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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
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If Obama is really lucky, Jesse Jackson will curse him every day from now until November—and keep right on apologizing. The candidate himself shouldn't issue any more needless apologies, though, as he sort of did in second-guessing his decision to let Read More...
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Jesse Jackson says he wanted to "cut off" Barack Obama's "nuts" because the presidential contender has been saying black men have to take more responsibility for their behavior, stop acting "like boys," and not father and abandon children. Jackson said Read More...
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In the New York Times on Sunday , Susan Faludi reworks her American gender narrative for Obama-McCain, and argues that Obama is challenging the norm of candidate as avenging rescuer by refusing to go through the gladiator motions. I went back and read Read More...
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Political consultants are always yammering about what a good idea it is to get the most damaging information out in the open ASAP, and on the candidate's own terms. Which is why I suspect Michelle Obama of cannily revealing that secret terrorist handshake Read More...
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On Convictions, a thoughtful post from Rich Ford, in response to Kim and Melinda . Rich is the author of The Race Card ( much more here ). In thinking about whether Clinton supporters who say they'll back McCain are motivated by racism, he writes: Of Read More...
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Yes, Kim , it is definitely the Age of Entrenchment, and I don't think I'm pretending that schoolyard taunts of any sort are unheard of, or that what happened to my friend's child is any particular reflection on Obama's campaign. But I don't want to be Read More...
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Melinda, I'm sorry your friend's son got tagged as a racist for supporting Hillary. But please: Let's not get it twisted. My kids' school is almost a 50-50 split between black students (African-American, Haitians, Jamaicans, etc.) and white, with a smattering Read More...
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But, back to living women who are entertaining the thought of McCain-ing. ...You know how during the primaries, we kept writing that supporting Obama over Hillary didn't make us woman-haters or even bad feminists? Belatedly, with the help of my McCain-flirting Read More...
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Always liked that Ann Richards , and am not exactly immune to Obama's charms, either. Yet I was surprised when the governor posthumously endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee yesterday: "If she were still around she would suit up and campaign for Read More...
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In editing a piece about the election this morning, for the first time this season, I didn't replace "them" in a sentence referring back to the president with "him or her." We've only got XYs in contention now, and so "him" will do. It's a small thing, Read More...
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Just received this e-mail from a friend, a Washington lawyer who is a lifelong Democrat and a generous donor to the party. She supported Hillary in the primary and is undecided about what she'll do in November: I just read your XX column , and I wanted Read More...
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It is tempting to believe that Hillary seemed so relaxed, and confident, and generous this afternoon because she has finally accepted her place. And that place is, once again, second to a giant of male charisma. But this would be insulting, and also not Read More...
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I was not one of those people who cried when I heard Obama's now-famous speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Nor did I find it so spectacularly brilliant as to be beyond any critical analysis. I thought it was a really good speech, but I Read More...
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When you call my name, it's like a little prayer/ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there/ In the midnight hour I can feel your power/ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there —Madonna OK, so now we know what's on Hillary's iPod. But was Hillary's Read More...
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It was a joyful moment after all. I ran upstairs and woke my daughter and my son to tell them. Their world will be different than ours, and that's a good thing. The great James Baldwin said, "I love America more than any other country in the world." There's Read More...
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Hillary was on her game tonight. She looked good. She spoke well. She touched on the groups of voters she feels she owns and the problems of theirs she wants to solve. And, alas, she went from more conciliatory (congratulating Obama) to less (I won the Read More...
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Congratulations, Barack Obama! And bye-bye, Hillary. But don't be sad, die-hard Hillary supporters—you've still got a presumptive presidential nominee who values Hillary's experience and her contributions to his campaign, who's willing to take Hillary Read More...
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Not to beat a not-quite-yet dead horse but I agree with Emily and Melinda about Hillary Clinton's assassination comments. Clinton knew exactly what she was saying. That's why she repeated the comments after having already made the same point to Time magazine Read More...
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Our colleague Ruth Marcus weighs in on the RFK controversy: Ok, I’m feeling the need to weigh in on assasin-gate and disagree with my friends Emily, Rosa and Melinda about how bad Hillary Clinton’s comments were. This is my first blog post, ever, so I Read More...
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XXer Rosa Brooks sends this one in: I think we know exactly what Hillary meant: "Nice nominee you got there ... sure would be a shame if anything happened to him." Awfully big-hearted of her to be willing to stick around through August, just in case .. Read More...
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