Tag Archives: Sarah Palin

Jonah Raskin : Chickens Come Home to Roost in Arizona

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Malcolm X at Harlem rally, December 31, 1969. Photo from New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.On chickens coming home to roost:Armageddon in Arizona By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2011 Shortly after JFK was shot and … Continue reading →

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James Noland : Sarah Palin and JFK’s Houston Speech

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

John F. Kennedy, then a candidate for president of the United States, speaks before a group of Protestant ministers at Houston’s Rice Hotel, September 12, 1960. Photo from AP.Palin wrong about JFK:Kennedy’s famous speech on church and state As the … Continue reading →

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Eric W. Dolan : Rick Perry Says Social Security is ‘Ponzi Scheme’

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Photo from AP.Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Let states opt out of Social Security Eric W. Dolan / November 7, 2010 See “Yo, America. It’s Texas. We’ve got another one for ya!” by James Moore, Below. Appearing … Continue reading →

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Sarah Jaffe : ‘Mama Grizzlies’ and the New Tea Party ‘Feminism’

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Mama Grizzlies’:The Tea Party and its claims to feminism By Sarah Jaffe / October 11, 2010 It all started with Sarah Palin. Or did it? Maybe it started a few months earlier, when Hillary Clinton downed a shot of whiskey … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck : Testing the Waters?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Glenn Beck and friend. Photo by Alex Brandon / AP.Testing the waters?Glenn Beck could happen here Beck…ignores the reality that our essential legal structures are Greco-Roman and Hodenosaunee (Iroquois) in origin, NOT Judaeo-Christian. Five of the first six presidents of … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime : ‘Danse Macabre’

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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Larry Ray : (Tea) Party Hats and the Great American Snake

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Oliver Douliery / Abaca Press.Nonplussed in Naples:Party hats and the Great American Snake By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / August 29, 2010 I talk with friends in Italy almost daily and this past year it has … Continue reading →

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Ruth Rosen : The New Right-Wing Christian Feminism

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Women’s Christian Temperance Union.In the late nineteenth century, female reformers sought to protect the family from “worldly dangers.”The Tea Party and the newRight-wing Christian feminism By Ruth Rosen /July 6, 2010 Why have American women become so active in the … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin : Popularity Dropping Like a Rock

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

She may still be a good storyBut Palin’s poll numbers keep going south By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / February 12, 2010 The teabaggers, Republican right-wingers, political pundits, and media talking heads seemed determined to keep Sarah Palin … Continue reading →

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Rumble on the Right : Teabagging for Fun and Profit

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Teabaggin’ dodo bird. Image from Voice of Arizona.Trouble in paradise:Tea-bagger convention is for-profit scam By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 28, 2010 Even though they’ve had their efforts publicized by Fox News and funded by large right-wing … Continue reading →

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Brown and Palin : Photogenic Pols a Panacea for ‘Independent’ Anger?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Scott Brown and Sarah Louise Palin: All smiles and skin. Composite graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Photos from Cosmopolitan and Vogue Magazine.Good looks and empty minds:The new political trend? By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Jobs Now or President Palin?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

President Sarah Palin. Photo by Jeff Schultz / Kris Kros / The Washington Independent.Pick One: A sharp turn towards progressive populism The election of Sarah Palin What our country needs now is a huge job-creation program made possible by great … Continue reading →

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