MOMocrats

Princess Jenna's Mother's Day Gift to Her Mama:

A series of headlines that are unrelated to her father's massively embarrassing persona.

Things I could care less about, on a scale of 1-richter:

King George's daughter's wedding.

Yes.  She's marrying someone.  Yes, she's super-socialite a la creme de super-duper.  Sure, the (if the words de la Renta mean anything, were probably prohibitive) wedding costs won't be giving her apoplexy for a long-term period, even if she did do her damnedest to scrimp and find inexpensive-yet-still-lovely-and-chic, diy ways to make the big day beautiful and memorable (okay, I might possibly be projecting, since I still have some ranty issues leftover from my own wedding that was already quite awhile hence).  Even though we know she didn't have to scrimp.  She possibly has never heard the word in any context whatsoever, other than at a big shrimp-barbecue party an elegant soirée involving grilled seafood, and someone, in an exceptionally drunken blunder, said "scrimp" when they meant to say "shrimp."  Because she comes from royalty.  Er, money.  Yippee.  Congrats.

Meanwhile, please tell me, in an age where people can barely make ends meet, and the price of bread, never mind fuel, is through the roof, and homelessness numbers soar, and all of this is thanks to the little lady's daddy - please explain to me why I should be remotely interested in her nuptials? 

If I never have to hear her name, or her father's name (unless it's "George W. Bush has been sentenced to...") again, it will be too soon.

Go away, aristocratic brats.  You're not so popular as you'd have it.

Royal crown notwithstanding.

MOMocrats All Agree on One Thing!

It's as simple as that.

Photo by PunditMom

 

Go Read It: Hillary's "Obliterate Iran" Remark and the Overseas Response

Maybe the one big piece of news that came out of the otherwise content-free ABC News debate was Clinton's stance on the "what-if?" situation where Iran uses nuclear arms to attack Israel. Clinton spoke about maintaining an "umbrella of deterrence" and that the U.S., under her lead, would "obliterate Iran"--with nuclear weapons, if need be--to protect our ally Israel.

It wasn't a mistake, she said it again when interviewed a few days later.

Contrast this with Governor Bill Richardson's more reasoned comments on Iran:

Clinton's remark disappeared into the ether, we were all so rightly annoyed at the overall vapidity of George Stuffin'envelopes and Chuck Gibson's moderation of that so-called debate.

But the international press certainly sat up and noticed--go read it here.

John McCain Stomps on Lily Ledbetter: Don't Let Him!

Today, John McCain said that voting for a Senate bill that makes it easier to sue for pay equity in the face of gender discrimination "opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems. This is government playing a much, much greater role in the business of a private enterprise system." Translation: I'm on the side of business. And, no support for pay equity and if you experience gender discrimination but don't do anything about it within 180 days? You lose, sucker.

Dick Cheney's "Quagmire"

Please watch this video of Mr. Evil himself, Dick Cheney, in 1994.

Even Dick himself didn't think invading Iraq was a good idea: "How many dead Americans is Saddam worth?...Not very many."

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Guest Post: Karoli of Drums & Whistles on Torture

The MOMocrats are pleased to welcome guest contributor, Karoli, who blogs about life and the web at Drums and Whistles and about politics at Bang the Drum.
 

While CNN and the other Sunday talking heads obsess over the 'bitterness' speech, and the Clinton/McCain campaign continues to flog it, let's talk about the real reason to be bitter:  President George Bush ADMITS he knew about torture authorization after his top advisors got together and discussed in excruciating detail how best to carry it out. During an interview with ABC News last Thursday, President Bush admitted that he knew that "The Principals" discussed and approved the torture of so-called "high value" al Qaeda suspects:

"Well, we started to connect the dots in order to protect the American people." Bush told ABC News White House correspondent Martha Raddatz. "And yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved."

Think about this when you hear those trial balloons for Condoleeza Rice to be the VP candidate with McCain (wouldn't THAT be an incredible irony?):

The high-level discussions about these "enhanced interrogation techniques" were so detailed, these sources said, some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed -- down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic. These top advisers signed off on how the CIA would interrogate top al Qaeda suspects -- whether they would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep or subjected to simulated drowning, called waterboarding, sources told ABC news.

Here's an Obama Policy for All Democrats!

According to the Huffington Post, a President Barack Obama would immediately review potential crimes in the Bush White House.

Now THAT'S an agenda item I think all of the MOMocrats can get behind!

Evolution of a MOMocrat

If I can change the subject from Barack Obama and the meaning of the word "bitter" for a bit, I'd like to talk about MOMocrats and what it's done for me.

Growing up I learned there are three things you don't discuss in polite conversation: sex, money, and politics.  Now, of course, if everyone followed the rules about sex and politics I think conversation would cease altogether. 

Nevertheless, I took "the rules" to heart and rarely discussed my political views. Instead I clandestinely wrote letters to the editor in high school and read The Washington Post in the school library.

Then I went to law school.

Law school was a freeing experience because we were expected, no required, to discuss political and constitutional issues every day.  And to back our discussions up with legal arguments. "The rules" went out the window.

Attending law school in Washington, D.C. was like crack to a political junkie.  I could walk to the Capitol Building instead of watching C-Span. Supreme Court oral arguments were just a few miles away. I got excited about sighting politicians instead of celebrities. It was heaven.

Why Condoleeza Rice Should Not Be Eligible for VP:

Because she's a war criminal.

This makes me sick.  I am shaking, visibly, as I write, with tears stupidly coursing down the bridge of my nose.

Our president signed off on illegal methods of torture.  There's a long article about it at dailykos, a well-written one, but here's the pdf, too, for brevity's sake.

We're all tarred with this.  I'm so ashamed.  I'm so ashamed.

*covers face with hands*

Bush/McCain 100 Year War = Media Group Hug!

Lifted this from Atrios.  But you gotta read the excerpt in its entirety, which I'm also blatantly lifting:

* McCain is doing an event in Brooklyn this afternoon at a company called Windows We Are, Inc. It looks like McCain’s campaign didn’t exactly check the place out first — the company’s employment application form asks applicants if they have kids, are married, and rent or own. I’m pretty sure employment law prohibits these questions. Given that McCain is supposed to be speaking about jobs, this might prove to be a little embarrassing for the campaign (which never seems to do its homework).

Um, asshole kinda company, if you ask me -- dig the illegal bits.  McCane, your very bone marrow reeks of stupid.

Also, there's this cheery gem, brought to you by the BEST PotUS EVER: