I am so surprised at how many of you have come to my little web page blog. People didn’t think I was 82 so I thought maybe you couldn’t see the pictures but then someone called me old and fat so I guess you can.
If you are looking for my post about Sarah Palin it appears right before this one. I guess I hit a nerve with my little story about the Governor, but I just got so mad when my friend Margaret told me she was thinking about voting for McCain and thought Sarah was kind of interesting. Well, we’ve survived a lot of differences over the years so I guess we can survive this one.
For those of you calling me names. Shoot. I’m 82 and have been called much worse by much better. Margaret all but called me a communist for posting it in the first place and told me my sailor mouth would get me in trouble! I don’t mind. Besides I started it by calling that fool from Alaska a bitch. Surely you could not have watched that debate without realizing she has no idea what end is up. I remember a girl like that in high school. Her name was Sally and we used to say that she wasn’t right in the head.
I saw Gwen Ifill on a TV program this weekend and she said there really wasn’t anything she could do once Palin decided to “blow me off”. Well, call me stupid but I thought debates had rules so that both parties could be evaluated equally. “Oh Gosh Joe. There you go again.” Yep. There he did go again – answering the “gosh darn” question that was being asked. I would like to say I am sorry, but I am not. That woman is an idiot. Sarah not Gwen. I like Gwen most of the time.
A lot of you have asked me to keep writing stuff. Well, I will watch the debates tomorrow night and if I get mad again, I will write it all down for you here.
One more thing. The only comments that really made me mad were the fools that came here preaching the bible and all that pro-life crap. Most pro-life nut cases need to actually get a life and stop worrying about what everyone else is doing. Sarah Palin had the choice to talk to her daughter about sex. Her daughter had the choice to listen or not listen. Her daughter had the choice to have sex or not have sex. And once she was pregnant she had the choice to keep the baby, put it up for adoption or terminate the pregnancy. And as much as it scares me that the Palin clan is producing a whole new generation of women like my old friend Sally, the fact is they have a choice. All I ask is that women respect the right of other women to make their own choice because I remember what it was like when we didn’t have a choice.
Thanks for stopping by. I mean it.
[...] Helen, she wrote a follow-up blog responding to all the hundreds of comments she received “Yep. I called her a bitch and I am not taking it back.” Helen, I hope I am as sharp as you are when I’m [...]
By: Voter Guide for the Environment ELECTION ‘08 on June 17, 2009
at 12:33 AM
It’s a true pleasure to see pamphleteering in the tradition of Publius and so many others being carried on in the old way. They served us well, and we have a continuing need for such thinking in today’s complex world. Margaret and Helen is a more than adequate modern counterpart, and you do it very well.
Keep on telling it like it is, and don’t forget to take your vitamins.
By: t.paine on November 7, 2008
at 3:23 PM
[...] Warning: There’s language in this. And name calling. Disrespect for the president and for the … She’s 82 and my new favorite blogger. [...]
By: The Boar’s Head Tavern on November 7, 2008
at 10:48 AM
Helen I love reading your blog! truly it is a reason to tune in!
I live in California and I am so disappointed that Prop 8 passed. While there is little console for my Gay and Lesbian friends, what is a ray of light is that it passed 52% to 48%.
Perhaps, as a nation, we will no longer discriminate and draw lines between who has the right to love and sanctify that love, and who does not.
Love is love. and i mean that.
By: soulpolish on November 6, 2008
at 5:18 PM
[...] With age comes wisdom and this sharp-witted grandmother proves it. Since the Palin post hit the Web during the first week of October, Margaret and Helen’s blog has received more than 800,000 hits. And since then, Helen has been on a roll, hammering out plenty of other editorial pieces on the election and American society. I encourage all who read my post to check out Sarah Palin is a Bitch… There I said it, and the follow-up post called Yep. I called her a bitch and I am not taking it back. [...]
By: Texan rejects McCain-Palin “redneck-nation” stereotype « PRisGrowth on November 3, 2008
at 4:02 AM
Hi Helen and Margaret!
Your blog is fantastic! Please keep up the writing!!
Cheers for Obama!
Jamie
By: sunlightmyfire on October 31, 2008
at 7:26 PM
OMG this woman is HILARIOUS!!!
By: jada on October 30, 2008
at 4:21 AM
Don’t let the crazy crackpots get you down. You speak the truth and it is so refreshing to hear it.
By: cathy on October 29, 2008
at 8:03 PM
You rock! I second that Sarah Palin is a bitch and I will add scary to that statement as well.
By: Jenny GObama on October 26, 2008
at 11:40 AM
The Anchorage Daily News endorsed Obama today!
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/567867.html
Vote Obama!
By: JuneauJoe on October 26, 2008
at 11:15 AM
Helen,
You keep calling them like you see them. You are right on about that Sarah Palin. She may be smart but she is not ready to run my country!
By: Susan MD on October 26, 2008
at 10:29 AM
Tibbs, what does go smell by feet mean? Is that code? And where the hell did you get your info on Joe Biden? He didn’t say that, he was referring to a quote by Madeline Albright. Quit watching Fox, educate yourself and quit screaming “BE AFRAID!” We’re not afraid, we’re going to win.
By: Porkchop on October 26, 2008
at 3:21 AM
Well said, I totally agree, and amen to that sistah!!
By: evanhealy on October 25, 2008
at 4:44 PM
How amazing are you! As someone who lives on the other side of the world, and while I can not vote in your election, will undoubtedly experience the effects of your decisions.
I am so pleased to hear that others think Sarah Palin is a truly terrifying woman…and that there is every chance that B. will be the next leader of your country.
By: mscambridge on October 25, 2008
at 4:46 AM
Really, tell us exactly what the Obama plan will do to our taxes. Do you really know or are you just repeating the rhetoric that you have heard? No one said we would be attacked. There have been several comments that the new president would be tested. Coming from Colin Powell, he meant either of them. Question is, is how is the new president going to handle it. More war and no diplomacy or standing up and being firm. McCain gets so angry and upset it is noticeable. In diplomatic relations you need to be able to be umm… Diplomatic, meaning calm cool and collected.
By: Alaskan on October 24, 2008
at 4:44 PM
Oh and Kelly, sorry, Pie Hold is open, wow, haven’t heard that one in awhile.
And please, dear Kelly, tell me how Barack Obama is brave? That’s what I thought. Now go smell by feet.
By: Tibbs on October 24, 2008
at 4:37 PM
All I can say is “McCain and Palin…Yes We Can”…Do any of you realize what the BO/JB ticket will do to our taxes? Or how about our freedom? Joe B has basically already told us we will be attached if BO is pres…WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! This is more than just “Sarah Palin is a red neck”…this is about our future and our country and our children….VOTE …get off of this dumb, fake website and go make a difference with your vote! ugh
By: Tibbs on October 24, 2008
at 4:34 PM
I love your down the earth tell it like it is attitude. And for an 85 year old woman… you are way more advance than allot of ederly women, men and young women & men. As far as the pregnancy goes, it’s really no suprise because it happens all the time just probably the first time it happened on a huge scale with plenty of viewers. Poor young guy now he has to get married one way or another, well I guess you reap what you sow.
By: Tron on October 24, 2008
at 12:08 PM
[...] My antidote to that little old lady from Shakopee is this little old lady from Texas. [...]
By: Things That Are Making Minnesota Look Bad (and Also Making My Head Explode) | fresh.mn on October 24, 2008
at 9:40 AM
You are delightful. I just wish your fellow texans were as bright as you are. Best wishes
By: Marlene on October 23, 2008
at 6:23 PM