Where are the misogynists?
You know, those knuckle dragging, conservative, angry white guys who's whole meaning in life is being able to hold down women.
Rush Limbaugh
This woman's nickname is Barracuda, from her high school basketball days. She takes no prisoners. She's a government ethical reformer. She's been opposing Ted Stevens, who's got problems. Her husband works in the oil business. He helps to create the fuel that Obama uses to fly all over the country. The fuel that Obama says he wants to get rid of in ten years. This is tremendous, and everybody saying, "Well, how is she going to stack up against Biden?" It's not how she stacks up against Biden. It's how she stacks up against Obama. McCain has the experience-vs.-Obama thing wrapped up. "Well, what about foreign policy? She doesn't have any foreign policy." Neither does Obama! Our vice presidential choice is more qualified to be president of the United States than Barack Obama, the Democrat choice.
Hugh Hewitt
Sarah Palin is a real deal conservative, down the line, on all of the issues.
James Dobson
I shared with a colleague just a few minutes ago exactly what you said about the period of time when Ronald Reagan had broken onto the scene and I was in Washington D.C. the day he was inaugurated. That was one of the most exciting days of my life, because everything that we had hoped for and been working for had come to pass. I feel very much that way today.Mark Steyn .
....And for the gun-totin' Miss Wasilla then to go on to become Governor while having five kids makes it an even more uniquely American story. Next to her resume, a guy who's done nothing but serve in the phony-baloney job of "community organizer" and write multiple autobiographies looks like just another creepily self-absorbed lifelong member of the full-time political class that infests every advanced democracy.
I have to admit I was cool to her selection because I believed Obama's experience was an easy target to exploit and I was against her selection as well as Bobby Jindal's.
None the less, she has the opportunity to transform what the GOP looks like. It's going to be harder for democrats to claim their tent is so big when there was room for Joe Biden but no room for a woman on their ticket when republicans found room.
In addition, how is it that conservatives like myself are more enthusiastic for a woman than the guy on top of the ticket? Because she's a conservative. It proves that conservatives are more committed to principle than labels such as race, sex, etc...
See, Obama disciple's aren't the only one's hungry for change. Conservatives are dying for someone to pick up the conservative flag and run with it. Palin fits that bill.
That could open lots of doors for people to say "democrats talk, republicans walk".
Game on!
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I guess you missed Pat Buchanan calling her a "girl" even though she worked for his campaign in 2000, and Chris Matthews had to correct him.
Then there's a righty blog calling her speech "Short and sweet."
Don't worry Gordon - there will be no lack of sexist comments. It's only that the definition of what is sexist is so fekhact in the minds of many Americans, mostly men but certainly women at times too.
My point is that conservatives have been framed as women hating. I'm not seeing this in the most rabid of conservatives.
I think most conservatives would rather have Palin on top of the ticket and the fact that she's a woman is a non issue.
Pat Buchanan is an anti republican republican. That's why he's on MSNBC.
I'm convinced you'll hear more sexist comments from democrats than you will republicans this campaign season.
I don't care who says the sexist stings, Gordon - I've got a list already from all along the spectrum just in the last 24 hours. None are acceptable, under any guise.
What's sexist about short and sweet? It's a term used all over the place and applied to a number of circumstances. Go google it http://www.google.com/search?q="short+and+sweet"
Take note of the first result which is a definition :
Adj. 1. short and sweet - dealt with very quickly; to the point; "the conference was short and sweet";
I'm not surprised you have a long list of sexist comments, you seem to be seeing any and all comments through a feminist prism. There's irony, "I am woman, hear me roar, just be careful what you say, I'm quick to offend".
Oh, and if you think women won't vote for McCain and Palin because she's a woman, don't bet on it. Do you think it's coincidence that 90% of blacks are voting for Obama? The sting left by Obama and the democrats regarding the rejection of Hillary will up the numbers, especially since the only chance for Hillary in 2012 is if Obama loses. Plus, Palins an drilling environmentalist which covers both bases on energy and the environment. What's Obama got? The 'hope' that in 10 years some conservative will have come up with some form of alternative energy (he doesn't know what, at the moment he's just trying to sell us the dream, implementation is another persons problem). Ironic that 10 years is just outside the end of his presidency.
This is one advantage of having a "maverick" like McCain. He's so far removed from being a die hard Republican, it makes it easy for the other side (and independents) to hold their noses and vote for him.
Oh, and Obama's lack of experience is still an issue, the GOP VP has more political experience than the actual democrat presidential candidate, not to mention having 5 kids at the same time, plus she's probably handy if you get lost in the woods for a few days. She won't be wandering round hoping to find an Arugula store. Probably off wrestling a bear for dinner.
Man, I need to go get a blog to get this stuff down.
Andy
The most amazing part of the whole Palin selection is how quickly and blindly Obama fell into the trap, claiming she had "zero experience", even though she has been governor for 2 years. One more Obama misjudgement demonstrating his unfitness for leadership.
When I first heard of the selection I thought, not bad, but the other side is not going to fall for this crude trap. I thought, she's young and way less experience than McCain and Obama and the media are far too crafty to give the gift of making experience the issue. But I was wrong. This seems to be the main topic on the liberal blogs and the AP,
Obama, if you want to win, do not mention expreience. If experience is the issue, the American people will be much more comfortable with an inexperienced VP than an inexpeienced Pres.
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