tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16912487.post8987008832009192857..comments2023-08-13T04:47:32.173-05:00Comments on Mary Novaria : Close Encounters of the Palin KindMary Novariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279881310425620037noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16912487.post-762483667332683152009-07-17T08:08:25.139-05:002009-07-17T08:08:25.139-05:00My Infantry Officers Candidate School class from 1...My Infantry Officers Candidate School class from 1968 has reunited annually for some years now, I believe the only class to do so from the Vietnam period. We found almost all of our 130-plus, one way or another, a mixed bag, in so many ways. I hosted one reunion recently here in Ireland. Despite our differences, our bond has remained strong, and we avoided political argument -- until Iraq.<br /><br />Little George didn't kill us, but we are wounded, and we will never be the same.<br /><br />(Ironically, one classmate was the top State Department guy in Baghdad and became Ambassador to Afghanistan.)<br /><br />I found a delightful old friend not so long ago, he retired to Buenos Aires, and emailed copiously. Then came the financial crisis and he sent me a study by an Arizona professor (my ex-mate was the editor of the university paper when we were there), alleging that the problem was down to predatory borrowers.<br /><br />I gave him hell. (I was angry.) He's since cut me off, cold.<br /><br />So it goes. I'm too old to tippy-toe around my principles, but I'd hope I'm old enough to stand up for them with humility and respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16912487.post-8887535644928023152008-10-12T17:30:00.000-05:002008-10-12T17:30:00.000-05:00Hey there! What that father said to his daughter j...Hey there! What that father said to his daughter just blows one's mind. I guess what we've been hearing at the recent McCain rallies adds up when you think of that guy.<BR/><BR/>The rally sounded awesome! KristenKristen22https://www.blogger.com/profile/10525620183730633186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16912487.post-45475232597150790742008-10-09T12:00:00.000-05:002008-10-09T12:00:00.000-05:00I know I shouldn't react this way, but I can't hel...I know I shouldn't react this way, but I can't help it: she sounds like such a bumpkin. The problem isn't that she sounds like a reved-up verson of Marge from Fargo, the problem is that she's astonishingly unqualified to be on a serious national ticket (if her running mate were Lyndon LaRouche, it'd be a different story). But every time I hear her talk I am overcome with incredulity.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if there might be a reverse Nixon-on-TV-versus-radio effect: the story goes that most people who listened to the Kennedy-Nixon debate thought Nixon won; most people who watched it thought Kennedy won. I wonder how Palin would play if were heard her hyped up "yah der hey" folksiness but didn't know what she looked like...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16912487.post-48794395317510986382008-10-06T09:52:00.000-05:002008-10-06T09:52:00.000-05:00Thanks, Anne. Like I said, you can't make this stu...Thanks, Anne. Like I said, you can't make this stuff up! Hope we can do this again...Mary M. Novaria a.k.a. "Mims"https://www.blogger.com/profile/10949931226612332846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16912487.post-26130748176492187432008-10-05T12:35:00.000-05:002008-10-05T12:35:00.000-05:00I love it! I was the woman who was handing out coa...I love it! I was the woman who was handing out coat hangers. You did an awesome job of capturing the event. <BR/><BR/>And that crazy family! The older boy kept talking about Jesus. When I heard the dad say that awful thing about us wanting him to kill his daughter, I looked at that little girl and she had tears in her eyes. I normally ignore these crazies when they come to our rallies, but I lost it and let that dad have it for scaring his little girl. <BR/><BR/>When they left, did you notice they got in a limousine? Just a crazy story in many ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com