Can You Say ‘Sexist’?

Politics. Just an idea here. Dems are ticked Bush won not once but twice. Hillary lost because she wasn't Hillary Rodham Clinton she was Hillary Clinton, Bill's wife. Now lets trash this Palin person, a woman that has a family history unlike most "note unlike MOST" of the people that actually vote. Look in 2012 Hillary will probably win but Obama picked Biden and McCain picked Palin. Issues aside Mccain wins

Sarah Palin has connected with a majority percentage of Americans and the polls reflect that connection. She poses a direct threat to Barack Obama's candidacy and the democrats know it. She's about to upset the applecart. She's about to undo much of what they've accomplished and it drives the crazy. Imagine Sarah Palin as a role model for millions upon millions of young girls. Imagine those young girls embracing life over death on the abortion issue, embracing true feminism over radical feminism. They absolutely can't allow that to happen and the progressives will stop at nothing to destroy her. We expect liberal bias from the media and those in academia. But this time around, the bias is off the charts. It's exposed the left for the sexists they truly are, and we have Sarah Palin to thank for it.

The approval rating for the Governor of Alaska is 86 per cent. Having actually visited Alaska and met with many locals, they have a wide diversity of thought like most states. However, the governor has done a very credible job. Its crazy that the lower 48 states and people in it trash a successful executive woman, simply because they know their candidate (Broken Obama and his white aged running mate Biden) is so bad.

Shame on anyone who doesn't understand Quindlen's point! The point isn't that Palin is not qualified (which she isn't) or that Obama is (which he is). But honestly, for a woman to only support Palin because she is a woman is the most absurd thing I have ever heard of. Yes, women need to be in more political offices. Yes, it would be great for a woman to be elected as President, or Vice President. But are women stupid enough to be tricked into voting for just any woman? Why would you support a woman who doesn't stand for women? Voting for McCain/Palin does not support or advance women, it does the complete opposite. Don't be duped ladies! And shame on any woman who falls into their trap!

Yes, it is sexist when sarah palins face is plastered all over the internet on someone elses body in a bikini.
i don't see any bikini pictures of joe biden.
as for your thought about abortion. Palin is correct in wanting to protect the unborn fetus. A woman choosing abortion is a very selfish thing. Does the fetus get to voice his/her opinion of whether it lives or dies? Does the father of the fetus get to decide if his tiny child gets to live or die? When 3 people are involved in a birth (the mother, the child , and the father) it is very selfish of the mother to decide whether the infant should die.

Sarah Palin is as qualified to as Barack Obama. Just in different ways. She is a mom and that qualifies her to run just about anything. She is a working outside of the house mom , which endears her to most of us, but yes, if we vote for McCain Palin JUSTBECAUSE she is a woman, then we are not thinking clearly about what is most important to us.
On the issue of abortion, why is this legal when the baby is not yet born but murder when it is born? What is the difference and when in the womb does a baby become a baby?

Finds is not the right word!

Comment: Today bad news rolled in 550 point dow loss, worst day for "W" ( Bush and Wallstreet) in 8 years!
People/voters will connect the dots and they will vote from their wallets and their
checkbooks.
Truth is the scadals such as s&L, subprime, mortage/wallstreet and banking industry meltdown
have two names writen all over them! Not to metion unneeded wars based on duplicity and subversion that cost 3 trillion dollars- that may well last 100 years!

the two names all over these falied policies are Bush/McCain!
Connect the dots and you will see that A. Greenspan and a bevey of other finanacial experts are coming out on record to say- "we cant afford John McCain"!

The truth willl set our nation free!

Listen and read and leave denial at the doorstep!
This has very little to do with a female running for a ticket as the same policies of that person have sent the nation into a headlong financial tailspin! Palin does not get our vote- three females in the ruiz family!

Comment: Today bad news rolled in 550 point dow loss, worst day for "W" ( Bush and Wallstreet) in 8 years!
People/voters will connect the dots and they will vote from their wallets and their
checkbooks.
Truth is the scadals such as s&L, subprime, mortage/wallstreet and banking industry meltdown
have two names writen all over them! Not to metion unneeded wars based on duplicity and subversion that cost 3 trillion dollars- that may well last 100 years!

the two names all over these falied policies are Bush/McCain!
Connect the dots and you will see that A. Greenspan and a bevey of other finanacial experts are coming out on record to say- "we cant afford John McCain"!

The truth willl set our nation free!

Listen and read and leave denial at the doorstep!

Thank you, Anna, for giving voice to the rest of us. While it is true that women have fought long and hard for the recognition of their talents, intelligence, and abilities, those women who do become truly successful and admirable are of a different caliber than Sarah Palin. It is possible to have it all, if that is defined as simply as having a family and a career, but that is not to say that it must all come at the same time. To sacrifice your family for the glory of a high-profile position only leads one to question that woman's priorities. After all, why, in this era, have children if you don't intend to raise them? We have all met women like Palin at the PTA, on the playground, at birthday parties...she's frentic, if not frantic, arrives late, always involved in too many things. The ability to juggle two Blackberries and a cell phone while driving to and from various events is not impressive. It simply again speaks to the disorganization of someone who wants to much, who doesn't choose to set priorities. And Palin should be held accountable for the comments in her acceptance speech at the Republican Convention. Her snarky laugh lines simply served to undo much of the progress made by women in the past. If you want to be accepted as an equal, don't play to the stereotype of being able to offer less. The basic rule of engagement is not to drag your opponent down to your level. Instead, raise yourself up and above. And being accepted as an equal does not mean showing that you can keep up with the boys. Not a lot of women voters are impressed by photos of hunting and fishing trips. Sarah Palin, in a very short time, has proven herself far from Presidential in her comportment. Her months as governor, exhibiting questionale leadership, are not as important as her command of the many issues facing America and the world today. In this regard she has very little to offer. She is simply not the right woman for the job and we can't be afraid to say so...just because she's a woman.

Wow, what an article. It is amazing how statements can be strung together to make people look like hypocrites. The fact that Sarah Palin and her teenage daughter chose life for their babies is a wonderful thing in a society so warped that it considers the ability and legality for a woman to choose to kill her unborn baby a sign of freedom, power, and advancement. And I am sure the families involved have already dealt with the issues of teenage promiscuity--would it make Anna Quindlen happier if they replayed those scenes for all of us to see? "Conservatives" haven't suddenly decided that teenage sex is okay, but they have to acknowledge that it does happen and families should deal with it privately... "conservatives" don't need trash people publicly over something like this just to be sure Anna knows they haven't changed their beliefs and values. And I am sure James Dobson would still tell his staffers that mothers of young children, including Sarah Palin, should stay at home as much as possible. But, using the concept of "choice" more appropriately, each woman in our society can make that choice for herself, as Sarah Palin has. Does that make her a bad mother? No. But we would all hope that she does her best to maintain as much balance as she can for the benefit of her family and herself. And who says that Sarah Palin is supposed to be a substitute for Hillary Clinton? I don't think she would make a good substitute, and I don't think she wants to be one. I think what is really bothering everyone is that Sarah Palin represents a type of woman who has not typically been on the national stage, and she threatens the "modern" and "liberated" picture of a woman that has been so carefully devised and shoved down our throats by the "liberals" of our society. A woman can be successful, a leader, and even in the national spotlight if she so chooses, while still being a wife, a mother, and hold to traditonal values. She kind of ruins the whole thing for you, doesn't she? Being a woman isn't bad...I don't know why women have allowed the liberals to tell them that all these years.

Thank you Anna for reminding us all how women have achieved so much. And it was because we triumphed over views like gov Palin's. The religious right says that gov palin is to be admired because she "chose life". If Gov Palin has her way no woman will ever have to "choose" life again. That choiice will be taken from her. And in their worldview,how can morality exist without free will?

It would be rather silly of me to find someone who believes in everything I do. Rather it is more important to look at what we have in common to get along. Is it only me who find it hilarious that Democrats preach unity and do not act it out? What makes them right? Now it is clear to see that when they speak of unity and reaching across the aisle they are saying it has to be on their terms. How insular!

I am well read and have many letters behind my name. Yet Gov. Palin is an exemplar to me on why in the grand scheme your accomplishments trumps academic achievements. For it is accomplishments that truly move society forward. Can we say that Obama Ivy League degree has done much for anyone but Obama. However Palin's accomplishments have taken Alaska (Wasila) forward. Give me 1 Palin over 10 Obamas anyday. People are truly tired of empty rhetoric ...

So you see Palin's appeal is not about whether she is Pro-Life or Pro-Choice. Her appeal transcends those issues PLUS cuts across gender (as both men and women find much to admire about her). Palin truly will be a Leader for the Ages. Think Joan of Arc (the young paesant woman) who saved the French from the British. So I am confident that Palin is up to the task of reforming America.