Archive | October, 2008
Taking Our Daughters to the Polls
I wish there was early voting in my state. If there was, I would take advantage of it, especially so it would be easier to take PunditGirl, now a third-grader, to the polls with me to vote. She’s still going …
Continue reading...PunditMom Says Go Read This: Will Democrats Kill Your 401(k)?
October 23, 2008
The short answer is, “NO!” Karoli at Bang the Drum has written a great post on why you shouldn’t listen to this line from the GOP: … if you follow news about 401k plans, you might find some pretty scary …
Continue reading...Emerging From the Great Electoral Funk of 2008
October 23, 2008
I sat indoors in the summer of ’74, rejecting the call of the swimming pool for the Watergate hearings. As I eagerly anticipated my first presidential vote, I created my own personal clippings folder on Congressman Morris Udall and …
Continue reading...Sarah Palin and the $150,000 Suits from Saks!
October 22, 2008
Plenty of people will be hashing out whether the hundreds of thousands of dollars the Republican National Committee spent on clothes and “accessories” for Sarah Palin and her family was a legitimate political expense. I’m sure her daughters probably needed …
Continue reading...Katie Couric and Sarah Silverman? What Could be Better?!
October 21, 2008
Sit back, relax, enjoy!…
Continue reading...$800,000 and Counting! Thanks, Michele Bachmann!
October 21, 2008
It’s probably an understatement to say that so many of us have begun the belt-tightening process since the stock market and the banking industry both imploded a few weeks ago. I feel nervous pretty much every day, even though I …
Continue reading...This Message Brought to you by "Jo" the Working Mom
October 20, 2008
As a long time political nerd, I’ve seen and heard a lot of things over the years. But I’m a little confused about why John McCain and Sarah Palin think we should be taking a political science primer from a …
Continue reading...What Some of Our Daughters Think About Sarah Palin
October 20, 2008
It’s a sad day when schoolgirls have to give a VP candidate a history lesson on women’s rights. Please, Sarah, study up some more. You might not believe it, but maybe you could actually learn something about how you’ve been …
Continue reading...Excuse Me, Senator McCain — What I Want for My Daughter Isn’t About Being Liberal or Conservative
October 19, 2008
As the mother of a daughter, there are things I want for my eight-year-old PunditGirl, especially when she becomes a woman — things that I was lucky to have, but that generations before me didn’t. Interestingly, John McCain, as …
Continue reading...BREAKING NEWS: Colin Powell to Endorse Obama
October 19, 2008
CNN is confirming this morning that former Secretary of State Colin Powell has told Meet the Press that he will endorse and vote for Barack Obama for president. Media outlets were speculating on this a few days ago when it …
Continue reading...PunditMom Says Go Read This: Jill at Writes Like She Talks on the New McCarthyism
October 18, 2008
Apparently the cable news outlets have decided that Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann is their new darling — she’s everywhere channeling the spirit of Joe McCarthy with her questions and insinuations about the American-ness, if you will, of those who disagree …
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