Posts Tagged ‘RNC 2008’
By Rob Anderson - Sep 9th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
While at the Republican National Convention last week in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Young Conservatives of California State Chair Ryan Sorba sat down for a radio interview…
Tags: LGBT, right-wing punditry, RNC 2008, Ryan Sorba
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By Rob Anderson - Sep 5th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Dana Milbank, a card-carrying member of the Eastern Media Elite, examines the fraught relationship between his clan and the Republican Party:
Tags: media, Republicans, RNC 2008
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By Jesse Singal - Sep 5th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Opinionator has a good rundown of responses to John McCain’s speech last night.
Shallow, tardy analysis from me: I was shocked to see the RNC…
Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, RNC 2008, Sarah Palin
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By Kay Steiger - Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Last week, Barack Obama promised to tackle the problem of global warming in his acceptance speech in Denver:
As president, as president, I will tap…
Tags: energy policy, environment, politics, RNC 2008
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By Rob Anderson - Sep 4th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
A few different protesters are interrupting John McCain’s acceptance speech. I’m wondering: Is this a good way to promote a message? My instinct is no–making…
Tags: John McCain, protesters, RNC 2008
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By Jesse Singal - Sep 4th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Redstate’s Erick Erickson says so. Politico’s Jonathan Martin, who says he could see the prompter from where he was sitting, begs to differ.
Isn’t this…
Tags: journalism, media, politics, RNC 2008, Sarah Palin
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By Rob Anderson - Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:42 am
The one thing that was missing from Sarah Palin’s address to the Republican National Convention last night was any mention of actual policies she has…
Tags: Republicans, RNC 2008, Sarah Palin
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By Rob Anderson - Sep 4th, 2008 at 1:01 am
I’ve seen these buttons on a handful of lapels here in Minneapolis-St. Paul. To me, they seem like the most blatant example of sexism on…
Tags: feminism, gender equality, RNC 2008, Sarah Palin, sexism
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By L. Russell Allen - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
With all the talk of whether Governor Sarah Palin’s children are fair game, I thought I’d leave my two cents via Youtube.
Well if Bristol…
Tags: multimedia, RNC 2008, Sarah Palin
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By Rob Anderson - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Keith Smith-Tourville, a Wisconsinite who traveled to Minneapolis-St. Paul to protest at the Republican National Convention, walked away with some pretty brutal scrapes and bruises…
Tags: protesters, RNC 2008
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By Rob Anderson - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I was hoping to see the Ron Paul blimp at the Republican National Convention this year, but, alas, the blimp has been retired. I did,…
Tags: RNC 2008, Ron Paul
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By Rob Anderson - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Two women hawking “Clean Coal” t-shirts here in Minneapolis didn’t seem to know what clean coal is or why it’s allegedly better than traditional coal.…
Tags: clean coal, environment, RNC 2008
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By Kay Steiger - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Last night protesters met police in full-on riot gear. They blocked off nearly all the streets surrounding the Xcel Energy Center. Here’s a video showing…
Tags: law enforcement, multimedia, RNC 2008, video
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By Emily Rutherford - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
No political convention seems to be without its (sometimes unreasonable) arrests of protesters, but the situation at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul has…
Tags: Amy Goodman, journalism, law enforcement, media, RNC 2008
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By Jessica Hillyard - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 am
Have you ever wondered whatever happened to that anarchist kid with the mohawk from your political theory class in college? You know, the one who…
Tags: activism, law enforcement, politics, RNC 2008
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