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Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 4, 2008. [561 total comments]
Palin went on attack Wednesday night, deriding Democrats, mischaracterizing Obama and insulting Americans, who she must think won't know any better.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. September 2, 2008. [506 total comments]
It's not hard to stir up negative publicity when you advocate gunning down wolves from airplanes and deny the human causes of climate change.
Bonnie Fuller, Huffington Post. September 3, 2008. [339 total comments]
If Palin succeeds in "normalizing" her daughter's pregnancy, will other teen girls look at this and say what is the problem with having a baby?
Sanho Tree, AlterNet. September 6, 2008. [339 total comments]
Sarah Palin's acceptance speech was heavy on rhetoric but light on substance. But ginning up the culture war may not work this time around.
Isaac Fitzgerald, Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. September 3, 2008. [336 total comments]
More skeletons come out of Palin's closet.
Karen Dolan, AlterNet. September 3, 2008. [273 total comments]
I wholly believe in educating my child about contraception. But given that he is 7, I could have waited a few years for that particular talk.
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. September 5, 2008. [254 total comments]
Only in America could a man who has called the mainstream media his "base" run against that very same media.
Democracy Now!September 1, 2008. [208 total comments]
Goodman has been charged with obstruction; felony riot charges are pending against producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. September 3, 2008. [167 total comments]
"It's like we don't have rights. Like we don't even live here."
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 1, 2008. [148 total comments]
In 1972, Tom Eagleton was the Democratic VP nominee for 18 days when another private drama became public.
David Corn, MotherJones.com. September 5, 2008. [146 total comments]
Number of sentences in John McCain's RNC speech about being a POW in Vietnam: 43. Number about his 25 years in the House and Senate: 8.
Jane Smiley, Huffington Post. September 1, 2008. [145 total comments]
The Sarah Palin pick is an attempt to turn the women's movement upside down, offering someone who reinforces patriarchal power.
Amy Goodman, Truthdig. September 5, 2008. [121 total comments]
Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. September 2, 2008. [115 total comments]
Barack Obama's health care plan coddles the corporations that profit from the misery and illnesses of tens of millions of Americans.
Melinda Brouwer, AlterNet. September 1, 2008. [114 total comments]
Global public opinion data shows a clear Obama trend across much of planet Earth.
Tana Ganeva, Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. September 4, 2008. [113 total comments]
AlterNet readers weigh in on McCain's pick of Gov. Sarah Palin, the many skeletons in her closet, and what it all means for the country.
Jay Rosen, Huffington Post. September 5, 2008. [110 total comments]
Republicans will try to spin Palin's shortcoming into strengths, by revving up the culture wars.
Stan Cox, AlterNet. September 5, 2008. [96 total comments]
As our consumer goods travel thousands of miles by boat, train and truck, they're leaving a trail of soot and cancer in their wake.
John Dolan, AlterNet. September 2, 2008. [90 total comments]
For most of us, zooming around in an airplane to shoot wolves sounds insane. For Sarah Palin, it's a "safari."
Bob Herbert, The New York Times. September 4, 2008. [84 total comments]
Sarah Palin may look like an easy target, but the Democrats should be cautious of how far they push.
Brad Reed, AlterNet. September 1, 2008. [84 total comments]
As the storm bears down on the Gulf Coast, the Republicans see an opportunity to help salvage their brand.
Robert Kuttner, AlterNet. September 4, 2008. [83 total comments]
In this strategy, every Democratic misstep is inflated into a cultural parable, while gaping holes in the Republican story are neatly sidestepped.
Suzanne Braun Levine, SuzanneBraunLevine.comAlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 5, 2008. [76 total comments]
Sarah Palin is a milestone, for we achieve true gender equality when an incompetent woman goes as far as an incompetent man.
Steve Benen, Washington MonthlyAlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 1, 2008. [71 total comments]
Much ado about choice.
Paul Armentano, AlterNet. September 6, 2008. [69 total comments]
Joe Biden authored the laws establishing the White House drug czar and random drug testing of public employees, among others.
Laura Flanders, AlterNet. September 5, 2008. [68 total comments]
Will the media test her on substance or let her play "Ms. Congeniality?" It is up to the public to see through the fact-free diet we're being fed.
George Lakoff, AlterNet. September 1, 2008. [67 total comments]
The initial Democratic response to Palin indicates that many Democrats have not learned the lessons of the Reagan and Bush years.
Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. September 6, 2008. [62 total comments]
Many parents are consumed by an ever-increasing list of things they should be but aren't buying for their kids.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. September 1, 2008. [58 total comments]
In the run-up to the Republican convention, Minnesota police launched a series of preemptive raids to intimidate protesters and quash dissent.
Rhonda Brownstein, Southern Poverty Law Center. September 1, 2008. [50 total comments]
Since 1995, U.S. Rep. Bilbray (R-Calif.) has tried to deny American citizenship to children born in the United States of non-citizen parents.
Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. September 4, 2008. [50 total comments]
Last year was a weak financial time for working families, and a new report shows it reflected in our health.
Mark Engler, Nation Books. September 1, 2008. [44 total comments]
All over the world, alternative approaches to capitalist greed are bubbling up from the grassroots.
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. September 1, 2008. [43 total comments]
McCain has already assembled his clique of advisors, and they don't have our best interests in mind.
Dave Burdick, Huffington PostAlterNet: PEEK. September 5, 2008. [43 total comments]
GOP ignores copyrights, raises ire of multiple recording artists.
Riane Eisler, AlterNet. September 6, 2008. [43 total comments]
Why is it that we get so outraged over war but look the other way when women and girls are beaten and murdered in the name of tradition?
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. September 2, 2008. [38 total comments]
Obama appears to have done what he needed to during Dem convention.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 3, 2008. [36 total comments]
The GOP trots out Dem backstabber Joe Lieberman for a keynote at their lackluster convention.
ZP Heller, Talking Points MemoAlterNet: Video. September 3, 2008. [36 total comments]
Listen as they disparage McCain's VP pick.
DJK, Brave New FilmsAlterNet: Video. September 2, 2008. [35 total comments]
It was McCain who thrust her into the spotlight.
David Moberg, The Nation. September 1, 2008. [34 total comments]
Meet Working America: a 2.5 million online member organization created by the AFL-CIO with a working-class base and a strategy to win.
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