tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post236953956285805749..comments2023-10-15T10:48:01.870-04:00Comments on Roxie's World: Pre-Debate Pub CrawlRoxie Smith Lindemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-50501370017981259542008-10-03T00:25:00.000-04:002008-10-03T00:25:00.000-04:00You're a pretty smart pup, Homer. I will get my t...You're a pretty smart pup, Homer. I will get my typist to look into that possibility. She might have to call on the geeks in tech support, of course, but we will see what we can do. Meantime, we were impressed that Bible-Spice didn't seem quite as moronic as the media and the bloggerboyz have been insisting she is. Biden did well, no doubt, but we're glad Palin didn't just fall flat on her face.Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-19218103996462928032008-10-02T20:22:00.000-04:002008-10-02T20:22:00.000-04:00Roxie,When secretly signing on to my human's compu...Roxie,<BR/><BR/>When secretly signing on to my human's computer while she sits on her bum and reads books ignoring the breaking news in the world, I discovered twitter. I think that you should join twitter and then you could twitter your responses to the debates WHILE IT HAPPENS. You can load a twitter feed quite easily, so I've seen, on your blogger blog. Something to think about. We're all waiting for your response to the Bible-Spice/Biden debate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-23729828094992599812008-09-27T16:05:00.000-04:002008-09-27T16:05:00.000-04:00Do you really think that many American voters are ...Do you really think that many American voters are nervous about having an African American President? I don't. Or, not enough to outnumber voters who will vote for Obama simply because he IS African American. So I think that's at best a wash, and in fact he's more helped by the face of his race than hurt. . . .<BR/><BR/>The debate was B-O-R-I-N-G. Neither of them looked very presidential to this viewer. If either of them wanted to convince me that they care about the American voter and taxpayer, they would have answered the questions about which of their plans they're going to have to cut, and redirected all of the discussion back to the current economic crisis. But neither wants to talk about it much because both are stupefyingly stumped.<BR/>--GooseMartha Nell Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066686045532002283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-62722286416531866032008-09-27T12:40:00.000-04:002008-09-27T12:40:00.000-04:00That's what it needed to be, though--at least for ...That's what it needed to be, though--at least for Obama. McCain would have liked some energy, I think, and you saw him try to develop it with the segments when he opened his eyes wide and put on that earnest, breathy voice, which, annoyingly, reminded me of a third-grade teacher trying to generate some enthusiasm for the study of deciduous trees. Didn't take, as far as I can tell, though. <BR/><BR/>A surprising number of Americans (well, I'd like to <I>think</I> it's surprising, but ... well, you know) are still nervous about voting for an African American. Obama needed to project himself as presidential. Clinton would have had the same goal had she been the nominee. She'd have been working to avoid sounding "shrill" (TM) or "angry" (as in that bugaboo of the right, the "angry feminist" (TM)). Obama had to avoid scaring people by sounding like an Angry Black Man (TM). The base on each side knows who they're going to vote for. This was about the independents and swing voters who are still trying to get their minds around anyone who does not look precisely like the last 43. We're used to white guys as president. So, while an exciting debate would have been better entertainment, this was, I think, better politics, at least for Obama.<BR/><BR/>And I can't resist another plug for Roy Zimmerman, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un7D1MWFEN0" REL="nofollow">" Is America Ready for a Rich White Straight Male Anglo-Saxon Protestant President? Again?"</A> Also, he has done a Palindrome, with "Sarah Pale in Comparision," which is not, I think one of his best, but he was playing off being a songwriter named Zimmerman in Minnesota at the time. (His "If the Beatles Were Irish" is fun, though. Yes, shameless plug. Support our Democratic songwriters!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-4363325715622466062008-09-27T09:44:00.000-04:002008-09-27T09:44:00.000-04:00Yeah, if headline writers were honest, the papers ...Yeah, if headline writers were honest, the papers would say, "McCain and Obama face off in epic snooze-fest. Dullest 90 minutes in human history."Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-62936156250254333662008-09-27T09:16:00.000-04:002008-09-27T09:16:00.000-04:00Having just read my last post, I'm left to wonder ...Having just read my last post, I'm left to wonder if I hadn't already had two Zombies . . .<BR/><BR/>The debate last night was mind numbing.Geoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357719173715772046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-49320961059688932012008-09-26T20:55:00.000-04:002008-09-26T20:55:00.000-04:00That coconut shrimp is fried, sweetie boy -- We wo...That coconut shrimp is fried, sweetie boy -- We worry about your cholesterol. Better have TWO Zombies to cut the oil. ;-)Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-70058498832974602492008-09-26T19:09:00.000-04:002008-09-26T19:09:00.000-04:00Mmm . . . coconut shrimp, please, along with a Zom...Mmm . . . coconut shrimp, please, along with a Zombie in one of those flaming lava glasses.<BR/><BR/>Roxie, have you heard that John McCain has already declared victory in the debate even though it hasn't happened yet. He's either prescient or sliding in senility faster than I thought.Geoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357719173715772046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-30544721497951232532008-09-26T17:32:00.000-04:002008-09-26T17:32:00.000-04:00And as I dash off to Happy Hour, Rox, I say thanks...And as I dash off to Happy Hour, Rox, I say thanks for making me grin this cloudy Friday afternoon! And hey, what do you think are the chances of those two guys running for Prez, neither of which has had much to say about the financial debacle (unlike that woman who used to be in the race), standing up and saying, "hell, these campaigns cost way too much money. How is it were spending 100s of millions of dollars and America's going bankrupt?" Guess the chances of that are the same as the proverbial snowball's chance in hell. . . .<BR/><BR/>Blue Hawaii or Lava Flow? Mmm, maybe I'll have one of each, in alphabetical order.<BR/>--GooseMartha Nell Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066686045532002283noreply@blogger.com