Witch twitched. Grateful that our family dodged Sandy’s brutal blow. Blizzards, floods. Whoa. Enough to wag the dog? Does Romney’s momentum slow? Obama’s one last Deus ex Machina. Hope so. Next week, we’ll know. In the meantime, can’t we just skippy Hallow? Give me my broom, away I’ll go.
JakeTrik the annual exception. Pretzel Dino.
Is it just me, or are we in a slump? Politics boring. World events depressing. Farm stands waning. Mums, apples, gourds, cornstalks have replaced tomatoes, berries. September slumber. Don’t care if Justin Bieber kisses Carrie Underwood on the lips. Oh, that wasn’t him? I’m a dinner jacket spewing annual hate to an empty General Assembly. United Nations less relevant than ever.
Good news. Real refs are coming back this weekend. PuppMitt is saying sillier things everyday. But, he’s just pathetic. Not entertaining like Sarah. Cooking bacon to break the fast. Now, that’s an expensive oxymoron. I atone.
Polls. Romney up. Obama down. Obama up. Romney down. Polls are easy. Getting strategic voters to the polls will be difficult. Especially in swing States. Polls are a fun pundit game. Polling place turnout count will decide. Access to voting sites. Clear and simple ballots. Remember those hanging chads?
My vote is irrelevant in the general election. I’m a non-birth-control-needing old white girl in a purple-blue county of the most liberal Commonwealth. Just a few neighborhoods in Ohio and Florida will make the difference. However, my one vote in Massachusetts, could turn the Senate one way or the other. Literally.
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Tamped out in Florida. What was that Clint thing? Every which way but coherent. It took away from heart-felt testimonials which rendered Romney not only human, but saint-like. They had me. A beautifully produced video about Mitt’s life gave us comfort that he’d be okay as our leader. And then… Marco Rubio. His story was wonderful. But, it was his. And then… Clint. Talking to an empty chair.
Romney finally enters woodenly shaking hands. Takes the stage. The first part of his speech was good. Personal. Authentic. Policy part lost me, especially Neo-Con speak. That did not seem to come from his soul. When Ann joins him, she freezes out Janna Ryan. Zero engagement with Janna, Paul or their family. Strange chill.
Who cares? mAdBen just landed in Lima, off to Machu Picchu. Happy Labor Day.
Herman and Eddie. Ryan rules the Republican domestic agenda. Neo-cons will fill the foreign policy void. Rove, Kristol, Gillespie. Chilling article in this month’s VanityFair. Puppet Master Karl pulling strings of Mitt the Marionette.
Debate hosts. Candy and Martha, Jim and Bob. Meh. I was hoping for Leslie Stahl or Jake Tapper who would not let candidates ramble on talking points.
Off to the country house, Jeeves! I’ve changed into my weekend plaids and my purse is packed with fig newtons. What is the weather forecast?
Questions of the day. Cafferty asked what it means that almost half of Americans die with less than $10,000 in assets? Married seniors are better off than singles in retirement. Thank goodness, after 30 years of marriage, I’ll have someone to drive the mortgaged RV when we run out of dough. Soon.
Has anyone asked Zzzomney what he has been doing since he left the governorship of Massachusetts and lost the 2008 nomination? Counted his cash? Watched his wife’s horse dance? Jet skied? Blogged? All of the above? Curious.
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Loved Danny Dickensian Boyle production. Like a laser beam into intimate history of the United Kingdom. Brilliant. Then, oy vey. Just starting the “M”‘s at 10:30 P.M. Three hours in. Commercials every ten minutes. I know, mAdBen, it’s your livelihood. But, geez. It’s all about NBC, not the athletes. Olympinoxious.
Zzzomney should have warned us about the snooze-a-thon to come. By the time the torch is lit, I’ll be snoring. DVR anyone?
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Main Street vs. Bain Street. Why is Mitt surprised? He’s been running for President for like 10 years. He never thought this subject would come up? With documents from the SEC? He should have had his ducks in a row.
Zzzomney was in the bizness of maximizing profits. At any cost. For shareholders. That means downsizing. Outsourcing. Geez. Wasn’t anybody around in the 90′s? Personal tax shelters. Okay, maybe in the old days. But, last year? Perception is everything. This is not competence we can believe in.
The entitled on Bain Street need not heed the problems of Main Street. Until they run for office. Arrogance or ignorance? Either way, scary.
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JP Morgan trading losses, London Interbank Offered Rate manipulation. Perception is everything. Optics key. Makes the argument harder to justify for anti-regulation even if it won’t fix anything. As global financial boundaries continue to blur, it’s easier to hide stuff. Right, Mitt?
It’s not that Romney is rich. It’s that he is clueless about those who are not. If he was CEO at Bain after 1999, whether he was actively involved in management, who cares? Perception is everything. Bain Street vs. Main Street. And the ‘books’ of Mormon will be further roasted as the election looms. The church was, probably is the largest foreign exchange customer in the world. Global assets, cash beyond belief. From Marriott to Campbell’s to Huntsman, they rule more of the world than most people realize. BloombergBusinessWeek.
So, on another sizzling weekend, read a book to escape. Or, if not re-read Tom Wolfe’s I Am Charlotte Simmons in the horrific wake of Penn State.
TeaParty’s Norquist says they just want a President who can hold a pen to sign every tax cut put in front of him. Colin Powell worries that a flimsy-spined Romney has surrounded himself with NeoCons. Mitt the Marionette is even spouting their arcane Cold War notion that Russia is our biggest threat. Would he string-dance us into invading Iran?
PuppMitt should stick to Bain Street. This he understands. Facebook deal slipped by regulators. Too little too late. Why is anybody still surprised? Insiders and underwriters always reap most of the profits long before an IPO hits the market.
Greece bails. Yerp out.
