Ludlum Elementary School in Hempstead, NY might be the first to rename itself for Barack Obama. The students developed a grassroots consensus, brought it to the school board and the board, in another national first, said “Hey, why not?”, and just did it. The school is in an almost entirely African American and Latino community. [...]
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16 Nov
Needing an Intervention
I have to swear off Transition Watching. The election is over. The good guy won. As perilous as our situation is, we had to wait for eight years to get a really smart president and a few more weeks won’t kill us. Probably. I guess. In any case, obsessing over every rumor that leaks out [...]
5 Nov
OK, this is beginning to look good
Seeing that John McCain has conceded and all, and Obama has been projected to win 338 electoral votes as of this moment it might be safe to exhale. McCain gave one of the most best and most gracious concession speeches ever. If he’d run that way tonight might have turned out differently. Thank you for [...]
4 Nov
OMFG – It’s Election Day
Like most Democrats, I’m terrified by all the good news. I haven’t posted in ages because every time I get online I just get obsessed with hitting Refresh on RealClearPolitics.com to see what’s changed in the last 15 minutes. The polls and the omens continue to be apallingly good. Obama has maintained his lead, The Redskins [...]
18 Oct
Signage
We’ve been away a bit lately, visiting with friends. We’ve been in upstate New York a bit, but mostly in Western Massachusetts. Western Mass is a good place to be in the Autumn and it’s even better in big election years if you happen to be a Democrat. Along with the gorgeous foliage there are [...]
2 Oct
Getting to know Sarah
This is the most Sarah Palin I’ve seen to date. Up to now I’ve only seen video clips and not nearly all of them that are out there. She strikes me as kind of repulsive. Sorry, but no one on Earth is that folksy. And I really don’t think she knows what “Achilles Heel” means. [...]
2 Oct
Is it Palin or Fey?
It’s Tina Fey, isn’t it? Quite the prank, eh? I think this time she went a little over the top with the impersonation.
2 Oct
Debate Night!
I thought it would be nice to return to regular blogging (I hope) with liveblogging tonight’s VP debate. We’re watching the warm up on MSNBC. (We went back to Cablevision and have MSNBC again – Yay!). Chris Matthews has been floating the proposition that Palin needs to prove she’s not dumber than a bag of [...]
6 Sep
Rednecks for Obama
Despite what the RW will try to tell you, you can be all salt of the earthy and common sensical and smart and discerning all at the same time.
22 Aug
Waiting for the word
The world is officially divided between those who are breathlessly waiting to find out who Obama has chosen as his running mate and those who aren’t. Right now the smart money is on Biden, but the smart money could look really dumb by tomorrow. I don’t there being such anticipation over the Veep choice in [...]
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