A car is a status symbol - a symbol of financial success. It would be difficult to explain to family and friends that your 30+ year old boyfriend doesn't have a car.

Posted at July 8, 2008 3:51 PM in response to Living closer to work

I don't watch it - in fact, I don't have cable TV. But, I was subjected to it in airports last year and was disgusted. And why are air travelers, who are already tortured by delays, forced to listen to this tripe?

Posted at July 8, 2008 10:56 AM in response to Oh, My Dear Sweet Mother of God its Going to be a Long Stupid Summer

I think these are pretty good analyses for the MSM. I'd really like to see both of these plans analyzed and discussed side by side.

Posted at July 8, 2008 10:52 AM in response to New York Times Takes On McCain's Economic Hokum

There is something very wrong with this man. But, that doesn't mean he couldn't win this thing. Remember Bush...

Posted at July 8, 2008 6:23 AM in response to McCain's Town Hall: Giggles, Crocs

Excellent! Now, that's the kind of media savvy I'd like to see more of coming from the Obama camp.

Posted at July 8, 2008 6:21 AM in response to McCain's Town Hall: Giggles, Crocs

The fact that Rove and his people packaged Bush's dumb yokel act as charisma is incredible to me. That man doesn't have charisma. He is literally embarrassing. The quality of charisma is not only that you're a nice enough guy, but that your quality is special enough, that you stand apart as being so different, that people want to follow you. George never had that. Never. Rove's people painted him as being less threatening to Joe Six-Pack than smart-guy Al Gore, but that's not the same as charisma.

Posted at July 8, 2008 6:19 AM in response to McCain's Town Hall: Giggles, Crocs

True, true. I didn't like it when people were calling Gore a stiff. Not because I thought that they shouldn't call him out on his public speaking style, but because they were suggesting that Bush had more charisma than Gore. BUSH! Geezus! That guy was so clearly a freakin' idiot from Day One, it was embarrassing to watch him. And the press painted him as being more likeable than Gore.

Like lipstick on a pig...

Posted at July 7, 2008 10:28 PM in response to McCain's Town Hall: Giggles, Crocs

Well, not the BC I'm thinking of. Thanks for confirming. :)

Posted at July 7, 2008 10:23 PM in response to DOOMED?: The Lessons of Katrina

True, true. I didn't like it when people were calling Gore a stiff. Not because I thought that they shouldn't call him out on his public speaking style, but because they were suggesting that Bush had more charisma than Gore. BUSH! Geezus! That guy was so clearly a freakin' idiot from Day One, it was embarrassing to watch him. And the press painted him as being more likeable than Gore.

Like lipstick on a pig...

Posted at July 7, 2008 7:01 PM in response to McCain's Town Hall: Giggles, Crocs

Absolutely! And here's another great little piece that should be shared with all of the mainstream media outlets. http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/07/british-media-puts-it-true.php

Let's help them out. They don't seem to be able to locate actual information on their own. We're doing a public service.

Posted at July 7, 2008 6:44 PM in response to Let's help the MSM do their homework