Quote of the day

From Octogalore:

So I get more interested in the feminist take-away, for a couple of reasons. First, it’s less covered. There are the self-serving Repub views on it, but very few leftists making the nuanced point that you can disagree with her choice and related views and not support them BUT simultaneously support her right to be discussed in the ways a similarly situated man would be discussed.

Coversation with my grandmother

Gran: “Did you hear who McCain picked for Vice President… he picked that Canadian woman…”

Me: “You mean Alaskan?”

Gran: “What did I say?”

Me: “You said Canadian. She’s from Alaska.”

Gran: “Oh yes. That’s right. She’s supposed to be some kind of governor…”