I live in Alabama and I vote in a church, too. The City uses lots of churches, probably because they allow them the use for free. I used to vote in the elementary school around the corner and it was difficult with all the people and all the kids and all the cars! The church is better, traffic-wise.

Here in the South, if a woman sleeps with another woman’s wife that makes her what you call a “w”!! It is also a matter of class, too. What was it that Mammy told Scarlett in “Gone With The Wind”? “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.” In all the McCain talk about pigs, this seems appropriate.

Excellent article, Phyllis. Thanks so much for sharing. I particularly enjoyed this: “All campaigns, Obama’s included, engage in false attacks. But McCain, Sarah Palin and their surrogates keep repeating the same lies over and over not just to smear their opponents and not just to mask their own record. Their larger aim is to construct a bogus alternative reality so relentless it can overwhelm any haphazard journalistic stabs at puncturing it.” And “Just as the Bushies once flogged uranium from Africa, so Palin ceaselessly repeats her discredited claim that she said “no thanks” to the Bridge to Nowhere. Nothing is too small or sacred for the McCain campaign to lie about. It was even caught (by The Christian Science Monitor) peddling an imaginary encounter between Cindy McCain and Mother Teresa when McCain was adopting her daughter in Bangladesh.” McCain and Palin scare the crap out of me!

I have thought about that issue myself, Jennifer. He seems to be one angry man at times, and I have wondered if that frozen look on his wife’s face comes from fear, and if so, did that contribute to her prescription drug use. People often self-medicate depression with booze and piils. I have also thought a lot about McCain’s age and Alzheimer’s or dementia. Anger is also one of the first signs of dementia when people get frustrated by their mental and physical problems. I am firmly convinced that Ronald Reagan was exhibiting signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia while he was in office. There are too many documented clips of Nancy feeding Ronnie lines of what to say to reporters quietly.

You know Marjorie, you can repeat the lie that Senator Obama has no experience all you want … it still doesn’t make it true. Newt Gingrich, commenting on Obama’s experience: “Well, Abraham Lincoln served two years in the U.S.House, and seemed to do all right.” (Meet The Press) You know, you are right that the Democrats did nothing about the sexism Senator Clinton experienced and it is a shame that they didn’t stand up to people like Rush Limbaugh who said: “Mrs. Clinton’s testicle lockbox is big enough for the entire Democrat hierarchy.” (Limbaugh also suggested America wasn’t ready to watch a female politician age because only men looked more “authoritative, accomplished [and] distinguished” as they approached the grave.) If comments like that make you proud to be a Republican, I will pray for you. McCain chose Palin because he thought she would be grateful to be selected and willing to stand in the background and allow him to shine. He had no clue that she would make it the Palin/McCain ticket. And here is a good one for you, Marjorie, why did the McCain campaign insist that the debate between Joe Biden and Palin have a shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential nominees (which means there will less opportunity for direct exchange between the candidates)? What is McCain afraid of? A loose format could leave Palin at a disadvantage and put her largely on the defensive aka she isn’t smart enough to keep up with Joe!

I think Palin should be compared to both men who are running … I am sitting here right now listening to her at a rally being televised, telling lies about Barack Obama. Why shouldn’t she be discussed? And why is it that Republicans found it perfectly okay to say some of the nastiest things ever about Hillary Clinton and when she complained of sexism was told to suck it up, but it isn’t okay for Democrats to point out that Sarah Palin has zero experience to be Vice President? Why do Republicans have such double standards for their behavior? And lastly, why when they don’t get their ways, do their threaten to pick up their toys and go home, Amy? I find Ann Coulter to be the most offensive woman on the planet, but I came back after the founders here let her post here.

What is up with the Republicans to follow their own rules? We all need to start following in Gomer Pyle’s footsteps with a good CITIZEN’S ARREST every time we see Republicans break the law! No matter what they think, they are no better than the rest of us. We all have to live together and we all need to obey the same laws,

First of all, you are right about Sandra Bernhard. When she, and others, say the awful things they do about Palin, it gives the trash talkers like Rush et al the opportunity to talk about how nasty Democrats are to their sweet girl. Second, I think the problem is that McCain doesn’t get that the gen pop is smarter now, in regards to politicians, than when he started out in the business. The fact that he selected someone like Sarah Palin IS an insult to us all because he thinks we are too dumb to notice how dumb she is intellectually, and that she is smart in a sneaky way like Bush and Cheney. I keep thinking, if by some awful chance that the McCain-Palin ticket get elected, that McCain needs to keep one eye on his back.

That is absurd! And Sarah might be pretty on the outside, but she sure isn’t on the inside!

Lily, what is even more frightening is that she was reading a speech written by Bush speechwriters.

Elaine, we were not attacked by the Iraqis on 9/11!!! WHY are we bombing and killing them? We WERE attacked by a group consisting mainly of Saudi Arabians who were members of al-Qaida. Why AREN’T we at war with the Saudis? Because the Saudi rulers and the Bush family have been in bed together for years. Why did Bush put aside the war on Afghanistan? On the topic of being pro-choice, it is evident that you are so closed minded that you will not accept that other people have different opinions from yours. My opinion doesn’t make me right any more than yours makes you right. I will not attempt to discuss it with you again.

Here you go Marjorie … “Congratulations to John McCain, he wrapped up the Republican nomination this week. And we know this is official now because Mike Huckabee dropped out and said he was joining forces with John McCain. Oh, great, you’ve got one guy who doesn’t believe in evolution, and another guy who remembers it.” —Bill Maher “McCain came out this week with a list of 20 possible running mates. He would not reveal the names of all of them, but he said they all share certain traits, like knowing CPR. He said he wants someone who is ready take over on day two.” —Bill Maher “Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain have all been arguing, claiming that they’re the most qualified person to answer the White House phone at 3 a.m. Yeah, McCain said, ‘I’m the most qualified, because I’m usually up at that hour peeing anyway.’” —Conan O’Brien “We’re leaning more and more about John and Cindy McCain. He’s on this big biography tour. I guess his wife Cindy is worth over $100 million because the family made money selling Budweiser beer. So he has a wife 20 years younger than him, free beer, and unlimited money. I think I speak for all guys when I go, ‘Why is he running for president?’” —Jay Leno “Senator McCain, running for president, is in Iraq. Of course, he remembers Iraq when it was known as Mesopotamia.” —David Letterman

Marjorie, is there some reason you keep posting this over and over again? Do you have Tourette’s or something? If so, I am very sorry. I understand it can be a very difficult thing to live with.

In case you didn’t see or hear me Mugsy, I just shouted out “right on” and made the power fist!

You can also thank the Reagan Administration for their help in the spreading of the HIV virus. When scientists first suspected that HIV was spread via blood, they begged Reagan to stop the Red Cross and to notify people who received transfusions that they could be at risk. The Administration refused because they didn’t feel the scientists had enough proof. God only knows how many people were infected with the HIV virus through blood transfusions—they died because of Ronald Reagan and his personal belief that the AIDS virus was only a homosexual problem. Read the book “And The Band Played On” or watch the movie. It will just make you sit down and cry for all the hemophiliacs who died needlessly.