Talk about political posturing. I thought McCain picking Palin was a political stunt … but his latest move is even more outlandish. As everyone has heard by now, McCain announced that he’s going to suspend his campagin to focus on the economy. My head is swirling with reactions. A stream of random reactions: McCain’s economic […]
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Carefully Crafted on September 24
Carefully Crafted on September 16
Carly's "Pot Calling the Kettle Black" Moment
Former HP CEO and outspoken McCain campaign surrogate Carly Fiorina said that Sarah Palin is not qualified to run a Fortune 500 company. (I would venture to guess that that’s probably true, but that’s a different topic.) Presumably after the McCain campaign told Fiorina that she needed to undo the damage caused by this “foot […]
Carefully Crafted on September 04
A Greater Cause
I know … two videos in one day. That’s right … prTini is going high tech! At work today, there was a lot of discussion about Sarah Palin’s speech last night. A number of people commented on the harsh tone. Myself included. Last night, I was struck by the negativity. When I watch the Clintons, […]
Carefully Crafted on September 02
Troops, Obama and McCain
Take this for what you will … According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he […]
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 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 […]
Carefully Crafted on August 19
Golden Thoughts about the Olympics
Now that Tropical Storm Fay is moving on it’s time to go back to watching the Olympics. The second week is never as compelling as the first — I assume that’s why they’re dragging out the gymnastics event finals. Even so this has been the best Olympics that I can remember. Some observations: We knew […]