tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post4077660146714892047..comments2024-03-18T09:53:12.654-04:00Comments on MotherReader: A Personal (and Political) MessageMotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-65785295600880396892008-02-16T16:16:00.000-05:002008-02-16T16:16:00.000-05:00I keep trying to get my godson to talk politics be...I keep trying to get my godson to talk politics because he likes to say how he hopes "Iraq" Obama will win the election. I know I should correct him, but it's just. so. funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-391586643891048632008-02-13T10:53:00.000-05:002008-02-13T10:53:00.000-05:00Here's the McCain vid, for everyone's entertainmen...Here's the McCain vid, for everyone's entertainment:<BR/><BR/>http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/11/9435/13800/190/454427<BR/><BR/>PS -- Love your Dear John letter...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-6030473003382133222008-02-13T00:13:00.000-05:002008-02-13T00:13:00.000-05:00"We're always written off by the Democrats, and th..."We're always written off by the Democrats, and the Republicans don't see the point of doing much campaigning here."<BR/><BR/>Count your blessings. <BR/><BR/>I was at my mom's place in Ohio during the 2004 presidential election and it really was like being under siege. There was no advertising on TV that wasn't political advertising. None. Some lunatic put the voter rolls online and the phone never stopped ringing. It wasn't just the candidates... it was random people from Sweden and Finland eager to buttonhole swing state Americans.<BR/><BR/>The volunteers were so thick on the ground that my mom eventually gave up answering the front door. So they started coming around the back and knocking on the family room window. Not kidding. I wish I was.<BR/><BR/>It was a nightmare (up to and including the eventual result which I'm proud to say was not helped by voters in my mom's district).<BR/><BR/>I talked to her about all this on the phone recently and she's already laying in supplies for November. I told her she can come hide out in the relative peace and quiet of New York City.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-57433655631597855662008-02-12T16:05:00.000-05:002008-02-12T16:05:00.000-05:00Thanks for the tip, Mary Lee. That was hysterical....Thanks for the tip, Mary Lee. That was hysterical.<BR/><BR/>EM, "O'Bama." Snort!<BR/><BR/>Kelly, frankly its exciting to have anyone calling or visiting Virginia at all. We're always written off by the Democrats, and the Republicans don't see the point of doing much campaigning here. It's one of the big reasons we went to the Obama rally. He'll never be back here again.MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-62082620741993588662008-02-12T15:18:00.000-05:002008-02-12T15:18:00.000-05:00Last week I was working the circ desk and unloaded...Last week I was working the circ desk and unloaded an interlibrary loan request of THE AUDACITY OF HOPE. The owning library apparently knows something we don't about my man Barack: in addition to his Kenyan heritage, he's also Irish. <BR/><BR/>The spine label said "O'Bama."EMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633057062989686339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-57011332706038923892008-02-12T15:14:00.000-05:002008-02-12T15:14:00.000-05:00You saw the Obama hope video that Liz in Ink linke...You saw the Obama hope video that Liz in Ink linked? Well, go to Robin Brande and check out the flip side. Hysterical!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-62698238417772252172008-02-12T13:10:00.000-05:002008-02-12T13:10:00.000-05:00It could be worse. During the caucuses I had Huck...It could be worse. During the caucuses I had Huckabee's campaign calling me. Me! I'm practically a commie or something. I've never even been registered independent. I think they were just scaring us Dems for some reason. Creepy, creepy questions (mostly having to do with marriage "between a man and a woman")<BR/><BR/>I don't like McCain. And would write him a Dear John letter too. BUT, the fact that he's ended up the front runner has given me some faith back in the "American People." I was pretty hopeless there for awhile.<BR/><BR/>My vote has already been cast. For a candidate out of the race. But, I'll be happy with either Obama or Hillary, so go, Virginia, vote!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.com