Pregnant Stew - Stop me if you've heard this one before.

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 11:08 PM PDT

2008/09/02 · 23:08

I wasn't seventeen when I got pregnant, but I was young and unmarried. Far from preaching abstinence only, my parents had gone out of their way to inform me at a very young age about "How babies are Made," including getting me a classic childrens' sex-ed book of that name in kindergarten. At family gatherings, my mother still fondly recalls the time I asked my father if he had "given a sperm to Mary". Mary was my half-sister's mother.

When I was fourteen, my father and I had a frank conversation in our purple station wagon about homosexuality. It went sort of like this: My dad: Hey, just so you know, if you're a lesbian, that would be okay. Me: Thanks. I don't think I am. But if that changes, I'll let you know. Basically, my parents were cool, liberal and open.

About ten years later, all that preparation, all that practice using the scientific names for genitalia, all flew out the window one deeply romantic night with my boyfriend. And suddenly....drumroll....I was pregnant.

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Tuesday April 29, 2008 · 7:05 PM PDT

2008/04/29 · 19:05

Portland Obama Supporters! TAKE ACTION! BALLOTS GO OUT in THREE DAYS!

Come show your love this Friday morning and Stand for Obama on the Hawthorne Bridge Westbound pedestrian walkway. We'll wave DIY signs and blow kisses from 7:30 -8:30 am so folks have time to get to work.

I'm going to stand in the cold with my heart on my sleeve and a sign in my hand because I don't give a shit about what Reverend Wright says, or what whiskey Hillary prefers. I DO care that my mother has to pay $1500 a month for health insurance. I DO care about my neighbor's magically disappearing job prospects and my friend's plummeting home value. I DO care about the children whose mothers and fathers are driving around Iraq with tourniquets around their thighs in case their legs get blown off. I DO care about the truth.

So, Portland. Please RSVP after the jump.

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Tuesday March 11, 2008 · 9:53 PM PDT

2008/03/11 · 21:53

For my family, one of the best parts of this primary election has been talking about it to our five-year old. We follow politics closely and openly discuss political news and opinion at home, so she has picked up on the general idea of the Presidential Primary.

As political junkies, it's been a thrill to see her interested and animated by what's happening on the normally "boring" news. She knows I decided to vote for Barack Obama a long time ago, because he's a great man and father who has spawned a once-in-a-lifetime movement - reasons that have nothing to do with Hillary Clinton.

But as the Clinton campaign's attacks against Barack Obama have escalated, the political experience has become heart-wrenching - and not just because I had to explain the meaning of the word "attack" a few weeks ago. Hillary Clinton, a candidate I should be able to point to as a role model for my daughter is engaging in the kinds of behaviors that my kid would get a big, fat time-out for.

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What should we do to show Hillary Clinton that racism is a 'No-No'?

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What should we do to show Hillary Clinton that racism is a 'No-No'?

Give Hillary 8 Years in the Corner

51 votes

Give Barack Obama Money

2 votes

Give Barack Obama More Money

68 votes

Turn the Other Cheek - and Give Barack Obama More Money

39 votes

Give Hillary the dreaded Caucus in Florida and Michigan

19 votes

Accidentally let Bill out of his cage.

32 votes

Clinton Camp Inhaling (again)

radioactivepickle

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Saturday March 08, 2008 · 7:37 PM PST

2008/03/08 · 19:37

Fresh on the heels of Hillary Clinton's defeat in the Wyoming "Latte" Caucuses, Clinton Campaign Manager Maggie Williams jubilantly told reporters:

"We are thrilled with this near-split in delegates and are grateful to the people of Wyoming for their support."

Thrilled?

Really?

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Is Maggie Williams right to be "thrilled" about the Wyoming Caucus Results?

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Is Maggie Williams right to be "thrilled" about the Wyoming Caucus Results?

Hell Yes! Losing just makes Clinton Stronger!

40 votes

Hell No! Barack is Back!

133 votes

"Stop Reminding Us We're OLD!"

radioactivepickle

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Sunday January 20, 2008 · 6:40 PM PST

2008/01/20 · 18:40

Okay Boomers, we hear you. You're relevant. You're here. There's nothing we can do about it. For my child's sake, I hope that I grow fabulously old with a little more grace and that I show more respect for new ideas than many of you boomers have shown mine.

Here's the thing: I'm actually willing to hear your perspective, IF you're willing to hear mine. I'll tell you where I'm coming from, my frustrations, my hurdles - you listen, then you tell me what's ailing you. Maybe, we can find some common ground here instead of a string of comments two miles long "They're so immature!" "They're Old and Stupid!"

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Pregnant Stew - Stop me if you've heard this one before.

PORTLAND: Rally for Obama- Hawthorne Bridge

"Mommy, Why Did Hillary Attack Barack Obama?"

Clinton Camp Inhaling (again)

"Stop Reminding Us We're OLD!"