Category Archives: news

Still high on election fumes

Posted on November 13, 2008 by

I know I’ve been sounding a single note about the election, but I really think I’m still high on the fact that it’s actually happened. My latest election-related buzz comes from Frank Rich, whose latest New York Times column is … Continue reading →

Posted in election, news, politics, President Barack Obama | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Obama’s grandma

Posted on November 4, 2008 by

It is just so sad that Obama’s grandmother died on the eve of Election Day. I mean, I do believe that she will know what’s happening from wherever she is, but still. That timing is just brutal. I can’t even … Continue reading →

Posted in election, news | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Swift Boat…er, I mean Ayers ad

Posted on October 12, 2008 by

The RNC’s releasing another ad tomorrow morning in which they’ll again try to show that Obama communes with terrorists because he has sat on boards with Bill Ayers, now a professor at the University of Chicago. Politico’s Mike Allen says, … Continue reading →

Posted in election, news, politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Obama’s to lose

Posted on October 7, 2008 by

The second presidential debate just ended, and I’m all tingly thinking about the fact that Obama is actually going to WIN THIS ELECTION. It’s making me think back to the 2000 and 2004 elections and how completely crushing and disillusioning … Continue reading →

Posted in election, media, news, politics | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Palin hands SNL another script

Posted on October 1, 2008 by

I just don’t understand. Do you understand? And if so, could you please make it make some sense? I thought that when Bush was re-elected, it represented the pinnacle of this attitude that it’s OK — admirable, even —  to be … Continue reading →

Posted in election, media, news, politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment