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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
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I'm intrigued by this interpretation , from psychology professor Jonathan Haidt on Edge, which Ann already wrote thoughtfully about , about why people vote Republican. Haidt points out that mostly liberal academic psychologists have concluded that "conservatism Read More...
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Dahlia's got it: what's depressing about Palin is that she represents the Ann Coulterization of the Republican party. That's what was tugging at my unconscious mind as I watched her spout the most vicious and irresponsible claptrap, with such a gleeful Read More...
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What I'm stuck on is that image of Bristol Palin and her betrothed holding hands up on stage last night, along with the rest of her family, as the party of Bill Bennett and the Family Research Council applauded. It isn't that I think she should have been Read More...
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Maureen , I suppose whether or not you find the Republican stance on abortion hypocritical depends on point of view. From a pro-choice perspective, yes, a commitment to banning abortion is government intrusion on a woman's body. If you look at it from Read More...
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A couple of years ago, my son remarked that President Bush seemed to think every day was Opposites Day, which would explain how he always wound up listening to the wrong people and giving the best ideas the boot. That's how I feel now, listening to Hillary's Read More...
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My only thought this morning is that I really want it to be over. I'll vow to raise $5 million for Hillary if she'll drop out. Second thought: I'm glad Cindy traded canary yellow for red—it looks better on her. Hillary boringly wore red, as I predicted. 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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Ellen , that is how I felt after I read an interview with The Sopranos ' creator David Chase way back when, explaining that every word out of every character's mouth was a lie. (Up until then, I'd spent the whole hour going, "Well, that's not true ... Read More...
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That is a dandy plan if you don't want any of those bad, evil Republicans to vote for you in the fall. (And sure they still hate her; I think the clinical term is playing possum .) Read More...
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Every year for Lent, I give up speaking ill of anyone. It is a long 40 days, and it begins today. (I mention this so that if it seems like I've had my brain removed, no, I haven't, and I will be back to my old critical self before you can say mortification Read More...
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Now this is interesting; I see where a focus group of Republican women has declared Mike Huckabee the winner of last night's debate. These undecided, right-leaning women thought Mitt Romney came off as phony, arrogant and "a snake''—and one woman who Read More...
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Emily, thanks for bringing up Dick Cheney's bragging ; I thought I was doing OK without Jon Stewart, but now I see I was only fooling myself. Speaking of which, poor Mitt : He had to address the Mormon question , but then did so in a way that told us Read More...
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Writing in Slate , former Reagan administration lawyer Bruce Fein has gone on an impeachment tear this year—calling for Bush's impeachment , Cheney's , and maybe Nancy Pelosi''s next . He has also co-written a play, with Richard Lasser, "I—The Impeachment Read More...
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It seems like much longer than three years ago that Howard Dean was hailed as the great hope for Web political organizing. Now, Ron Paul has replaced him as the no-chance-in-hell candidate to best harness the misdirected money and idealism of the Internet Read More...
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Melinda and Rachael, your recent posts about knee-jerk political assumptions and the trend toward only listening to people we agree with really resonated for me. In years past, I had no trouble finding my political tribe. As a lefty lesbian, I might occasionally Read More...
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