Pied Pipers and miracles…

I’ve been having serious arguments about Obama lately with his faithful, who seem absolutely besotted by him.
Huckabee has said that “he majored in miracles,” and I think that Obama appeals on the same level – his supporters are hoping for magic.
Which is why Oprah, with all her self realization rhetoric, [...]

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I’m so confuzed…….

“ U R con-fuzing meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee” bff Mary emailed me this AM. I had just spent 45 minutes the day before attempting to steady her wavering resolve to vote for Hillary in Tuesday’s Primary, then I forwarded an email from another friend who is trying to get out the vote for Obama. What gives? [...]

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My tell tale – or is it bleeding – heart

Yesterday morning, during a briefly sunny interlude between storms at my favorite cafe, I found myself eavesdropping on a conversation at the table next to mine.
“I like Obama,” a 20-something prospective law student proclaimed between bites of Santa Fe scramble, “but I’m concerned.”
Her boyfriend, who had been absentmindedly watching a bird eat seeds off a [...]

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I wonder if there is a message in here somewhere…

This AM on HufPo:
Tom D’Antoni: Clinton and Obama Joint News Conference on Race/Gender
“TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY’S 9AM ET JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SENS. HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY) AND BARAK OBAMA (D-IL)
Sen. Clinton: We have called this joint news conference today because Barak and I want to make something very clear to our fellow Democrats and to all [...]

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Do you know what it feels like for Hillary?

This week I started riding in a work-sponsored van pool. Listening to music with my eyes closed instead of battling stop and go traffic to and from work is a luxury that offsets the 6:10AM departure time, and I love getting home early enough to see the late afternoon sun making the rooms in [...]

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