The problem with John McCain....

Last night I watched about 30 minutes of the first presidential debate. Since I am a flaming liberal, the debates don't much affect me, but I felt I should at least watch a little. I have to say, I was impressed by McCain. He didn't look like a complete idiot and he appeared well versed and quite spry for his age. I was expecting Obama to crush him like a bug and I felt quite the opposite. I found Obama to be doing much more hemming and hawing and to be more defensive. If I hadn't made up my mind about my political persuasions by the time I was 12, I might have been swayed a bit to the Republican side. BUT...

McCain has two BIG problems. The first is of no fault of his own. He's a republican and so is his predecessor, George the Lesser. Unfortunately, GWB has been anything but a republican of late. The "rescuing" of private financial institutions by the federal government almost qualifies as socialism. The creation and ballooning of the homeland security department also contributes "big" government. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched our military to the brink of collapse. Non-sanctioned wire tapping has become the norm. So, while McCain preaches a mantra of smaller, more responsible government, people can no longer believe in the cornerstones of the Republican party; no one can possibly think that McCain's administration could minimize governmental influence on the American people.

Second...SARAH PALIN. Unfortunately, McCain has no one to blame but himself for this choice. At first, I was intrigued by her. A powerful (even if she leads is governor of a low populace state), extremely attractive, family oriented woman. Maybe she could be like Hillary (who I love, but that will be the subject of another post). Then, as a few days went by, I started to feel sorry for her. McCain plucked this woman from almost anonymity to run for VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Until this point, she had been hanging out in Alaska, making some much needed (this is debatable) changes, having babies. How could we expect her to be "up on" matters of national security or, any issues important to the vast majority of americans. I was sure she was smart, just inexperienced and if just given enough time to bone up on the issues that she would be a great choice for VP. Then came the Charlie Gibson interview...ok, she's still learning...The Bush Doctrine? What is that? Then came the Katie Couric interview...whoa...Now I can no longer make excuses for her. Not only is she the most socially and religiously conservative person I have ever seen, she's an IDIOT! No amount of time will make her qualified to be VP. I am sure many americans are coming to this conclusion and given McCains age and previous bouts with cancer, NO ONE can possibly feel comfortable with SARAH PALIN one heartbeat away from the presidency.

OK...I'm done and I feel much better now :) 

The FIRST entry-9/26/08

I'm glad to know that Trey never knows what I'm thinking....That makes two of us! I asked Trey to set up this blog for me because I have really enjoyed being able to "comment on my status" on Facebook, but I feel sometimes as though I need a bit more space to explain myself! 

This week has been quite slow at work because graduate student Kelly and I are in the midst of working up figures for our paper and finishing up a very few minute details. Since Kelly has requested to actually write the paper, that leaves me with most of the "finishing up" experiments. These can be a bit slow because one usually has to be finished before moving on to another. All is going well and that leaves me time to write this blog post, play on facebook and pump lots of breastmilk! It's nice to have a bit of a break every once in a while. I'm sure next week will be busier.

I often think to myself that my boys are quite amazing...But the last couple of days have been exceptional. Lewis has been sleeping well, from 8:30 to 6:30, all week. Getting up at 6:30 is perfect because it gives him a chance to nurse for half an hour before being disturbed by the LOUD and rambunctious Henry. I very much enjoy that 30 minutes we spend together. Also, Henry, for the first time ever, TOLD us he had to pee before he actually peed. So, we got a night of pee on the toilet, wear underwear for an hour, pee on the toilet, wear underwear for a half and hour, shower...no accidents! Yipee!!! I feel as though the end may be in sight. I thought this day would never, ever come. I felt as though I was destined to change adult-sized poops 2-3 times a day, every day for the rest of my life...While I know this is ridiculous, this is often how it feels!

I am excited for the weekend. We have recently adopted a "shop every three weeks for groceries" plan and this has been giving us much more time to just hang out...I think tomorrow morning we will be heading out to breakfast and then to the farmers market. Hopefully, I can find some yummy fruits and veggies for Lewis to try. Then it's to refinishing some park benches we bought for our deck...and, of course, the UGA game tomorrow night...GO DAWGS (this part is for Trey). Sunday brings our standing playground date with Rafferty and his family (and maybe a few others), cooking and more fun! Hope you all have a nice weekend, too.