I know absolutely nothing about Sarah Palin, so I’ll reserve my comments about her political stances and what she brings to the ticket for a later time. But, it’s worth noting that multiple people in my office think John McCain picked Palin to be his VP in an attempt to woo Hillary supporters. As my […]
Tag Archives | 2008
Carefully Crafted on August 29
Carefully Crafted on August 29
Cutting the GOP off at the knees
Earlier this week, I had a family member include me on a mass distribution list of an email titled “Obama and Abortion.” The email took a quote from his appearance at Rick Warren’s forum about when life begins and used that as the prevailing reason not to support Obama for president. I don’t understand single-issue […]
Carefully Crafted on August 27
Hillary
Remarkable. I can’t think of a better word to describe Hillary’s speech last night. She did everything she was supposed to do … and then some. There is no reasonable Hillary supporter out there who can pull the lever for McCain after that speech. Unless they were only supporting Hillary so a woman could be […]
Carefully Crafted on August 26
What's the message?
One more thought. Last night, the pundits noted that the Dems didn’t take many digs at the GOP. I thought that was a smart move: Michelle couldn’t play the role of the angry spouse. That being said, Dems need to do more tonight to talk about why four more years of the GOP is a […]
Carefully Crafted on August 26
Women at the Convention
Last night, during Michelle Obama’s amazing speech, I was amazed by the number of women crying — clearly, emotionally moved by this strong, smart woman/mother/wife. When Michelle gave a shout out to Hillary and the 18 million cracks she put in the glass ceiling, even I got goosebumps. I didn’t vote for Hillary, but I […]
Carefully Crafted on August 22
Random Thoughts about the Veepstakes
Seriously … when is Obama going to name his VP? I can’t tell you have many times I’ve checked Drudge today. I’m traveling tomorrow, so I’m going to miss all the fanfare. Crap! P.S. If you’re a betting man, check out www.intrade.com . According to the gamblers, Biden’s almost a sure thing and Mitt’s the leading […]