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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - Posts
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However Obama's speech plays out, Hillary Clinton's No. 1 surrogate, Bill, has weighed in again on race. He said the idea that he has said anything racially insensitive during the campaign (particularly comparing Obama's win in South Carolina to Jesse Read More...
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Thank you, Ellen. I remember sitting in front of the television in 1998, during the first few days of the Lewinsky scandal, listening to television commentators all but demand Clinton's resignation, and shivering, and saying to my husband, "Wait a minute! Read More...
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Truly. I was all set to write that we had given Obama a free pass, that we had allowed him to slip away from something the we'd pin on anyone else. Every one-word slip in this campaign— bitch and monster and Jesse Jackson— has been endlessly scrutinized. Read More...
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I watched Ben Stein’s commentary on CBS News Sunday Morning this past weekend, and I’m troubled. Have I been blinded by the salacious nature of the Spitzer story and am I not focusing on the important issues here? Have I been too seduced by the sex and Read More...
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Do three saps make a trend? What I like best about Obama is that he does not play dumb and keep moving, or shout, Hey, look over there ! So that instead of either rushing by this outcry over his preacher's remarks, or attempting to minimize what's happened, Read More...
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That was the flat-out best political speech I have heard in my lifetime. No, nothing messianic about Obama: It's just that he's the rare politician who doesn't insult the American public by pretending that our complicated world is simple. And, damn it, Read More...
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Meghan , I am also a sap, but I don't think you needed to be one to be moved by this speech. Obama has often tried to transcend race. Wright's remarks reminded us all that sometimes you just can't. And so Obama got out there and owned the specific injustices Read More...
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I've been more and more impressed with Obama's speeches — especially since I saw him at a rally in San Antonio . But I still wasn't entirely prepared for today's speech — inspired by the criticism of his pastor, Jeremiah Wright. In it, Obama tackled racism Read More...
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What I liked about the Times article about the Patersons' affairs was this censorious observation by reporter Danny Hakim: "The admission is likely to be a distraction for the new governor at a difficult time." It's a classic instance of what I call the Read More...
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This morning is a flashback to 1998, toward the end of Lewinsky hell, when Bob Livingston decided not to run for speaker because someone had figured out he'd had an affair. And then came all sorts of rumors about who else Larry Flynt was going to out. Read More...
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And a new record, isn't it, for time elapsed between the swearing in and the swearing at? That's quick work, when right under the New York Times headline "New Governor for New York, Pledging Unity" is this second offering: "Patersons Acknowledge Extramarital Read More...
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