Sustainability| More...
 

Sarah Palin Speech Reactions

Mockery in the Public Discourse: Another Problem with Sarah Palin

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Vp, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Sarah Palin Speech, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sarah Palin, Politics News
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?

Read Post

Sarah Palin Dissed John and Sam Adams, Ben Franklin, the Original George W. and the Rest of the Founding Fathers!

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Speech, Community Organizer, Community Organizing, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Speech Rnc, Sarah Palin Reaction, Palin Community Organizing, Palin Community Organizers, Sarah Palin Community Organizers, Politics News
Bonnie Fuller

The American Revolution began with a whole lot of grassroots community organizing done by dedicated private individuals focused on trying to build a better political system.

Read Post

Special Needs

Richard Walter | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Vp, Sarah Palin Running Mate, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Sarah Palin Speech, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Special Needs Children, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Speech Rnc, Palin Speech, Sarah Palin Reaction, Special Needs, Politics News
Richard Walter

Republican advice to special needs families: cut back on your lavish lifestyle, get entrepreneurial, get night work, get a weekend job too.

Read Post

Trashing Democracy

Harry C. Boyte | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Community Organizer, Community Organizing, Palin Community Organizing, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Community Organizers, Palin Community Organizers, Sarah Palin Speech, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Speech Rnc, Palin Speech, Politics News
Harry C. Boyte

Community organizers are those who teach the arts of combining -- how to work together across differences of religion, ethnicity and partisan background.

Read Post

Sarah Palin: The Face of Ugly Americanism

John Seery | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Speech, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
John Seery

Sarah Palin's arrogance is a sanctified, self-satisfied presumptuousness that flows from sheer naïveté about oneself and the world and manifests itself in giddy ambition.

Read Post

George W. Palin

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Bush, Sarah Palin Speech, McCain Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sarah Palin Convention Speech, Politics News
Bob Cesca

The dark, twisted madness of the last eight years is being entirely ignored in the face of the exact same bogus Republican packaging -- the exact same script.

Read Post

Choose Wisely: What Palin Just Proved this Election is Really All About

Chez Pazienza | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Chez Pazienza

More than ever -- really, ever -- the race for the office of President of the United States is about smart and dumb.

Read Post

Palin Repeats GOP's Big Energy Lie -- Plus Four Other Energy Lies, Too

Joseph Romm | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Oil Drilling, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Joseph Romm

Sarah Palin sounds authentic while lying through her teeth, seems decent while saying indecent things. And that, of course, is why the GOP faithful love her.

Read Post

Palin's Pit Bull Problem

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Pit Bull, Sarah Palin Vp, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sarah Palin Speech, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Politics News
Jeanne Devon (

I don't know how other Alaska residents felt about the pit bull joke, and obviously her audience loved it, but most of us here in "small town America" probably didn't find it particularly funny.

Read Post

Palin Perpetuates Politics of the Past

Joe Vogel | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Republican Convention, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Speech, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Joe Vogel

The Palins, Roves and Hannitys of the world remind us the politics of the past -- of cynicism, manipulation, and fear -- still have many devoted disciples and even more drones.

Read Post

Palin is McCain's Weapon of Mass Distraction

Diane Francis | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Annapolis, Tactics, Warfare, John McCain, Iraq, Republicans, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Diane Francis

McCain has unleashed a number of diversionary tactics, including his good-looking VP running mate. These diversions are designed to confuse and mislead the enemy.

Read Post

The Hockey Mom Hoax

Moira Whelan | Posted 10.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Sarah Palin Vp, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Republican Party, Republican Convention, Sarah Palin Reaction, Hockey Mom, Republican National Convention, Hockey, McCain Palin, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Home News
Moira Whelan

The placement of the "handmade" signs was smart, especially when that's all you've really got. It makes America think the support by moms for Sarah Palin is simply unstoppable.

Read Post

Old Right-Wing Whine, New Bottle

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Media News
Jeffrey Feldman

Palin ran through the full list of Republican branding points about the Democratic Party, a list that read like a transcript from a 'best-of' Sean Hannity show.

Read Post

Underdog McCain Scores With Underrated Palin

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 10.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Vice President, Bristol, Bump, Presidential Race, Palin, Republican Convention, McCain. Women, Obama, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Speech, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Home News
Jennifer Donahue

Those who are calling Governor Palin McCain's Hail Mary pass are making the same mistake they made in calling McCain road kill a year ago.

Read Post

Will McCain Ruin His Party's Youthful Momentum?

Maegan Carberry | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican National Convention, Amy Holms, Barack Obama, Rudy Guliani, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Maegan Carberry

Surely the Republican Spartans are ready for battle after this rousing show, but it's unclear who exactly they're mobilizing.

Read Post

Sarah Palin in the Sit Room on 9/11?

Hilary Rosen | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, McCain Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Hilary Rosen

I blogged yesterday about going easier on Gov Palin on the experience quotient. This morning I have pause on my argument.

Read Post

The "Other" Base

Oliver Willis | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Joe Biden, Democrats, Republican Convention, Barack Obama, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Barbecue Media, Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Oliver Willis

The mainstream media consensus -- and we know just how wrong the consensus usually is -- is that Palin's speech has consolidated and galvanized the conservative base.

Read Post

Sarah Palin Speech Reactions (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Speech Reactions, Sarah Palin RNC Speech, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Convention Speech, Politics News

Sarah Palin spoke Wednesday night at the Republican convention. Below is reaction to the speech. Time magazine's Jay Carney captured the largely posi...

Read Whole Story