Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/election08/97529/palin_fails_by_her_own_standards/ Palin went on attack Wednesday night, deriding Democrats, mischaracterizing Obama and insulting Americans, who she must think won't know any better. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/election08/97198/top_ten_most_disturbing_facts_and_impressions_of_sarah_palin/ 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. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT AlterNet Staff, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/election08/97338/palin_has_chosen_to_exploit_her_own_daughter%27s_pregnancy/ 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? Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Bonnie Fuller, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/election08/97350/8_more_shocking_revelations_about_sarah_palin/ More skeletons come out of Palin's closet. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Isaac Fitzgerald, Tana Ganeva, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/election08/97651/mccain%27s_palin_gambit%3A_are_americans_weary_of_the_culture_wars/ 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. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Sanho Tree, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/sex/97320/how_my_7-year-old_learned_about_pre-marital_sex_from_john_mccain/ 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. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:01 PDT Karen Dolan, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rights/97194/amy_goodman_and_two_democracy_now%21_producers_unlawfully_arrested_at_rnc/ Goodman has been charged with obstruction; felony riot charges are pending against producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:00:01 PDT Democracy Now! http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/97766/only_in_america_could_a_two-faced_creature_like_mccain_attain_such_media_status/ Only in America could a man who has called the mainstream media his "base" run against that very same media. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:00:01 PDT Rory O'Connor, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rights/97306/as_unlawful_arrests_continue%2C_st._paul_feels_like_a_city_under_siege_for_some_residents_/ "It's like we don't have rights. Like we don't even live here." Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Liliana Segura, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/election08/97667/mccain_uses_his_big_speech_to_give_us_a_tour_of_his_vietnamese_prison_cell/ 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. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT David Corn, MotherJones.com