Tag Archives: Politics

Bitterly clinging to my proletarianism

You know, I don’t think Obama has any clue how utterly elitist he comes off. From his speech to a crowd of Hollywood celebrities and money people last night, in a $28,500 dinner at a mansion we’ve all seen in … Continue reading

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Ten questions for the media pundits

They’ve asked the candidates the questions, and written many sneering op-eds on that yokel Sarah Palin, so I have a few questions for the media. Just to test their general knowledge of things I’ve been reading about lately. How do … Continue reading

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A new campaign poster

Click here. Laugh. Don’t be drinking or eating. Jon, I want that on a t-shirt.

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Women and the Sarah Palin vote

Let me try once again to explain to the doubters out there why I don’t care that Palin’s views on abortion are different than mine. Or that she’s a “Christianist,” as Asshole Andrew Sullivan keeps calling her. Or that she … Continue reading

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What women think: Sexism is sexism

This is the sentiment, exactly, on what many women feel about Obama not choosing Hillary for VP: “If 18 million votes is not enough, what does it take in the Democratic Party to get a woman on the ticket?” Time … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin’s Battlestar Galactica ties

Jonathan Last points out the Battlestar Galactica angle on the Republican slate: Watching Palin’s introduction it became immediately clear that she looks uncannily like a young Laura Roslin.* This can only bode well for Palin. But the parallels don’t stop … Continue reading

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Women and Sarah Palin

A word to the men who read this blog: While I don’t claim to speak for all women, I can claim to give you a woman’s point of view on what John McCain choosing Sarah Palin for his vice presidential … Continue reading

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Politically aware

I’ll be damned. I’m on that political map that’s sweeping the blogosphere. Of course, they’ve got me wrong. I’m not conservative, I’m independent. But I think I won’t complain. I’m rather happy to be on the map. I guess this … Continue reading

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