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McCain = McSame

Let's clear away some of the webs, shall we?

Voting for McCain is tantamount to voting for another four years of Bush. How has that worked out for you all? Are you better off NOW, in this economy, two failed/failing wars which really serve no purpose other than to send young men and women into highly deluded death, the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, gas prices through the roof, and fear and loathing permeating each and every fiber of the American psyche?

Add to this a running mate who - as a female, mind you - does not support a woman's right to choose in any instance and actually would strive toward setting woman's rights back literally decades if she has her way.

Do your homework. Open your mind. Don't be stupid.

McCain Suffers Political Identity Crisis

"Joe the Plumber" isn't exactly who he claims to be.....

Wow. Can we say dumbass? Can we say Republican dumbass? Honestly, I have a very difficult time respecting ANYONE who supports the GOP. Can all of them truly be this insanely stupid?

Check it out here.

.....and the winner is.....

.....not McCain, that's for damn sure.

While it must be acknowledged to have been his best showing thus far in the debate series, tonight's third and final presidential debate was just not enough for McCain to prove he could handle and address the issues.

I was reluctantly impressed with how McCain started out. But overall I felt he spent over 90 minutes talking a lot without saying much of anything. His "Joe the Plumber" references were clearly staged to appeal to the average individual, perhaps the "Joe Six-Pack" of his and Palin's rallys? All well and good - and interesting to note that "Joe the Plumber" is an actual person - but simply not enough. McCain's rhetoric was largely unchanged from the previous debates and his delivery was far too unprofessional and overly aggressive. With everything going on in this country and the world as a whole, no one needs or wants to see a reactionary president. I will take Harvard-educated, calm, cool, and collected over that every time. McCain's generally rude and dismissive nature, even while espouncing obvious lies, was, well, for lack of a better term, disgusting. He proved to all that he is quite incapable of diplomacy on any level. And his domestic policy - such as it is - was far too vague and reminded me of the same type of lame ideas put forth over the past eight years.....

Change, indeed.....

I have never ceased to be amused by hard-line GOP supporters who always claim victory afterward and ignore each and every poll in the following days and weeks, even going so far as to claim the polls are flawed. Typical. I was commenting to Amy today that McCain's campaign tactic is similar to a trial lawyer who knows he is losing, so decides to instigate inflammatory remarks in court, in front of the judge and jury, knowing they will be stricken from the record, but getting them out there anyway. Once said, it sticks, or at least he hopes it will. But too many years of the worst administration in history, a recession, credit failure, and questionable bailout, two failed wars, the largest deficit in American history, etc., has made the angry mob that is the American populace, well, angry. They see through the bullshit, or at least most of us do. It's time to start fresh and rebuild.

Amy and I are casting our absentee ballots this week. Can you guess whom we are voting for?

It's almost over.....

As something of a heads-up, early poll, from editorandpublisher.com:

"The instant polls from CNN and CBS, as they did in all three previous debates, found voters who watched giving the win to Obama, easily -- by a whopping 53% to 22% among undecided voters in the CBS sample. Once again, most pundits called it about even and "the people" gave it to the Democrat in a landslide."

Watch for more throughout the week as more polls log-in.

'hawk Update

Updated pictures of the D-Hawk, now looking more and more like an old-school Mohawk. Mom is so proud.....

Bad Week follow-up.....

After the first night, it would appear that the formula theory is working. Both Amy and I got more sleep last night - because Lil D got much more sleep last night. The doctor recommended only using the formula at night, so we are going to continue to follow-through this week with that as our game plan. Today, overall, has been a very good day. Of course, much of his time was spent either in the Jeep carrier (front loading baby carrier) or in the car seat (we left him in it as we had a sushi lunch...he never even knew.....).

So, that's where we are at. Keeping our fingers crossed and working it out.....

Bad Week.....

Tonight is pretty much shaping up to be perhaps the worst night we have endured with Devlin's crankiness. Over a period of three or four days, he has probably managed to get somewhere in the neighborhood of four or five hours worth of actual sleep, tops. Which, of course, means Amy and myself have only managed about the same, or less. If one more person asks me how this all feels, being a parent again, sleepless nights...I'm going to fucking strangle them and bury them in a landfill somewhere. This kid is growing so fast, I honestly think his bones are hurting him. On doctor's advice, we have actually started - tonight - supplementing his diet of breast milk with more filling formula. So, not only is he getting fed from "the tap", he is getting bottles of breast milk as well as bottles of formula. And - even at this hour of almost midnight - I can hear him crying in the bedroom (I am in the TV room; I get a little break as I fed him the bottle of formula, let him fall asleep on me after burping....poor Amy had him wake up on her when she tried to swaddle him and lay him down). He WAS going to bed around 9; not this week. And swaddling....THAT'S a whole 'nother issue. All the boards Amy checks out, the doctor, her friends....whoever......all swear by swaddling (or so it seems to me by my observance). The kid fucking hates it. Within five minutes or less, he has managed to escape. Then he hits himself in the face. Then he cries. It is literaly a losing battle, especially tonight. I am dreading when we go back to work. With him not sleeping more than an hour or so at any given time, we are exhausted and don't typically get up until around 10 am. This is QUITE late, obviously, and when we go back to work we will need to get up at the ungodly hour of 5am, at the latest, in order to get everything done and get to work on time. This is not gonna be fucking fun......

If I sound frustrated, well, give yourself a fucking prize because I am. It is difficult to know you are doing everything in the book and having nothing work. Poor Amy is literally and figuratively drained. I think both our hopes are hinging on this new game plan of supplementing with formula will work to get the little guy to calm down and get some rest.

Yeah, yeah, I know: we asked for this when we got pregnant. But I have a right to vent. Its my fucking blog. Deal with it.......