journalism.nyu.edu - 9/3/2008
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John McCain's convention gambit calls for culture war around the Sarah Palin pick. And now the Politico is reporting just that: Palin reignites culture wars . An option is forming. This is my attempt to describe it before her big speech in St. Paul.
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Hullabaloo —
... So the campaign itself is now stoking this by bringing up this extramarital affair thing. I hadn't heard about it. They have decided to double down on Jay Rosen's culture war scenario. ...
Tonight: The Palin Scandals versus the Conservative Backlash
Open Left - Front Page —
... whether independent voters will meet this young, attractive and charismatic woman and believe her story about being a small town mayor and reformer in Alaska who is being criticized solely because the media and political establishments hate outsiders. This photo is being passed around over email, with obvious class overtones, just as the irritation of Republican elites with the Palin choice was picked up accidentally over a microphone on MSNBC.
That is the bet Jay Rosen and Digby speaks of, it's a bet on backlash and anger towards the political ...
Preliminary Musings On The Palin Speech
Firedoglake —
... . I think Jay Rosen is correct that the Palin pick was the opening salvo in a renewed GOP culture war. Odd that McCain is still desperately trying to shore up the GOP base. ...
Who's expanding the Culture War?
Classical Values —
... I need to elaborate with examples. But before anyone jumps to conclusions, hold on! I do not mean to suggest for one second that the above typifies today's conservative thinking. It does not. Actually, I had to spend a lot of time finding it, and I only stumbled across it because I was wading through countless left-wing attacks on the McCain campaign as being engaged in a Culture War. One of the things which I have found most infuriating about this election is the constant refrain that it's all about the Culture War . This (from The Economist ) is ...
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A Defiant Palin Takes the Stage —
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