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Selling Sarah (We Just Gotta Have More Controversy!)

Diane Tucker | Posted 02.21.2009 | Home

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Diane Tucker

It's suddenly 1999 again, when we all thought that accurately calling a candidate "unqualified" would make him a laughing stock. But the joke was on us: the cheap shots generated controversy, which helped land him in the White House.

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Should a Mother With a New Baby Run for Vice President?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Parenting is not a responsibility that can be put on hold for months at a time. Our candidates can show the nation that families matter at least as much as the White House.

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Mockery in the Public Discourse: Another Problem with Sarah Palin

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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Pamela Gerloff

I suggest that it is time to ask: What are we personally doing to make mocking others unacceptable? What are we doing to create a culture of dignity?

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Obama Blasts "Lies," "Swiftboat Politics" of McCain (Live from VA)

Ari Melber | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

McCain's ploy helped waste two of the last 55 days of this election, Obama pointed out, saying that Republicans can only win by distraction and distortion.

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Palin: Don't Underestimate the Babe Factor

Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Peggy Drexler

Palin quickly picked up the fallen standard of those Hillary voters who put "18 million cracks" in the glass ceiling. She didn't crack anything. John McCain helicoptered her to the roof, and they led her down the back stairs.

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An Open Letter to Sarah Palin From a Community Organizer

Gabriel Thompson | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Gabriel Thompson

But unlike you, most people don't go out of their way to disparage a group who has done so much to make this country great.

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Mad Over Sarah Palin? Time To Get Busy for Obama.

Erik Ose | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

How can progressives channel our outrage over the prospect of an unqualified, dangerously far-right wing pitbull with lipstick like Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency?

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Palin Winning Over Twenty-Something Catholics

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

Catholics have backed the popular-vote-winning candidate in the last nine presidential elections. They make up nearly a quarter of all registered U.S. voters and may well determine who wins the White House in 2008.

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Meet Peach, My Loving Pit Bull - The Anti-Palin

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

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Linda Milazzo

The second I heard that pit-slam from Governor Palin, I thought about putting some lipstick on my gorgeous pit bull, Peach, and sending Palin the photo.

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One and a Half Cheers for the McCain-Palin ticket

Lanny Davis | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Lanny Davis

We have four pretty good candidates running for president and vice president in both parties.

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Hill to Pitbull: Bite Me

Keli Goff | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Keli Goff

Part of the fascination with the Clinton v. Palin narrative comes from the contest for female voters, but the the reality is that no true Hillary voter is even a McCain/Palin prospect.

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Sarah Palin: Game Changer Or Sacrificial Lamb?

John Shay | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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John Shay

Interestingly, Sarah Palin appears to be the perfect person to carry out a dead-old-man-walking strategy.

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The Easily Intimidated Sarah Palin

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Erik Lundegaard

So did Palin fire Stambaugh at the bidding of the NRA? Probably not. The article implies that she fired him for a more troubling reason...

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Sarah Palin: Resuscitating the Fourth Estate

Cindy Handler | Posted 10.09.2008 | Media

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Cindy Handler

There's been a shocking amount of credulousness in the media's willingness to swallow what the administration feeds them, without investigating original sources first to see if it's true.

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SAT Question for Sarah Palin (Hint: Think MLK)

Elizabeth Austin | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Elizabeth Austin

A community organizer is like a mayor, except ...

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Be Very Afraid of The Hockey Moms

Vicky Ward | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Vicky Ward

As I sat transfixed watching the previously unknown figure of Sarah Palin turn herself into the angel of the Republican party. But the burning issue in my mind was: what is a hockey mom?

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It's Not Because Palin is a Woman, It's Because She's the Wrong Woman

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

It's also a sad commentary on John McCain that his campaign has become all about Sarah Palin and not the candidate himself.

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Moosing Sarah -- Time for the Dems to Leash the Pitbull

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Benjamin R. Barber

War hero Kerry got swift-boated by men who never served in the military. Is Obama now going to let himself get moosed by a parochial Alaskan know-nothing because she's a woman?

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About Sarah Palin

Anne Kilkenny | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Anne Kilkenny

I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska, and I have known Sarah since 1992. She has bitten the hand of every person who extended theirs to her in help.

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The Receptacle Wore Sensible Shoes

Steven Weber | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Steven Weber

Sarah P. is the latest in a line of patsies who have become convinced that the best way to serve their nation is to remain as far from its reality as possible.

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Engaging In Dubious Battle

David Sirota | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

What's amazing to me after coming back from vacation is how obviously insular and silly this supposed "national" election conversation really is.

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Depress Conference

Ellis Weiner | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Ellis Weiner

GOP Spokesperson: "The American people are perfectly capable of making up their minds based on lies. That's what you liberal media refuse to recognize."

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Palin, Mencken and Us

Michelle Goldberg | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Goldberg

It's worth noticing that this is not the first time Palin has hidden from scrutiny on a campaign trail in order to cover up her lack of knowledge.

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Reading The Pictures: Poster Mom

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-09-07-trig.jpg In presupposing what kind of advocate a Vice President Palin would be for the mentally disabled, Newsweek helps visually fortify the GOP's blatant exploitation of family and motherhood.

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Sarah Palin and the "Women's" Vote

Roseanne Barr | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Roseanne Barr

Palin doesn't believe that women or girls should have birth control. She believes every raped female who gets pregnant should have to carry the child to term.

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