I’d like to quote from Cipher Theory before I begin this post:
Maverick, maverick and the maverick. Maverick mavericky maverickton. Tom Cruise is Maverick maverick maverick Goose.
Friggin’ Maverick.
Mave to the rick.
Maverick.
As Maureen Dowd pointed out on October 5th, “Palin…uses a heck of a lot of language to praise herself as a fresh face with new ideas [...]

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I’ve seen an increasing polarization [under the Bush presidency], and willingness to demonize one’s opponents. All that red state/blue state bullshit. We saw more of it at the GOP convention with the implication in several speeches that they represent “real” Americans, as opposed to Democrats, who presumably represent all us degenerate urban perverts, elitists, dope [...]

It was only a matter of time until Tina Fey played Sarah Palin.
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From Funny or Die.
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First of all, I’m still here. I know I haven’t posted in a while– I’ve had some sort of mysterious ailment that seems to have subsided. Probably the flu. Who knows?
How are you? So, you finally decided to drop out of the presidential race, huh? That doesn’t surprise me. [...]

The Idea of Progress has been sick the last few days and apologizes for the lack of posts. Please enjoy this video from Slate in the meantime.
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Here is Matt from England’s response to my response to his question about Obama/ Clinton:

Dear [The Idea of Progress],Thank you for taking time out to put together your well-argued reply, which I found particularly touching in its compassionate views on foreign affairs. It’s coming up to the fifth anniversary of the million-strong London anti-war march [...]

So you’re