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...governor’s point remains clear: Ours is an exceptional nation, for our commitment to—or pretension of—classless meritocracy, representative democracy in its purest, fairest form, and an undying optimism about our shared future.Today, one of the women Stevenson infelicitously dismissed with his remark has nevertheless taken up his banner, in a very different way. Governor Sarah Palin has made much ado over her belief in America’s place atop a moral-idealistic hierarchy since her nomination.Not one week ago, at the vice-presidential debate in St. Louis, Palin responded...
...before being released on parole in 2007. Kevorkian said he uses the 9th Amendment, which addresses civil rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution, as the basis for his belief in a patient’s right to die. Last week, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made a dismissive remark about the 9th Amendment when taking questions from the audience during a lecture at the Law School. But Law School professor Alan M. Dershowitz, who introduced Kevorkian, argued that the 9th Amendment is an important component of the Bill of Rights. “It was not a joke...
...week, or sometimes just a few days, seems to go by without Biden committing a new, very memorable gaffe on the campaign trail. Since Obama selected him in late August, he has affronted Ohio voters with disapproving comments about building new coal plants; raised eyebrows by remarking how "attractive" Palin is; made a widely ridiculed remark about President Franklin Roosevelt addressing the nation on television during the 1929 stock market crash (Roosevelt, of course, was not President then, and TV didn't even exist); contradicted his own running mate on the wisdom of the government bailout of AIG; colorfully confronted...
...careful in its diplomatic relations with its former nemesis. A recent comment made by President Dmitry Medvedev is characteristic of his country’s current attitudes: he states that Russia is not afraid of “the prospect of a new Cold War.” This remark comes in the context of Russia’s recent conflict with Georgia and its threats to bomb proposed U.S. missile sites in Poland. These sites, which would be part of a missile defense system that the U.S. plans to install in Poland and the Czech Republic, would defend Europe...
...blue-collar background, degrees from Princeton and Harvard, and a penchant for making wifely jabs about her husband's morning breath - and switched to the Michelle-as-liability narrative to keep things entertaining. Certainly it seems that Michelle has paid as steep a political price for her national-pride remark, which some of us were not actually offended by, as Cindy McCain has for any of her own shortcomings...