My grandmother was born in 1903 (the year the Wright brothers got one of those aeroplane contraptions off the ground for the first time) and died in 1995. The only time she ever voted for a Democrat was in, get this, 1980 for Jimmy Carter; because he waved at her from his motorcade as he passed by our house - she felt a connection. Aside from that one instance, she clung to her grandfather's advice that it was the Republicans who fought for the common man -- despite my teenage insistence that the tables had turned.
The closest she probably ever came to getting to know a black man was the one time I brought my 32 year-old, graduate student housemate back to my parents' home in the early ninety's. She said, "He's a nice black boy."
I was feeling creative. Here are some word clouds of the debate after the fold...
· WI-08: Wingnut plans to run as "conservative independent" (desmoinesdem)
· 50 percent of southerners say Obama better president than Bush (desmoinesdem)
· What Yesterday Says About Young Voters (Mike Connery)
· Max Blumenthal on the dysfunctional movement driving the GOP (Mike Connery)
· IA-Gov: Culver launches second tv ad (desmoinesdem)
· Hilarious Vid On Why We Must Vote No On Issue 2!! (Cliff Schecter)
· NY-23: Scozzafava Drops Out! (lipris)
· NY-23: Pataki Goes Rogue, Endorses Teabagger Darling Doug Hoffman (lipris)
· Dunne Considering Run For VT-Gov (Nathan Empsall)
· McGovern Grandson Looks to Challenge Thune in 2010 (Jonathan Singer)
· IA-03: Two potential challengers for Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· NJ-Gov: Daggett Goes After Christie and Corzine (Jonathan Singer)
