who are you calling a hypocrite?

T'was quite a weekend.

Friday night was a loooong night at the Sandbar. We arrived earlier than usual to watch the Pistons' game--an activity that proved anxiety-ridden. The rest of the evening was spent with some nice strangers and an encounter with a long-coveted object of affection who turned out to be painfully uninteresting. Saturday night the K-Zoo contingent arrived. Despite the sodden conditions, most of us were able to rally around the Crown Royale and salvage the evening. An enormous thanks to my front-house neighbor for being The Hostess Extraordinarie and to my 2 favorite men for providing much needed entertainment. Sunday I was only able to muster enough enthusiasm to drag myself upstairs for Game 7. I'm pleased at the Detroit win but I'm mostly glad that I won't have to spend the rest of the playoffs listening to people talk about the brilliance of LeBron James. I get it. He's really good. Now shut up and let's play some basketball already.

The White House is looking toward midterm elections for their moment of salvation as the President's approval ratings continue to slide. Immigration, tax cuts, and national security are the way things are shaping up. Yeesh. I wouldn't put immigration front and center especially given that members of their own party aren't buying their plan, but okay Karl Rove. You're the evil genius. Bush's "Iraq first" strategy could also prove problematic given that Iraq is a big old mess though he really only needs the perception of security to win on that issue. And as long as American deaths don't continue to rise no one really seems to care about the increasing violence and instability. Actually his biggest problem won't be issue-based, but rather the apathy and increasing frustration of members of the Republican Party. Despite the administration's attempts at winning back the right, a half-hearted push for a gay marriage amendment that everyone knows is going to fail isn't going to be enough to energize them. They, rightly so, feel abandoned by a White House that needed them to get elected, but have done nothing to push their agenda. Who would have thought 4 years ago in the post 9/11 political environment that G.W.B. and the Republican Party would be in so much trouble? I remain cautiously optimistic of the Democrats chances this fall. Cautious primarily due to the public's inability to actually care. And cautious because all it'll take is capturing Bin Laden or another terrorist attack on American soil to swing things back to their side.

The talking heads are saying McCain vs. Hillary for 2008.

I say give me 2 candidates with integrity and convictions as opposed to 2 career politicians who'll water down their positions for votes. And no one better turn this into a feminist thing. Voting for Hillary because she has a shot at being the first woman president is no better than NOT voting for Hillary because you don't believe women can handle the job. I don't like her. Anybody who climbs in bed with Rupert Murdoch is someone I don't trust.

Off to update my profile on MySpace!