Due to enhanced vagal tone, I sometimes require readings of contrarian literature to bring up my resting heart rate to a comfortable 180 BPM. Camille Paglia provided me with a much-needed cardiac stimulus package when she, ridiculously, chose to protest the treatment of poor lil Sarah Palin.
Given that Obama had served on a Chicago board [...]
I did it. I managed to sit through the last debate, with only a minor diversion while I ate a chimichanga. I hope I didn’t miss anything. My trusty Golden Retriever, Shadow, laid in the living room while I was gone. He promised to tell me if anything important happened. [...]
Continue reading about October 15, 2008, Presidential Debate: He’ll Raise Your Taxes!
In this classic battle royale, the scatter-brained, beauty queen mushmouth from Wasilla will take on the smiling, pompous windbag from the Hair Club for Men.
The conventional wisdom is that Biden will have to walk on eggshells to avoid appearing to be arrogant, condescending, or sexist.
I question that wisdom.
Did anybody listen to Governor Palin’s snide, whiny, [...]
Continue reading about Joey from Scranton vs Sarah from Wasilla
Sarah Palin has produced, along with a gaggle of adorable children, a couple of quotable quotes about Hillary Clinton. Palin was discussing, in her imitable accent, Hillary’s primary campaign against Barack Obama. She apparently didn’t like all of Hillary’s whining about her treatment during the tough campaign.
“Fair or unfair, I think she does [...]
Is anyone entirely surprised that John McCain would choose unwisely? In a naked attempt to appeal to women, McCain has chosen as a running mate a woman completely out of touch with women’s issues. In what is nothing more than an attempt to drive a wedge back into the Democratic party, McCain has chosen an [...]