Palin & Bachmann, Together At Last
Chris Matthews titled one of his segments on Hardball tonight "Bachmann-Palin Overdrive." You have to be a certain age to really enjoy that. B-b-b-baby, you ain't seen nothin' yet...

But though her crowd loved it, I was very uncomfortable with the hatefulness of Palin's gender jokes. Apparently she thinks that ( Read more... )

It's summer, and there's too much going on to spend much time blogging, though heaven knows I'd love to roll in the sex scandal muck for a while, or chastise Dana Milbank for his silly attack on Obama's willingness to take questions relayed from Iran at a press conference, or give Obama a swift kick in the briefs (legal briefs, that is) for his DOJ ( Read more... )

There will be time to grieve Dr. George Tiller, a good and brave man, later.

Tonight, in haste, here is what is being said about Scott Philip Roeder, the man arrested for his murder - and a concluding note on John McCain's encounter with (and obedience to?) supporters of the previous person who made an attempt on Dr. Tiller's life.

• Kansas State ( Read more... )

Pay attention! The Ledbetter Act and the Fair Pay Restoration Act have passed the House and are on their way to the Senate, and so it's time to write your Senators and let them know you want to see people who have been discriminated against at work have at least the same small chance of getting justice that they had before Dubya's Supreme Court re ( Read more... )

I was going to do a post about a slogan I saw buried in Comment 17 here, following a story about a Republican women's group leader in New Mexico who succumbed to Islamophobia and the temptation to lie like a rug regarding Obama's own religious persuasion in a local letter to the editor. A slogan posted in response?

"Vote for the guy with one wife ( Read more... )

Hillary Clinton did not deserve to have the worst of sexist fears embodied in the metal nutcracker made in her image, nor the prurient coverage of her cleavage, nor... oh, the list goes on. Likewise, Sarah Palin has come in for some sexism she doesn't deserve either.She doesn't deserve having a porn film made starring a look-alike. It's not ( Read more... )

I wrote about Palin's excursion into Marie Antoinette's closet yesterday here.

But other candidates have also gone all-too-elite in some of their fashion choices, per Newsweek:

If Palin's $2,500 Valentino jacket seems expensive, consider that Barack Obama wears Hart Schaffner Marx suits that retail for about $1,500. John McCain consistently wears ( Read more... )

Much is being made of her costly clothes at the expense of the Republican National Committee. Hey, look: she's a beauty queen. And even if she were not, candidates routinely get "makeovers" (which are generally more of a "sharpen up" kind of thing) and so why the fuss? Yes, the cost of each garment is scandalously high and has echoes of Marie ( Read more... )

A break from straight politics to indulge in one of my pet avocations!

The Wall Street Journal created a video feature that I can't embed here due to LJ's technological limitations. You may go directly to the video (and sit through a 15-second ad) at the link below.

The Legacy of the McCain Name 10/16/2008WSJ's Douglas Blackmon speaks with Charles ( Read more... )

On Sunday, I posted this regarding McPalin's dive for the racial gutter, and McCain's putative regret expressed on Friday:

Obama has shown he can take a crowd and turn them joyous, hopeful cheering section. McCain and Palin have shown they can take a crowd and turn it into a raging, screaming lynch mob. Whom are they trying to attract? The answer ( Read more... )