Month: September 2008

Listless

I think the appropriate word for this convention is ‘listless’. It has no list. It needs more than a little Joementum. Perhaps Fred Thompson can lead a group nap.

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Sarah Palin, Lemming Hunter

Lemmings have bad press.  They really don’t blindly leap over cliffs to their deaths….but they do serve as appropriate metaphors for gullible GOP voters who follow the party line and consistently vote against...

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Pro-Downs, Pro-Choice Democrat

Several years ago, when I was very far along in my pregnancy, I was presented with a choice: I could carry the pregnancy through to term or I could abort the fetus.  I had just found out that the fetus had trisomy-21 or...

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George Lakoff’s take on Sarah Palin

George puts the Palin pick in context and points a way to an effective response.  Will Obama take it? The Palin Choice and the Reality of the Political Mind George Lakoff The Huffington Post,  September 2, 2008...

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Experience, Let Me Show You

Hillary to take on Palin? Crooks and Liars is speculating that Hillary will step up to bat against the Palin screwball. Mrs. Clinton’s friends said she was galled that Ms. Palin might try to capitalize on a movement that...

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