In the movie Educating Rita, a naive, honest, forthright young woman is educated to the point that she has a more erudite and polished way of expressing herself and appreciating literature, but she loses her purity and appealing freshness and vitality. When we meet her, she expresses herself in a unique voice and discovers the world of classical literature and poetry with wonder and describes it in her assignments in a very raw, vital, visceral and personal way.
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This cracked me up (via Wash Times)
The coalition of angry Clintonites has accused the Democratic Party of stealing the presidential nomination from Mrs. Clinton and were further outraged when Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama passed over Mrs. Clinton as his running mate in favor of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware.
Many of these renegade Democrats vow to back likely Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain or sit out the election, despite Mrs. Clinton’s wholehearted endorsement of Mr. Obama and her speech Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention in which she made a plea for party unity.
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Perhaps the greatest testimonial to Sarah Palin ever:
Power–Pussy Palin: the next Vice-President of the United States of America
But first we have
Democrats Need to Shake The ‘Elitist’ Tag
By LYNN FORESTER DE ROTHSCHILD
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