Tag Archives: Join or Die
In Comparing PUMA Reactions to Sarah Palin and Sonia Sotomayor, the Expected Hypocrisy Emerges
For some time now, the PUMAs – those female Hillary supporters who let their bitterness, hate, and (yes!) racism trump reason during last year’s presidential election – have been free to simultaneously pursue their twin goals of (1) boosting women politicians, without regard to their qualifications, and (2) trashing Barack Obama. Hitherto, these goals have […]
PUMAs Totally Lose It
I know, I know; maybe that happened a while ago. But, I have to say this – posting tons of crazy pictures is not election coverage. It’s a barely concealed slide into despair. And that actually makes me sad. PUMAs, I won’t miss your irrational hate for Senator President-Elect Obama, but I have an offer […]
PUMA Chow: McCain’s Deceitful Mailer to Hillary Women in Pennsylvania
In a new mailer being distributed in Pennsylvania, John McCain tries to cast himself as heir to the Hillary legacy. The mailer (images below the line) features Sarah Palin prominently (a bold move, considering her plummeting numbers), and offers her as proof that McCain “share[s] Hillary Clinton’s goal of promoting women to more important roles […]
PUMAs Are Dead
Salon, reviewing the media’s greatest mistakes of 2008: “Guess what? For all the PUMA nonsense that filled the airwaves over the summer… Obama is beating McCain by a 91-to-5-percent margin among self-identified Democrats.” Nate Silver concurs: the PUMAs never mattered, but they made a good story for CNN & Fox, so they were happy to […]
Join or Die: PUMAs Misrepresent the State of the Law
After last night’s debate, in which both McCain and Obama gave rather full answers to the complex question of abortion, PUMA apologists are out in full force, defending against the claim that John McCain will overrule Roe v. Wade. They argue that because (1) the Court has already had the chance to overrule Roe and […]
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