Posts by Kathy Groob
Rep. Michele Bachmann, Mother of 28 Children, Enters Race for President
Huffington Post – MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has formally entered the presidential race. The tea party favorite announced Monday that she has filed papers to kick off her bid for the GOP nomination to challenge President Barack Obama next year. Her comments came in the opening minutes of a televised…
Read MoreRep. Gabrielle Giffords releases 1st photos since being shot in head
MSNBC— Two photos of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were released early Sunday by her office, her hair shorn short but few other telling signs of her gunshot wound to the head. The Facebook photos, the first clear snapshots of Giffords since the shooting five months ago, showed how far she has come since a gunman shot…
Read MoreCivil rights activist Clara Luper dead at 88
(CNN) — Oklahoma civil rights activist and educator Clara Luper — was best known for organizing a 1958 sit-in at a segregated Katz Drug Store in downtown Oklahoma City — died Wednesday night at her home in Oklahoma City. She was 88. Luper, who was celebrated as a pioneer of civil rights in Oklahoma, organzied…
Read MoreCongresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ Staff Gives Candid Account of Her Condition
Arizona Republic – Pia Carusone knew the day would come when the questions about her boss, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, would become more indelicate. After answering some of those questions, Carusone, Giffords’ chief of staff, told me: “We want to give people a clear picture (about Giffords). It’s not in anyone’s interest to have anyone feel…
Read MoreCutting Through the Clutter: Pandora Internet Radio Delivers Ads Direct to Users
By Rick Ridder and Kevin Herman For Campaigns & Elections Magazine – Down-ballot races always face an uphill battle. When it comes to fundraising, increasing name identification, attracting earned media, and generating buzz around the campaign, the better-known “front-runners” tend to steal the limelight. This was certainly the case for Bernie Buescher, the 2010 Democratic…
Read MoreHillary Clinton and Angela Merkel joke about their love of pantsuits
It’s no secret Hillary Clinton loves a good pantsuit. Clinton, who possesses them in virtually every color of the rainbow, has made suits her fashion uniform of choice during her time in the public eye. And so prior to yesterday’s state dinner, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is herself a pantsuit fan, poked some gentle fun…
Read MoreBachmann vs. Palin: Who’s the Better 2012 Candidate?
Mother Jones – At first glance, you might think you were seeing double. Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann are both hard-right Republican firebrands with a populist touch, a love of the spotlight, and devoted throngs of conservative followers. Though both have been regularly shunned by the Washington establishment, they’ve proven to be prodigious…
Read MoreKathleen Kennedy Townsend Speaks About Family Legacy of Sacrifice to KY Women’s Network
By Robert Layton, Publisher of Blue Bluegrass – Forty-three years ago on June 6, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy gave his life for public service, when on that day he was assassinated in Los Angeles. On Friday, June 3, 2011, The Women’s Network presented an extraordinary and compelling speech by his daughter, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Townsend has…
Read MoreSlutWalks and the future of feminism
By Jessica Valenti for The Washington Post – More than 40 years after feminists tossed their bras and high heels into a trash can at the 1968 Miss America pageant — kicking off the bra-burning myth that will never die — some young women are taking to the streets to protest sexual assault, wearing not…
Read MoreHotel Housekeepers Share Tales of Sexual Harassment
ABCNews – Elizabeth Moreno was making the bed in a downtown Chicago hotel room when the room’s guest unexpectedly returned. Hotel policy dictated she had to leave, but he insisted she stay. “He started asking me, ‘What are you doing later?’” Moreno said. Then, she said, he told her, “We can have sex. I’ll give…
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