Comments on: Living history*

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:09:39 +0000

I’m with you on wishing it were November 5th already. There’s a lot to find out about how deeply voters research Palin (creationist anti-choicer who tanked the finances of the small town she was mayor of, up until two years ago when she became governor of Alaska) but her experience is a fraction of Obama’s, and she is by no means capable of assuming the presidency, should the need arise (McCain would be the oldest president to enter to office, were he elected).

I agree, an excruciatingly dispiriting quantity of American voters (themselves, for far too long, a minority of the populace) don’t research nearly enough before they vote. However. I’m hoping that, given the gravity of world events, it’ll be just too damn scary to have such a neophyte in the wings.

By: lulazoid

lulazoid — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:39:34 +0000

I think Gvr Palin is a very dangerous pick. I’m sure this Tina Fey lookalike will go down a treat, among a lot of voters, Republicans and Democrats alike. From a safe distance (i.e., over here in ‘old’ Europe), she looks like a great choice for people who do not bother to inform herself about what she stands for. A tough cookie (likes to hunt, commercial fisherwoman, etc.) with a pretty face. Both candidates now seem to have chosen the yin to their yang. I really do think that McCain waited to see if Barack Obama would select Hillary Rodham Clinton as is his running mate. I wish November was past us already.

By: immoralmatriarch

immoralmatriarch — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:42:19 +0000

I was *just* thinking this today about my own! My girls know his name, his voice, his face. Bella never just says ‘Mommy that’s Barack Obama!’, she says ‘Mommy! That’s our next President: Barack Obama!’

I hope that this is something she remembers forever. It’ll be great to tell her that the two most important men on TV to her were Justin Timberlake and Barack Obama. LOL