Monthly Archives October 2006

Run, Kinky, Run

Lately, I’ve spent a lot of time (wasted it, actually) talking with people out of state about Kinky. I am completely sick of explaining that, when Kinky votes, and when he remembers how he voted, he votes Republican.
There are people in my life whom I love very much who vote Republican. In the name of [...]

Kinda Like Going On A Bender

This afternoon, after getting Mazie from piano in the ridiculous rain, I decided to take a look at Daily Kos. Didn’t expect anything new–what ad’s on in Tennessee today, how things are going in Missouri, more on their Taxi Driver-esque approach to the Connecticut senate race. No reason to find this:
TX-Gov: Surprisingly, Bell can win [...]

The Big Dog is coming!

Dog. Dawg. However you spell it, however you pronounce it, according to an AP story embedded in chrisbell.com, Bill Clinton is coming to campaign for Chris Bell. So there you have it–the national Dems must sense that we in Texas are tired of standing alone, fighting alone, losing alone, and standing up again alone.
According to [...]

Wake Up Time

I’ve been wondering how to write about everything I’ve thought and done since the last post. Obviously, that’s a losing proposition for all concerned, so I’ll try to keep it relatively short.
Last Thursday, I wrote an email to my Austin Dem friends with the subject line “I’m Drinking the Kool Aid.” It was my personal [...]