Josh Marshall, editor of Talking Points Memo, also writes for The Hill.  Today, a column excerpt entitled, Morally Unfit for Office:

“All politicians stretch the truth, massaging it into the best fit with their message. But, let’s face it, John McCain is running a campaign almost entirely based on straight-up lies. Not just exaggerations or half-truths, but the sort of up-is-down mind-blowers we’ve become so accustomed to from the current occupants of the White House. Earlier this week McCain came out with a rancid, race-baiting ad based on another lie. Willie Horton looks mild by comparison. (And remember, President George H.W. Bush never ran the Willie Horton ad himself. It was an outside group. He wasn’t willing to degrade himself that far.) At least Horton actually was released on a furlough. This is ugly stuff. And this is an ugly person. There’s clearly no level of sleaze this guy won’t stoop to to win this election.”

and,

“What can we do? We’ve got a dangerously reckless contender for the presidency and a vice presidential candidate who distinguished herself by abuse of office even on the comparatively small political stage of Alaska. They’ve both embraced a level of dishonesty that disqualifies them for high office. Democrats owe it to the country to make clear who these people are.”

Today I was totally lazy and slept from 11 - 4.40! I had a few interruptions, the boy called (which is simply lovely) and a lady came to pick up some old drawers I had on freecycle. My house is so clean it’s a little bit freaky. I even got inspired to clean out my pantry today - I have a lot less food than I thought I did. Time for a big grocery shop I think. I had a nightmare that I gt kicked out of a goth shop for not looking goth enough (!!) which was ok because they were selling everything at terribly inflated prices, but then security chased me into a trailer park onto a fence where there was a shark in a swimming pool on one side and a huge boa constrictor on the other side.. My subconscious is just whack.

Today I heart:

• Strawberries that are sweet enough to not need sugar, but I pile it on anyway.
• Reading sweet little childrens books in the sunshine.
• Freecycle - I have so little junk now.
• Long distance phone calls. I miss the boy so much, but at least I get to talk to him all the time. It’s funny - after 10 years of hearing it, my heart still skips a beat when he tells me he loves me.
• Having a clean house, even if I do think “hang on, am I in the wrong house” every time I wake up.
• Lavender Oil.
• The fact that Luis Royo gives a lot of his girls back dimples.
• Back dimples in general.

What are you loving this beautiful spring Thursday?

TV is in. It is great! I can quickly see that it will become one of those things that I don’t know how I lived without it. (in the same category as my laptop, DVR, double ovens, ipod)  It is very big, really too big for the space, but I don’t care. It’s perfect! The sound is awesome. My favorite thing to do is play some awesome music loud and do my jobs. Well, I shouldn’t say that’s my favorite thing to do. I’ll rephrase it. Since I’ve got to do my jobs, doing them with loud music makes it much better! Can’t wait to get my ipod docking station. That will make my music selection much better!

Tupperware party was today. Despite 4 people not being able to come at the last minute, I think it went well. Everyone seemed to have a good time. Everybody bought some stuff, and 3 people booked parties. I’ll know by Friday what exactly I get out of it. Several more people need to place their order. In prepping for the party I totally cleaned out the playroom. It looks fabulous! Cleaned out the loft, ditto. The living room looks great with the bookcase actually functioning now. Still need to get art for the great room and dining room and lamps for each as well. All the glassware in the dining room is up. I did a lot, and it all looks great! I got to use Keith’s mother and grandmother’s dishes today. That made me happy. They are beautiful, and I am proud to have them! It’s hard to believe these two women who, by Keith’s accounts, had very different taste, each had very similar taste to mine (regarding dishes anyhow, I probably won’t be wearing any of their clothes anytime soon).

Speaking of wierd things. I never knew that my dad was such a fine shoe connoisseur. Because they wore similar sizes, Keith got all of my dad’s dress shoes. It was about 10 (or maybe more) pairs. Now let me give you some background. Keith’s shoe wardrobe (up until now) consisted of one black and one brown casual pair of shoes, and one black pair of dress shoes. He literally wore the casual shoes out every school year because he wore them so frequently. To now have such a plethora of shoes in his closet is shell shock. Say nothing of he has black, brown, tan, maroon, black and brown, loafers, boat shoes, and due to his own contribution, crocs. I never noticed my dad having such fancy footwear. But everytime Keith is wearing his shoes (which is almost every day now!), it sure is the first thing I notice. When I mentioned this, Keith asked me if it was bothersome, and if so, he wouldn’t wear them. But it doesn’t bother me. I like it. It makes me proud that my dad had such good style, which is something that I NEVER would’ve given him credit for 1 year ago! Keith is in shoe heaven! I’m sure his colleagues and students are appreciating not getting to look at his socks through the soles of the same old shoes every day.

So, other than I still feel like crap, life is good!