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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - Posts
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That is a dandy plan if you don't want any of those bad, evil Republicans to vote for you in the fall. (And sure they still hate her; I think the clinical term is playing possum .) Read More...
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An ancient Egyptian charm: Oh, Isis, deliver me from the hands of all bad, evil, red things! Maybe Hillary hopes this is what Republicans are chanting at the moment. (See Maureen Dowd's column this morning on Hillary selling herself as the only one who Read More...
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Meghan , about your momentum question, I've been thinking about it this way: Does Obama have enough momentum to continue gaining? Since Hillary expected to sew it up on Super Tuesday a political lifetime ago, that seems like a fair framing. The best answer Read More...
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Michelle Obama is no Nancy Reagan, either, and I think maybe all of these women are just trying to "pop'' on TV. But—shameless forced transition alert—whatever shade we're in the market for ... doesn't it seem like the phrase "shop until you drop'' is Read More...
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All this talk about First Ladies wearing red got me thinking about My So Called Life . In one of the first episodes, the dad character says he thinks Hillary Clinton doesn't wear enough red. That was a "thing" during the '90s, wasn't it--I mean people Read More...
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Hanna , I had the same question about whether there was a secret Neiman Marcus store available for political women after watching the State of the Union speech: That night, all the Washington ladies--including Hillary, no aspiring first lady there--were Read More...
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I feel sort of sorry for the Republicans today as they face the end of their interlude of disarray. And I can't share the editorialists ' dour view of the bruising fight ahead for the Democrats, whose race is still so unsettled. Here's to continued dithering! Read More...
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Hanna , you raise an interesting point about Hillary hatred. Now that she's won millions of votes all across the country, is Hillary hatred actually a phantom? Or is it bubbling below the surface, ready to blow in the fall like a wildcat well in There Read More...
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Dahlia, you got that right : Putting prospective first ladies in red suits is a none-too-subtle code meant to evoke the administration that's currently back in nostalgic vogue. Nancy Reagan wore the color so often (usually in that same fire-engine shade Read More...
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Hanna , Melinda , aren’t all those red power suits just girl-code for Nancy Reagan ? As in my-husband-is-just-like-Ronnie-red? Read More...
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Well, devil temptress, thy name is Hanna, but I am standing my ground on Cindy McCain; well-exfoliated, yes, but love the upsweep. As for the color red, maybe it's on my mind because I recently had my once-a-decade consult with my friendly neighborhood Read More...
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As it happens, Dahlia , I watched all the candidates' speeches early this morning, (thank you, CNN International) and I thought Hillary's performance was notably worse than the others. She was the only one who seemed to be reading from notes, the only Read More...
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I agree with all but No. 4. Michelle Obama looks good in anything, and Cindy McCain looks scary in everything. Also, is there some rule that says all potential first ladies have to wear red? I don't think I've ever seen a red suit in a store. Is there Read More...
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Every year for Lent, I give up speaking ill of anyone. It is a long 40 days, and it begins today. (I mention this so that if it seems like I've had my brain removed, no, I haven't, and I will be back to my old critical self before you can say mortification Read More...
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Here's what's confusing me about last night's results. I have been operating under the assumption that vast swaths of red America hate Hillary. But she won in Tennessee and Oklahoma. She won among less-educated white men. She cleaned up with women. That, Read More...
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