That’s it. Hell has frozen over. Pigs are flying by my window. Molly is going to become a trained guide dog, the Bears are going to win the Superbowl, and Barack Obama is going to win the presidency. I am absolutely sure of it.
You see, this weekend, my father and I were engaged in another [...]
Am I the only one holding my breath for tonight’s town hall meeting?
It’s not that I’m concerned about my candidate’s superior ability to connect with the people, which is what this format is all about. There has never been any question during this campaign that it is Barack Obama, with his charisma and good looks, [...]
John McCain has decided to completely ruin my Friday night plans of staying in, ordering a pizza, and ranting and raving at the television the way most people do during sports broadcasts or the way my dad does during the ten o’clock network news.
To wit, McCain is dodging the presidential debates in a feeble attempt [...]
Mother. Moosehunter. Maverick.
Mayor. Governor. Maverick.
Those were the introductory words of last night’s biographical video of Sarah Palin, spoken with grave admiration by a Morgan Freeman impersonator as a synthesized version of the theme for the television show Dallas played in the background.
But while I snorted incredulously and seriously started to expect Ashton Kutcher to wander on [...]
That was stunning, all right. I mean, I don’t know about you, but I feel stunned.
First, there was endless line of otherwise fairly intelligent Republican pundits who set aside their personal integrity in order to throw themselves on (or perhaps in front of) the Palin bandwagon. Even Rudy Giuliani championed her candidacy, though surely a [...]
