posted by Blue Gal @ 7:34 PM

A message of love and support...

I write this blog post for him today, and I was a volunteer for Kennedy for President in 1980. He has been an inspiration and support to all of us progressives for so long…I’m praying and praying.

Much love to Senator Kennedy and his family. - BG

(and you can leave a message of support here.)

posted by Blue Gal @ 2:04 PM 3 comments

Questioning Bush's intelligence? heh.

This is from 2007, back when Senator Clinton was the frontrunner, and yeah Maher can be tiresome, but I don't want to forget this Valerie Plame stuff. I don't want America to forget this stuff.

John Dean says what everybody should be saying. Isn't it about time that we stopped electing Presidents who are NOT SMART ENOUGH to BE President?

And don't leave the internets tubes today without reading Drifty and Sandy.

posted by Blue Gal @ 9:52 AM 0 comments

Salon tonight 9 Eastern

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posted by Blue Gal @ 7:45 PM 2 comments

Spot the hard-working embittered white working-class voter.

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He's in there someplace...

posted by Blue Gal @ 11:54 AM 6 comments

Where I'm going

For all of you who have supported me over the past few, all I can say is thank you so much. There aren't any more words than that.

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posted by Blue Gal @ 7:30 AM 13 comments

Well, sure, and the hokey pokey is what it's all about, too.

Yeah, baby. Shirt from here.

It's finally (?) moving week here, and blogging will be so light around this url you'll hardly notice it. Salon Monday night even if I can't be there long. Love on ya and hopefully this summer will bring longer days and longer posts, too. Thanks for bearing with me.

posted by Blue Gal @ 5:33 PM 5 comments

Saturday Song and prayers for Senator Ted Kennedy.

Wishing him a very speedy recovery.

Joe Jackson did this song with a little more modern verve but there's nobody like Cab...

Labels: "saturday song"

posted by Blue Gal @ 1:53 PM 3 comments

How many ex-husbands does it take
to screw in a lightbulb?

I don't know, I won't be around to find out.*

How many Democratic Underground/A-blog trolls does it take to offend a smart, politically-aware woman?

Same.+++


*No offense intended to the former Mr. Blue Gal--we're cordial and everything and we'll always have our wonderful children to nurture--particularly as regards their education. And by the way, the lightbulbs are in the closet in the big bathroom.

+++Seriously, why does anyone read that shit?

PS. Looks like Joe Biden wants to be our darlin'. Welcome to the leftie blogosphere's cocktail party and do take a seat next to me on the divan, Senator. We love a man who can cuss just a little, 'specially about the Preznit.

I couldn't find a good "man doesn't know how to screw in a lightbulb" video, but I did find this:

posted by Blue Gal @ 8:08 AM 5 comments

Is it me...

...or is John McCain's skin getting progressively darker as the campaign progresses? I wonder if the spray-on tan budget is paid for out of the Convention slush fund or general campaign revenue.

If he ever claims to be "the black man's President" I'm gonna plotz.

posted by Blue Gal @ 10:06 AM 7 comments

Writing Elsewhere Today

I dream of a writer's room like Colm Tóibín's.

Anyway, I have a short short story over at the lovely writing blog Six Sentences today. Hope you enjoy it. Leave any comments over there, and thanks.

Labels: writing

posted by Blue Gal @ 12:41 PM

Red with EMBARRASSMENT

Sure, there are ugly racist sentiments like this in Alabama but people here would die rather than have them show up AGAIN in a national newspaper. The people here learned their lesson in the sixties. There's too much invested here in trying to undo the ugly past and bring in automobile plants and tourists and shit. The Birmingham Pledge is specifically designed as an antidote to Alabama history, folks.

Jeebus West Virginia, the spotlight turns to you and you totally fuck it up. And Senator Clinton's win there is a complete embarrassment now, too. Racist assholes are born stupid, so I guess we can't expect them to shut up about it.

Yeah, thank you guys for reinforcing the stereotype that West Virginians are ignorant hillbilly racist borderline Deliverance types. Gawd, they've gotta be near hanging themselves at the West Virginia Tourism Board.

Lemme say it in plain words for ya: if I were Senator Clinton I'd be ashamed to get the votes of these people and if I were Bill Clinton? Shit. All he did has been undone. All of it.

posted by Blue Gal @ 12:24 PM 17 comments

from a comment at a bigger blog....

I have a question. What to you say to millions of women who only bothered paying attention to politics because they were excited about voting for the first female president? Do you just say, i'm sorry that your candidate was tossed out to the curb like yesterdays garbage, but for the good of the country you should vote for the man most responsible for it?

Good lord. Okay, in answer to your "question"? Grow up. Clinton is not being kicked out to the curb like yesterday's garbage any more than Hubert Humphrey, Ted Kennedy, Dennis Kucinich, or any other man who lost a bid for the Presidency. [update: Howard Dean. Helloooooo?] It's politics, it's not "fair," and what's ironic is, Hillary Clinton totally understands that, because she's BEEN in politics for a very long time. Those supporters "who only bothered paying attention to politics" recently? Puh-leeze, most of Senator Clinton's supporters are working for her because they've paid attention for a long time. There are a great many more political neophytes in the Obama camp, which is part of why Clinton is losing. All of them have some catching up to do.

Oh, and now that you're paying attention to politics, commenter? How about some more political action from ya? You could even start with online feminist activism against stuff like this. The seeds of outrage have many verdant fields, my friend:

posted by Blue Gal @ 7:43 AM 12 comments