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Randi Rhodes: where’s the Ohio sphere’s commentary?

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There certainly doesn’t seem to be any in Ohio’s. What’s with that? No saying, “but she was telling the truth”? No saying, “but it was a comedy act”? Nothing from the left? or the right?

I’m totally baffled.

I don’t know anything much about progressive radio personality Randi Rhodes – I don’t listen to Air America, never really have (though I really liked Stephanie Miller and wish she’d gotten the gig after Don Imus left MSNBC).

So, here’s a clip of the bit that got Rhodes in trouble – she called Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary *%$#@&* whores:

She was suspended, then she quit/was forced to resigned (hmm – Ohio bloggers, where have we heard that before?). More on that from the Huffington Post.

As usual, Joe Gandelman at The Moderate Voice has very thorough posts about the incident. See here and here. (Disclosure: I’m a co-blogger at TMV.) Joe makes particularly excellent observations in the first link: Read more

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:19 pm April 12th, 2008 in Blogging, Campaigning, Culture, Hillary Clinton, Media, Ohio, Politics, WH2008, Women | 35 Comments 

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12

Paulson Bernanke or Bernanke Paulson?

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Yup, Marcy. Totally see it. Especially if we photoshop a little facial hair on or off.

Picture from this New York Times article today. Love the snobby water, or is it vodka?

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:36 pm April 12th, 2008 in Congress, Economy, Government, Politics | Comments Off 

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12

Presidential candidates ignore unmarried women & risk successful campaign

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Overlooked So Far, The Nation’s Unmarried Women in 2008 was released two days ago. You can read the summary here and the full report here.

From the summary:

So far unmarried women are mostly overlooked, but they are a key to this year’s campaign. A fast-growing demographic that is increasingly focused on politics, these single, divorced, and widowed women compose 26 percent of the electorate—in other words, unmarried women are more than one in four of all voters.

And appalling, unacceptable statistics:

A few facts make clear the challenges unmarried women are facing, and why their agenda is somewhat different from what the nation has heard from the campaigns so far.

  • Economically Vulnerable. More than 40 percent of unmarried women have household incomes of less than $30,000 a year. That’s much worse than married women and married men, and worse than unmarried men.
  • Work Pays Them Less. Unmarried women make less than others for the same work, and earn only 56 cents to every dollar a married man earns.
  • Responsible for Children. The responsibility for taking care of children often falls on unmarried women: There are 12.2 million single-parent families in America, and more than 10 million are headed by single mothers.
  • Missing Health Care. Unmarried women are more likely than other Americans to have no health insurance. They were twice as likely to be unable to afford medical care in the past year as women who were married.
  • They Rely on Social Security. More than 25 percent of unmarried women rely on Social Security as their only source of income.

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In this agenda, we outline the steps that leaders, particularly the next president, should take to address the needs of unmarried women. The policy agenda is divided into four categories: Expanding Opportunity by Rewarding Work; A New, Stronger Social Contract; Resolving the War in Iraq; and Improved Health Care for All.

I don’t imagine these numbers are going to reverse without consistent, intense attention, or without our elected lawmakers getting in there and doing something to create jobs, make health care affordable and demand that salaries and work conditions provide the stability and flexibility needed for not only the unmarried women, but especially those with children – since if the woman cannot provide for herself, how is she to provide for the child?

This is, of course, part of why we need more women in elected offices.

Ohio Go Run! Go Apply! Read more

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:06 am April 12th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigning, Civil Rights, Economy, Elections, Government, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ohio, Politics, Social Issues, WH2008, Women | 6 Comments 

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12

Blogs R Diff’rt

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Here’s the powerpoint presentation I gave last fall during the 2007 American Association of Political Consultant’s Academic Outreach Conference. You can find the text of the presentation here. Thanks to Andy Carvin’s tweet for alerting me to Slideshare.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:16 am April 12th, 2008 in Politics | Comments Off 

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