Dear Campbell Brown
I know you totally stole my Blog Entry, you sneaky stealer, you!
Yeah, yeah, yeah…so she said it way better than I did. And managed to do it without offending anyone. What else is new?!?
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October 13th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I so wish that didn’t need to be said…but obviously, it does.
October 13th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
I think you both brought up really good points - and ones that are definitely being lost in the grand scheme of things. But yes, she is a sneaky stealer!
This is the second great clip I’ve seen of her recently, I think I’ll have to start watching a little more of her. Thanks for sharing (and I’m going to try to take you up on that challenge too!)!
October 14th, 2008 at 9:02 am
OK- I agree, she is obviously stalking your blog for her material. Let’s try this… Post something about how thin and gorgeous I am, and we’ll see if it turns up on CNN, then we’ll know for sure.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:25 am
that is good stuff.
October 14th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Nicki- I don’t mean to take your mind off of politics, but I have a question. Are the schools in TX gone to all day kindergarten? Here in Michigan, all the kindergartners in our area are at school for 8 hours!! What is your take on that??
Nicki reply on October 14th, 2008 8:34 pm:
I’m not sure if my mind is *capable* of being taken off politics! haha
You know, I have no idea if the schools have all-day kindy here since we homeschool. I like the districts that offer both options. I think there are plenty of kids who are simply not ready to be away from their families or gone at school all day M-F at the age of 4 (the age my kids would have started Kindy in Michigan - fall birthdays, both) or 5. I would have been very uncomfortable being away from my little ones that long, myself which is why not one of my kids went to Kindergarten (it’s optional in Michigan and Texas anyway).
On the other hand, many parents must work or work out of choice and those kids are used to childcare and separate all day anyway. In those cases I think it’s truly beneficial. It saves countless dollars for parents in childcare costs and offers a usually fun, social environment where kids can hang with friends and learn something too. Half-day kindy is a nightmare for working families especially in areas without aftercare or bussing to childcare. So in those situations, if the kids were already going to be away from their families for 8 hours a day, I think it serves families well to have full day as an option.
Look at that! I can totally think about other things besides politics! Thanks for the break - I REALLY needed it!
October 15th, 2008 at 9:34 am
After watching this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0&eurl and many other video clips at Mccain/ Palin rallies , i have to say that the Republican base is full of bigots , racists , not just a small minority .
October 15th, 2008 at 9:40 am
How stupid can you be when you claim Obama is anti white while he is raised by his white mother and grandparents . these people must have lived under a rock all these years
October 15th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Oh, I never thought of that! I guess all-day would save a lot of families money on daycare.
Okay, back to politics
I dont think you offended anyone (at least not me) with your post, I guess I was just confused because I didnt know that thats what you were trying to say (no offense!) I think that I just misunderstood your post. As a Mccain supporter, When I heard that he made those comments I thought, “great”. When I watched the video of him talking to that lady, my first thought was “well whats wrong with being arab?” Its not just being arab, its that he said something along the lines of ‘Obama is a great family man, he isnt arab’…Well, arent arabs capable of being good family men too??
BUT
Doesnt it seem plausible that because of the entire hate-filled comment “I cant trust him…Im afraid of him…He’s an Arab” that Mccain assumed that she didnt mean just Arab, that she meant Terrorist, or something equally hateful? Doesnt that seem plausible? I think it just goes along with the horrible reality that people are putting arab, muslim and terrorist all in the same category of dirty words. It is ignorance at its best, and I feel for those affected by that. But even if I thought that Mccain could have used different words, or asked her to clarify (which I think he should have), I still think that he was assuming she meant terrorist.
October 15th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Jon Stewart did something on this last night that was pretty entertaining.
Lala, I just this second got a forwarded e-mail with quotes from Obama’s books taken out of context, about how he felt in the past about race and identity, presented as if that is how he feels and behaves now.
i.e. From Dreams of My Father:’I ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.’
From Dreams of My Father : ‘I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother’s race.’
From Dreams of My Father: ‘It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.’
Totally ridiculous, b/c his record and actions show him to be anything but anti-white. Even while still at Harvard Law, he was friends with fellow students who were white conservative republicans, and he was elected to be the president of Harvard Law review (which he was known for leading in a balanced way) b/c he was willing to listen and learn from those he disagreed with and to work with people of differing viewpoints for the good of the whole. From Politico: “In the end, though, Obama’s time on the Review mirrored other aspects of his life. Even in the staunchly liberal milieus in which he has spent his entire adult life, Obama has managed to lead without leaving a clear ideological stamp, and to respect — and even, at times, to embrace — opposing views. To his critics, that’s a sign of a lack of core beliefs. To his admirers, it’s the root of his appeal.”