@SisterMaryMartha: We're on the same page. GOPG8R is in a different book entirely.

@SisterMaryMartha: I understood the argument and agree with you. What the first part of my comment was referring to is this — "the likelihood of her being raped again is slim to none." Unfortunately, it's actually not slim to none :-(.

@SisterMaryMartha: Actually, being raped once does not affect your chances of being raped a second time. Like, if your odds of the first rape are 1 in 4, the odds of the second are also 1 in 4.

@rocknrollunicorn: This is such a good point.

I used to work at a children's boutique in Boston that also sold toys and books, and Make Way for Ducklings was far and away our best seller. McCloskey's books are great.

@shewar: Oh God, like that story ceejeemcbeegee told yesterday!

@SarahMC: I think it's called hypocrisy.

@NOLA girl: It helps that my boyfriend is a Dem. He is an extreme Obama supporter, though, and is prone to arguing with straw-Clintonites. And he will not shut up about the fucking PUMAs. After HRC's speech the other night (and a blog smackdown from me on one of his most offensive tirades), though, he has changed his…

@badmutha: Is he voting Republican? My boyfriend and I had a lot of spats throughout primary season and a few within the last couple of weeks because of stupid anti-HRC posts on his blog, but I think we're through it now. It was at the point where I didn't respect him, either. I hope you can work through things and…

@annab: Yeah, this is going to turn her into some kind of pro-life hero, even though there are many pro-choice people who would make the same decision in that situation.

@llsie: I know; that's what I was (unsuccessfully) alluding to. I'm sure McCain likes that.

Ooh, Palin's son is deploying to Iraq in the fall.

@topsy: I'm pretty sure a bunch of them were never going to vote for Clinton, either.

@SarahMC: I don't know much about her, but am educating myself now.

This music seems so ominous... and also like it was written by John Williams.

This is besides the point, but I love how unstuffily Michelle Obama dresses. She has looked so chic throughout this week.

@Macloserboy: Ha, I had the same thought.

@BeckySharper: I just said the same thing to my boyfriend. But I guess we can't expect too much when he's still trying to get elected...

@BeckySharper: AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!

@wildwhuck: I think my (registered Republican) father might vote for Obama. Especially after the tongue-lashing he got from my mom after he let it slip that he'd lied about voting for Kerry and had actually voted for Bush twice. I think he learned his lesson. He's socially liberal, so it's not too far a stretch.