My interest in politics started at the tender ago of eight, brought about by the Harbinger of Doom who wore pink ribbons in her blonde pigtails. In 1980 I was in Mrs. Clark’s third grade class at University Avenue elementary in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. So was Kari Christ, aka the Harbinger of Doom. I don’t [...]
To say that I’ve been obsessed with Sarah Palin is the kind of understatement that, well, there are no metaphors for. You should consider yourself lucky if you have not had to spend any time in conversation with me since McCain’s VP announcement Friday. If you wonder what I’ve been like, just go take a [...]
I used all my writing cells today for things that actually make me money so I got not much left for here However, I still wanted to tell you that I thought Hills looked damn smart in her orange suit, it looked really good against that blue background One dude on my twitter commented that [...]
While the Olympics barely warranted a blip on my radar, the Democratic National Convention has decided to dominate my attention. I’ve spent a lot of time this evening listening to the speeches and becoming so overwhelmed that I cry. Speechifying makes me cry, so do standing ovations (and marching bands and that underground railroad episode [...]
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