In less than nine hours, there will no longer be a President George W. Bush-- only a former president George W. Bush. The idea of that makes me feel a little giddy. Right now, it's more exciting than getting Barack Obama as president.

Rex flew out to DC for the inauguration, which means that both my brothers are in DC right now. I don't think ( Read more... )

I love this blog post by Nick Hornby about Barack Obama's acceptance speech ( Read more... )

CAN WE PLEASE STOP USING THE WORD "MAVERICK"?!


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I won't be around for this, but those of you who are and can go should think about it.

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." -Barack Obama

The Barack Obama-rama: An Obama fundraiser, Music festival and Voter Registration Drive.
Spaceland ( Read more... )

Did anyone see the Charles Gibson/Sarah Palin interview last night on ABC News? It kind of went like this:

( My interpretation )

Two more things I'm sick of hearing people talk about in the election or in politics in general:

1. That this is a historic electionSo one presidential candidate is black and a vice presidential candidate is a woman. Big deal. Haven't other countries had black and female presidents, prime ministers, etc.? As far as I'm concerned, the U.S. is just ( Read more... )

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Nice! I wonder why more women aren't pro-gun. They'd rather be defenseless to rape and muggings? There's so much smear against Palin, but I totally dig that she's not too afraid to rely on a man or a gun.

( Explanation and rebuttal (and don't worry; it's Palin-free) )

AJ, you were wondering, and I came across it:

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Vote for Michael Palin!

This is from last night's Daily Show. Hilarious.



In case you can't see that, here's a link.

I haven't listened to many speeches at the RNC because I've been out a lot lately, but I find the ones I've seen disturbing in their "us against the world" pugnaciousness. It's a very interesting stance, given that the Democrats spoke of setting a good example for the rest of the world. Should the U.S. be a role model for other countries or should ( Read more... )