Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
“you know what we have to do to win elections.” “take those tapes as they are and you will acknowledge those are things we in politics do to run campaigns…” now he’s saying that the prosecutor doesn’t want witnesses...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
he wants them to reconsider and wants all the tapes to be heard. “i never intended to break any law.”
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
he’s been talking for about one minute and already i’m nauseated. he’s saying he wish he could have brought in witnesses, he wish he could have made his case, the rules are unfair…blah blah blah. sickening. ” “just give me a chance...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
and he’s maybe going to talk for 90 minuts this morning. he’s “grateful for the opportunity to be here today,” even though he said THE FIX IS IN on tv all over the place.
Jan 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
tomorrow is the BIG DAY, the impeachment is going to wrap-up, and blago will have his 90 minutes of more blah blah blah. it was appalling to read a national columnist today saying that he didn’t see that blago really did anything so wrong. i just found this...
Jan 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
here’s one of the many cards they were using during the trial today.
Jan 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
my friend wanda sent me a link to a very funny clip from rachel maddow about blago. i added it over there in “other videos.” well, i finally watched it after a few days of not watching it because of my continuing inertia. but really, when it’s this...
Jan 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
kevin, mom and i went down to the capitol today to watch the second day of impeachment proceedings against our celebrity governor. did you happen to see him yesterday? you could have watched him on “good morning america,” or on the today show, or...
Jan 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
maybe the women of the view will read some of these editorials. i’m figuring every single paper in the state will have one. this one from the trib is so good: Thanks, Governor Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Friday that he can’t get a fair trial in the...
Jan 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
what a day, and i missed most of it so i had to do a lot of reading this evening to keep up. the governor had a crazy press conference, except he didn’t actually answer any questions, he just kept saying it was all a big conspiracy, impeaching him so...
Jan 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
kevin e-mailed me this about blago, from the pantagraph paper: Chicago radio station offers Blagojevich weekly show Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:13 AM CST By Associated Press CHICAGO — A Chicago radio station is offering embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich a new...
Jan 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
(UPDATE: christine just commented on the fact that i forgot a title for this post. i’ve never done this before; clearly, it’s a sign of my creeping dementia). ok, i’m not very timely here, but my friend thad sent me this e-mail about going to the...
Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
sasha (the younger daughter) bopped and danced out. very cute.
Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
and they showed a shot of the crowd, and plenty of people had already left. you’d think that because they had to be there so long, they’d wait till it was over. then again, it’s going to be quite a traffic jam of people in a few...
Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
and they keep showing clips of people watching from around the country. meanwhile, it looks like malia is videotaping her dad’s speech.
Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
the supreme court justice who did the swearing-in seemed to say the wrong words for obama to say back to him. they should have practiced it together.
Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
WOW, that’s some hat aretha is wearing, as she sings “my country tis of thee.”
Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
obama is walking down the hall, about to go outside for the inauguration. the ex-presidents all marched along with their wives, but obama is all by himself, walking along. what a surreal moment it must be for him. there are so many people out there on the mall. waving...
Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
i’d kind of like to be there at the inauguration. but kind of not. if i was there in the huge crowd on the mall, it would be cold and crowded and i’d see the whole thing on the giant tv screens, instead of here on my own giant tv. it would be exhilarating,...
Jan 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
we’re watching amy and jim’s zoo for a few days, and they’re getting home tonight. right now things are mellow; shadow is the only dog here and he’s sleeping on the couch with his tongue hanging out (because he has no teeth). last night i felt...
Jan 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
the wind is HOWLING now. i think it’s even colder. i went out and took yet more photos. i just love this view. and here are some geese, who i know logically aren’t cold but that still seems impossible to me. and then one of them decided to take a quick dip...
Jan 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
i woke up and it was gray again and then i realized it SNOWED last night. not that much snow, but with the weather we’re having and are going to have, there’s little chance of it melting. ever. it might get up into the 20’s today, but tomorrow the...
Jan 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
did you know what that it? that’s right, it’s an ACTUAL THING. christine mentioned her qwerty keyboard and i assumed she was totally drunk when attempting to type whatever it was that she was trying to type…quirky? pretty? no, of course it’s a...
Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
milt was the lone “no” vote for impeaching rod. i’m sure everybody will hear all about milt very soon. and milt’s public service days are about over, wouldn’t you say?
Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
He’s been impeached. now the senate has to put him on trial, which will take a while but maybe not that much time. 114 voted to impeach, one person voted no. who was that person? i’m sure we’ll know soon. they say that right now blago is jogging...
Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
there are 118 IL house members. one of them had passed away, one of them is flying to spfld right now, and one is a rep. named ken dunkin, an ally of blago’s. maybe his only ally left? so, there are at least 115 speeches to be made. it’s going to go on a...
Jan 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
because it was there. tonight we got home from the restaurant ginger (very delicious by they way), and spread out all over the kitchen floor was..a bag of whole wheat pastry flour. quite a mess. WHY? is mollie really that starving? kevin took her to the vet the other...
Jan 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
all the presidents met for lunch today at the white house. they had a 90-minute lunch. bush 1 & 2 and obama all wore blue ties. clinton and carter wore red ties. but what did they have for lunch? i just read an AP story that said the white house wouldn’t...
Jan 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
wow. i HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you go down to the capitol tomorrow at three and watch it for yourself. you’d better get there early since burris will be there and i bet the place will be packed. we got there today a little after three, and there was a good crowd...
Jan 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
this morning while working out i watched the statements by harry reid & dick durbin re: seating burris. they’re backpedaling so fast on their letter that said they WOULD NOT SEAT ANYBODY PICKED BY BLAGO. it makes me mad. i’m going to watch the...
