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Candidates, candidates, candidates, what was Political Nanny just telling you?! When you or your proxies call names, it makes voters feel like hating you -- not the intended consequence, right? The latest transgression comes from Geraldine Ferraro (yes, that Geraldine Ferraro!) in an interview with a...

Philosophical Discussion Topic Card #37: What is the sound of Hillary's two hands clapping? Answer: What you hear is the desperate chortling of Chris Matthews and his sycophants trying too hard to be funny. And saying questionable things like, "is this a Chinese thing?" First, the video...

Political Nanny headed to the bookshelves and pulled out her heaviest hitters to cool down this simmering and saddening race/sex war on the Democratic campaign trail. For a recent storytime, she assembled her candidates and the Todd Parr "we're all in this together" oeuvre . These colorful...

Oh, ladies! You fickle registered voters! You suffragists with a soft spot! Illogical! Emoooootional! So (once in a while) devoted to your Grrrl Power! Late last week, many a written tear was shed over Hillary Clinton’s surprise win. Trails of mascara streaked down puffy-faced blogs and newspapers. The...

Well, that was that. The candidates stepped out and tested the cold, cold waters of voter approval last night in Iowa. Political Nanny stood at the side, waiting with towels and hot drinks and, for some, a soft hankie to cry in. Her boys Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama swam confidently to shore, winning...

I love that Tucker Carlson recognizes there are better things for women to be doing with their time than, you know, making laws and representing a full 50 percent of the population and, for god’s sake, wasting their girl-time wheeling and dealing in some hair-brained effort to steer the country in one...