Comments | astarte59: A random query and election blathering and Molly Ivins

astarte59

A random query and election blathering and Molly Ivins

Jan 30, 2008 17:15

OK, I truly hope I don't offend anyone, but I wondered this as a kid (not in the same words or terms), and I'm wondering again: What on earth possessed Mattel to name Barbie's friend "Midge"?

So, the 2008 election is o-ver for me. I have voted, mailed my ballot, and I'm done. I mean, I know whom I'm voting for in November: whoever the Democrat ( Read more... )

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anthalus January 31 2008, 02:24:28 UTC

Well, if it comes down to Hillary v. McCain, well I am going with him. It is not a sexism issue, just that I truly can not stand her. She changes positions more than Romney does...

astarte59 February 1 2008, 03:49:21 UTC

FWIW, I'm not a Hillary fan myself. She could possibly make a pretty shitty Supreme Court nom. But I'd still rather have her in the position of choosing than McCain. He is so WRONG on so many issues. IMHO, of course. But we can agree to disagree. W/ friends I can disagree on politics; w/ a partner, I don't think I could do the Carville/Matalin thing.

anthalus February 1 2008, 04:51:12 UTC

Well I tend to like McCain second, after Obama. At least he has the stones to piss of his party. But at any rate, I think Carville/Matalin are still together because either they both love Lousiana, or more likely, they just love to argue political philosophy.

Actually if Carville ran, I would vote for him above any other party member...

silken_shadow January 31 2008, 03:43:56 UTC

Well, John Edwards withdrew from the race today. So there goes the NC home-grown pretty boy.

I tend to agree with 99.9% of what you and Molly Ivans have written.

BTW - It was Anita Bryant, not Phyllis Schafly, who mouthed off about gays and lost her orange juice sponsorship. Even though I didn't particularly like Minute Maid OJ, I drank it in support of their firing of Bryant as their spokesperson.

astarte59 February 1 2008, 04:01:33 UTC

Me and my sucky memory. Of course, you're right. Phillis Schafly's thing was abortion. I remember seeing a bright orange car parked near my high school, with a bright orange bumper sticker on it, reading: "Anita Bryant sucks oranges." Now, if that person bought that car with the express purpose of making that political statement, well, I don't think my convictions would ever take me so far as to purchase an orange car. But, hey, more power to them.

Edwards was a pretty boy. But he did come out and say he would tax rich people. It probably didn't do him any good, but it was refreshing to hear in a campaign. Anyway, his wife and family need him.

lt_kitty January 31 2008, 04:30:20 UTC

What on earth possessed Mattel to name Barbie's friend "Midge"?

My ponderings on Barbie dolls usually fall into the category of: if you strap Midge to a block of pure sodium and throw the block into the ocean, and strap Barbie onto an explosive toy rocket and shoot it into the air, which will come back in least recognizable form?

Well, at least after junior high. Before that I just had them 69ing each other.

astarte59 February 1 2008, 04:16:54 UTC

There was a whole site of kinky Barbie photos several years ago. I save my kinky posing for my action figures, but the various ways the site had Barbie in bondage were very creative.

God, do you know the book MondoBarbie? It's perfect for you. It's a collection of stories about people and their Barbies, and some of them are truly perverse. All printed on pink paper. I wonder if it's still available; you'd love it.

Yes, heaps of copies! For like a dollar. Go for for it.

AbeBooks is also having a feature about authors and tattoos. Dorothy Parker, in fact, had a tattoo of a star on her elbow. Kewl.

I'm replying twice so I can use two icons... lt_kitty January 31 2008, 04:46:40 UTC

I usually watch the candidate selection process with a sense of detached interest, since I'm a registered Libertarian and can't really affect the primaries for the two major parties, last I checked.

So, I wait until the nomination process is over to really care, take a good look at the two candidates, and then end voting for a third party candidate as protest while hoping for the Democrat. I suppose if I lived in a state where the races where tightly contested, I might think harder about that - I know that voting third party is a luxury of living in a definitely-going-Blue state.

I may actually vote for Obama this year, if he's nominated.

Re: I'm replying twice so I can use two icons... astarte59 February 1 2008, 04:22:48 UTC

I know that voting third party is a luxury of living in a definitely-going-Blue state.

Yeah, my ex-husband votes Green w/ that same reasoning; he knows the Dem. candidate will win California, so he knows his one Green vote won't make a difference.