Michelle Obama’s speech last night was a triumph. (Can there be a first ladies’ debate? If so, Obama would totally pwn Cindy McCain.) Watch the video — or read the transcript, if you prefer (the kids were great, too!).
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Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an almost-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, G-Dog (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). Our daughter, Emmie, plays a supporting role on the blog -- she's off being a student, but she pops in often enough to keep things interesting.
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. G-Dog and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant, arugula-eating, progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist and I'm looking forward to an administration that doesn't raise my blood pressure quite as often as the outgoing one did...
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Those kids are as adorable as ever (Ms. Obama did well too).
Wow! She’s a better speaker than her husband. He’s still a little stiff. And she’s far warmer than Hillary. As a first lady she will do America proud.
It’s so sad that Hillary drove a wedge so deep into the Democratic party, she can’t pull it back out. But I also criticize the Democratic party itself, who let their selection process get so out of hand and so ugly.