Clarification: Obama apologizes for calling woman "Yo Bitch"

That must be what the hoopla is about. I can't imagine it's for calling someone Sweetie. Because if that's the case, then I'm in BIG TROUBLE along with a thousand moms I know. Shit, we say that ALL the time. "Sweetie, do your homework" "Sweetie..I'll be right there"...." Sweetie I can't buy you that right now...and Sweetie...brush your teeth" Sweetie works wonders, I've found. I specifically use it when I want to let someone down gently...because i CARE.

There must be a mistake in this blurb i pulled from the latest "news" report because someone seems to be mad at him for calling her Sweetie. well, if we're gonna scold Barack for that, let's jump back on him for making speeches that are just a bunch of intelligent and inspiring WORDS. and let's get on him for being too Hopeful. darn him. what a drag. and while we're at it, let's let him have it not having enough Experience but nevertheless having the judgement to vote against a stupid awful war. shame on Barack. what has this world come to?
gosh he should've said: i'll get back to you fuckhead, as soon as i'm done touring this bankrupt, obsolete US car company that failed to wake up and smell the gasoline.

so here it is, fresh off the press:

According to an account on the Web site of WXYX TV in Detroit, Obama was touring a Chrysler plant when he tried to brush off a question from WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar about help for autoworkers. "Hold on one second, sweetie," Obama replied, explaining he would answer in a later media availability.

Later, in a voicemail left on Agar's cell phone, Obama apologized for not answering her question.

"Second apology," he said, "is for using the word 'sweetie.' That's a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no disrespect and so I am duly chastened on that front."

And so am I. So glad political correctness has come full circle, chasing its tail.

Jungle Fever: Edwards Endorses Obama 48 minutes ago!

Jungle Fever! Yep, that's what my picture-drawing-during-mathclass-son says i have, and i thought i was masking that pretty well with all the high-road politics!! And that's why he got me this blow up of Barack for Mothers Day. or maybe just to shut me up and get me to stop picking fights with anyone who disagrees with me - which is very non-Obama of me, but yet again what i admire so much about him. i learn from such steadiness. which is good advice for any mother....so back to mothers day: my son greets me in the morning with a FABULOUS, unwrapped (as in the celaphane is even off!) CD of Jackson Brown's latest acoustic thing....exactly what i wanted. he tells me he ripped off the plastic so i wouldn't see the price tag from Best Buy. then he tells me to go downstairs because someono is there trying to make me coffee but he's not very good at it. i stumble down to the kitchen to greet a 6 foot tall smiling cardboard Obama! now i can put him at the lunch counter and we can eat panini and discuss Change in Washington and a Moral Clarity and a better future for the kids and no one interrupts me and he's cute and smiling and smart and agrees with my politics!
and he's coming in handy right now as i'm on my cell, calling and emailing as many people as possible to tell them about the Edwards endorsement. i like being the first to tell good and bad news.
i like the attention even at the risk of killing the messenger. so i'm hoping some of you have the blog on "alert" and i'll get CREDIT for telling you first.

i guess that's it. it's a credit thing. and i understand, after applying for a car loan recently, i only have a B or B+ credit rating so that's why i'm working extra hard for my A.

i think i do get an A for something, or double-E's for effort as they used to grade us back in the day - because i picked our next president a year and a half ago, so there. now, even John Edwards agrees! and he's extremely cute too.

mom, look what i drew in math class

disclaimer, dog breath and obama

here's the daily Orbit: the disclaimer is that TooLazyForTrafficSchool.com does not, in fact, allow you to launch multiple windows of tests simultaneously as i hoped (and experimented with). they turned out to be more clever than i thought. you actually have to read through each test/category which was quite worthwhile i might add. so my high jinks were foiled and i'm grateful for it. i learned a lot about blood alcohol percentages and much common sense advice (always good to be reminded) about driving defensively and yielding to idiots on the road even if you have the right of way. it's much the same advice i got going through my divorce and it has served me well. and it's much the same stance Obama is smartly taking on the gas tax ploy this week. short fixes are short fixes and distract from deeper more positive and substantive trends..but we'll get to that later.

regarding dog breath, Otto ate this entire package of chewing gum. i'm sure he didn't spend much time chewing it but i will be giving him a little smooch in a few minutes to see if it had any positive effect on his breath. or perhaps i can check the backyard later to see if it manifested out the other end. yuk yuk. probably there will be no aromatic consequences, just more paper and plastic to recycle.

regarding the tough week Obama had...i personally feel heartened. here's what i think is happening. when you're gonna disappoint someone (Hillary)...ie: she's NOT going to get the nomination, it's clear...then you want them to end on a high note,
where they can save face and graciously step down. if Hillary does a little better in Tuesday's primaries but not well enough to win both or certainly win the insurmountable delegate vote, then at least she looks like the feisty fighter she is, like she gave it her best shot, and Obama the Gentleman (and he really is) gets to look like Oh well, I won....but thanks for the good fight. now let's let the votes and the math decide the decision.

in other words, i know there have been times when it's been thought: Hey Obama, tell Rev Wright to put a sock in it and show Hillary who's the man. but in fact - and this is what i truly admire about the guy - he's taken the high road. Rev Wright has a right to say whatever he wants (and frankly his talk to the NAACP was absolutely wonderful.....I didn't see the Bill Moyer interview and I don't want to....the spin on this thing is like a witch hunt, boys are dying in Iraq as we distract ourselves with this bullshit. and the war is EXPENSIVE to boot.).....

anyway...i'm saying i learn from the way Obama has carried himself through his recent stupid PR troubles. he's got dignity and smarts. he keeps his eye on the prize, the prize being a more enlighted direction for this country. and i'd say he's even deliberately demonstrating respect for Hillary Clinton who's super delegates are embarrassingly deserting her and who I predict finally has an out to Step Down because Obama refused to get too too nasty with her. Maybe i'll be wrong. but that's my Orbit (or elliptical path) of reasoning for the day. beats the dog breath of the Republican party if you ask me.....with all due respect to dog breath which can be very sweet in its context of love and loyalty. and much of this recent nonsense of exploiting Rev Wright has everything to do with context, and understanding it a little better.

Americans who don't understand that need a breath mint or a stick of Orbit.