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Buh-bye

July 4, 2009

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After a nice social slaying of a longstanding celebrity talkshow host, one would think Sarah Palin would perhaps quietly retreat back to business-as-usual as Alaska’s governor. Instead she demonstrated illogic and erratic behavior yesterday as she resigned from her post, giving a litany of non-sensical reasons. There’s speculation, courtesy of the No Safe Place blog, [...]

Palin’s Pushback – Unfortunately Necessary

June 19, 2009

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Palin necessarily stood up for herself and her family in order to get to a resolution with Letterman.

Sotomayor and Sexism: NPR Gets It Right

June 18, 2009

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Nominations to the Supreme Court by the President are chief among mainstream ongoings that should not be politicized. I’ve never cared for how nominees are treated, as most seem more subject to political grandstanding than actual testament to relative qualifications. This goes for the treatment of Clarence Thomas and Harriet Miers to Samuel Alito, John Roberts [...]

HOW TO: Launch a grassroots political campaign using social media, Part III

June 3, 2009

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A Step-by-Step Guide for Success On Monday we began the journey on how to launch an effective grassroots political campaign. You may read part I here and part II is here. Here are the final steps for a successful campaign! 5. Play the victim. If your antagonist is evil (and by default, he is), you [...]

HOW TO: Launch a grassroots political campaign using social media, Part II

June 2, 2009

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A Step-by-Step Guide for Success Yesterday we began the journey on how to launch an effective grassroots political campaign. You may read part I here. Here are the next two steps in the process, which will help lay the foundation for successful campaigns. 3. Build your social networking presence. a. Start with a website. Do [...]