Posts under ‘2008 presidential campaign’

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Joining those of us who never turned towards Hillary in the first place…
LEVITTOWN, Pa. Like many women over 50, Paula Houwen was eager to vote for Hillary Clinton for president.
“I was impressed when she was first lady. She wasn’t the country’s trophy wife,” the 56-year-old suburban Philadelphia pharmacist recalled.
Today, though, Houwen’s no longer a Clinton [...]

Aw jeez. Here we go again…
WASHINGTON (AFP) Republican presidential hopeful John McCain Monday warned that plans by his Democratic rivals to withdraw from Iraq were “reckless” as the US general running the war prepared to testify to Congress.

Oh yes. Gosh darn those Dems. So reckless! Says the crotchety old git [...]

From the Department of Nifty Stuff I Wish I’d Thought Of:

Now go thank Needlenose for this great animated gif, and get the code to embed it in your own site.
Spread the word: McCain = four more years of Bush.
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At left is a photo I took last night with my phone at approximately 7:45 pm, showing the view forward from my seat on a shuttle bus to the Eden Prairie caucuses. Half an hour previously I had finally battled my way through the traffic jam to reach EPHS, where I dropped off my [...]

Tild sez: This was in my inbox this morning…

Dear Friends:
As women who have fought to advance women’s health and reproductive freedom in Minnesota we are tremendously impressed with Senator Barack Obama’s sterling legislative record in improving the health of women, children and their families.
We are proud to support Barack Obama for President of the [...]

Tild sez: It’s been too long since we last checked in on two of our favorite persons of faith, retired Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong and Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister.
As you probably know by now if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, I am a fallen-away Lutheran; indeed, a fallen-away follower of organized [...]

Tild sez: Still on the topic of “the Woman vote”…
I get the feeling that I didn’t state clearly enough in my previous post why I think Freud’s famous question “What do women want?” is nonsensical. I intended to make the following anecdote a part of that post, but time got away [...]