sarah palin

Strip Club Holds Sarah Palin Lookalike Contest

by Cara October 29, 2008

Via Sociological Images — a truly great blog I discovered recently — comes this story about a Sarah Palin lookalike contest held at Vegas strip club (oh, sorry, “gentleman’s club”).  Lots of bikinis, sexualized use of guns and sexism abound.  You can view more photographs of the event here. The saddest thing is that it’s [...]

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Thoughts on Palin Speech

by Cara September 4, 2008

Apparently the Obama campaign was just as pissed off about the repeated RNC attacks on community organizing as I was. From the email I got this morning, which I thought was actually pretty good: [T]hey insulted the very idea that ordinary people have a role to play in our political process. [. . .] Both [...]

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Turning Attention to Pregnancy Prevention

by Cara September 2, 2008

After so much bullshit regarding Sarah Palin’s child and her daughter’s pregnancy, including smear tactics that I think would only serve to undermine the left in the end, I have to say that I’m absolutely thrilled that a major media organization is writing about McCain and Palin’s record on sexual and reproductive health. Republican John [...]

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“It’s Not a Choice, It’s a Child” — Except When It’s Beneficial To Say It’s a Choice

by Cara August 30, 2008

Here’s something — one of many things — that bothers me about the Sarah Palin coverage.  (Maybe I’ll get to the others in the near future; not sure.) Right here, the NY Times says it — and they’re right, and far from the only ones who are noting it: Ms. Palin is known to conservatives [...]

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