And a bit of politics...

I try to stay away from the political in two places- at Curves and on the blog. Anywhere else is fair game. Here are my reasons. At Curves, the women are trying to work out and feel good about themselves, so we try to avoid discussing things that would make people feel uncomfortable. Not fair to freak out the captive audience. I try not to talk politics on the blog because our government scares me and I don't want my rants to inspire any secret wiretapping.

This morning, the women of Curves must have forgotten the cardinal rule, because they started in on the "liberal media," particularly referring to Katie Couric's "snotty" treatment of Sarah Palin. I restrained myself like the grown-up I'm trying to become because I wish to work out in peace for the next 9 months without people whispering that I'm a communist. So now I have to tell you what I really wanted to tell them.

Dear Curves Ladies,

Katie Couric makes Barbara Walters look like Tim Russert much in the same way that Wayne Brady makes Bryant Gumble look like Malcolm X. That is, she practically picked Palin up and carried her through the interview! The only reason the oh-so-secretive campaign allowed Couric to interview her in the first place is because of her fairly tame questions, and the fact that Palin wilted like a hothouse flower is not Couric's fault. McCain keeps talking about how tough this woman is, so stop whining about how unfair it is that she has to take questions about her knowlege of foreign and domestic affairs! My journalistic hero, Tim Russert, would have smacked her upside the head after about 20 seconds of this nonsense, and I wouldn't have blamed him.

Thanks for listening, gang : ) And once again, GO CUBS!