Sarah Palin

Protesting Sarah Palin and the Tea Party in Madison »

By Matthew Rothschild, April 16, 2011

Palin praised Walker, mocked Obama, and served up some anti-big- government boilerplate as protesters chanted, “Sarah Palin, Go Home!”read more

Shameless Palin Claims Victimhood, Refuses to Apologize »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 12, 2011

Showing not an ounce of remorse nor pledging to lower her own rhetoric even a decibel, Palin makes herself the victim.read more

The New York Times Wakes Up to Palin »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 22, 2010

The prospect of Palin in 2012 is not one to be sneered at—much less hoped for, and I know a lot of Democrats are doing both.read more

Envious of Sarah Palin and the Tea Partiers »

By Matthew Rothschild, October 19, 2010

Now I don’t share their politics at all. Not at all. I detest them. Still, I grudgingly respect their tactics.read more

Queenmaker Palin Triumphs with Christine O’Donnell »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 15, 2010

Palin’s endorsements have paid off dramatically, and with every new one, it seems more and more possible that she could actually win the Republican nomination.read more

Sarah Palin and the F-Word »

By Ruth Conniff, August 2010 Issue

The Right is co-opting progressivism for its own ends.read more

Sarah Palin’s Feminism and Ted Olson’s Stand for Gay Rights »

By Ruth Conniff, June 22, 2010

How far have women and gay people come in a world that once casually discriminated against us, laughed at the very idea of our equal human rights?read more

Sarah Palin’s defense of Rand Paul is indefensible »

By Fred McKissack, May 27, 2010

There was something comical in hearing former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin’s recent condemnation of the “liberal media” for exposing — although a bit late — Rand Paul’s disappointingly narrow view of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.read more

Beware Rand Paul and Sarah Palin »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 20, 2010

Those progressives who cheer the takeover of the Republican Party by the tea partiers, seeing in it a recipe for electoral victory for Democrats in 2012, may be making a tragic error.read more

The Dangers of Sarah Palin »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 8, 2010

People are looking for answers. And Sarah Palin is providing them. They are simplistic answers. They are foolish answers. They are the wrong answers. But they have an appeal.read more

Sarah Palin, as Unprincipled as They Come

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Capitalism, Sarah Palin-Style »

Naomi Klein in the August 2009 issue

What if the bailout actually works, what if the financial sector is saved and the economy returns to the course it was on before the crisis struck? Is that what we want? And what would that world look like? The answer is that it would look like Sarah Palin. Hear me out, this is not a joke.read more

The Republican Party lost its big bet on Gov. Sarah Palin. »

By C. Nicole Mason, November 6, 2008

Sen. John McCain’s strategists hoped that Palin would mobilize women and tilt the election in their favor. It didn’t happen.read more

McCain, Palin Play with Dangerous Fire

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Palin-Biden Debate: A Wink and a Nod »

By Kate Clinton, October 3, 2008

Sadly the only moment of unanimity of the night was that both candidates oppose gay marriage. After all our LGBT support and hard work for the Obama-Biden ticket, it was sickening. Mind if I call you chicken, Joe?read more

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