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Posted at 1:57pm on Jun. 30, 2008 Barack Obama, Male Chauvinist Pig.
Do as he says, not as he does.
By Moe Lane
Hey, Senator: if the oink fits, squeal it.
On average, women working in Obama's Senate office were paid at least $6,000 below the average man working for the Illinois senator. That's according to data calculated from the Report of the Secretary of the Senate, which covered the six-month period ending Sept. 30, 2007. Of the five people in Obama's Senate office who were paid $100,000 or more on an annual basis, only one -- Obama's administrative manager -- was a woman.
On average, women working in Obama's Senate office were paid at least $6,000 below the average man working for the Illinois senator. That's according to data calculated from the Report of the Secretary of the Senate, which covered the six-month period ending Sept. 30, 2007. Of the five people in Obama's Senate office who were paid $100,000 or more on an annual basis, only one -- Obama's administrative manager -- was a woman.
The average pay for the 33 men on Obama's staff (who earned more than $23,000, the lowest annual salary paid for non-intern employees) was $59,207. The average pay for the 31 women on Obama's staff who earned more than $23,000 per year was $48,729.91. (The average pay for all 36 male employees on Obama's staff was $55,962; and the average pay for all 31 female employees was $48,729. The report indicated that Obama had only one paid intern during the period, who was a male.)
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Posted at 1:03pm on Jun. 3, 2008 The End of the primary season portends to be the start of the entertainment.
Hey Moe, pass the popcorn!
By Mark Kilmer
The Dem primary season ends tonight, but methinks the show is just starting to get good.
In case you care, TV Newser has a guide to tonight's coverage, on all the outlets, of the last primary results of 2008: in Montana and in South Dakota.
The Associated Press, for some reason, reported earlier that Hillary was going to announce that she was quitting the race tonight.
Hillary's peeps shot back with a press release:
"The AP story is incorrect. Senator Clinton will not concede the nomination this evening."
The AP says things.
We're going to fight this thing to Denver!
Richard Cohen of the Washington Post loathes the racism and the sexism of Americans.
But Cohen loathes the Democratic Party.
He loathes the racism used against Barack Obama, and that was lit and fueled by Clinton's campaign.
He loathes the sexism used against Hillary Clinton, and that was lit and fueld by Obama's campaign.
Yes, it has been ugly. The Democrats are an ugly party. Their phony veneer of equality, justice, and harmony has been stripped, and they were the ones splashing the turpentine.
In the words of Tolkien's Feanor: "Let their ships burn!"
And burn they will, as maneuvers become more important than mere votes. When will Harold Ickes get around to writing a political thriller? Could be it's what he's doing now.
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