Comments for Ellen Emerson White

Comment on Long May She Reign: Now Available for Pre-Order by JoAnn

JoAnn — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:03:45 +0000

I’ve been a huge fan of yours and I am so excited to be reading Long May She Reign, especially now. Meg’s adventures really ignited my interest in politics and I work for a federal elected official now. I hope you know how much you’ve touched people’s lives with your work!

Comment on It’s a happy ending by Vanna

Vanna — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:14:06 +0000

Good post.

Comment on They Live to Fight Another Day by EEW

EEW — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:20:55 +0000

True enough. And today, I am sad and disappointed.

Which is better than bereft and devastated–but, still, not ideal.

Comment on They Live to Fight Another Day by Marsha

Marsha — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:34:00 +0000

And just think…a few years ago, you would have been happy–very happy with this season!

Comment on They Live to Fight Another Day by Jen Robinson

Jen Robinson — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:08:17 +0000

They really are amazing. What a lesson in never ever giving up!

Comment on Please vote for the Democrats by Carpaz

Carpaz — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:47:03 +0000

Last time out, weren’t Republicans accused of doing these voter registration drives and then tossing Democratic registrations into the trash, so that when people turned up to vote, they found they weren’t actually registered?

I’m all for voter registration drives, but it seems like there needs to be more oversight. Monitors, or something? The idea of trusting citizens turning over their unverified personal information to random people unconnected with the government who can then do who-knows-what with it is not so appealing.

Comment on Please vote for the Democrats by EEW

EEW — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:22:28 +0000

I actually worked for ACORN briefly, back in the day, as well as PIRG. (along with most of the people I knew at school.) I was a lot more impressed by the idea of Obama as a community organizer–until I found out it was with the likes of ACORN. That was where you got a job–they hired _everyone_, no questions asked–to make some pay-the-rent cash, until you found something real to do. I didn’t last long, because it was poorly run, and even then, clearly not an ethical group.

Comment on Please vote for the Democrats by Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:06:25 +0000

I wish I could believe that this will all come to a close by Nov. 5th but given the new info surfacing daily about ACORN’s tactics–which may have been well-meaning but are simply idiotic–I suspect we’re in for a long ride. States that come down to a handful of votes will be contested by either side, and I have a feeling both sides will have good REASON to contest votes in more than a few states.

I wish to God one of these men would demonstrate some solid leadership, whether I agreed with it or not. It would just be so nice to think one of them had the balls to steer the ship but I haven’t seen that from either side in months. Though I bet Sarah Palin will be formidable in 2012 one way or the other, she’s looking and sounding more like Reagan 2.0 every day and the left will be foolish to think that’s not going to be effective this year or in the near-enough future…

Comment on Please vote for the Democrats by MarkH

MarkH — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:14:39 +0000

Ellen, I know just how you feel. I believe I may once have been excited to cast my vote (I was newly 18, and starry-eyed, and voted for Reagan in ‘84 — yeesh).

Now, however, it is a chore. A chore made more onerous by the loathsome choices we’re invariably given. McCain may once have had some integrity, but in pursuit of the White House he’s changed himself into an ill-tempered, impatient clone of Bush with none of Bush’s amiable, lunkhead charm, who has demonstrated that he’s more than willing to use lies to win the Presidency.

And Obama is no prize either. He’ll have my vote, but I may hold my nose as I ink the circle for the man who turned his coat and cheerfully sold the country down the river when he voted to grant the telecoms perpetual immunity for assisting the White House’s illegal spying activities.

At least there’s light on the horizon. The economic meltdown, combined with the worst running mate anyone can remember, plus the media finally waking up and vetting his campaign, have put McCain in a deep hole. I don’t know if you’ve been to the fantastic web site http://www.fivethirtyeight.com (run by one of the founders of Baseball Prospectus, and using similar statistical modeling to study polling data) has Obama currently winning about 90% of the time.

Absent some more dirty tricks by the GOP, or enough poor people being removed from the voting rolls in close states, that’s good news as far as I’m concerned.

Go Sox!

Comment on Sitting Pretty by Carpaz

Carpaz — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:30:35 +0000

It’s funny, but I can’t stop saying “good luck to you and the Boston Red Sox.” I don’t wnat to be a jinx even though it now makes little to no sense.