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'''Kathleen Parker''' is an American journalist, identified as center-right, whose column was syndicated in 1995; she writes regular pieces for the ''[[Washington Post]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]'', and appears on [[Chris Matthews]]' show on [[MSNBC]]. She started the column in 1987, while a staff writer for The Orlando Sentinel and joined The Washington Post Writers Group in 2006. Her columns are featured on | '''Kathleen Parker''' is an American journalist, identified as center-right, whose column was syndicated in 1995; she writes regular pieces for the ''[[Washington Post]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]'', and appears on [[Chris Matthews]]' show on [[MSNBC]]. She started the column in 1987, while a staff writer for The Orlando Sentinel and joined The Washington Post Writers Group in 2006. Her columns are featured on Townhall.com. | ||
She received the 2010 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for commentary, with the citation <blockquote>Awarded to Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post for her perceptive, often witty columns on an array of political and moral issues, gracefully sharing the experiences and values that lead her to unpredictable conclusions. </blockquote> | She received the 2010 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for commentary, with the citation <blockquote>Awarded to Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post for her perceptive, often witty columns on an array of political and moral issues, gracefully sharing the experiences and values that lead her to unpredictable conclusions. </blockquote> | ||
While she is often identified as an [[American conservative]], she writes that the "America is neither left nor right but centrist."<blockquote>Centrists -- who may be broadly defined as fiscally conservative, socially libertarian-ish -- have been relatively quiet as "patriots" have made threats, building armies of "hunters" to bring down RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) and DINOs (Democrats in Name Only) or creating online "leper colonies" to post the names of those who, for example, dared speak out against Sarah Palin. </blockquote><blockquote>The latter was the creation of [[Erick Erickson]], founder of [[RedState.com]], recently hired as a | While she is often identified as an [[American conservative]], she writes that the "America is neither left nor right but centrist."<blockquote>Centrists -- who may be broadly defined as fiscally conservative, socially libertarian-ish -- have been relatively quiet as "patriots" have made threats, building armies of "hunters" to bring down RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) and DINOs (Democrats in Name Only) or creating online "leper colonies" to post the names of those who, for example, dared speak out against Sarah Palin. </blockquote><blockquote>The latter was the creation of [[Erick Erickson]], founder of [[RedState.com]], recently hired as a CNN commentator and famous for calling retiring Supreme Court Justice [[David Souter]] a "goat-[expletive] child molester," among other similarly trenchant observations.</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>Thusly do hyperpartisans become mainstream.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Thusly do hyperpartisans become mainstream.</blockquote> |
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Kathleen Parker is an American journalist, identified as center-right, whose column was syndicated in 1995; she writes regular pieces for the Washington Post and USA Today, and appears on Chris Matthews' show on MSNBC. She started the column in 1987, while a staff writer for The Orlando Sentinel and joined The Washington Post Writers Group in 2006. Her columns are featured on Townhall.com. She received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, with the citationWhile she is often identified as an American conservative, she writes that the "America is neither left nor right but centrist."
Following the passage of the March 2010 health care reform legislation, she wrote that in spite of polls saying the majority of Americans were opposed to federally funded abortions, regardless of President Obama's executive order, they would happen under the new legislation.[2] She has been criticized, by the Media Research Center, for "her compulsive failure to make it through a column without bashing religious conservatives."[3] This, in turn, linked to James Dobson's criticism on her writing that the Republican Party (United States) needs to reduce the influence of the Christian Right. Dobson said,
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