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Malkin and Fox: Flip-Flopping Racism in Action

By Karoli June 12, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

Dear Michelle Obama, we’re watching your back. You betcha we are. As I predicted, the pathetic whisper campaign of the nearly-hysterical Republicans to frame Michelle Obama as bitter, militant, angry,…

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We are Women, not Wedges

By Karoli June 7, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

The New York Times has an article today about the strategy the Obama campaign intends to employ going forward, particularly with efforts to turn states that traditionally vote Republican blue.…

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Michelle Obama Speaks on Fear

By Karoli May 29, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Wow, Michelle Obama dug down into her soul to get to this point, I can tell. She called on another supporter, whose voice quivered and broke with barely contained emotion…

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Obama to GOP: Lay Off My Wife

By Karoli May 20, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

See, sexism isn’t reserved for Hillary Clinton alone. Michelle Obama gets her share of it too, and the Tennessee GOP attack ad is just the beginning. Evidently, Michelle Obama isn’t…

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Larry Johnson, Sen. Clinton, and Gutter Politics

By Karoli May 17, 2008 Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Election 2008 No Comments

What do you get when you put a former CIA operative and the trailing candidate for the Democratic nomination together? A steaming, rolling pile of shit. I debated about whether…

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Thinking Out Loud: Public vs. Corporate Service

By Karoli April 12, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

In February, Michelle Obama made the following remarks at a day care center in Zanesville, Ohio: “Don’t go into corporate America. You know, become teachers. Work for the community. Be…

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