The Wilder Effect… or Not

Our local paper has mentioned several times that they (the editorial board) are concerned that the Wilder Effect may actually be skewing the polling numbers and that, therefore, Barack Obama may unfairly lose the election in Virginia.
Hmm… sounds serious.
The Wilder Effect (also called the Bradley Effect) is named after former governor L. Douglas Wilder, who [...]

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The First Presidential Debate

Tonight was the first presidential debate between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama.  Theoretically, the theme was supposed to be foreign affairs.  Given the situation, of course it started with the current economic crisis.
Sen. Obama opened with an attack on President Bush and drawing the standard line that McCain equals “four more years” of Bush.  “I’m [...]

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The Beauty of Autumn

Aaaahhh… it’s finally here.
The Autumnal Equinox was on Monday, the official start of fall.  For once, the weather has cooperated.  We have had mid-70’s in the day, upper 60’s at night.  The house fan is on, and the husband has been forced to pull out the big fuzzy blanket.  Blissfully beautiful, as far as I’m [...]

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Are we learning anything?

Last week, I became a soccer mom.  Oh, joy.  Another dis-respected title to add to my list.  And then I volunteered to be team mom.  (Never Again Volunteer Yourself…  You’d think I would’ve learned by now!)  At least middle son is having a blast, and I ran into a classmate from the Academy.
As we got [...]

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Our opium (OPM) addiction

I suppose things could be worse.  Listening to the news tonight (not watching- I have a new quilt in the piecing stage right now), I noted several particularly problematic things.
* Senator Obama’s campaign has raised $440 million.  Senator McCain’s campaign has raised $194 million.  (As of the end of August, I think they said.)  It [...]

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Troopergate junk

As “Troopergate” continues, I guess it will probably be in the news more, now that the investigation is actually starting.
The state senator overseeing the investigation has promised that he has an “October surprise” that will sink the McCain campaign.  Earlier, he was yelling for “impeachment” of the governor.  More than a little strange, since the investigation [...]

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The Bush Doctrine

I got a comment on the previous post claiming that Governor Palin (and I) is clueless about the “Bush Doctrine.”  I would disagree with that, on both counts, but I thought it would make an interesting topic for today.  (Unless I wanted to comment on “The View” and how it undermines any sense of women [...]

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Governor Palin’s ABC interview

Ok, we’re five minutes into the ABC interview and this is already total BS.  No, I don’t expect the media to soft pitch the questions like they usually do with Senator Obama (or even to bother to use people’s proper titles, like “Governor”, when they’re Republicans).  If the media is going to pretend that it’s [...]

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“I do not think it means what you think it means…”

The other night, we introduced the kids to “The Princess Bride.”  I’m not sure they “got” it, exactly.  They were amused by it, but not as much as Star Wars.  Oh, well… they’ll appreciate it later.  (Those of you who know the movie will recognize the post title.) 
For those of you who have (sadly) not [...]

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The “other” Republican women

Ok, so, out of curiosity, I went looking to try to determine why McCain did not pick one of the “other, more experienced Republican women” people keep mentioning.  Usually, the “other” Republican women are mentioned in the explanation, “I’m not sexist, I’m not against Republican women, I just wish McCain had picked one of the other, more [...]

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