Tag Archives: politics

Please tell Congress to renew the flood insurance program

This is a quick plea for your help and attention. My sister and her husband — first time homebuyers — are on the brink of losing the house they have a winning bid on and are totally on track to close on April 14. EXCEPT that they cannot get the flood insurance they need for the loan [...]

The Sidewalk to Nowhere

This is unbelievable. I am speechless. Who are these people? I cannot relate to a single one of them! Are these the Christians with upstanding moral values that I’ve heard our great country is based on? Or are they purely and truly ignorant? Or just plain stupid? I haven’t been this worked up in a [...]

Sarah Palin Fails Focus Group

CSPAN—Campaign 2008 ran a Presidential Campaign Focus Group in Minneapolis:

Matt Damon talks about Palin

“Actor Matt Damon speaks out on the Republicans’ choice of hockey-mom Sarah Palin for VP. Damon compares her rise to a ‘really bad Disney movie’ and says it’s crazy that this woman could become President. (Sept. 10)” —Associated Press

Women Against Sarah Palin

Yesterday I discovered the Housewives for Palin website—devoted purely to enthusiasm and excitement about Sarah Palin. I was slightly surprised that they really are enforcing a positive message: absolutely no bad mouthing Sarah Palin or any other candidate. And at least a few women commented that they were still skeptical of Palin’s politics, but as [...]