Atlanta blogs today
September 2, 2008 at 11:43 am by Scott Freeman in Blogroll— Is questioning McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin demeaning to women, as conservatives would like you to believe? Of course not, writes Amy Morton at Georgia Women Vote. The fact that McCain didn’t fully vet Palin before selecting her is what’s really demeaning.
— Palin is also on the mind of Dcup at Politits. She writes that she wants to take the high road on all the Internet conjecture about Palin’s teenage daughter and her pregnancy(s). But for Dcup, it’s personal because it’s about respecting choice and about Bible-thumping hypocrites.
— But leave it to DriftGrift to put Palin’s “issues” in perspective with his “Morning Wooten.”
— Over in Iraq, the Daly Briefing reminds me of what Mark Twain said about Americans: Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it. Our correspondent in the war zone says Iraqi leaders complain about problem after problem, but never offer any solutions.
— At Lucid Idiocy, Travis takes aim at a state government that shows its appreciation to veterans by closing an assisted living center for vets because of the budget shortfall.
— And, finally, Sara at Going Through The Motions picked the wrong weekend to travel to Biloxi for a poker tournament. She left the Gulf Coast Sunday morning and writes of being swept up in evacuees in the search for food and gasoline while driving 20 mph on the interstate. Gustav missed New Orleans and for that, we can be thankful.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I guess I have to ask Amy Morton, “Do you prefer a party who chooses an lightly qualified candidate with no foreign policy experience and a minimalist history of elected office for VP or a party who chooses one for President?”
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Look, as a POW, which I was for four years, I know the difficulties we face. Governor Palin has visited the troops in Iraq. As someone who was once a POW, I wanted someone I could trust with the soldiers, because I was in the armed forces.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Change.
Change?
Yes, change.
Did I mention I am Black?
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Demeaning to women is proclaiming yourslef as a Feminist while staying with a serial philanderer so that you can ride his coattails to the Senate and, possibly, the White House.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Oh Dale, can’t you just admit that this was a cynical and impulsive choice by McCain? If going with a Vagina-American was so critical, there are at least a dozen other qualified Republican women. Six years ago, this woman was mayor of a town with 9,000 people. You can’t possibly be comfortable with the idea of her being president if McCain were incapacitated or worse.