Not My Mother’s Blog

This morning on MSNBC, Savannah Guthrie announced the reason that the Obama camp has been so reticent with WWD and other top fashion industry mags about what Michelle is wearing to the Inauguration. Get this:
Michelle Obama has not decided what she’s wearing for the Inauguration yet.
That’s right. The Inauguration is less than 24 hours [...]

Written last year for my daughter and (sometimes) co-blogger – it just seemed appropriate to share it for MLK Day:

Love Song for My Daughter
When I tell you we have come a long way,
baby,
please remember
I grew up in a world where women had two choices – get married or be pitied;
attended school in a city that [...]

Okay, so Suze Orman didn’t exactly tell Sarah Palin to grow up, but it was close. In a conversation this morning on Morning Jawbreaker, Orman said that Palin should be “mature enough” to ignore media criticism directed at her instead of whining that Katie Couric picked on her and made her look bad. Considering that [...]

This morning, the Army will be breaking another glass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody will become the first female American 4-star General. It’s not the first first for Dunwoody, whose career has been marked with declarations of “first female…”. Immediately after she gets her fourth star, she’ll be assuming a new command post – Army Materiel [...]

An off the cuff note – I just put my finger on what it was about Sarah Palin’s entrance onto the debate stage that really bothered me – she was… blowing kisses??? Dear sweet lord, she strutted out onto the stage, blowing kisses and waving to the audience. How can you blow kisses to the [...]

Lately, I’ve found a new addiction – www.mylot.com. I don’t recommend it to anyone for much of anything – it’s the domain of people who think they can get rich clicking on ads on various affiliate ad websites (don’t EVEN get me started on THOSE). This particular one pays people a few fractions of a [...]

Wednesday night, the GOP brought out Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle to drum up support for soon to accept VP candidate Sarah Palin. First of all, she is a terrible speaker and it was a terrible speech. I could feel her fingernails clawing into my skin in desperation for her party. You can get the full [...]

…that we’re going to see more comments like this one in response to a post by Matt Springer over at BlogCritics:
My “knee jerk” reaction, from what I’ve learned so far, is that this
woman breaks the mold in almost every conceivable way. I like women the
way they are, and think they should continue to be the [...]

I’ve found it interesting that so many commentators use Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy as a “McCain should have vetted her better” talking point. As far as I can see, it’s actually a major plus for the campaign in a lot of ways.
They needed someone to counterbalance McCain’s perceived softness on reproductive issues – and Palin [...]

It’s fun reading the ‘mainstream’ soundbyte political commentary online sometimes. Over on Yahoo! Politico, they’re talking about 6 things the Palin pick says about McCain. In a nutshell, VandeHel and Harris say that McCain’s “unorthodox” choice says that he is:
1. desperate 2. willing to gamble3. worried about his age4. not worried about his age5. holding [...]

“I have many, many votes and it’s been consistent. And I’ve got a consistent zero from NARAL throughout all those years. … My record is clear.” He has also bragged to the media that his record has “been pro-life, unchanging and unwavering.”
Who said it?
That would be McCain, who still thinks he can skate into the [...]