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Greetings Feministe readers! My guest-blogging time has come to an end, and so I’d would like to thank everyone – and especially Jill – for allowing me to guest blog here for the past two weeks. I hope that my presence wasn’t too intrusive, and that I added at least a little something to the [...]
...read moreLiar liar in a fiery, smolding pair of pants
This is a fucking joke, right? Barack Obama uses a terribly cliche’ analogy – “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig” – to describe McCain’s strategy, and in response, the McCain campaign* turns around and accuses Obama of making a sexist attack on Gov. Palin. Check out the ad they [...]
...read moreThere is no racism in the Republican Party
The last time I mentioned Republicans’ problem with racism, I was talking politics with a couple Republican friends of mine. They denied up and down that racism is a problem in the Republican Party, and that the Bush-led GOP has been welcoming to minorities. Well, it doesn’t seems like everyone got the memo: ALLENTOWN, Pa. – [...]
...read moreSarah Palin: Objectively pro-sexual assault
Op-Edna finds that during Sarah Palin’s two terms as mayor, the town of Wasilla charged victims of sexual assault the cost of their rape kits: ANCHORAGE – Gov. Tony Knowles recently signed legislation protecting victims of sexual assault from being billed for tests to collect evidence of the crime, but one local police chief said [...]
...read moreA little more about Palin’s religious beliefs
A Daily Kos diarist notes that Palin’s church is well outside of the mainstream: In light of this New York Times article revealing the central role religion plays in Palin’s life, details about her church are becoming more relevant–and more disturbing. Palin’s church claims that it has been “prophesied” that Alaska is a “refuge state” (along [...]
...read moreSarah Palin’s “war prayer”
As sympathetic as I am to AlterNet’s intentions, and as much as I agree with a good deal of the content in the recent article, “Sarah Palin’s 9 Most Disturbing Beliefs,” I’m afraid that I have to call foul on one of their choices: In June, Palin gave a speech at the Wasilla Assembly of [...]
...read more“What’s that word I’m looking for? It’s another word for decision.”
The Daily Show – just in case you’ve forgotten – is pretty fucking brilliant: The best part of this segment is when the young girl almost says “choice,” but then catches herself and says “decision.” (h/t to Amy at Appetite for Equal Rights)
...read moreI am shocked, shocked to find a racist Republican
The Republican Party hasn’t come to terms with doesn’t have a problem with racism (via The Hill): Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the racially-tinged term “uppity” to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday. Westmoreland was discussing vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s speech with reporters outside the House chamber and was asked to compare her [...]
...read moreI just can’t get you (the Bradley Effect) out of my head
cross-posted at my blog and PostBourgie Andrew Hacker’s essay in the latest issue of the New York Review of Books is something of a mixed bag. The piece is an attempt to measure the possible impact of race – specifically voter registration laws, and the “Bradley Effect” – on the election. And to some extent, Hacker [...]
...read moreAnother sign that Democrats are rediscovering their backbone
At the Politico, Ben Smith reports that in several states – Virginia, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Iowa – Obama is running radio ads criticizing McCain for his stance on abortion rights. Noam Scheiber, after commenting on how unusual this is, notes that it’s probably a good move on Obama’s part, since a majority of Americans support [...]
...read more“The Same”
Here, for your viewing pleasure, is the newest attack ad from the Obama campaign: watch?v=8xukbiS8q9s The Obama campaign has been hammering pretty hard on McCain=Bush theme for awhile now, but I think this is the first time they’ve explicitly made the connection using pictures and video (a video I didn’t even know existed!). Honestly, if [...]
...read moreSarah Palin’s not-so-hidden extremism
Ezra Klein on Sarah Palin’s apparent taste for extremism: Sarah Palin is a secessionist, or at least is sympathetic enough to the cause that she belongs to a political group whose mission is to “seek the complete repatriation of the public lands, held by the federal government, to the state and people of Alaska in conformance [...]
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