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What’s Worse — When the Media Mock Political Women or Ignore Them?

Friday, August 13, 2010

The media love to mock women in the political world by using sexist terms that demean us and make us out to be something not worthy of serious consideration. We saw that time and time again…

Sarah Palin isn’t the Only New Shakespeare

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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I’m not trying to make this the ‘all Sarah Palin, all the time” blog, but if Palin can have a little fun with the English language, then I guess it’s okay if we do, too! On Twitter, Palin took to…

Sarah Palin’s “Mama Grizzlies” Are Really Polar Bears

Monday, July 19, 2010

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Last summer on our family vacation to Yellowstone National Park, we actually got to see a grizzly bear. Fortunately for safety’s sake, it was from a very far distance while we were on a rafting trip, but I was surprised…

Sarah Palin & the “Mama Grizzlies” Don’t Have a Corner on the Political Motherhood Revolution

Saturday, July 10, 2010

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For some reason, Sarah Palin and her acolytes, or as she likes to call them, the “mama grizzlies,” want us to believe that politically conservative mothers speak for all mothers and that they have a corner on common sense or…

Where in the World is PunditMom?

Friday, May 21, 2010

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Where am I hanging out today? You can find me: Pondering Sarah Palin’s claim that she’s the face of the “new” feminism at my weekly column, Speaker of the House. Trying to get my head around the fact that…

I Miss Tina Fey

Monday, April 12, 2010

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I’m glad she’s on my side … And Sarah Palin might become President if she was actually Tina Fey … Now how can I persuade Tina Fey to become a full time pundit?

Sarah Palin Redux

Saturday, January 16, 2010

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I hope somewhere Katie Couric is doing the victory dance today …. Visit msnbc.com for

Best of PunditMom 2009 — Maybe Republicans Just Don’t Like Girls

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

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My Twitter acquaintance Leslie Sanchez wrote an interesting book this year, You’ve Come a Long Way, Maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary and the Shaping of the New American Woman. While I wasn’t crazy about the frequent references to the…

PunditMom Video Saturday: They ARE Sarah Palin

Saturday, December 12, 2009

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Is there really anything else to say?

Five Reasons Martha Stewart Can Take on Sarah Palin

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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My favorite recovering felon, Martha Stewart, was asked her thoughts on our most recent political pin-up girl, Sarah Palin. I wasn’t surprised that Martha didn’t pull any punches: Dangerous, confused and boring! In Sarah Palin’s world, them’s fightin’…

Is Sarah Palin Creating Her Own Sexism?

Friday, November 20, 2009

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My gut reaction when I saw the cover of Newsweek with Sarah Palin in her tight runner’s shorts, coyly posed in that former beauty queen stance, I was ready to throw something heavy at editor-in-chief Jon Meachem. Looking at…

Sarah Palin: Going Rogue All the Way to the White House?

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Sarah Palin in 2012? Some are chuckling, but they might want to rethink their take on the first woman on a GOP presidential ticket. Conservative pundit David Brooks laughed out loud at the suggestion, calling her a “joke”. Others…