double ditto to you marva. and thanks. babs.

hi. just to be clear, the note above is meant as a reply to rita’s problem with my lack of capitalization. it somehow didn’t land where i expected. apologies, babs.

thank you amelie. i agree.

thank you, iris.

sorry to have offended your sensibilities. i guess i thought it was about what we were saying.

i’m a cat girl, but if the obamas want a puppy, they should have a puppy. but what i really wonder is why this is a question at all given what lies ahead of the new first family.

this campaign for sure helped women in politics. hillary was a major contender and it wasn’t her being a woman that cost her the nomination, it was being hillary. i personally like her and supported her, but she alienated a lot of people of all political stripes and sexes and colors and faith persuasions. it was a very positive thing that women didn’t blindly vote for mccain because of palin. the reasons palin was scary and unacceptable go far beyond her being a woman and i think they’ve been discussed plenty so i won’t elaborate. what i think is very disgusting is how the mccain campaign honchos are now using palin as their whipping girl. they chose her. they groomed programmed her. it’s their fault. but i’m glad they were so misguided because now there will be hope in the white house for the first time in i years. go obama.

to my mind, obama won hands down. mccain’s “that one” comment, was the definitive moment for me. it showed what a mean-spirited jerk he is. he wasn’t always. there was a time when he had dignity and integrity. but now, no. now he’s just a desperate lying politician willing to do anything to get elected. boo.

where’s the “none of the above” choice?

i don’t know if hollywood hates tom cruise. i think there was a while when hollywood tried to distance itself from tom cruise. his religious pursuits don’t interest me per se, but what i don’t like is proselytizing. and i think when he puts a massage tent on his film set that is staffed with scientology proselytizers who sell the belief system while giving their massages, that is a bit bizarre. but where he really lost me was is totally inappropriate criticism of brooke shields and of anti-depressants. i realize it is a tenet of scientology not to believe in psychology and psychiatry, and he has every right to hold that opinion and not avail himself of those practices, but espousing those beliefs publicly was way out of line since his is entirely unqualified to make those determinations. he is very high-profile and uses that status to deliver his agenda and i don’t like that. as an actor, he doesn’t have a very broad range, but when he chooses his films carefully and stays within his range he can be quite entertaining.

i wish the happy couple well and look forward to the day when same sex unions are just another happy celebration of love—as they so rightly ought to be. cheers ellen & portia

between this question and the madonna nonsense, this site is dropping fast, and soon i fear many of the thinking women i come here to read will go away. please wow, don’t turn into a pandering pile of gossip.

Hi Liz: I don’t think as many people care about that woman’s birthday. It’s stunning to me that WOW is devoting this much coverage to her, when there are so many more interesting things going on in the world. Bad call. Boring. Please, oh please, let’s move on fast to something else. Anything else. B

I agree with Frannie M. None of the above. None whatsoever. Overrated. Overrated. Overrated.

My wish to her is the same at it would be to anyone on their birthday: many happy returns of the day. Otherwise: big whoop.