We really didn’t have much money in our 401K or our Roth IRA thingies.

We don’t have anything in savings.

Our 1st and 2nd mortgages were Washington Mutual’s up until last week.

Apparently NO ONE will be able to get a loan anytime soon. For anything. So here’s hoping our washer and dryer holds out another few years.

Partisan whining on both sides is making me crazy.

But…

My daughter wearing a princess dress for 5 days straight, including bedtime, is making me crazier.

My daughter now wearing a new outfit UNDER said princess dress for what I am sure will be another 5 days straight, is making me crazier.

Worrying about the teacher to student ratio is my son’s kindergarten class is making me crazier.

Wondering what we’d do if my husband got laid off is making me crazier.

Wondering how we continue to pay down our debt and afford Christmas is making me crazier.

Wondering when I can get my toes done again, because my husband is convinced there be no more ‘frivolous’ spending again is making me crazier.

Wondering when I can sneak in some new clothes for the kids, not resale shop or hand me downs is making me crazier.

Wondering if I can help my parents out with airline tickets for the holidays is making me crazier.

What’s NOT making me crazy? Watching House republicans blame Pelosi’s ‘tone’ for their nay vote and watching House dems blame partisan bickering. Nope. That’s not making me crazy, it’s just making me mad.

I don’t know if this bail out bill was the answer. I do know I want the asshats in DC to SHUT UP and fix this mess. Now.

Even if that means they have to share and play nice.

I just took at call from what I thought was the “OTR firm” and was entirely excited to be asked about the election.

My phone rang after the debate ended and I was pretty worked up- so totally happy to take the call.

It started off pretty normal. Do you know these candidates, are you registered, what’s your party affiliation, what’s your race.

I went along answering my questions barely paying attention to the guy, because everything I was saying was ‘”Obama, Obama, Hannah Beth Jackson, Obama, Obama, Jackson.”

Then came the fun…”I’m going to read you some statements about the cadidates running, please tell me if this would strongly affect how you vote, somewhat affect how you vote, not affect how you vote…”

Or something close to that.

Then came something close to this, I’m paraphrasing here…

“Did you know Obama and Hanah Beth Jackson’s support Planned Parenthood and there have been many whistle blower lawsuits against Planned Parenthood?”

Me: “Uhhhhhhhh. WHO are you again? Who’s running this poll?”

“We’re OTR, I’m not sure who we are”

Me: “You’re not sure?”

“We’re a research center, I’m not sure what else to say”

Me: “Uh, ok…keep going, now I want to hear this”

“So does that statement make you want to reconsider, strongly reconsider, somewhat reconsider, not reconsider your vote…”

I laughed again, and said it does not make me reconsider.

Then he asked…

“Are you aware Hannah Beth Jackson and Senator Obama plan on raising taxes to fund their plans for healthcare and early education”

Me: “WHAT?”

“Does that make you reconsider?”

Me: “Uh..no….and I’m not sure that’s entirely factual”

“Are you saying my information is inaccurate?”

“yeah, I am…WHO are you guys again?”

…and then he went about asking me my age and to verify I’m voting for Obama and Jackson and we hung up.

Taxes and abortion…look out California, the GOP is coming.

I’m not a fan. Not even when they beefed up the ‘academic’ side of pageants. They are still ‘beauty’ pageants and Palin is nothing more than a trophy candidate.

This is NOT the kind of woman I want fighting for my daughter.

This is NOT the kind of woman I trust to represent American women.

Why?

Because we’re not swimsuit competition bimbos giving complexes to girls nationwide. We’re done being hung up on body image and beauty standards.

There is no way in hell I’m telling MY daughter our first female Vice President also thought it was just fine to strut a catwalk in a swimsuit and be judged on her looks.

ON. HER. LOOKS.

No. Way. In. Hell.

and then I’m done with this whole thing, and we’re going to talk about shit that matters….but I find it important to point out:

Irwin Tang’s diary

Some examples of McCain’s sexism:

McCain’s joke at a Republican fundraiser:  “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?” McCain asked the crowd.  Chelsea was still a teen at this time.  “Because Hillary Clinton is her mother and Janet Reno is her father,” said McCain, drawing laughter from the Republicans.

McCain’s joke about a woman getting raped by a gorilla and enjoying it.  It is reminiscent of Republican Clayton Williams’ joke about rape and bad weather: if you have to have it, just lay back and enjoy it.  Williams lost his Texas gubernatorial race to Ann Richards.

A McCain supporter asked McCain “How do we beat the bitch?”

McCain responded, “That’s an excellent question.”  The “bitch” that McCain and his supporter were speaking of was Hillary Clinton.

McCain later said that he “respected” Clinton and then used the video of the “bitch” exchange as a campaign tool to attract campaign donations.

It’s unclear whether the “bitch” comment was meant to attract money from women-haters or people who thought that McCain was somehow defending Clinton or both.

McCain has a history of violence toward women:

This comes from a recent news report from McClatchy Newspapers, and was excerpted at the Huffington Post, among other news sources.

Six people present have written statements describing what they saw. According to the accounts, McCain waved his hand to shoo away Jeannette Jenkins, whose cousin was last seen in South Vietnam in 1970, causing her to hit a wall.

As McCain continued walking, Jane Duke Gaylor, the mother of another missing serviceman, approached the senator. Gaylor, in a wheelchair equipped with portable oxygen, stretched her arms toward McCain.

“McCain stopped, glared at her, raised his left arm ready to strike her, composed himself and pushed the wheelchair away from him,” according to Eleanor Apodaca, the sister of an Air Force captain missing since 1967.

***McCain voted against the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act that would have required women to be paid an amount equal to men when working the same job at the same place.***

McCain suggested to his wife, in front of a big crowd of bikers, that she, Cindy McCain, enter into the biker striptease contest, where women take off their clothes and draw cheers from the crowd.  McCain said to the press, “I told her [Cindy] with a little luck that she could be the only woman ever to serve as both the first lady and Miss Buffalo Chip,” McCain said.

McCain has a history of snapping at and disrespecting female reporters for various reasons, sometimes because they wrote something that he disagreed with.

McCain cursed out a woman who was testifying before the Senate.  She was a supporter of prisoners of war in Vietnam. His string of curse words lasted for minutes before he finally stormed out of the chamber.

After Cindy teased McCain about his balding scalp, McCain called her a “cunt” in public in a rageful tantrum.  Witnesses reported this incident, according to Cliff Schecter, author of The Real McCain. “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt,” said McCain.

But perhaps McCain’s greatest act of sexism is making the accusation of sexism a joke.  By accusing Obama of being sexist when he obviously is not, by saying that an Obama comment is sexist when it is obvious even to Bill O’Reilly that it is not, this makes people question the sincerity of any discussion of REAL sexism, such as that that occurs when a woman is paid less than a man for the same work at the same place of employment.

McCain voted against equal pay for equal work – women will have to work twice as hard to get the message out: If McCain is elected, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore said, “no one is going to suffer more than women.”

And one of my favorite people in the whole wide world – Stephanie Cutter

I’m done now. For real.

Time to move on.