Posts Tagged ‘Election 2008’

The Feminist Mystique: How Election 2008 Killed a Notorious Word

Still ruining everything: Palin paved the way for Obama to kill "feminist"
The death of the word "feminist" was broadcast on the evening news. In September 2008, at the height of the presidential campaign, Katie Couric boarded John McCain's airplane, took a seat with vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and lobbed the first in a series [...]

Vice Presidential Debate Live Blog

Stay tuned here for The Sexist's play-by-play of the 2008 vice presidential debate.
While you're at it: Take the edge off the Sarah Palin/Joe Biden showdown by playing along with The Sexist's 2008 Vice Presidential Drinking Game.
The debate begins at 9 p.m. EST; I'll be live-blogging here starting around 8:45.

Vice Presidential Debate Video Corner

In preparing for tonight's much-anticipated Vice Presidential debate, the Internet has been a-twitter about Sarah Palin's tendency toward making horrific, embarrassing gaffes, and Biden's . . . tendency toward making horrific, embarrassing gaffes. In order to boost tonight's debaters a bit, here's some positive footage of the two candidates:
Jed Lewison of the Huffington Post has [...]

Chain E-mail Suggests Dastardly Palin Subterfuge

Another person with access to the Internet is horrified at the prospect of Sarah Palin ever being close to being their president. But instead of getting mad, they're pressing "Fwd"!
"We may have thought we wanted a woman on a national political ticket, but the joke has really been on us, hasn't it?" reads an e-mail [...]