Archive - Oct 15, 2008

Obama Goes 3 for 3!

My tweet on Current TV!

Was it any surprise that Barack Obama won the third and final debate? He had to commit the worst and most heinous offense to lose this one but of course he did not do such thing.

This time I multi-tasked and watched the debate in Spanish and English. Again, John McCain seemed awkward in Spanish as he kept badgering the point of “Joe the Plumber” which did not cross language barriers and threw some non-English speaking voters into a loop.

I had to explain that it was just a way to refer to average Americans without saying, “average American” and of course they felt that the approach was silly. My mom asked, “Why did he just not say “average regular middle class Americans?” Which to … I could not give an adequate reply.  Read More »


Palin is Delusional

After Troopergate blew up last week, I understood the statement-released hours later by the McCain/Palin camp. The spin was obvious but I did not expect the epic delusional steps that Sarah Palin has taken to spin the issue at hand.

Palin told reporters on Saturday that she was "very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing, any hint of any kind of unethical activity there."

Say what? … This was her first attempt to make it seem like the finding had exonerated her of any wrongdoing. This was of course the opposite.

The Anchorage Daily News called Sarah Palin’s response as "an embarrassment to Alaskans and the nation."

The newspaper adds, "Her response is either astoundingly ignorant or downright Orwellian.... Palin's response is the kind of political 'big lie' that George Orwell warned against. War is peace. Black is white. Up is down.”  Read More »


The Elephant in the Room