By medusa on Oct 10, 2008 in Andrew Sullivan, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Democratic Party, Equal Pay, Feminism, GLBT, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Maureen Dowd, McCain/Palin 2008, Media Bias, Misogyny, Race Card, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Women's Suffrage, civil liberties, hate speech, political correctness, vice president, wedge issue, women | 137 Comments
Sarah Palin has become my new hero. While I don’t agree with some of her political positions, I love that she is unapologetically herself. And she is a REAL feminist, representing many of us who don’t toe the line of some definition of what that is. The so-called “progressives,” men and women alike, don’t [...]
By NancyA on Sep 19, 2008 in Advertising, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Housing Crisis, Obama, Politico, Veepstakes, vice president | 182 Comments
This morning Ben Smith over at Poltico had this to say about McCain:
John McCain has an uphill battle to convince voters that he and his party — who have been governing for the last eight years — aren’t responsible for the current financial crisis. But he also has a case to make, in the form [...]
By NancyA on Sep 14, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Misogyny, Newsweek, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Veepstakes, vice president, women | 90 Comments
And don’t you know it: we heard from another Obama acolyte (see the following article entitled “Hillary To Save Obama’s Hindquarters”) this week. Yes, Governor Kathleen “my teenage son told me I had to support Obama” Sebelius of Kansas decided she just couldn’t keep her mouth shut. Nope! She had to make sure her [...]
By Bud White on Sep 2, 2008 in Abortion, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Anti-Semitism, Ayers, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Republicans, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Sarah Palin, Terrorism, Tony Rezko, Veepstakes, Weather Underground, black liberation theology, hate speech, vice president | 232 Comments
The Media is pushing the narrative that Sarah Palin was not vetted. Any close observer of Republican campaigns knows this is false. Republicans are a minority party who continue to win elections because they are professionals; vetting a candidate is a no-brainer for the political veterans running McCain’s operation. Indeed, it was reported in May [...]
By Pat Racimora on Aug 24, 2008 in Barack Obama, Joe Biden, vice president | 217 Comments
An Exclusive for No Quarter by Democratic Political Strategist (incognito) “Sam Copeland”
The selection of Joe Biden as the Vice Presidential nominee by Obama was a big surprise for me. Biden was not even on my list of finalists.
Why?
I didn’t think anyone – not even Obama – would make a strategic blunder of this magnitude.
For [...]
By Pat Racimora on Aug 17, 2008 in Barack Obama, Wes Clark, vice president | 25 Comments
Besides Hillary Clinton herself, who would be the wisest choice for Obama to pick for VP, assuming he and his handlers have their brains lined up?
It’s actually a no-brainer for me and my good friends who have also worked for General Wesley Clark for 5 years now. Here’s why.
1. Wes Clark has the National Security [...]