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Community Organizers Fight Back
After graduating college, Barack Obama worked for three years, first in Harlem and then in Chicago, as a community organizer.‘Community organizers work in neighborhoods that have been hit hardest by the failing economy’September 4, 2008 Community organizers across America, taken … Continue reading
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Perhaps Too Close for Comfort
Sarah Palin’s Presidential To Do ListBy Trish Wend / September 5, 2008 Source / 23/6 Thanks to Diane Stirling-StevensThe Rag Blog / Posted September 5, 2008
Gloria Steinem : Palin is Wrong Woman With Wrong Message
Feminist leader Gloria Steinem says recruiting Sarah Palin is no way to attract women to the Republican campaign.‘Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger’By Gloria Steinem / September 4, 2008 Here’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Feminism, Gloria Steinem, McCain, Presidential Campaign, Republican Party, Repuplican Convention, Sarah Palin, Women's Movement
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Only a Melanoma Awaaaaaaaaaaaaay
It’s only one Melanoma Away(to the theme song from the Titanic)By Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / September 4, 2008 For Sarah Palin, Every time I see you, I fear you’ll beDyingEvery night I hope you’ll liveOn Each time … Continue reading
Postcards About Palin : What Some Alaskans Say About Sarah
‘Alaskans in general do not give a rat’s ass about anything outside of Alaska’By Mariannn G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / September 3, 2008 While working in Alaska in 2004, I met people from all of AK’s many political … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, McCain, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin, Vice President
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Direct From Wasilla : Whassup With Sarah…
Speaking of Sarah Palin : From one who knows herBy Anne Kilkenny / The Rag Blog / September 3, 2008 So many people have asked me about what I know about Sarah Palin in the last two days that I … Continue reading
Sarah Palin : Soldiers in Iraq on ‘Task From God’
I find this very, very disturbing. Alyssa Burgin / The Rag Blog Sarah Palin, her church and her messianic world viewBy Nico Pitney and Sam Stein / September 2, 2008 Three months before she was thrust into the national political … Continue reading
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Tagged Evangelical Christians, Presidential Campaign, Religious Right, Sarah Palin, Vice President
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Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process
Illustration by Bromley.‘The questions swirling around Ms. Palin on the first day of the Republican National Convention… brought anxiety to Republicans’ By Elisabeth Bumiller / September 1, 2008 ST. PAUL — A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator … Continue reading
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Sarah Palin: Unfit for the Office of Vice President
Palin’s Power Play: Troopergate in AlaskaBy Dave Lindorff / August 30, 2008 There are many reasons why most Americans should be turned off by Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s last-minute choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate. She’s an … Continue reading
Gov. Palin on Iraq : Hard to Tell What She Thinks
Team McCain. Photo by Mark Lyons/EPA.‘I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq’By Mark Benjamin / August 29, 2008 Presumably, John McCain would only select a candidate for vice president who … Continue reading
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What is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan’s Perspective
Lovely Downtown Wasilla, Alaska… Sarah Palin, former mayor.Sarah Palin for Veep: ‘Is this a joke?’By AK Muckraker / August 29, 2008 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — “Is this a joke?” That seemed to be the question du jour when my phone started … Continue reading
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Palin’s Wikipedia Entry Overhauled Overnight
Sarah Palin’s Bio Gets PaddedBy Yuki Noguchi / August 29, 2008 If you happened to check Sarah Palin’s Wikipedia entry Thursday, you might have had a good tip about today’s announcement. Someone — and apparently it was just one person … Continue reading
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