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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
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According to this report and this new book, conservatives are generally happier than liberals, "because liberals lack ideological rationalizations that would help them frame inequality in a positive (or at least neutral) light." Which is a nice old liberal Read More...
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Over on "Convictions," Richard Ford elaborates on our objections to McCain's opposition to the Equal Pay Bill. Here's the full post . He concludes: I have to say it’s hard for me to believe that anyone who is really committed to equal pay would oppose Read More...
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I've got more to complain about: Last night, Senate Republicans killed the Equal Pay Bill, which would have undone the Supreme Court's bad deed in a case last term called Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co . Lily Ledbetter sued Goodyear for sex Read More...
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Ann, your smart post tees me up to protest one particular pander: the candidates' unwillingess to speak the scientific truth that there is no evidence of a link between mercury in vaccines and autism. McCain is the worst on this. From the Washington Post Read More...
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Emily, your exegesis of Obama as Joshua to MLK's Moses, leading the people to the promised land, was inspiring, but it would have been laughed off the table at a Seder I attended this past weekend—also in the Philadelphia area—where three separate attendees Read More...
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Great framing, Rachael , and evidence that the real beneficiary of Obama's comment will be not Hillary but McCain, for whom it is a bag of bonbons to be snacked on all fall. Part of what's prompting the wincing and deep doubts, I think, is that Obama Read More...
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As we look to November, surely we can agree that the last thing we need in the Oval Office is another escapee from the reality-based community . The various misstatements each of the presidential candidates has made lately are instructive and ought not Read More...
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The Republican race for the White House turned out to be something of a snoozefest compared with the drama of the Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton contest. I've waffled among envy , relief , and worry that the lack of excitement actually means a lack of enthusiasm Read More...
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The answer, my fellow Americans, is yes. Hillary Clinton, just for instance, has spent years cozying up to Nixon's old friend the Rev. Billy Graham. And yet what are the chances that she seconds Graham's feeling, caught on Nixon's tapes, that Jews are Read More...
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We're lucky enough to have two new XXers this week—welcome also to Liza Mundy. Great to have you both! The other problem with the craziness you point to, Rosa, is that it makes the Obama-Clinton divide seem like it's about policy and substance, as opposed Read More...
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We are delighted to welcome Rosa into our XX family! Welcome to XX Factor, Rosa. And I agree with you completely that the people who say they will vote for McCain if their Dem of choice isn't crowned appear to be drunk. But my objection, more than anything Read More...
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OK, Melinda , I'll fess up. On the one hand, I am definitely ready for this to be over. (And it looks as if Tom Hanks agrees with us .) But, from a partisan standpoint, it is kind of fun to watch Barack and Hillary do John McCain's dirty work for him. Read More...
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What's up with Democrats who say, "If Obama [or Hillary] doesn't win the Democratic nomination, I'll be voting for John McCain in November"? This is making me crazy. I argued , today, that Clinton has become so fixated on tearing down Obama—despite her Read More...
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Check's in the mail, Hanna . Not sure how our bake sale/carwash/raffle to end the never-ending primary fits into the campaign-finance laws, but let's let the lawyers figure that out. I don't know whether Rush Limbaugh had an effect on the Texas or Ohio Read More...
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Well, as Chris Matthews rather too harshly pointed out to Hillaryland's Lisa Caputo last night, it can't really be buyer's remorse, given that each state is a new group of buyers. (Still, ungallant to have someone on and then tell her that her metaphor Read More...
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Because I want to play in the sandbox, too! Upon my return from voting in the Ohio primary, I read Meghan's post about how Democrats in Texas are excited to vote and caucus. Not only is my corner of the state lacking Texas' "cool, bright" weather (we Read More...
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Hanna, you're right that Obama has to do a better job of showing his dark side, or at least his response to the world's dark side. But can't he sort this out after he wins the nomination — or at least Texas and Ohio? In a race against John McCain, the Read More...
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Over on his blog at Psychology Today , frequent Slate contributor Peter D. Kramer (author of, among other things, Listening to Prozac ) notes what plenty are rushing to note: that Clinton, having accused Obama of Xeroxing, went ahead and echoed other Read More...
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1) As usual, a woman's skinny blondness is admitted as evidence against her, once again deflecting suspicion from zaftig brunettes. 2) As noted by Emily Y. , insinuations about said skinny blonde are better than a spa week for making an old soldier young Read More...
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As our resident McCain supporter, I'd be remiss not to weigh in on the strange story in the New York Times about the affair that the presumptive GOP nominee may or may not have had with lobbyist Vicki Iseman (who, as Hanna points out , looks eerily like Read More...
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