Tuesday, September 02, 2008

mid-morning

A couple more Palin tidbits before bed

Albert Brooks wrote his first Huffington Post blog entry (using the name A. Brooks) yesterday - it was entertaining, and I hope he sticks around and keeps writing.  His blog entry is titled “Anyone Can Become President” and this is the last paragraph - I’ve italicized my favorite line, which makes me laugh every time I read it because I’m actually picturing it. I am now hearing from the Karl Roves of the world that having a 17-year-old daughter pregnant out of wedlock will make Palin sympathetic to millions of Americans who know the pain of that situation. But my question is WHERE WAS THE ADVICE? Do we want a president who cannot communicate to their own child that possibly having a baby a year after you get your driver’s license is not the smartest thing to do? Is this the new way for women to break the glass ceiling? To have their daughters throw their babies at it? I want my president to control their children, then they can tell the Navy what to do.

Sick, I know, but this election is wearing on me and I just want it over with.  Although, to be fair, everything is wearing on me.  It seems like it’s going to take me a week to physically recover from the stress caused by the broken a/c.  I’ve literally spent most of my days in bed, sleeping, since we got the new a/c unit.  Stress just totally wipes us out because of the FMS.  I don’t even know how to explain how that happens so anyone who isn’t affected by it could understand it.  If only we could give someone an illness for a month, or even just a week, to help them empathize.  Like when I had the herniated disk - I had NO IDEA the kind of pain it can cause.  Now, when I read about, say, a professional athlete with a herniated disk, I can empathize and be amazed that they can play in that condition.

Oh yeah, and my other Palin tidbit.  This one comes from the renowned deep thinker, Cindy McCain.  Asked about Palin’s national security experience, Cindy McCain could not come up with anything beyond the fact that, after all, her state is right next to Russia. “You know, the experience that she comes from is, what she has done in government—and remember that Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia.” Leigh-Ann and I were even closer than that to Bill Clinton, which means we’ve got national security experience by virtue of the new KBNSDS Law*, plus Leigh-Ann shook his hand; therefore, it looks like we’re both capable of running for POTUS right this instant.  Minor detail about Leigh-Ann being Canadian, but if the McCain folks were doing the vetting, they’d probably miss that part.

Here’s Bill.  That’s me behind the camera with the stranger’s arm waving overhead.  Leigh-Ann is further to the right, with the pushers & shovers, trying to get to him, shake hands, or get something signed.

*Kevin Bacon National Security Degrees of Separation