The Redesigned Mom

Last year, I really enjoyed sharing my random thoughts as I watched the state of the union speech so I decided to do it again.

I love the state of the union speech. It is such a time capsule, capturing the political landscape and always full of interesting moments. I am always curious what the President has to say, whether I agree with some or all or none of it is really irrelevant. Well, other than the amount of wine I need to consume to keep my blood pressure stabilized.

This deal that Obama has made with the republicans just rubs me the wrong way. I get that he did what he felt he had to do for those American’s struggling the most right now. That is understandable and by itself even admirable. And, if I felt that the republicans had even the slightest good intention, I would feel that the cooperation across the aisle would even be a good sign.

But, I don’t trust the republicans and I know that they will do everything they can to block any legislation that doesn’t benefit corporate America in the future so these efforts are really meaningless.

When I learned of McCain’s VP choice, all I could do was repeat “The governor of Alaska?” over and over again. Who the hell is that? What is he thinking? I have hashed this over and over today. My take? Of course he wants a woman to say ‘see, we can be historical too’ and [...]