My 10 year old granddaughter has announced that she is going trick-or-treating dressed as Sarah Palin because she (the granddaughter) has heard that Sarah scares her (the granddaughter’s) grandmother.
Frank,
Sounds like your granddaughter’s grandmother is a woman of sense!
Needless to say, she and I have something in common.
An aside:
There were approximately 1,000 volunteers lined up around the block in the swing state in which I stumped. Almost all of them had traveled, (on their own dime), from a neighboring state. The majority were women…and they were there because of the fear incited by the Sarah Palin pick.
So much for the idea that Palin would rally the female vote for McCain. Indeed she rallied women…to demonstrate a show of support for Obama, the likes of which will make history.
If only we had anyone with a quarter of his leadership ability on the national stage today…
(No, Aidan/Lowell/any other random libertarians who may happen to be reading, the New Deal did not make it worse. I am pre-emptively inoculating this thread against your ridiculous canards.)
But the possibility that America might very well place their confidence in our first african-american Presidential candidate… to lead us out of this mess…certainly puts a different spin on everything.
Soph mom- We have volunteered to host here in Hampton roads… “house a staffer”.. if you are interested. We are about a 10 hr drive from Williamstown. Let me know.
I watched a couple of the JFK pieces. The (6min) “U.S. Senator JFK Story” is funny in it’s staging. Don’t miss the ‘line reading’ by the secretary at the beginning. And the short little piece, “The Private JFK” hosted by Ben Bradlee, is so touching. The old footage (must be Hyannis) is gorgeous.
PTC:
Thanks so much for the offer. I can’t take you up on it, but someone else is going to so appreciate a home, (rather than a hotel) to return to after a day of campaigning. It’s nice that you’re doing that.
Jeff:
Stewart/Colbert! Brilliant idea, and a ‘bi-partisan’ ticket! ;-)
Mom: I don’t buy that spin, and why should I? To mislead myself into feeling good about my kids’ and grandkids’ long term future? There has already been more than enough self-deception in my life.
LOL to all. Re: the ‘others’ than white men: you can see them (briefly) in the first video (it would be easier if it were not so grainy), and much more often in the second. I won’t dissert at length, but without further research I would assume that, in D.C. of the time, people with black skin were relegated to a separate standing section.
A small part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s memoir has been sticking in my head since Soph Mom’s posed her question(s): why, she asked, couldn’t politicians simply attempt to sit down and explain, rather than {…}?
October 11th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Yes!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
My 10 year old granddaughter has announced that she is going trick-or-treating dressed as Sarah Palin because she (the granddaughter) has heard that Sarah scares her (the granddaughter’s) grandmother.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
I sense a short-term economic opportunity here. Calling production facility in Shenzhen…
October 11th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I wish I had the license on her glasses. I’d be sitting pretty instead on sitting on dried up nest egg.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Frank,
Sounds like your granddaughter’s grandmother is a woman of sense!
Needless to say, she and I have something in common.
An aside:
There were approximately 1,000 volunteers lined up around the block in the swing state in which I stumped. Almost all of them had traveled, (on their own dime), from a neighboring state. The majority were women…and they were there because of the fear incited by the Sarah Palin pick.
So much for the idea that Palin would rally the female vote for McCain. Indeed she rallied women…to demonstrate a show of support for Obama, the likes of which will make history.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Larry,
Dried up nest egg, indeed.
I’m afraid to open the statements. It is virtually two decades of financial growth…down the drain.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:06 am
To anyone feeling despondency about our economic situation I recommend listening to this.
If only we had anyone with a quarter of his leadership ability on the national stage today…
(No, Aidan/Lowell/any other random libertarians who may happen to be reading, the New Deal did not make it worse. I am pre-emptively inoculating this thread against your ridiculous canards.)
October 12th, 2008 at 10:32 am
mom: What you and my granddaughter’s grandmother have in common is that you and she beliieve that your correspondent is a doofus on his good days.
October 12th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Ronit,
Which speech in particular?
Frank,
Again, a woman of sense!
(Might I add, that in my book, ‘doofus’ is an affectionate term, and one only bestowed on those whose positive qualities are in obvious abundance.)
October 12th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Maybe like this:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address (4th March 1933).
October 13th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Okay…nice speech. Momentous occasion. Inspiring leadership, etc etc…
… but…where…are…the…women!?
…and for that matter… anyone not male and white!?
Thanks for the link, but IMO (no offense intended), it serves as an inspiring reminder of just how far we have come…and what we can yet hope for.
(Go Obama/Biden!)
October 13th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Irretrievably in debt with the prospect of intergenerational warfare over scarce governmental dollars - that’s how far we have come.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:22 am
True Frank. And it wouldn’t be the first time.
But the possibility that America might very well place their confidence in our first african-american Presidential candidate… to lead us out of this mess…certainly puts a different spin on everything.
October 14th, 2008 at 3:05 am
Soph Mom: Perhaps Silent home footage via CSPAN?
October 14th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Soph mom- We have volunteered to host here in Hampton roads… “house a staffer”.. if you are interested. We are about a 10 hr drive from Williamstown. Let me know.
October 14th, 2008 at 7:03 am
I still say a Colbert / Stewart ticket would be unbeatable …
October 14th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Great site, Ken. My son will love it.
I watched a couple of the JFK pieces. The (6min) “U.S. Senator JFK Story” is funny in it’s staging. Don’t miss the ‘line reading’ by the secretary at the beginning. And the short little piece, “The Private JFK” hosted by Ben Bradlee, is so touching. The old footage (must be Hyannis) is gorgeous.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:28 am
PTC:
Thanks so much for the offer. I can’t take you up on it, but someone else is going to so appreciate a home, (rather than a hotel) to return to after a day of campaigning. It’s nice that you’re doing that.
Jeff:
Stewart/Colbert! Brilliant idea, and a ‘bi-partisan’ ticket! ;-)
October 14th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Mom: I don’t buy that spin, and why should I? To mislead myself into feeling good about my kids’ and grandkids’ long term future? There has already been more than enough self-deception in my life.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Mom -
Let Stewart and Colbert fight it out between them for front runner!
We need a woman on the ballot and Tina Fey’s the one!
October 14th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
LOL to all. Re: the ‘others’ than white men: you can see them (briefly) in the first video (it would be easier if it were not so grainy), and much more often in the second. I won’t dissert at length, but without further research I would assume that, in D.C. of the time, people with black skin were relegated to a separate standing section.
A small part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s memoir has been sticking in my head since Soph Mom’s posed her question(s): why, she asked, couldn’t politicians simply attempt to sit down and explain, rather than {…}?