A reporter from the UI Argonaut joined us at Drinking Liberally and the article came out today. Check it out - and notice that my husband Andy was given my last name, since the reporter learned my last name first.
“Its not a strictly blue democrat thing, we just share some of the same liberal ideas,” Anderson said. One of the big topics on Thursday was Children’s Health care. The group all voiced opinions on this topic, and then moved on to another drink. The conversation switched to debate over “Battle Star Galactica,” a popular Sci-Fi TV show. However, another topic brought up in conversation was who will be the next President of the United States will be. Asking whom the next president of the United States would be struck up several interesting conversations. One member said they favored Hillary Clinton, while others pitched in. “Who we need to worry about is Giuliani,” Andy Anderson said. However, Sara Anderson isn’t worried. “The next president will definitely be a democrat, all the republican candidates suck,” Anderson said.
Don't I sound articulate?
Cross-posted at F-words.
laughs -- because OF COURSE all couples share a last name
congrats on the coverage!
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Posted by: theresa | October 23, 2007 at 10:28 AM
Sara, I can't tell you the number of times this has happened to my husband and our daughter, especially since I'm the one that's kinda sorta in the public eye. But the assumption seems stranger coming from a college student reporter, though I think I've heard stories of more women taking their husbands' names again.
Nice coverage! What I wanna know is after one person mentioned Clinton, others pitched in ... with what (or who)? A wee bit of bias on the part of the reporter?
Posted by: Julie Fanselow | October 23, 2007 at 10:49 AM
I totally understand the mistake - as far as I know, it's still relatively uncommon for women to keep their last name when they get married. "Andy Anderson" just doesn't have a great ring to it, though.
As far as bias, I think the reporter mostly just wasn't taking very close notes. And I understand that, since it's more fun to drink beer and talk than to drink beer and talk and take notes!
Posted by: Sara | October 23, 2007 at 11:33 AM
“The next president will definitely be a democrat, all the republican candidates suck,” Anderson said.
Succinct, to the point, and 110% correct -- good call, Sara.
Posted by: Serephin | October 23, 2007 at 12:55 PM
Sara wrote:
"it's more fun to drink beer and talk than to drink beer and talk and take notes!"
True, that!
Posted by: Julie in Boise | October 23, 2007 at 01:43 PM