I call on John McCain to immediately repudiate these comments.
ok, not really
ok, not really
I call on John McCain to immediately repudiate these comments.
Sarah Palin cut Barack Obama some slack last week.
"I know Obama loves America," she said during a brief give-and-take with reporters on her campaign plane Friday. She continued, "I'm sure that is why he's running for president. It's because he wants to do what he believes is in the best interest of this great nation. . . . I don't question at all Barack Obama's love for this great country."
How fucked up is it that the Republicans have to keep countering their own party members on how patriotic their opponent is?
Why do McCain and Palin keep having to defend Obama to the party faithful?
What the hell went wrong?
Rep. Alcee Hastings told an audience of Jewish Democrats Wednesday that they should be wary of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.”
“If Sarah Palin isn’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention,” Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida said at a panel about the shared agenda of Jewish and African-American Democrats Wednesday. Hastings, was explaining what he intended to tell his Jewish constituents about the presidential race. “Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through,” Hastings added as the room erupted in laughter and applause.
Even though they don't agree?
Palin doesn't doubt Obama loves America -- but Michele Bachmann does - Los Angeles Times
Palin believes there are whole cities that hate America.
but this one seems a bit more off the tracks
Can you show me where she said this?
Today again, she was talking to a small town, and she said that small towns she really likes going to because that's the pro-America part of the country
I think Sarah is much more attractive than Tina Fey.
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There is a reason why Palin's numbers are lower among women.
Many of us here zeroed it on it right away.
joke, wink
There is a reason why Palin's numbers are lower among women.
Many of us here zeroed it on it right away.
Others told us that women voted exclusively for vaginas.
During his presidential campaign Mike Huckabee expressed a set of opinions not strikingly different from Sarah Palin's, yet my guess is that if he were John McCain's running mate these same women would not despise him with the same vehemence they do Sarah Palin.
That too...but, what most stood out to me was the generally-well-intentioned but still notably stereotypical thinking cited in the last paragraph.I wonder if those guys would be so willing to "let" her be in the White House if she looked like Madeleine Albright.
He's almost certainly getting at something broader than what his words suggest, but on a surface level at least, this statement really makes no sense. The mere fact that a particular woman has given birth however many times (or never) tells you absolutely nothing about her general character, let alone her fitness to hold public office, and it's strange to suggest she's somehow entitled to be "let" to do so on those grounds.“They bear us children, they risk their lives to give us birth, so maybe it’s time we let a woman lead us,” said Larry Hawkins, a former truck driver attending a rally late Thursday at Elon University in North Carolina.
It's hard not to hear this as disingenuous, in a similar fashion to the way you sometimes hear older white people unfavorably compare "how angry blacks seem to be today" to the fondly remembered days when "I always admired how strong and self-sufficient and spirited blacks seemed to be despite being poor--not bitter and self-pitying like the poor whites." ("Our kind of black"?) Additionally, I think that to expect anyone who makes it into the White House to NOT have a "big ego" is kidding yourself. It's not enough to have a strong work ethic and a genuine sense of mission to serve and protect; you must also have an intense, driven conviction that I have a Plan for how to move our country forward, my plan is absolutely the best, and I have the ability to rally the American public around me so that we can get that plan in motion. Whether that drive comes from "testosterone," subconscious need to impress the father you could never please, determination to prove that your long-suffering deceased mother's sacrifices weren't in vain, or whatever other pop-psychology cliché might seem to apply is irrelevant--one way or another, that ego tenacity has to be there, or else you'll never make it to that level.Mr. Hawkins said he would rather vote for Ms. Palin than for “McCain and Obama combined.” Men have done plenty to mess up the country, he said. “The sexual drives and big egos of male leaders have gotten in the way of politics in this country.” Mr. Hawkins said he talked to fellow truckers, and a lot of them feel the same way. “They think it’s time for a woman, too,” he said. “This one. Palin is our kind of woman.”
"Can-do caretaker" sounds to me like a phrase that could apply to millions of working mothers and fathers out there...but somehow I doubt that these men would have it occur to them to perceive another man that way, or that they'd likely much appreciate the label being applied to them. All three major male candidates this election are fathers, and by all appearances quite devoted ones (with seemingly accomplished adult children in McCain's and Biden's cases; e.g., like Palin they have sons in Iraq), and yes, they certainly do reference their families from time to time, bring them out on stage etc. But they don't routinely saturate their speeches with catchphrases like "Well, as a soccer dad..." or "Y'know, being a dad, I know what it's like to...." And why should they? Sure, it's nice to get a glimpse of how their private lives inform their stances from time to time, but they're not auditioning to be our parents. Since I have young children myself, I do find it somewhat of interest, "heartwarming" or what have you, that Obama and Palin do, too--but they have nothing to prove to me as candidates in that regard. That doesn't make me think Yes! Now that's my kind of (wo)man! and, to the extent that being a parent factors into my political views, I'd look at their policies on education, healthcare, taxes etc. to decide whose policies are best for families in my opinion, certainly not at who has the most kids or the fullest diaper bag. Or is a mother as opposed to a father.There is a kind of “conservative feminism” here, and several men cite the appeal of Ms. Palin as a can-do caretaker. She can be glimpsed lugging an overstuffed bag of books, papers and baby supplies onto her plane and bottle feeding her infant son, Trig. “I love the idea of someone like her being allowed into the White House,” said Matt Cude, who drove three-hours to Weirs Beach from Jericho, Vt.
Palin breaks with McCain: Supports federal ban on gay marriage
By Associated Press Monday, October 20, 2008
In some cases they might not...but Huckabee stood out from the entire rest of the field during the primaries for his consistent--and apparently genuine--graciousness, razor-sharp wit, and (for a politician) disarming humility and unassuming nature. In short, to many, he had "likeability" in spades. Numerous liberal posters in here commented on how they found him impossible to dislike personally, despite finding many of his political views "scary". Palin is a lot of things, personality-wise, but she's not well-endowed with any of those qualities--and frankly, none of the other candidates (from either party) were or are, either. You can't just reduce two candidates' popular appeal to 'sex + platform stances', then compare them and expect the contrasts to be particularly illuminating.During his presidential campaign Mike Huckabee expressed a set of opinions not strikingly different from Sarah Palin's, yet my guess is that if he were John McCain's running mate these same women would not despise him with the same vehemence they do Sarah Palin.
Yes, I would. And I do.
You can't just reduce two candidates' popular appeal to 'sex + platform stances', then compare them and expect the contrasts to be particularly illuminating.
NEW YORK - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says she supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, a break with John McCain who has said he believes states should be left to define what marriage is.
I'm sure that in the end, a candidate's ideology matters much more to most voters than his or her sex. But clearly, appearing to be "our kind of woman" in ways that go beyond ideology--looks, motherhood, 'folksiness'(?)--has the potential in its own right to fire up many male (and some female) voters, and it's interesting to observe that process.
clearly, marriage is a shotgun wedding between two teenagers.