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Rep. Diana DeGette: Palin Choice an "Insult to Women"
Go, Diana! Here's the statement Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette released today about John McCain's nomination of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate (no link, received by e-mail from her office): "The selection of Governor Palin is an insult to women. She has obviously been chosen to ...
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QandO — How soon we forget. Bill Clinton a few nights ago: He recalled that 16 years ago "Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander in chief. Sound familiar? It didn’t work in 1992 and it will not work in 2008."Really? Well it doesn’t mean that Democrats won’t try: Rep. Diana DeGette, today: "The selection of Governor Palin is an insult to women. She has obviously been chosen to appeal to female voters, but she lacks both the experience and policy ...

Obama Can’t Be A Good Father While President
Pirate's Cove — ... Of course, there is nothing like a good feminist Democrat having a tissy and saying that the pick of Palin is a bad thing. ...

Obama Can’t Be A Good Father While President
Stop The ACLU — ... has the story. Of course, there is nothing like a good feminist Democrat having a tissy and saying that the pick of Palin is a bad thing. And, of course, ...

Doing Karl Rove's work for him
Shakesville — All around the blogosphere, I see people wondering if John McCain really thinks women are stupid enough to be fooled by his rather transparent and cynical choice of VP and vote with their vaginas despite Palin's antichoice, antifeminist, antievolutionary views. Pshaw, I say. This is vintage Rovian turning-your-opponent's-greatest-strength-into-a-weakness politics. Here's how I see it: McCain has been making a pitch for disaffected Hillary voters for a while now -- you may recall, for instance, that after Rep. Steve Cohen, a Tennessee ...

Wednesday Mostly Palin Bashing
Discourse.net — There was just too much to wait for Friday. Can’t she quit the ticket already? Then I could get back to bashing McCain…. CBS News, John McCain’s campaign threatened legal action against the National Enquirer today for running a story about McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin, allegedly having an affair with her husband’s business partner. OK - We’ve jumped the shark here. If you don’t believe me, see Sarah Palin is your new… Romanesko, Everything the press touches about Palin turns into a scoop George ...

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