Nobody does it better than Illdoc from YouTube.

A reminder that patriotism is not about pretending this country is already perfect, but it's about believing that this country can always be better. That there is no truer patriotism than valuing our founding principles enough to know that they've never been fully realized and having faith to know ( Read more... )

There's a pretty interesting discussion going on here on the Obama comm about whether this is a center-left or center-right country. I'm arguing for the latter, and making the point that the right can't win right now because it's not playing. The game is being held in the middle, and the right isn't interested in playing on that field.

kallistos, I'd ( Read more... )

I don't have one of those awesome Obama-I voted graphics to put here, but yay, darthblitzkrieg and I voted! The line was about an hour long, so not too bad. Will probably be insane for anyone who waits till after work to vote ( Read more... )

Everyone else has been posting about the debate, figured I'd join in. I'm with most of the CNN and Fox News panelists: it was a draw. Honestly, I haven't seen anyone saying it wasn't, other than the most staunchly partisan people and spinmeisters. Even Krauthammer said "yup, draw". Krauthammer summed it up best by saying that each side got ( Read more... )

This was a comment made by Mara Liasson from NPR (who I'm a big fan of-- I watch "Special Report" mainly for her and the snarky comments made by conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, who I don't always agree with, but who has gravitas aplenty) on tonight's Fox News Special Report with Brit Hume, speaking about McCain's decision to involve ( Read more... )

it is time for the Fibro Flare of Death. Every part of my body hurts, and the ones that don't merely ache, instead. I'm also completely and utterly exhausted, probably because I'm thrashing around in my sleep and generally getting 8+ hours of sleep but absolutely no rest, which means that I'll have to take a microbatch of work or none at all this ( Read more... )

I just made a fundraising goal page thingy on MyBarackObama setting a fundraising goal of $100. I just donated $25, and I'll probably donate the rest as paychecks come in, and maybe I can poke my husband to kick in a bit ( Read more... )

This isn't going to thrill some of you. I've decided to back Obama this year-- Palin is simply too big a threat for me to not vote for the person most able to counter that influence. I signed up on the website to volunteer and located my local office (which is in Falls Church, so it's nice and close). I also signed up w/the Gilmore people, because ( Read more... )

This one is better than the last, I think, because it raises a more holistic picture of what's wrong with what Obama is saying. I maybe don't have room to bitch (in at least some people's eyes) because I turned my back on the abortion issue to back McCain. I thoroughly and categorically *hate* the position moderates are put in by this country, we ( Read more... )

The Truth vs. Barack Obama via SavagePolitics ( Read more... )