The Furious Spinner

It's pouring down rain here. The snow in our yard is almost gone, and the fog is covering the Gorge cliffs. Mario is in the other room starting dinner. It's a sleepy day. I hope you are all warm and well.

I watched the debates between the Democratic presidential candidates last night. I miss Carol Moseley Braun. She always said the things I wanted to say—only much more politely. Dennis Kucinich didn't seem to be as on point as he usually is. Lieberman just grates on me—he's such a Republican. I'm often surprisingly impressed by Al Sharpton. He sees the big picture that the others often miss. (He said the Dems should stop letting the Republicans claim moral superiority. There was no moral superiority in letting millions of people go hungry, etc.) I say "surprisingly" because I remember Sharpton's part in some not so savory publicity stunts in the past—at least they seemed to be publicity stunts. I never really understood that whole Tawana Brawley case. (She accused police of raping her, and Sharpton acted as her spokesperson, if I'm remembering right. The common wisdom now is that she made the whole thing up.)

John Edwards seems too ignorant about some things he really ought to know. When asked about the Defense of Marriage Act, he didn't have a clue. (Signing that bill was another one of Clinton's cowardly acts.) Wesley Clark answered the questions intelligently. He sounds like a good liberal Democrat, but he still makes me nervous. I don't want the first public office a person has held to be the presidency. As far as I know he's never managed a company, town, county, state. How will he deal with the economy? John Kerry and Howard Dean did well, I thought. I was impressed with Dean's behavior during the interview he and his wife had with Diana Sawyer. These reporters get on my nerves. They ask about polls and appearances and gossip, but they don't talk about the issues. Dean and his wife are not the typical political couple. Yeah! His stint doing Letterman's Top Ten was quite amusing. I think the media has been making way too much of his "rant"(one pop-up) in Iowa.

In case you believed CBS when they said they wouldn't show the MoveOn ad during the superbowl because they don't do "issues," read this article from Alternet and this one from CommonDreams.

Chinese New Year began this Wednesday, on the New Moon. Mario and I celebrated by driving to the ocean. The tide was so low (as it always is during the Full Moon and New Moon), so we got to explore tide pools that were usually covered in water. We also ate a couple times at our favorite restaurant, Sarang, in Newport, Oregon. The meals and company were splendid, as usual. I was going to write an essay about the trip. I may yet. Right now I need to go do my part for our feast tonight.

More later, gators!

P.S. I dreamed about Howard Dean all night, so I've decided I've been paying too much attention to politics. 0 comments

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