Well, before I even read this post, we proved again that sibling minds think alike.
I just got of the phone with a friend in Alabama. We were talking about the election and I asked if he'd gotten home from a dinner in time to see McCain's speech. He had not, but had seen a few clips from it today. My comment to him was that if the McCain that gave the concession speech had been the one running these past few months, he might very well have been the winner. But it wasn't, so he isn't.
And I wouldn't worry too much about Mrs. President-Elect...I've seen her on many a daytime talk show and if she can hold her own against the View Crew, I think she'll do alright when up against the wing-nutz. Many, especially conservative men, are uncomfortable (read scared) of smart, well-educated, powerful, no-nonsense women, regardless of their color. Oh, and Michelle's a hands-on MOM to round out the whole picture! Terrifying!!
And the best comment of last night came from NBC's Tom Brokaw right after Obama's speech. They're talking about having little kids in the White House again and housebreaking a puppy in all that. Tom sez, yeah, housebreaking the puppy is one thing Obama will have to do, the other is housebreak his new Democratic Congress!
Georgia disappointed a lot of people by staying stubbornly red. And, as a special prize, we get six more weeks of dirty, slimy, muddy nastiness because we have to have a runoff between the Senate candidates. UHGGHH! The Republican incumbent pulled out the 9/11 Patriot card, complete with images from Ground Zero still burning, over the weekend, which just made my blood boil. You wouldn't show a cemetery in a campaign ad, don't desecrate Ground Zero by doing it. If he pulls that ad back out for the run off I will fire off a real letter to him.
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I just got of the phone with a friend in Alabama. We were talking about the election and I asked if he'd gotten home from a dinner in time to see McCain's speech. He had not, but had seen a few clips from it today. My comment to him was that if the McCain that gave the concession speech had been the one running these past few months, he might very well have been the winner. But it wasn't, so he isn't.
And I wouldn't worry too much about Mrs. President-Elect...I've seen her on many a daytime talk show and if she can hold her own against the View Crew, I think she'll do alright when up against the wing-nutz. Many, especially conservative men, are uncomfortable (read scared) of smart, well-educated, powerful, no-nonsense women, regardless of their color. Oh, and Michelle's a hands-on MOM to round out the whole picture! Terrifying!!
And the best comment of last night came from NBC's Tom Brokaw right after Obama's speech. They're talking about having little kids in the White House again and housebreaking a puppy in all that. Tom sez, yeah, housebreaking the puppy is one thing Obama will have to do, the other is housebreak his new Democratic Congress!
Georgia disappointed a lot of people by staying stubbornly red. And, as a special prize, we get six more weeks of dirty, slimy, muddy nastiness because we have to have a runoff between the Senate candidates. UHGGHH! The Republican incumbent pulled out the 9/11 Patriot card, complete with images from Ground Zero still burning, over the weekend, which just made my blood boil. You wouldn't show a cemetery in a campaign ad, don't desecrate Ground Zero by doing it. If he pulls that ad back out for the run off I will fire off a real letter to him.