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October 31, 2008

The Sexualization of Obama

Aggregated from: VivirLatino

After all the anger this year about how the presidential races were sexist against Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin (which I *know* they were, I'm not contesting that at all), followed up by examples of Hillary Nutcrackers and Palin sex dolls and earnest assertions that the sexualization of a candida...

October 30, 2008

McCain Trusted More on Economy, Taxes

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

For months, American voters told pollsters that they believed that Senator Barack Obama was better able to take care of the economy. He may not have a lot of foreign policy experience, voters seemed to believe, but he was informed about the economy, and best able to lead the U.S. out of a recession....

October 29, 2008

Hanging Sarah Palin in Effigy

When news broke that a West Hollywood couple had hung a Sarah Palin effigy by a noose outside their home as part of a Halloween display, the blogosphere could hardly contain itself. Although many bloggers agreed that the effigy was not a crime, there was a general feeling that it was in bad taste.

The wrong turn (1): ‘half a feminist vote', Rosemary Bechler

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

Isn't it time to draw the line when Mary Beard, whom I greatly admire, inanely supposes on Women's Hour that Sarah Palin deserved ‘half a feminist vote'? Which half: what feminist? What on earth did she mean? There have been various attempts to equip with arguments American Republic...

October 28, 2008

The Candidates on Abortion

Aggregated from: BiblioPolit

Where do the candidates (McCain vs Obama; Palin vs Biden) stand on abortion? National right to Life has put together an excellent flyer to assist you, the American voter, in making a decision on Nov 4. The flyer deals specifically with the issue of abortion. The flyers are in PDF format and come in ...

October 24, 2008

Sarah Palin’s Definition Of Terrorism

Aggregated from: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying

Tonight, Sarah Palin was interviewed by Brian Williams of NBC. Of course, she was with chaperone. In the interview, Sarah Palin struggled with a  very narrow definition of "domestic terrorism". Apparently, terrorism does not include abortion clinic bombings. This is the United S...

Today's Faves: Pondering Palin from across the Pacific

Voices without Votes continuously aggregates interesting links about the election from world bloggers. Our authors take turns picking their top 3 personal favorites every weekday. Although Sarah Palin’s star is no longer in the ascendancy, I decided to feature three Australian bloggers’ latest posts which touch on the aspiring Vice President. The fascination with her has continued unabated in the U.S. but many bloggers over here are having trouble taking her seriously. It's much easy to laugh or dismiss her as inept.

October 23, 2008

Today’s faves: ‘Come, on!’ moment, Obama-mania and sold-out yarmulkes

Voices without Votes continuously aggregates interesting links about the election from world bloggers. Our authors take turns picking their top 3 personal favorites every weekday. In today’s favorite round up, a German blogger writes about the irrelevance of Palin’s wardrobe, meanwhile an American in Palestine talks about her recent Obama-filled trip and an Obama supporter has sad news for Jews wanting to purchase an accessory.

October 21, 2008

Today's faves: Cuban Travel, Conspiracy Theories, and Sexism

read Voices without Votes continuously aggregates interesting links about the election from world bloggers. Our authors take turns picking their top 3 personal favorites every weekday. Today, we bounce from Cuba, to Britain, to Egypt.

October 20, 2008

This is sexism

Aggregated from: Egyptian chronicles

I don’t like the on going war in the American media against Sarah Palin as it is taking a new turn I think the democrats themselves will refuse it too because in the end it can turn against them.Yes Obama and his family have been under huge fire too still it did not reach to porn films !! I have ...