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My gut reaction when I saw the cover of Newsweek with Sarah Palin in her tight runners shorts, coyly posed in that former beauty queen stance, I was ready to throw something heavy at editor-in-chief Jon Meachem.
Looking at the impact that the former Alaska Governor is having on the ...
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Sarah Palin
Michelle Obama
Hillary Clinton
I usually do a good job of sticking to one topic in any given post. But there is so much going on at the moment, I feel like my head will explode:
1. My very new friend Anissa , whom I’ve admired from a afar in the blogosphere for some time, had a stroke this week. She’s 35. ...
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Health
breast cancer
Today, I feel like Steve Martin in the movie, The Jerk. No, I’m not feeling like a jerk. Remember the scene when the new phone book arrives? The mere fact of seeing his name in print brings out a joyous rant: — “ The new phone book’s here! The new phone book’s ...
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Sarah Palin in 2012? Some are chuckling, but they might want to rethink their take on the first woman on a GOP presidential ticket.
Conservative pundit David Brooks laughed out loud at the suggestion, calling her a “joke” . Others point to 2008 wannabes Mitt Romney and Mike ...
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Sarah Palin
Gerard Way
Hillary Clinton
As she’s hawking her forthcoming book, Going Rogue , Sarah Palin says she ’s open to a sit down with Hillary Clinton!
You say that’ll never happen? They’re too far apart on the issues? I don’t know — they both probably feel like the brakes were put ...
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Hillary Clinton
“Give backs” are for bad holiday gifts, not for children.
There are few things that truly make me lose it, but sensational media coverage of adoption is one of those things. So bear with me as I explain my visceral reaction to the recent story of Anita Tedaldi, a mother who ...
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adoption
punditmom.com - 7 days ago
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For years, we’ve had our eye on the
Supreme Court, wondering with each new judicial appointment how
that person would add to the mix on the longevity of reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion. Who knew that some dude named ...
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Am I Angrier at Bart Stupak or Barack Obama?
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I met some fabulous women at the Type-A Mom conference in September. Some were women I had admired in the blogosphere and met for the first time in real life, and others had blogs I hadn’t yet discovered, but am glad I did. One of those great women is Allison from Everything Mom and ...
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Even us wonks can’t really get through all of the health care bill — heck, I only made it to about page 400 in War and Peace.
As the House of Representatives votes on the health care package today, if you’ve got a few questions try out this widget to get some questions ...
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education
Labor
Health
While the PunditFamily is recovering from the swine flu, here’s a lighthearted reminder about the personal nature of politics!
Which makes me wonder as I st here among my tissue boxes, meds and cups of tea — are the people who are opposed to the public option for health ...
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The National Women’s Law Center has made today a national day of action to call on our lawmakers to demand that they get rid of the ridiculous inequities in the health care system that impact women, calling their campaign “I am Not a Pre-existing Condition.”
A couple ...
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Health
It seems that Sarah Palin has decided that she is not only going to rear her head and peer into Alaska from time to time t keep an eye on Vladimir Putin, but now she can also see New York State from her back yard! (Must be some weird northern lights phenomenon!)
I have to assume that’s ...
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Sarah Palin
punditmom.com - 16 days ago
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I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t
disappointed that I didn’t make the cut for finalists
in the Washington Post’s “Next Great Pundit” contest. I’m not quite sure why the Washington Post is doing such a thing. ...
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Not the Next “Great Pundit” — Yet!
Mr. PunditMom and I did eat at this establishment on a quick 24 hour getaway to Virginia. And the sandwiches were DEE-licious!
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Recession
I understand why Glamour magazine would want First Lady Michelle Obama on the cover of its upcoming issue. Anything with Michelle associated with it is bound to increase sales and if the women who buy Glamour magazine can get a small dose of the political world alongside the “ 39 Cutest ...
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Michelle Obama
Last week, I received a notice about my Citibank Mastercard. It seems that something around 13 percent wasn’t enough interest to charge me for any balances I carried on the card. I wasn’t worried because I don’t carry a balance. I’m pretty good about monitoring how I ...
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Economy
For your morning reading pleasure!
This 0p-ed by former Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Joanne Lipman . She has some interesting thoughts on the Shriver Report and it’s relationshipto 9/11.
And while I won’t be reading Going Rogue, I might think about reading Going ...
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Earlier this year, I had the pleasure to be on a panel at the Women, Action & the Media conference with my good friend Veronica Arreola from Viva la Feminista and Diane Farsetta from the Center for Media and Democracy on a topic that’s become pretty timely recently with the Federal ...
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Last weekend, PunditGirl and I visited my younger stepdaughter out of town. As we were hanging out at her apartment on Sunday morning, she pulled out a few bills to pay. One of them was her health insurance bill.
My stepdaughter works in the fashion industry in New York as an independent ...
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Michelle Obama
Health
Although, it could be fun if to put her with these other bobbleheads . I’m pretty sure Teddy Roosevelt and John Adams could take her on!
