Sunshine Patriots and Fair Weather White Guys by nancy a heitzeg The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Thomas Paine, 1776 Where were the…
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“I just want to make sure I’ve got this straight: He’ll get rid of regulations on Wall Street, but he’s going to crack down on `Sesame Street,'” Barack Obama 10/4/2012 (10)
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“Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain…” by Kay Whitlock The first 2012 presidential debate saw an arrogant Republican deployment of the Patriarchal Authoritarian Archetype. A Botoxed Mitt Romney began by harvesting moderator Jim Lehrer’s courage and integrity – I’m old enough to remember when Mr. Lehrer used…
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We Have Made The Choice by nancy a heitzeg But when all is said and done, when you pick up that ballot to vote, you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation… And on every issue, the choice you face won’t be just between two candidates…
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Mother Jones, 7 Highlights You Missed From the Romney Video: Mocking immigration in the United States: “I’d like to staple a green card to every Ph.D. in the world and say, ‘Come to America, we want you here.’ Instead, we make it hard for people who get educated here or…
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Charles Blow, New York Times, “Advantage, Obama”: Elections often turn on character moments and the slopes of lines. They are about who a candidate reveals himself to be under pressure more than who he says he is on stage. And they are about the direction of change when the time…
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Rising Polls, a Big Convention Bounce and $$$$ (6)
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New York Times: A Tight Election May Be Tangled in Legal Battles Truthout and CI: The Year of Voter Suppression Colorlines, The Racial Politics Behind the Right Wing’s Poll-Watching: These poll “challenging” and “watching” operations are not race-neutral. The nation has a history of white people taunting and haunting black…
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