July 30, 2004

Bad Hair Day

My husband could not stop laughing when Kerry mentioned the negative effect of "hair pollution". Substitute Wonkette cracks wise about this grave danger and what we can do about it. Get thee behind me behind me, FinalNet!!

Stepfirst Lady

George Bush speaking about why he shouldn't be fired said "perhaps the most important reason of all is so that Laura will be First Lady for four more years.. ". Hah Hah! Oooh, that's going *burn* John Kerry that he has smart, independent and opinionated Teresa Heinz for a wife. Imagine a women with an accent speaking for a nation of immigrants!

It's also very much like he's saying "Vote for me because my woman knows her place". (via funny feminist Lizz Winstead on "Unfiltered" on Air America).

Convention Wrap Up

Excellent, persuasive speech by John Kerry. Also great speeches by one of the men on his swift boat, John Edwards, Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Teresa Heinz Kerry and Bill Clinton (of course!).

Just looking at the fabulous national delegates which seem to mirror America with many, many young people, minorities and women made me proud of my party. I tell you, it's a change from the state Democratic convention which seems to be comprised of aging white men wearing chinos and polo shirts.

Also, light traffic on most Hub area roads and near empty restaurants gave the town the very welcome 'ghost town' appearance of late August, when the entire city decamps for Cape Cod, Maine, or New Hampshire.

Bob Casey Myth

My neighbor repeated the factoid that "Bob Casey couldn't speak in 1992 Democratic convention because he was anti-choice". Despite claims to that effect by "Crazy Casey", it's just not true.

Media Matters debunks this claim with actual facts:

According to those who actually doled out the 1992 convention speaking slots, Casey was denied a turn for one simple reason: his refusal to endorse the Clinton-Gore ticket. "It's [Casey's claim that he was denied a convention speech because of his pro-life views] just not factual!" stammers James Carville, apoplectic over Casey's claims. "You'd have to be idiotic to give a speaking role to a person who hadn't even endorsed you." "Why are you doing this to me?" moans Paul Begala, who, with Carville, managed two Casey campaigns before joining Clinton's team in 1992. "I love Bob Casey, but my understanding was that the dispute was not about his right-to-life views, it was about the Clinton-Gore ticket."

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Furthermore, a slew of pro-life Democrats, including Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley Jr., Senators John Breaux and Howell Heflin, and five governors, did address the delegates in 1992. Though the speakers didn't dwell on abortion, party officials say they weren't barred from mentioning the issue.

Listen, I wish the Democratic national party would come down even more strongly on the side of women. To me, being anti-choice is like being racist or a homophobe. These are odious beliefs and do not have any room in civil society.

July 22, 2004

Greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy
 
Ted from Crooked Timber shows us just our Republican "public servants" in the Legislature and the Executive Branch are far more venal than you and I can even fathom.    
  
 
This is just great
 
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DNC update

While I'm not one of the excellent lefty bloggers with press rights for the DNC convention, I will be posting about people I see and people I think I see around "the Hub".  This morning I saw a tall woman with a hardened face, a hair-don't and some sort of large print dress.  Plus, she had big feet. So, I assumed I must be Karen Hughes, in town for a little spy mission.

July 13, 2004

Why The Media Elite Hate Fahrenheit 9/11

It's all about class. Of course, The Daily Howler has the definitive takedown. Read the entire critique of the bizarre media reaction to a MOVIE but this line stands out and rings really true to me:

Might we suggest a more obvious thought about why these pundits were landing on Moore? Here it is: Members of your High Pundit Class don’t really care about people in Flint! Nor do they care about people in Baghdad. And when a shambling man suggests that they should, they begin to find themselves getting offended. They start feeling sorry for poor abused Bush. They complain about kids in a theater.

July 8, 2004

George Doesn't Like to Talk to the American People...

....but he has quite a chatty correspondence with his penfriend (with benefits?) Ken "Don't Blame Me I'm Just the CEO" Lay.

July 7, 2004

Totally Psyched about the Democratic Presidential Ticket

Really, John Edwards was the logical choice -- he attracts a different demographic than Kerry, he's got an appealing life story and he's the only politician who is talking about class in America. Plus, he's extremely charming and represents the future of the Democratic party. I failed to understand the appeal of Gephardt (couldn't even win Iowa), Richardson (nice guy but not dynamic) or McCain (hard right on virtually every position and a Republican).

The only thing I could think was that John Kerry wisely chose to give all constituencies 'room at the table' which I think was very politic. Plus it's always fun to humiliate Rupert Murdoch.

Top Ten George W. Bush Complaints About "Fahrenheit 9/11 (Letterman)":
From Michael Moore's website:

10. That actor who played the President was totally unconvincing

9. It oversimplified the way I stole the election

8. Too many of them fancy college-boy words

7. If Michael Moore had waited a few months, he could have included the part where I get him deported

6. Didn't have one of them hilarious monkeys who smoke cigarettes and gives people the finger

5. Of all Michael Moore's accusations, only 97% are true

4. Not sure - - I passed out after a piece of popcorn lodged in my windpipe

3. Where the hell was Spider-man?

2. Couldn't hear most of the movie over Cheney's foul mouth

1. I thought this was supposed to be about dodgeball