who are you voting for tomorrow (or whenever your state's primary is)?

i am still undecided.

clinton has a better (imo) health care plan.

obama gives more inspiring speeches and seems to represent more authentic change. and will bring out the youth vote like never before in recent history. for just one example, check out this amazing video... yes we can!

but then, having a woman for president would be a bigger change than just having another man of a slightly different skin color. that would be an essential change and one i think would have far-reaching positive consequences for women in the us and, to a lesser extent, throughout the world.

however, i think a black man is more "electable" - in this country right now - than a woman. especially with all the misogyny against hillary clinton that has been in our popular culture for at least 16 years. someone said that she "reminds baby boomer men of their first wives." like this should matter. but of course, it does.

but the last clinton years were so good - and her policies would be very close to his i think... and we know that works really well for most people.

so, according to my tv, obama is now leading in massachusetts. the effect of the kenney endorsements, they say.

i still don't know.

what do you think?

crazy coulter strikes again

this is just amazing.

In the latest sign that a conservative backlash is starting to build against John McCain, conservative commentator Ann Coulter said Thursday she is prepared to vote for Hillary Clinton over the Arizona senator in a general election match up.

WHAT?

the surge is working!

or not...

Weeping relatives loaded simple wood coffins atop minivans Saturday in Baghdad as the city buried dozens of victims of the deadliest bombings since the U.S. flooded the capital with extra troops last spring. (emphasis mine)

Iraqi officials raised the death toll of Friday's attacks to at least 99.

so sad. oh goddess please end this fucking war!

a "dream ticket"?

after wolf blitzer's sleazyish question during the Jan 31 debate (though not as sleazy as his others, the man is quite a conflict instigator) about a possible obama/clinton or clinton/obama ticket, and the candidates' responses to that question (neither dismissing the idea), the "talk of the town" is that obama and clinton are now in election-love. you gotta love hollywood.


democratic debate ~ 1/31/08



they do look pretty great here




they would demolish the republicans, whether o/c or c/o. i say GO FOR IT!

democratic debate - hollywood, ca - 1/31/08

the first one-on-one debate: obama vs clinton.

and the LAST debate before super tuesday.

they're actually pretty nice. no smackdown this time. a bit boring at times (though there are some classic jokes too), but very nice in a let's-all-get-along kind of way. which is what the dems need to so to secure the wh in november!


sorry about the wolf blizter pic on the youtube.




check out all the famous people in the audience.

you can see the rest of the debate on youtube here


video courtesy of yd2008

brilliance from 2007

bush's surge speech - 9/14/07

THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. In the life of all imperialistic military empires, there come brief, fleeting moments that decide the direction of a multinational corporation masquerading as a democratic nation, and reveal the character of its blue-blooded aristocrats, conniving religious hucksters and corrupt, back-slapping robber barons. We have now been suspended in such a moment for over six calendar years.

happy imbolc!

"Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Irish calendar, celebrated among Gaelic peoples and some other Celtic cultures either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. Most commonly it is celebrated on February 2, commonly called Groundhog's Day, as this is the cross-quarter day on the solar calendar, halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Originally dedicated to the goddess Brigid, in the Christian period it was adopted as St Brigid's Day."

~ from wikipedia

more about imbolc here.

also, check out hecate's awesome site - she has a beautiful post about celebrating this holiday of hope! c'mon spring!!!