Let's say we were casting about for someone to play Willard Mitt Romney in the movie called "The Bain of His Existence." (And I'm wondering if someone has already thought of this as a movie title...and that's okay, right now it's just a working title.) Now, if we took Willard's BrillCreamed… Read full post »

Anyone considering a donation to the University of Virginia, for any reason should pause and listen.  Bankole Johnson of UVA's School of Medicine and please note -- paid consultant to the pharmaceutical industry has announced that rehab and AA just don't work in a recent article published in &nb… Read full post »

I received an email from a friend of mine last night.  I thought it would be the usual stuff: funny stories about dogs and their owners or golf and what a frustrating game it is. That ‘s what she usually sends. I was concerned when I saw… Read full post »

My sister witnessed two odd events in her travels over Thanksgiving. One, at Reagan Intl. Airport, where American Airlines shut the plane door and wouldn’t allow a late passenger to board, even though, according to the late passenger,  American Airlines personnel had told her the p… Read full post »

My mom has very little memory these days.  She confuses me with my other sisters and doesn't remember who's running for President.   Yesterday, in spite of her mental fogginess,  she turned to me and asked, "Who is Bill Ayers?" 

I'm so thankful that Obama's organization is massive… Read full post »

John McCain lived directly next door to my mother in Crystal City. He still lives there, she does not. But they were neighbors for a few years after he bought the apartment from his friend, Sen. Bill Cohen.  Cohen, as you may recall was also Sec. of Defense under Clinton and… Read full post »

I was watching the debate last night with some Obama supporters. Amidst the clapping and general joie de vivre that is always present at Obama gatherings, something startling happened:   The late chanteuse, Peggy Lee made an appearance in the living room.  We didn't make a fus… Read full post »

I’m in California for the month and wanted to attend a debate watching party for Obama tonight since my husband is out of town. I click on the Obama website and within 25 miles of my location, there are at least 164 Obama-supportive gatherings until the end of October.  Their purposes… Read full post »

Just a few words about the whole Bill Ayers hoopla.  We don't need factcheck.org to tell us that Obama was a child when Ayers was doing his dirty work. We can do our own calculations on that.  What's important is that it's clear Ayers has apparantly redeemed himself and is now… Read full post »

Selecting Gidget as Veep is one thing.  Suspending and then de-suspending the campaign within 48 hours is another 'one thing'...but let's talk about recklessness and the pattern of crashing planes.  

"McCain's flying record was so poor that it "probably triggered a review to determine whet… Read full post »

I spent half a plane ride devouring theskewering of McCain in Rolling Stone Magazine (Oct.16). The article is “The RealMcCain, Make Believe Maverick.”  This isno run-of-the-mill profile, folks. It’s dynamite.

Even if you are already aware of some of McCain’syouthful indi… Read full post »

I'm hearing that at Sedona's now famous monkey training camp, Palin's predominant task is to learn lines of attack about Obama/Biden for the debate tomorrow. So every time she's asked to state her or McCain's position on an issue, she will just try to nail Biden with a… Read full post »

The next  two days are critical for the nation.  And I'm not just talking about the economic meltdown...which is scary enough. The McCain camp is no doubt in a Level Red chaos alert  (slightly higher than the usual Orange) over Palin's debate on Thursday.  We're already hearing th… Read full post »

I am reading with interest the story on Salon cover & the entire article in the NYTimes about McCain's gambling issues & how he took Abramoff down by hitting up the very native americans Abramoff had ripped off. Wow, that's so maverick!

Since I just wrote about McCain's possible ties to… Read full post »

There's a new show about vampires called "True Blood" on HBO.  It's a weird world, set in --of all places!--current day Louisiana.  And for people not familiar with vampires, it's about dead people with retractible fangs who wreak havoc and suck blood from the locals' necks ...and a few oth… Read full post »

The L.A. Times reports today that in Palin's meeting yesterday with Pakistani leader Zardari, "aides for the two squabbled about whether they should sit behind a low coffee table. Zardari's aides wanted a table, Palin's staff did not.  Ultimately the table was taken away.  Score one fo… Read full post »

The latest Palin video, seen on Keith Olberman tonight, is something to behold.  How often in history has a veep candidate been de-witchified by Kenyan priest who actually commits crimes against women in Kenya? 

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#26877217

And more on Palin, the transcript… Read full post »

I would say 29 seconds to a CNN crew is not exactly "coverage" in the true sense.    And yet, it's granted like some great gift from the gods. Don't Americans deserve to see Palin actually address substantive issues with foreign leaders? Or even skirt them?

As I continue to ask the… Read full post »

How protected should Palin be? 

She only takes interviews from Republican-favored media. Her answers are stump positions with no signs of intelligent thought behind them. Her governor's office has been hijacked by McCain campaign people. (Is that even legal?)  Her family can't speak to the… Read full post »

McCain's level of computer literacy is not a compelling attack line.  You don't have to be computer literate to have good judgment in the Oval Office. It's totally irrelevant.

If this latest Obama ad is representative of the new, improved and escalated attack ads then Democrats will lose the Wh… Read full post »

Casual water is a bit of a problem in golf.  Subject to interpretation and as such, it can cause you to be disqualified on a hole if not analyzed correctly. How casual is it? Did it come from a leaky sprinkler head? Is it dew or frost? Because the former is… Read full post »