ProudProgressive

Sarah (full disclosure: my sister) is participating in an interesting discussion over at An Angry American. The conversation there is I think quite representative of the political conversation as a whole in this country. Sarah wrote several specific, concrete, points about why she’s voting for Obama: the economy, the war in Iraq, abortion, etc. Her […]

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How many times have you heard that John McCain is a “maverick” or a “straight-talker?” I’ve become increasingly annoyed by the mainstream media’s insistence on repeating fawning tropes about presidential candidate John McCain that just aren’t true. Or at least aren’t any more true about him than any other politician. So without further ado, here […]

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