small victory

I have been repeatedly asked by many about my feelings regarding Wednesday's abandoned HUD house takeover by the Nashville Homeless Power Project because some folks seem to mistakenly believe that simply because I am writing the newspaper article for the Contributor, that somehow equates me with being a full fledged supporter of the event. I want to set the record straight here.

House In Chaos Over Abortion Amendment

Sen. Obama complained today that the media fell for the okey doak as Sen. Clinton and her team put the press on blast, suggesting that they are Obama’s lap dogs. I still scoff at a professional flack pointing to a Saturday Night Live skit as a jump off point, however, it seems to hav

This means nothing to you, but it means quite a bit to me.

I discovered blogging, like I’m sure most of you did, quite by accident.  I followed some search results, who the heck knows what the search terms were, and I ended up at a blog called “A Small Victory”.  Its owner was a Long Island native, Michele Catalano, was approximately my age, and quite possibly the most compelling writer I had ever seen. 

Say Uncle counsels embracing a candidate when they try to pander — no matter how transparently false they seem:

I mentioned Romney stated he’d veto any gun control (including a ban on weapons that look like assault weapons). Jeff isn’t convinced:

I don’t believe him. A year ago he clearly said that he supports an AWB. This is just another flip-flop for him.

Hillary Clinton is not my first choice for President. She is incrementalist, centrist, and hawkish by nature. I do not believe that any of those are good characteristics for this moment in time. She would make a perfectly good president becasue she is also smart, tough, and has a decent idea of how to achieve her admittedly limited goals. I think either Obama or Edwards would be better, possibly great, Presidents and so Hillary is a third option for me. But I did so love seeing her win l