Historical Archives
I decided I could not miss a historic moment like watching the first African-American presidential nominee give an acceptance speech. He said everything I’ve wanted Democrats to say for years. He hit some key issues head on that previous candidates have pussyfooted around–oil, abortion, gay marriage. He pointed out that Republicans have basically been trying…
I have been mostly lost in my own little world the last few months. Last election, I watched the Sunday shows, read blogs, read the paper, kept up with every little thing. I really, really wanted to get Bush out of office. But then I got burned. Like I got burned the time before. I…
Today, my son asked me what the difference is between the Republicans and Democrats. I went on at some length about economics and energy policy, but what it kind of came down to was that Republicans seemed more inclined to think shorter term while Democrats think longer term. I don’t know that that’s true, but…
I did it. I voted for Hillary. I’d like to say I have really good reasons from a policy standpoint, but I don’t. On the issues I care about, there’s not a huge difference between Obama and Clinton. And honestly, if the election had been held a month ago, I probably would have voted differently.…
About Hillary. And it wasn’t good. Pennsylvania is about to be the site of lots of political wrangling and honestly, I’m not looking forward to it. I really don’t know who I want to vote for. In my dream, however, my choice became clear for a really dumb reason. I’m at a rally for Hillary…
Got this via AAYOR Note that Hillary is near the bottom for me. I’ve always like Kucinich, but Biden? Gravel? Gravel’s kind of a nut. 89% Dennis Kucinich87% Mike Gravel81% Joe Biden80% Barack Obama79% Chris Dodd78% John Edwards73% Hillary Clinton73% Bill Richardson36% Rudy Giuliani30% Ron Paul29% John McCain22% Mitt Romney21% Mike Huckabee12% Tom Tancredo12% Fred…
So, the Iowa caucus had interesting results. Huckabee first? Hilary last? Wow. We’ll wait to see what happens in New Hampshire, but I’m inclined to think we’re in some uncharted territory here. Sort of. Seems like every primary cycle offers its share of surprises, but it’s certainly true that the MSM is clueless about what…
I know today is the Iowa caucus, and I know who the candidates are on both sides, but for me, it doesn’t really matter. Our primary is in May, too late to have any real influence (usually) on the outcome. So the rest of the country gets to decide who the democrats are running for…
Mr. Geeky is heading out of town and since he’s the primary childcare person during the summer months, I’ll be taking over the few days. Mr. Geeky has been taking the kids into work with him every day this summer, letting them play on the computer, enforcing some reading and outside time, and taking them…
Pennsylvania Voters Reject Tax Plan to Finance Schools – New York Times I worked the polls on Tuesday and heard many comments from people (especially older people) complain about the tax increase proposed to fund schools. The saddest thing is the income tax increase would have been offset much more significantly by a property tax…
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