James Carville

I couldn't believe he's 62 years old - 60 really is the new 40. Of course, when you beat that hard with the ugly stick, age don't hurt. (I would say that to his face and he would laugh, so I can post it here.)

I just heard him speak and he is SO FUNNY - I can't ever remember laughing so hard. I have such a short attention span, but I think he's got me beat - and he only spoke 40 minutes and I could have heard him so much longer.

He spoke on all sorts of topics - ranging from being from Louisiana, masturbation, his randy past, his background, what he's working on (across the world), etc. etc. But most interesting was the story he ended with - when somebody asked him (assusatorily) what he would tell his daughters about how he dealt with the Clinton impeachment and he said: "I'll tell them I had a good friend who made a bad mistake, and someday they'll have a good friend who does a bad thing, and I hope they'll be loyal. But most important is that I want them to know that if they do a bad thing I hope they'll tell me first so I can be the first to forgive them."

It's a touching story, and I think that kind of unconditional love is what makes a family strong. But it's a different moral standard than I was raised to, and I think it's a southern way. And while I appreciate the high moral standards I was raised under and impose on others, I'm not sure it's the best way.

Something to think about.

And now I'm off to a banquet. This week is really non-stop back-to-back meetings and other such stuff. But soon it will be over.