Why I Love Rachel Maddow

She ran the footage of today’s standing ovation for Senator Ted Stevens while listing his convictions as they were superimposed over the image.
It’s not the only reason I love her, but it’s evidence of her general awesomeness.
Brava.

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Like New Year’s Eve

I was too nervous to go to the Driskill to the watch party with all of my friends.  Instead, I am home, alone, watching MSNBC.  I have been speaking to everyone by phone and text throughout the night.
I was on the phone with BP when Ohio and New Mexico fell turned blue.  We knew at [...]

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Politics: Sarah Palin Infuriates Me

I cannot stand to listen to her voice.  Her style of speaking bothers me.  Her pride in her special brand of ignorance offends me.  Her dog whistle to her supporters’ basest beliefs angers me.
This morning, I listened to her “Special Policy Address,” and I became infuriated.  Her hypocrisy is not unexpected, but everything that she [...]

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Politics: Watching the News and Trying to Remain Calm

I am a Republican supporting Obama.  That’s not really accurate . . . I am now an Independent who crossed over to vote in the Democratic primary for the first time in my life to vote and caucus for Obama.
Before it became the party of fundamentalists, I was an active GOP member.  I organized, I [...]

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Politics: “It’s Time to Elect Barack Obama President”

As an Austinite and a woman, I have always revered Governor Ann Richards.
She was extraordinary and her loss has been enormous.
I just read an endorsement of Barack Obama by her daughter Cecile Richards on behalf of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund entitled What Would Ann Do?
In her famous speech at the Democratic convention twenty years [...]

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An Historic Night

I was glued to the television all night long, watching the political coverage and the speeches. I actually missed McCain’s speech because I’d been on delay and sped up when we were getting close to having Obama clinch.
Obama’s speech was amazing, actually better than expected. I loved his entrance with Michelle . . [...]

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Politics: Olbermann on Clinton’s Outrageous Assassination Comment

I spent the evening with my best friend, who did not understand why what she said was so outrageous.
Here is Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment:

If you wish not to watch the whole thing, skip to 9:44.
 
 

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Politics: Clinton Invokes Assassination — She Must Be Stopped

I am so shocked by what I just heard and read I am having a difficult time processing it.
Hillary Clinton today cited the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy during the 1968 presidential campaign to explain why she was remaining in the race despite long odds.

”We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California,” Clinton told the editorial [...]

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Politics: Clinton as “Sociopath”

From Andrew Sullivan, responding to Clinton’s statement that: “I say that not counting Florida and Michigan is changing a central governing rule of this country – that whenever we can understand the clear intent of the voters, their votes should be counted. I remember very well back in 2000, there were those who argued that [...]

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Politics: “Change is Coming to America”

I am crying.  I just finished watching Obama’s Iowa speech and I am crying.
His words about people standing up, leaving home to fight in Selma and Montgomery, had tears rolling down my cheeks:
Change is coming to America.
It’s the spirit that sent the first patriots to Lexington and Concord and led the defenders of freedom [...]

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