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McCain's Voice Mail to Palin Leaked to Press (Listen)

Lee Camp | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

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Sarah Palin's Cruel Streak

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

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Glenn Hurowitz

One of Palin's first acts in office was to put a $150 bounty on the heads of her state's wolves, allegedly with the goal of increasing the moose and caribou population.

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Will Palin Make it to the Gate in this Race?

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

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Maggie Van Ostrand

Can anyone really believe Sarah Palin will make it to the election? It seems more obvious every moment that she was initially used to deflect attenti...

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Sarah Palin: Laura Roslin?

Mark Jeffrey | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

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Mark Jeffrey

Watching the whole Sarah Palin saga unfold, I can't help but think of Laura Roslin from Battlestar Galactica. On the show, humanity is all but wiped ...

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A Viewer's Guide to the Sarah Palin Nomination

Sean Carman | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

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Sean Carman

What does all of this mean? The friendly, apparently all-American demeanor? The rabid support of radical right-wing fundamentalists? The dogged, inexplicable hatred of trooper Wooten?

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The Palin Choice and the Reality of the Political Mind

George Lakoff | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

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George Lakoff

The Palin nomination is not about external realities and what Democrats call "issues," but about the symbolic mechanisms of the political mind -- the worldviews, frames, metaphors, cultural narratives, and stereotypes.

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McCain Should Appoint Me Secretary of State

Bryan Gordon | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

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Bryan Gordon

I have executive experience having overseen my neighborhood's annual block party for the past 16 years -- dealing in areas where some of my neighbors have been unruly and uncooperative.

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Sarah Palin: Average Hockey Mom or Spawn of Satan?

Sean Carman | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

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Sean Carman

Palin appears to have turned herself into a Barbie doll to advance her political career. Which, of course, will make feminists everywhere line up to vote for her. Especially Hilary supporters.

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The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: A Brief History Lesson

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

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Jeffrey Jena

For all of my enlightened progressive friends out there in cyberland who are just atwitter and twitching about Gov. Palin let me give you a little history lesson.

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Sam Stein

McCain Camp Didn't Search Palin's Hometown Paper Archives

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

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The McCain campaign has gone to great lengths to present the selection of Sarah Palin as one made after a careful, meticulous vetting process. But evi...

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Where Do the Veep Candidates Stand on Animals?

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

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Michael Markarian

Having Sarah Palin one heartbeat from the presidency should strike fear into any animal advocate in the nation.

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How Sarah Palin's Plucky Ingénue Could Spell Curtains for McCain

Glenn W. Smith | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

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Glenn W. Smith

If Palin is given any time to become a new America's Sweetheart, a true ingénue immune to criticism, attacks against her will be worse than fruitless.

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I Am Un-American

Howard Gewirtz | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

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Howard Gewirtz

The fact that Sarah Palin is Annie Oakley reincarnated more than balances the insignificant fact that she has no more business being president or VP than Barbara Eden in "Harper Valley PTA."

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The Palin Pick and Talk of McCain's Mortality

Rick Hasen | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Rick Hasen

An initial reaction to the McCain VP pick: does it not accentuate the talk about McCain's age in a way that a more experienced VP choice would have neutralized?

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People Who Would Be Better VP Picks than Sarah Palin

Alex Leo | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Alex Leo

Of course, many of these people are not Republicans. But if you're compromising everywhere else, why not on party affiliation?

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Paint McCain Pink

Fara Warner | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Fara Warner

As the news sinks in of Palin's overnight rise to vice presidential nominee, I find myself insulted. Insulted and disrespected and angry.

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Is John McCain Mentally Fit To Be President?

Erik Ose | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

In a breathtakingly puzzling move, John McCain showed terrible judgment by selecting first term Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate. ...

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Make Her Whine

Jane Smiley | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Jane Smiley

What Sarah Palin shows is that once again, the right wing is adept at turning the women's movement upside down and offering us a woman who reinforces patriarchal power rather than challenges it.

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The Female Intellect and John McCain

Nancy Hipp | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Nancy Hipp

Here's our deal, John. We vote for what we feel is best for our families, our communities, our country and our world.

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Picking Palin: An Imagined Conversation

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Geoffrey R. Stone

Karl Rove: "Listen, up, guys. The governor of Alaska is a babe. Her name's Sally Paladin, or something like that."

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Sarah Palin... and the Jews

Rob Eshman | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Rob Eshman

Sarah Palin might cause "Israel First" Jews, who seemed to be pretty much done with Obama, to take a second look.

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McCain Once Again Shows Republican Party Is Just 24 Years Behind Democrats

Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer

Palin does reinforce McCain's maverick image. He threw out the established guidelines for picking a VP and went with the Fox News method of simply picking the hottest broad he could find.

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Palin Adds Right-Wing Cruelty to GOP Ticket

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Jeffrey Feldman

Americans should use the Palin nomination as an opportunity to talk about the corrosive impact of right-wing media on our political culture.

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2 Top Alaska Newspapers Question Palin's Fitness

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Greg Mitchell

Two leading Alaskan papers have raised all sorts of issues surrounding Palin, from her ethics problems to general lack of readiness for this big step up.

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The New Moose on Obama's Back?

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

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Kristen Breitweiser

The Obama campaign should stop talking about Palin's lack of experience. In fact, they should stop talking about Palin altogether.

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