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Can You Say ‘Sexist’?

If you're a Republican, you'd better learn. The right wing that trashed the women's movement suddenly finds its inner feminist.

By Anna Quindlen | NEWSWEEK
Published Sep 6, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Sep 15, 2008

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  • Posted By: netc@comcast.net @ 11/11/2008 4:12:53 PM

    I believe the real problem is that Palin is an actual christian. The real hypocrutes are those politicians from both paries who give lip service to being a christian while approving of killing full term babies during birth. They approve of the cross in urine and Mary, Jesus' mother, being painted with cow dung and calling and being displayed as art in museums. No christian presence in schools while muslims can give cpurses and provided prayer rooms.

  • Posted By: american gal @ 10/23/2008 6:26:49 PM

    When I see pictures of Palin with a rifle on Newsweek and sitting on a couch with a dead Grissly bear and a lobster on the table in the New Yorker it repulses me as a woman. If I were a Republican I would have crossed parties this year. John McCain is 72 years old and has had cancer for God's sake so their is very likely chance that she could be our next president. I think that the Republicans will blow this election because of Palin along with the fact that the GOP ruined our country this last eight years. I myself can not forgive Bush Cheney for all the evil that they have done and will not give the GOP another chance.

  • Posted By: wendydk @ 10/22/2008 2:40:35 PM

    I liked John McCain in 2000, and in fact liked him up until about a year ago. He is not the same man he was, does not stand for the same things he used to, and has not run the campaign he promised to. He did NOT pick Sarah Palin, she was picked for him by the neocons who run his party. She is the reason that I would not even consider voting for McCain in this election. I took an immediate and visceral dislike to her from the first time I heard her.

    It has nothing to do with her gender, or her looks. If you put a bag over her head, dressed her in a garbage back and digitally distorted her voice, I would still dislike her. It's what she says, and how, that makes her distasteful.

  • Posted By: slaxx @ 10/10/2008 3:34:08 PM

    p.s. - POUGHKEEPSIE RULES!

  • Posted By: slaxx @ 10/10/2008 3:32:33 PM

    Oh please. I've heard many conservatives, and others, bash Palin for working while having five children, one a newborn with down-syndrome. The only reason they're not speaking so loudly is because she's the nominee, there's nothing they can do about it, and they want to WIN the election.

    And their actions are also sexist. The fact that they cry foul and "sexism" at the least criticism or questioning of Palin shows that they believe that women aren't equal to men and should be treated with kid gloves. It's also politically convenient. The Republican party, which has rarely, if ever, been on the side of women are using women - including Palin. They shot down equal pay for women, are against many reproductive services and rights and programs that help women, yet they want us to believe that just becasue McCain picked a woman as VP, republicans suddenly care about women, view them as equals, want them to be equal, and will do soemthing to further the lives and conditions of women. Puh-leeze. McCain only picked her because he knew he couldn't pick Lieberman and he needed the conservative base.

  • Posted By: jw1293 @ 09/30/2008 2:53:10 PM

    You're so right! I find it only laughable that commentators who used to accuse Hillary Clinton of "hiding behind the apron strings" (read: "playing the 'gender card'") are ones who are calling party fouls on the Obama campaign. All of the sudden, we're seeing the GOP denounce the media for actually wanting to investigate Palin and to learn more about this overly-scripted and incredibly cryptic unknown figure from all the way out there.

  • Posted By: scarcarsister @ 09/29/2008 2:33:09 PM

    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?

    • Posted By: wendydk @ 10/22/2008 2:43:08 PM

      Being a mom does not make you qualified to run "just about anything". I own a small business, and if a woman showed up with "stay at home mom" on her resume, it would make her not even close to qualified to work for me, much less run my business.

      What an assinine comment.

    • Posted By: TYME4aCHANGE @ 10/08/2008 3:11:29 PM

      I'm a working mother, but I would never think I had the know how, or may be even the intelligence it takes to run a COUNTRY. I live in a white house, but what makes me think I'm qualified to live "The White House" simply because I can balance my budget at home? I am in no way putting myself or any other single parent down because it is not and easy position. However, we already have people in the "White House," who thought they were qualified, and they too had little to no experience on running a COUNTRY. In this case, actions speak louder than words. I'm in favor of hockey moms, but that is not the criteria we should use to determine who will lead this messed up country of ours. That's all we need is another "want to be president" to finish us off. I'd rather go with a no named, unheard of, Harvard Law Grad, and not a lipstick wearing hockey mom who can't seem to run her own (white) house. Did someone say teenage pregnancy?

  • Posted By: kerk @ 09/27/2008 8:08:30 PM

    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.

    • Posted By: wendydk @ 10/22/2008 2:46:21 PM

      I believe the woman who has to carry, birth and care for a child the rest of her life should be the one to make the decision. Nine times out of ten, the father talked her into it or would never consent to care for the child for the rest of his life, so don't pretend as though he would want custody, much less pay child support.

  • Posted By: gadeinin @ 09/24/2008 12:27:54 PM

    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!

    • Posted By: allison florance @ 09/26/2008 7:57:41 PM

      What you don't get is that Palin DOES stand for women. You just don't like how she does it. You need to understand that those of us voting for her ticket SUPPORT how she stands up for women and familu.

      • Posted By: wendydk @ 10/22/2008 2:47:12 PM

        Explain how she "stands up" for women or families any more than Obama does??

  • Posted By: jm818588 @ 09/23/2008 10:27:03 AM

    Thank you for saying so eloquently what has been bothering me about Palin. It was the conservatives who trashed Hillary years ago for daring to be a working mom instead of staying home and making cookies. (gasp!) Palin stands against everying working women I know have been fighting for. You're right that biology does not trump ideology. I think most thinking women will see through this facade and realize that Obama is the one who is (and has been) on their side

  • Posted By: jm818588 @ 09/23/2008 10:13:29 AM

    Thank you for saying so eloquently exactly what's been troubling me about Palin. Hillary was torn apart by conservatives years ago for daring to be a working mom rather than staying home to make cookies. (gasp!) Now, the same party who demonized Hillary, suddenly finds Palin to be a folk hero! But as you point out - biology does not trump ideology. Palin is against everything so many women I know worked hard for. I trust most thinking women can see through the facade and realize that Obama is the one on their side!

  • Posted By: trazer @ 09/20/2008 1:02:44 AM

    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.

    • Posted By: wendydk @ 10/22/2008 2:48:30 PM

      Considering Alaskans make big money off the rest of us, of course they're happy. Even Bush had a high approval rating less than two years into his presidency, so that argument does not carry any weight with me.

  • Posted By: trazer @ 09/20/2008 1:00:48 AM

    Shame on Anna Quindlin. It seems that if you are a small peanut farmer in one of the smallest states in the US and if you are Male, then its ok to be president. Anna Quindlin thinks Jimmy Carter, a one term president is just fine. If you are a woman governor in the United States - an executive office - one better never have supported our schools or played a strong role in education such as leading the PTA> Shame on ANNA!

  • Posted By: playitfair @ 09/17/2008 10:07:04 PM

    It saddens me to see Anna attacking Palin. Year after year we see unqualified men (ie: Obama) getting nominated for office -- the list would be long, including the Current Occupant. But who gets the shrill and outrageous chorus of attacks -- Hillary Clinton (experience and capable) and Sara Palin (just as experienced as Bush, and in the opinion of half the electorate, more so than Obama). Anna, save your fire. Women are at the bottom. We need to support our own.

  • Posted By: playitfair @ 09/17/2008 10:06:56 PM

    It saddens me to see Anna attacking Palin. Year after year we see unqualified men (ie: Obama) getting nominated for office -- the list would be long, including the Current Occupant. But who gets the shrill and outrageous chorus of attacks -- Hillary Clinton (experience and capable) and Sara Palin (just as experienced as Bush, and in the opinion of half the electorate, more so than Obama). Anna, save your fire. Women are at the bottom. We need to support our own.

  • Posted By: OHgrl @ 09/17/2008 4:15:17 PM

    I am a woman in my mid 30's fitting the demographic that supposedly Sarah Palin is able to sway: Catholic, fiscally conservative, moderate democrat. I find her nomination to be reprehensible and insulting to American women. She stands on the shoulders of the women whose work she will undoubtedly undercut if she manages to get into office. Ms. Palin is simply the puppet of this election, as George Bush was in the past. The people who will still be running the country, if McCain/Palin are elected, are Karl Rove and all of his horrendous cronies. It's time for people to wake up and realize what the ultimate spin-doctor, Rove, is up to AGAIN! Anna Quindlen - - thank you for your critical thought and bravery. Keep it up!

  • Posted By: MauiGirl @ 09/17/2008 12:20:42 PM

    Can we say rant? Stop whining and write like a real journalist!

    • Posted By: noBSgirl @ 09/17/2008 9:48:08 PM

      Who's a "real journalist", MauiGirl? Rush Limbaugh, perhaps?

    • Posted By: noBSgirl @ 09/17/2008 9:46:18 PM

      Who's a "real Journalis" Mauigirl? Rush Limbaugh?

  • Posted By: davidgergen @ 09/17/2008 1:18:07 AM

    My colleagues told me you were a good writer - I just don't see it.

  • Posted By: Lindalp @ 09/17/2008 12:38:47 AM

    sam, I disagree. I am very opposed to this woman being VP and as I learn more about her (the onion peeling thing) the more scared I am for our country should the republican ticket be elected, not because of Hillary, but only because of the far right fringe beliefs and the amoral in office actions of this woman. She may want to refor, but reforming by using tactics matching or worse than the people she is hellbent on bring about reform from does not make a respectable leader. Its a simple matter of using your power to overpower others who are not of your belief system. We live in a pluralistic society and not one that is just of her narrow ideology. She wants to make all of us belong to her ideology and that is the scariest part of allowing her into a position of power like VP, and potentially President, God forbid.

  • Posted By: Sam B @ 09/16/2008 10:43:27 PM

    The liberal democrats are just as much to blame for saying one thing and then ignoring the same thing when it's convenient. That's her whole point: Republicans say one thing and ignore it when convenient. I think she is stretching it a bit, but she got her agenda.

    Hillary supporters are angry at the choice of Palin. They erroneously assume the McCain camp wants to buy their vote. Truth be told, they're angry because they want their cake (a woman on the ticket) and they want to eat their cake too (a woman who is liberal). You see they have their cake, but it's not palatable, thus setting them off .



    Example: If you really wanted an ipod, and your boyfriend bought you a stereo system with awesome speakers (at a much higher price) you would propably be pisst. You have a system that plays music, but not the kind you want. Not the best example, (this one is frivolous) but all the rutkus over Palin has less to do with her than it has to do with the unresolved internal issues of Hillary supporters. And quite frankly, I'm sick of it.

  • Posted By: Sam B @ 09/16/2008 10:40:52 PM

    The liberal democrats are just as much to blame for saying one thing and then ignoring the same thing when it's convenient. That's her whole point: Republicans say one thing and ignore it when convenient. I think she is stretching it a bit, but she got her agenda.



    Here's a salient psychological point I don't believe I've heard yet:

    Hillary supporters are angry at the choice of Palin. They erroneously assume the McCain camp wants to buy their vote. Truth be told, they're angry because they want their cake (a woman on the ticket) and they want to eat their cake too (a woman who is liberal). You see they have their cake, but it's not palatable, thus setting them off .



    Example: If you really wanted an Ipod, and your boyfriend bought you a stereo system with awesome speakers (at a much higher price) you would propably be pisst. You have a system that plays music, but not the kind you want. Not the best example, (this one is frivolous) but all the rutkus over Palin has less to do with her than it has to do with the unresolved internal issues of Hillary supporters. And quite frankly, I'm sick of it.

  • Posted By: neocon @ 09/16/2008 7:51:19 PM

    Who's better for women?
    A watchdog group called LegiStorm posts online the salaries for Capitol Hill staffers. "We have no political affiliations and no political purpose except to make the workings of Congress as transparent as possible," its website explains. Parsing LegiStorm's official data, gleaned from the Secretary of the Senate, offers a fascinating glimpse at pay equity in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body.
    The most recent statistics are for the half-year from October 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008, excluding interns and focusing on full-time personnel. For someone who worked only until, say, last February 29, extrapolating up to six months' service simplifies this analysis. Doubling these half-year figures illustrates how a year's worth of Senate employees' paychecks should look.
    Based on these calculations, Obama's 28 male staffers divided among themselves total payroll expenditures of $1,523,120. Thus, Obama's average male employee earned $54,397.
    Obama's 30 female employees split $1,354,580 among themselves, or $45,152, on average.
    Why this disparity? One reason may be the under-representation of women in Obama's highest-compensated ranks. Among Obama's five best-paid advisors, only one was a woman. Among his top 20, seven were women.
    Again, on average, Obama's female staffers earn just 83 cents for every dollar his male staffers make. This figure certainly exceeds the 77-cent threshold that Obama's campaign website condemns. However, 83 cents do not equal $1.00. In spite of this 17-cent gap between Obama's rhetoric and reality, he chose to chide GOP presidential contender John McCain's 17 male staffers split $916,914, thus averaging $53,936. His 25 female employees divided $1,396,958 and averaged $55,878.
    On average, according to these data, women in John McCain's office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. In fact, all other things being equal, a typical female staffer could earn 21 cents more per dollar paid to her male counterpart -- while adding $10,726 to her annual income -- by leaving Barack Obama's office and going to work for John McCain.
    How could this be?
    One explanation could be that women compose a majority of McCain's highest-paid aides. Among his top-five best-compensated staffers, three are women. Of his 20-highest-salaried employees, 13 are women. The Republican presidential nominee relies on women -- much more than men -- for advice at the highest, and thus, best-paid levels.





  • Posted By: neocon @ 09/16/2008 7:18:22 PM

    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.

    • Posted By: wendydk @ 10/22/2008 2:51:44 PM

      I don't know what polls you're looking at. Every single one I've seen shows negative ratings. And the idea that she might be a "role model" for young women is scary. Not because of what she's accomplished, but because of who she is, what she says, and how she does it.

  • Posted By: jim43 @ 09/16/2008 3:21:29 PM

    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

    • Posted By: wendydk @ 10/22/2008 2:52:54 PM

      "Issues Aside"....sounds familiar. Isn't that the Republican ticket's platform?

    • Posted By: Lindalp @ 09/17/2008 12:45:01 AM

      Issues aside??? Do you hear yourself??? I pray God you are not right and I don't believe you are.

  • Posted By: rube @ 09/15/2008 11:42:32 PM

    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!




    • Posted By: allison florance @ 09/16/2008 11:36:00 AM

      I guess this is your opinion, becaus all the experts here: Greenspan, Paulson, Bernanke AGREE that this current banking mess has NO NEXXUS to Bush, or any other president for that matter.

      • Posted By: Lindalp @ 09/17/2008 12:47:07 AM

        You summary of the situation is not what I have been reading, and I have been reading a lot. It is a direct result of republican policy allowing corporations to run rampantly unregulated with unsavory practices.

        • Posted By: allison florance @ 09/23/2008 11:33:29 AM

          Do a bit more digging and you will find that our Congress (both parties) are mostly responsible for this, pushing an agenda of forcing banks to loan to folks that couldn't pay back the loan---In 1977 , the Community Reinvestment Act was passed and did much of this damage, the other major contirbutor is bank regulators keep discovering the problems after it is too late, not before when they should.

  • Posted By: sparkling @ 09/15/2008 1:57:12 PM

    Sarah Palin gets my vote !

    Palin and McCain will be elected into the White House in November... then Palin for Pres in 2016 !!!

    • Posted By: Lindalp @ 09/17/2008 12:48:42 AM

      I pray mightily every day that truth will overcome lies, and God is beginnig to unfold the truths. I pay God you are wrong. God is for truth. God is listening. You are wrong.

      Obama 08

      Palin, never, we hope and pray

  • Posted By: allison florance @ 09/14/2008 5:44:45 PM

    In response to Anna Quindlen, The Last Word Newsweek 9/15/08

    ???Strong women roared in silence. We roared by doing.??? Judy Blunt from Breaking Clean

    I always thought that I would live long enough to see a nonfeminist women break through the so-called feminist ???ceilings???. It is no surprise that an ascribed feminist would not break through. The feminist strategy is winner take all, take men to task and drag them down, kick them while they are there and laugh at them while doing it. The feminist agenda is black and white, self-righteous and has no room for religion because they are their own religious cult.

    I have often pondered if I were merely a benefactor of the feminist movement, quota filler, due to landing a coveted, high paying job in an all male, good old boy office. I am a Montana cowgirl that had to make my own way because there were male offspring to take over the ranch. No whining here. I just took it as a challenge. I got my education, landed a job far away from Montana and far beyond me, and wondered, ???why me???? Initially, I gave 100% credit to the feminist movement. Several decades have now passed and I think at most the feminist movement raised awareness of women as capable of working along side men but they were never going to get hired for the job with all the toxic spew that they continuously felt compelled to share out loud.

    After reading the job offer a second time, I immediately set out to figure out how to fit in, be grateful, do a better job than anyone else, earn respect, work hard, help people in the company look good and show that I could add more to the bottom line than I cost.

    Anna, your focus on ???hypocrisy, direct result of the women???s movement, sexism,??? and the like may win a few battles. In the mean time, Sarah Palin is confident in her morals and ideals. Direct and straight forward in what life has provided her in the way of challenges in her pregnant daughter or Down???s son. Sarah Palin did not change her foundation due to life???s challenges, She has embraced the challenges that so many of us face or will face and used them as further evidence of her conviction without any ands, ifs, or buts. Sarah Palin???s can-do, roaring-by-doing focus on the most important things is what wins wars.

  • Posted By: zsm2010 @ 09/14/2008 3:11:00 PM

    Talk about hypocrisy and double standards ??? If governor Palin???s pro-life stance is an invasion of personal family choices, then I don???t what to say about Obama???s economic proposals. Obama???s ???95% tax cuts??? and promises of hundreds of dollars to millions of Americans certainly do not come out of his personal bank-account ??? obviously, they come out of everyone else???s ???oh wait, not everyone else???s ??? only the wealthys???. Where is the flaw here? Obama???s proposals do not allow the wealthy to choose how to spend their money. What if they chose to buy a shiny new car, or to send their kid through private school? Isn???t that their right to chose? Ms. Quindlen, How can it be wrong to forbid a woman from making choices about her body, when she believes it???s right, but okay to force citizens to make choices with their finances, when you believe it???s right?

  • Posted By: bammer @ 09/14/2008 1:03:08 PM

    WHEN THE LIBERAL ELITE "MAIN STREAM MEDIA" INJECTS ITSELF INTO A NATIONAL US ELECTION, IT LEADS TO THE "LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES"

    IF THERE'S WAS NO "MSM" BIAS AGAINST HILLARY, HILLARY WOULD BE THE US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND OBAMA WOULD BE THE VP CANDIDATE

    IF THE TICKET IS CLINTON/OBAMA.....THERE IS NO SARAH PALIN EFFECT

    IF THERE IS NO SARAH PALIN, THERE IS MCCAIN/ROMNEY REPUB TICKET

    THEREFORE, THERE WOULD BE 8 YEARS OF CLINTON/OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

    THEREFORE, THERE WOULD BE 8 YEARS OF OBAMA/KEANE ADMINSTRATION

    BY US LIBERAL ELITE MEDIA BACKING OBAMA AND TRASHING HILLARY, THEY LOSE A POSSIBLE 16 YEARS IN POWER AND WILL PROBABLY NOW LOSE 8 OUT OF THE LAST 11 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.

    FOR YOU ANNA, NO AMOUNT OF OLBERMANN/MADDOW HISTRONICS CAN CUT THROUGH WHAT THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ELECTORATE SEES IN THE "MSM"

  • Posted By: bammer @ 09/14/2008 12:44:19 PM

    WHEN THE LIBERAL ELITE "MAIN STREAM MEDIA" INJECTS ITSELF INTO A NATIONAL US ELECTION, IT LEADS TO THE "LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES"

    IF THERE'S WAS NO "MSM" BIAS AGAINST HILLARY, HILLARY WOULD BE THE US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND OBAMA WOULD BE THE VP CANDIDATE

    IF THE TICKET IS CLINTON/OBAMA.....THERE IS NO SARAH PALIN EFFECT

    IF THERE IS NO SARAH PALIN, THERE IS MCCAIN/ROMNEY REPUB TICKET

    THEREFORE, THERE WOULD BE 8 YEARS OF CLINTON/OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

    THEREFORE, THERE WOULD BE 8 YEARS OF OBAMA/KEANE ADMINSTRATION


    BY US LIBERAL ELITE MEDIA BACKING OBAMA AND TRASHING HILLARY, THEY LOSE A POSSIBLE 16 YEARS IN POWER AND WILL PROBABLY NOW LOSE 8 OUT OF THE LAST 11 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

    THE MSM DESERVES WHAT IT GETS

  • Posted By: DaProf @ 09/13/2008 12:44:59 PM

    Uhhh... Sarah Palin is a vice-presidential candidate, not a presidential candidate. So a word is missing from the article where it discusses PTA membership.

  • Posted By: llikavec @ 09/13/2008 10:08:37 AM

    Anna Quindlen's statement about Hilary supporters voting for McCain/Palin based on the fact that Palin is a woman is right on. "Biology trumps ideology" is exactly the kind of ignorance that will get McCain elected. Sarah Palin is a scary person who is NOT in the least qualified to be president. The Republicans can say all they want about how Palin is a breath of fresh for their party. She spouts her qualifications in every speech she makes (the PTA makes her qualified?), but she has yet to address the campaign issues of McCain's platform. I'm tired of hearing about "the bridge to nowhere" and "earmarks". Let's hear about what John McCain plans to do to fix this country.

  • Posted By: llikavec @ 09/13/2008 10:08:20 AM

    Anna Quindlen's statement about Hilary supporters voting for McCain/Palin based on the fact that Palin is a woman is right on. "Biology trumps ideology" is exactly the kind of ignorance that will get McCain elected. Sarah Palin is a scary person who is NOT in the least qualified to be president. The Republicans can say all they want about how Palin is a breath of fresh for their party. She spouts her qualifications in every speech she makes (the PTA makes her qualified?), but she has yet to address the campaign issues of McCain's platform. I'm tired of hearing about "the bridge to nowhere" and "earmarks". Let's hear about what John McCain plans to do to fix this country.

  • Posted By: llikavec @ 09/13/2008 10:07:22 AM

    Anna Quindlen's statement about Hilary supporters voting for McCain/Palin based on the fact that Palin is a woman is right on. "Biology trumps ideology" is exactly the kind of ignorance that will get McCain elected. Sarah Palin is a scary person who is NOT in the least qualified to be president. The Republicans can say all they want about how Palin is a breath of fresh for their party. She spouts her qualifications in every speech she makes (the PTA makes her qualified?), but she has yet to address the campaign issues of McCain's platform. I'm tired of hearing about "the bridge to nowhere" and "earmarks". Let's hear about what John McCain plans to do to fix this country.

  • Posted By: grusso @ 09/13/2008 9:56:48 AM

    I'd very much like to see an interview of Sarah Palin by Katie Couric. Why did the Palin camp reject this ? Too even a match?

  • Posted By: imoose @ 09/13/2008 6:31:03 AM

    I find it ironic that the only people I hear "suggesting" that Palin was picked to woo weak-minded Democratic women are, in fact, Democrats and pundits. Republicans, on the other hand, see that Palin was picked to give a much needed shot in the arm to the rather boring Republican campaign. She is exciting to Republicans and conservatives in much the same way Obama is to Democrats--she is sexy in ways that are so much more than skin-deep: she is self-reliant, tough, sharp, savvy and sassy. She is the very opposite of Ivy League elitism.

    I also find it sad that you cannot at least acknowledge that, from the point of view of a great number of Americans, abortion is an issue of human rights, akin to child abuse and murder, and that government intervention into the family life is morally necessary in such cases. There is nothing sexist about protecting the helpless.

  • Posted By: one-world @ 09/13/2008 12:30:19 AM

    Anna Quindlen, Are you are journalist? When I grew up I was taught that journalists were not biased. Bernard Goldburg is right! Why don't you get a new occupation? Maybe you could be a hair-stylist at the Gossip and Go.

  • Posted By: bemmerton @ 09/12/2008 11:50:01 AM

    There is very little possiblity that Hillary will do much of anything to promote the ideology vs biology argument as she has very little interest in the election of Obama. His loss means a clean sweep for her in 2012. Keeping in mind that I am a man, which of course means that it is impossible that I have any sensibilies toward women's issues, I believe that the real problem feminists are having with Gov. Palin is that she embodies the possibilities of a woman in the highest executive offce ( sorry, Geraldine, but you never really had a chance in 1984) without embracing the classic feminist agenda. Yet it seems to me that she represents the fullest embodyment of feminisim buy being free to have her own believes and living them.

    • Posted By: allison florance @ 09/14/2008 5:49:37 PM

      You totally understand women's issues and i am a woman

  • Posted By: kiethnina @ 09/12/2008 11:29:37 AM

    Hello my name is Nina and i am writing to about "the Caucasian card" on page 70 from august... I am Caucasian and i have alot of "black" friends and if you were to ask who are they voting for and why, they would say Obama and you ask why and they will say because he is "black... Most of the people that vote have no clue what is going on with the campaign or why there even voting for the person they are voting for.. I'm not saying that Barack is fully playing the race card but I know if he wins that's why. "black' people want to live to see a black president and that's all it is... And as far a a Caucasian card I wish there was one when I needed medicaid for myself and my son when I was 17 and busting my but to keep food on the table and I was denied for anything.. come on I worked at wendy's how much could I have made. But when I walked in to the welfare building the whole place was full of "blacks" who had more jewelry on then i have ever owned in my life and my son and i get denied for just medicaid please I'm sick of hearing I"M BLACK GIVE ME> When i don't have enough for myself n I bust my but everyday... The point is please if Barack wins its only because hes black... i live in the real world I don't know where you live...thank You

    • Posted By: grusso @ 09/13/2008 10:58:55 AM

      This comment is for Nina:, Hello Nina, Your anger is understandable, and if you look at which candidate and which party has been and will continue to be working for your self interests, it's Obama and the Democratic Party. Take that anger and do something effective with it. Get as many people to vote for Barack Obama as you can. Obama may be black, but that is not what qualifies him to be the best choice in this election. He's a problem solver not a problem maker. Mc Cain is has a proven record of more of the same Bush policies of "let the little guy pay and suffer for the benefit of big oil intrests" and if they can get the little guys like you and me to fight amounst ourselves, all the better - they can get away with even more lining of their pockets at public (yours and mine) expense. Be brave, be your best self, be for yourself, vote for Obama. Ta There's only one world, and we're all in it. Bless you.

      • Posted By: rube @ 09/15/2008 11:59:02 PM

        Nina, I have alot of white friends who wont vote for Obama- i Iask them why? Hes black!
        Even my own parents agree - he more qualified, more intelligent, more likely to bring world peace and they tell me, "we just cant vote for a black man!" Keep voting for those challeged intelletuals that graduate at the bottom of their perspective classes- crusty, stoic lemmings whos failed policies are plain enough to see and now feel too!
        I guess your pocket book, health care, education, and careless attitude for more arbitrary war is closer to Mccain- because you will reap what you sew- he will not dissapoint the mongers and the haters!

        It never ceases to amaze me that philosophers, scholars, and writers in droves write about the current fleecing of our constitution our nation, and the American middle class all the while conservatives continue to flock to right wing evangelists, tabloid pundits and GOP theology after all that has happen to uor nation.
        7 and a half years of GOP subversion. What does tha nation have to show? An economy in shambles unfinished wars more on the horizon and debt so enormous China and other foreign countries now own much of our nations remaining equity!

        Conservatism is a dismal failure, all the proof is in your house equity, your bank accounts, your paycheck, it???s on Wallstreet, its on the shelves of your supermarket, its on the corner gas station, its in job and house lose, its on the streets and in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan.
        They have failedour nation before our eyes and they tell us we cany see theother choice because of the color of his skin!

    • Posted By: sirhc @ 09/12/2008 1:45:27 PM

      THE ABOVE POST MAYBE THE MOST IGNORANT POST EVER TYPED.

      1. HOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT BLACKS HAVE VOTED FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT AT A 90% RATE SINCE WE COULD VOTE.

      2. HOW ABOUT THAT FACT THAT MAYBE BLACKS JUST HAVE THIS ONE CORRECT. 50 MILLION WHITES VOTED FOR THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT RACE BULL LIKE WHITES HAVE NEVER DONE IT. WHITES IN SOUTHERN OHIO (WHERE THE KLAN STILL MARCHES) STILL THINK THE OBAMA IS FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY

      3. YOUR DUMBASS FRIENDS DON'T REPRESENT ALL BLACKS NO MORE THAN DAN QUAYLE REPRESENTS ALL WHITES

      4. THERE ARE 3 TIMES MORE WHITES ON WELFARE PERCENTAGE WISE AND GROSS NUMBERS THAN BLACKS. I'M SURE THERE WEREN'T ANY THERE WHERE YOU WERE AT OF COURSE.

      5. BLACKS ALONE CAN'T ELECT A PRESIDENT. WE ONLY MAKE UP 8% OF THE POPULATION

      6. MAYBE BLACKS WANT A PRESIDENT WHO GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF HARVARD LAW INSTEAD OF AT THE BOTTOM(894/899) OF THE NAVY ACADEMY

      7. MAYBE BLACKS WANT A PERSON WHO HAD TO STRUGGLE FOR EVERYTHING INSTEAD OF SOMEONE FROM A NAVY ADMIRAL'S FAMILY WHO GOT INTO SCHOOL BASED OFF THAT

      8. MAYE BLACKS WANT SOMEONE WHO WILL GIVE TAX BREAKS TO 95% OF THE NATION INSTEAD OF JUST TO THE TOP 2-5%.

      9. MAYBE BLACKS WANTS SOMEONE WHO HAS A PERFECT RATING ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND NOT A DAMN 0 ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS LIKE MCCAIN.

      10. MAYBE BLACKS WANT SOMEONE WHO KNEW ATTACKING IRAQ FOR 9-11 IS EQUIVALENT TO ATTACKING CANADA FOR PEARL HARBOR.

      • Posted By: neocon @ 09/16/2008 7:21:47 PM

        No, THE ABOVE POST MAYBE THE MOST IGNORANT POST EVER TYPED.

      • Posted By: Floridave @ 09/12/2008 3:32:39 PM

        I think I just figured out what sirhc means: Shirley Chisholm. Thank you Shirley, for your ultra racist views, incorrect "facts" and skewed logic.

        • Posted By: Floridave @ 09/12/2008 4:59:23 PM

          Furthermore, you have no right to call anyone else ignorant since NOTHING you said was correct.

          1. WAY off here. For years after blacks were allowed to vote, the democrats did everything they could to keep blacks from ever doing so. In 1868 the republicans criticized the democrats official slogan "This is a white man's country, let white men rule." In 1874 democrats stormed the statehouse of Louisiana and killed 27 people because the administration was integrated. Still proud of your party's history?

          2. Clinton never won a majority vote, but I don't know what your 50 million white people number has to do with it. We forgive everyone who helped elect him since that was a long time ago. But I do agree that he was the worst president in history since he was impeached, disbarred, and paid multiple settlements to avoid prosecution for rape, sexual assault, sexual harrassment, and exposure of genitals.

          3. Your statement is statistically incorrect. Of course a multiple number of members of a minority would represent a larger percentage of that minority than a single member of the majority. In other words, 5 black people say more for blacks than Dan says for whites. Understand?

          4. 37% of welfare recipients are black, 38% are white. You said there were 3 times as many whites. Keep in mind that only 14 to 15% of our country is black, so "percentage wise" a MUCH higher percentage of blacks are on welfare. Let's not even talk about the percentages in prison.

          5. Where did you get 8% percent? Your school? America is between 14% to 15% black.

          6. If you believe blacks are so pro-education, why is it so difficult to enlist them in universities? Bush was better educated than Kerry, where were you guys then?

          7. What does struggling have to do with anything, and if Dan Quayle doesn't represent ALL white people, how is it that you get to represent ALL blacks?

          8. Why would blacks care about 95% of America getting a tax break if 5% of Americans are supporting over 50% of the country? Are you suggesting that blacks are unfair? That sounds racist to me. And again, who made you the representative?

          9. Who are you talking about that has a perfect record on women's rights? Surely not Obama who turned down Hillary and her 18 million votes for noted plagiarist Joe Biden. Does THAT sound like a man interested in promoting women's causes to you?

          10. Your statement made no sense at all. America has encountered PLENTY of resistance from terrorists in Iraq (who do you think is killing our soldiers?).... How many Japanese would we have encountered in Canada during WWii? Canada? Sheesh.

          Please, go study a little and stop creating your own facts. Look at the top of your computer screen for that little google window, or whatever search engine you like. Maybe check out Wikipedia. There is lots of good information out there.... stop making up your own facts.
          Also, I think you caps key might be stuck.

          Hope this help

          • Posted By: sirhc @ 09/13/2008 2:55:02 PM

            BY THE WAY-JOHN KERRY PUT HIS SELF THROUGH LAW SCHOOL. BUSH IS IN NO WAY MORE EDUCATED THAN KERRY. KERRY, CLINTON(RHOADES SCHOLAR), AND OBAMA SOUND ALIKE WHEN THEY SPEAK BECAUSE IN LAW SCHOOL THEY TEACH YOU HOW TO SEE BOTH SIDES OF A SITUATION. IT'S CALLED INTELLECT AND BEING PREPARED FOR YOU ADVESARY...................I WONDER WITH ALL OF MCCAIN'S FATHER CONNECTIONS HE STILL WASN'T ABLE TO GET MCCAIN INTO PRINCETON LIKE HE WANTED.............

          • Posted By: sirhc @ 09/13/2008 2:42:34 PM

            I LIKE HOW YOU HAD TO ANSWER TWICE AND STIIIIILL CAME UP WITH INCORRECT FACTS

            1. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE "FACT" THAT BLACKS VOTE AT A 90% CLIP FOR THE DEM. NOMINEE. INCULDING CLINTON, GORE AND KERRY.

            2. IF YOU THINK IN ANYWAY BUSH IS BETTER THAN BILL CLINTON THIS ARGUEMENT SHOULD BE OVER BECAUSE I AM ARGUING WITH A CHILD.

            3. NO-YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. NO SINGULAR GROUP REPRESENTS A WHOLE RACE IS MY POINT. THERE ARE ABOUT A MILLION HOLLYWOOD LIBS. DO THEY REPRESENT ALL WHITES? I SAY NO

            4.BLACKS HAVE NEVER BEEN 15% OF THE POPULATION. ARE YOU REFERRING TO PRESENT DAY HISPANICS? WE FLUCTATE BETWEEN 8-11%

            5. NEVER BEEN 15%
            -ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW COUNTING SYSTEM

            6. BECAUSE MOST BLACKS COME FROM HIGH SCHOOLS THAT UNIVERSITIES DON'T WANT TO RECRUIT FROM. I DON'T HEAR UNIVERSITIES SAYING THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES. IVY LEAGUE-SURE. MOST BLACKS DON'T HAVE "BUSH" MCCAIN" OR THE LIKE IN THEIR NAME. MOST BLACKS DON'T HAVE A DADDY THAT CAN PUSH THEM INTO A SITUATION THEY HAVEN'T EARNED OR DESERVE. GEORGE W. BUSH IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT IN ITSELF IS DISGUSTING. HE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK PROPER ENGLISH

            7. THAT'S RIGHT-IGNORE THE QUESTION AGAIN. THAT'S WHY I USED "MAYBE". THESE ARE THE REASON OF MY FRIENDS ARE FOR VOTING FOR OBAMA. NOTICE I DIDN'T SAY THEY REPRESENTED ALL BLACKS-THAT'S WHY I USED "MAYBE"

            8.I AM SUGGESTING THE "TRICKLE DOWN THEORY" DOESN'T WORK-NEVER HAS WORKED. GOERGE BUSH'S ON FATHER CALLED IT "VODOO ECONOMICS" TO REAGAN'S FACE. ONLY OMEGA LEVEL MORONS LIKE BUSH AND MCCAIN THINK IT WORKS. IT WORKS FOR THE RICH.........SURELY.
            BUT IT COMPLETELY DESTROYS THE MIDDLE CLASS.

            9. NOT HAVING HRC ON YOUR TICKET DOESN'T SUGGEST ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT WOMEN. GOOD WAY TRYING TO PLAY THE CARD AND COMPLETELY IGNORING MCCAIN'S 0 RATING ON WOMEN'S RIGHT. IRONICALLY, THE MAIN REASON THAT HRC ISN'T ON THE TICKET IS HER HUSBAND'S REFUSAL TO BE VETTED ON THE LIBRARY.

            10. THERE IS A BOOK BY A BI PARTISAN COMMISION CALLED "9-11". IT BASICALLY STATES WE ARE IN THERE ON A LIE. AL QUEDA DIDN'T GO THERE UNTIL WE WENT. IT'S CALLED A "DUMB AS F#$%" MOVE. ATTACKING CANADA FOR PEARL HARBOR WOULD BE ON THAT LEVEL. HOW IS IT THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN IS DEAD(IRONCALLY WOULDN'T HAVE CAME INTO POWER WITHOUT RONALD REAGAN'S HELP ERGO THE PICTURE OF THEM SHAKING HANDS") YET....................OSAMA BIN LADEN IS STILL ALIVE? AND YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STRONG ON TERROR.....THAT'S COMEDY.

            • Posted By: Floridave @ 09/13/2008 5:12:41 PM

              I am not going to make you repeat first grade (again). Just re-read everything I said because it is all correct, with the exception of the black population in America. It might be between 13 and 14 percent.... not 14 and 15. I may have been off by 1/2%... but you were WAY off. You don't have to thank me or admit you were wrong. If Obama can't admit it... why should you?

              Regarding your #6. That was a really lazy answer. Blame it on your daddy. Blame it on "the man." You are not helping "your peeps" by blaming everyone but yourself for your personal failures. How did your hero Obama get through higher education with no daddy at all? (didn't think of that one, did you?)

              #7 I really don't care HOW somebody gets to be the best person for a job, as long as they are the best person. If you like stories about struggling, go rent "Rudy" or "Radio". As far as Obama struggling... when did that happen? Again, your lazy nature probably makes you more impressed with him than he deserves.

              The rest of what you said is nonsense, and just a little Googling on your part will prove it. If you weren't so inherently lazy you would have already done that. Good luck to you. And thanks for being so predictable.

              If you should ever decide to think for yourself, you should consider the Republican party. Democrats hate blacks. They always have and they still do. Obama is being used to make a point.... They don't refer to him as a man, they refer to him as a black man. That's pathetic. Go read some history, especially the period just after Lincoln was killed. The DNC is no place for a black man with any respect for history.

  • Posted By: Buffal0Bill @ 09/12/2008 10:11:17 AM

    How many soldiers and airmen does the mayor of Poughkeepsie supervise? How many barrels of oil and cubic feet of natural gas are beneath Poughkeepsie? How many $40 billion pipelines has the mayor of Poughkeepsie started? The obvious condescension of liberal feminists and the liberal media is backfiring, and it may well bring about a Republican win in an election that a month ago seemed out of reach for Republicans. Write some more columns like this one. Republicans appreciate the help.

    • Posted By: allison florance @ 09/14/2008 5:52:35 PM

      You are totally correct BuffaloBill --Thanks

  • Posted By: sirhc @ 09/12/2008 6:42:44 AM

    THIS LADY IS OUT THERE. YOU KNOW SHE WAS PREPPED LIKE HE DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS FOR THIS INTERVIEW........THE THINGS THAT JUST WEREN'T WRONG BUT ABSOLUTELY HORRIFYING

    1. LINKING 9-11 AND IRAQ. BUSH DOESN'T EVEN DO THAT ANYMORE!!
    2. WAR WITH RUSSIA
    3.NOT KNOWING THE BUSH DOCTRINE BUT BASICALLY BEING ALL FOR IT W/O HER OWN KNOWLEDGE.

    SHE'S NOT JUST RIGHT OF BUSH, MCCAIN AND REAGAN.................................SHE MAY ACTUALLY BE RIGHT OF BUCHANNON. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTELY LAST PERSON WE NEED AT THIS MOMENT BEING LITERALLY A HEARTBEAT AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENCY.

    • Posted By: News and Notes @ 09/12/2008 11:08:35 AM

      Let's see the entirety of this interview and subsequent ones she will be doing before coming to judgement. She sounded a lot like Barack Obama sounded eighteen months ago

      • Posted By: sirhc @ 09/13/2008 2:09:39 PM

        NO-OBAMA SOUNDED UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE BEGINNING. NOT TOTALLY CLUELESS AND OVERLY PREPPED. LOOK- GIBSON WAS TRYING TO HELP HER OUT AND YOU HEAR THESE REPUBLICANS TALKING THIS "CONDESNDING" CRAP. HE WAS TRYING TO COACH HER-HE IS A WELL KNOWN MAIN STREAM REPUBLICAN. THAT'S WHY THEY AGREED TO THE INTERVIEW, THAT'S WHY HER NEXT INTERVIEW IS WITH SEAN " I DO NOTHING BUT CONTINUALLY LIE, DISTORT AND MISREPRESENT THE FACTS IN THE NAME OF CONSERVATISM" HANNITY.

    • Posted By: Floridave @ 09/12/2008 11:07:04 AM

      Aw, come on. She's gonna do just fine. You didn't really want all that Obama socialism, did you?

  • Posted By: tender @ 09/11/2008 10:39:43 PM

    Busby............ How could you hut the country?
    We have lived through the last 8 years of the most worthless administration in history.
    A war started and not ended, and Bin Laden still not brought to justice.
    thousands dead on both sides...... for WHAT!
    Thousands of jobs going overseas (China / Mexico).
    Republicians force their ideas and values on everyone, and on nations around the world.
    It doesn't work, and it's not smart.
    Forget it... go ahead and cast your vote.
    This country will once again get what it deserves.
    What on earth are you thinking.

  • Posted By: Independant Voter @ 09/11/2008 6:59:40 PM

    I'm in the middle - listening to both sides - but so far all I see from the right is anger (read the many outrageously angry emails below) - while the left at least is trying to have a civilized conversation. I will say this - I will not go along with any hysterical rants on either side - I just want an intelligent debate on the issues. At this point Obama's group is far more appealing simply because they are not raving mad at the other side. The Right should learn from them.

    • Posted By: allison florance @ 09/14/2008 5:54:08 PM

      Please start the debate by telling us what intelliget issues with solutions you have heard from either party. Thank you.

    • Posted By: Floridave @ 09/12/2008 11:08:39 AM

      Civilized? Go read this blog again and count the name callers. The right isn't angry. As a matter of fact a few of them are measuring the drapes in the oval office as I write this.

  • Posted By: Floridave @ 09/11/2008 5:26:37 PM

    Good news, people! It looks like McCain has a nice healthy 6% lead here in Florida, and as you know: Florida decides elections. Good job, Florida. Good news for everyone. Don't thank me..... it's been a pleasure.

    Somebody tell Obama it's time to go back to Chicago..... game's over.

    • Posted By: tender @ 09/11/2008 10:59:57 PM

      You will get what you deserve.

  • Posted By: LMAO @ 09/11/2008 2:49:56 PM

    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.

    • Posted By: allison florance @ 09/14/2008 5:57:16 PM

      You were able to express very well why you are confident about Palin as opposed to the reader that asked if you were the dumb vote--very un compelling

      • Posted By: marymmo @ 09/18/2008 2:21:40 PM

        Leaving a tiny city with a 20 million dollar debt is taking them forward? Must be a Republican way of thinking--creating debt now means you are moving forward! Wow! Then the U.S. must really be moving forward!

      • Posted By: marymmo @ 09/18/2008 2:21:39 PM

        Leaving a tiny city with a 20 million dollar debt is taking them forward? Must be a Republican way of thinking--creating debt now means you are moving forward! Wow! Then the U.S. must really be moving forward!

      • Posted By: marymmo @ 09/18/2008 2:21:34 PM

        Leaving a tiny city with a 20 million dollar debt is taking them forward? Must be a Republican way of thinking--creating debt now means you are moving forward! Wow! Then the U.S. must really be moving forward!

      • Posted By: marymmo @ 09/18/2008 2:21:30 PM

        Leaving a tiny city with a 20 million dollar debt is taking them forward? Must be a Republican way of thinking--creating debt now means you are moving forward! Wow! Then the U.S. must really be moving forward!

      • Posted By: marymmo @ 09/18/2008 2:17:37 PM

        Leaving a tiny city with a 20 million dollar debt is taking them forward? Must be a Republican way of thinking--creating debt now means you are moving forward! Wow! Then the U.S. must really be moving forward!

      • Posted By: marymmo @ 09/18/2008 2:16:31 PM

        Leaving a tiny city with a 20 million dollar debt is taking them forward? Must be a Republican way of thinking--creating debt now means you are moving forward! Wow! Then the U.S. must really be moving forward!

    • Posted By: tender @ 09/11/2008 10:54:14 PM

      So are you the Dumb vote?
      Or the values vote.
      Maybe youu are the Wal-mart vote.
      You tell me.
      All I know about Palin is that I'd probably do her, that's about it.

  • Posted By: KaPA1 @ 09/11/2008 2:35:07 PM

    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?

    • Posted By: News and Notes @ 09/11/2008 3:02:39 PM

      I'm curious to find out how Palin's personal views differ from her policy opinions. I'd like to hear what she has to say before rushing to judgement

      • Posted By: marymmo @ 09/18/2008 2:24:25 PM

        Her policy seems to be if that you disagree with her personal views, you get fired.

  • Posted By: Knittysong @ 09/11/2008 2:20:23 PM

    Hillary supporters who vote for Palin are cutting off their noses to spite their faces. And no amount of lipstick will cover that up!

    • Posted By: News and Notes @ 09/11/2008 3:01:17 PM

      That is an oversimplification

      • Posted By: sirhc @ 09/12/2008 6:45:56 AM

        NO IT'S NOT. SHE IS AGAINST A WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE EVEN IN INCEST AND RAPE...................THIS CHOICE SHOWED MCCAIN RALLY THINKS LOW OF WOMEN. I'LL PUT SOMEONE ON MY TICKET THAT YOU SHARE A CHROMOSOME WITH BUT SHE IS OTALLY AGAINST EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR. IT'S A PATTERN WITH HIM. HE ATTACKED A 13 YEAR OLD CHELSEA CLINTON, JANET RENO AND HAS A 0 RATING ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS..............SERIOUSLY.......THINK ABOUT THAT.

        • Posted By: News and Notes @ 09/12/2008 11:10:14 AM

          Show me where Sarah Palin has said she wanted her personal view on abortion to be the law of the land. Let's give her a chance to clarify

  • Posted By: SeanT007 @ 09/11/2008 1:41:09 PM

    Simply put, Hillary Clinton is a $20,000,000.00 political prostitute, owned by her "race baiting poverty pedalling pimp," Barrack Hussien Obama Bin-Liberal. Hillary and the rest of the left wing femi-Nazi's like the author of this article beleived they were owed. But they soon found out about the realities of the Real Good-Old Boy DNC network, it is the DNC and their male surrogates who are sexist and chauvenistic. I think it is funny you femi-nazi's took you panties off for nothing in the end but another heartache. Like they say, you can ride the DNC bus, but you can't drive it. Unlike at the RNC, it is a real 50/50 deal they can own and drive it anytime they want.

    • Posted By: tender @ 09/11/2008 10:50:21 PM

      Are you sure about that. The RNC being fair I mean. It really doesn't matter. There is 2% of the population that is running this country. Always has and always will. The two political parties are pawns in thier game.
      Revolution now!

    • Posted By: News and Notes @ 09/11/2008 3:00:44 PM

      Hillary is a competent, tough, gracious woman. Obama and the DNC have made a mockery out of her, and she does what she has to do to help them out anyway. Class act from start to finish. Hillary may have put the primaries and being passed over for VP behind her, but some of her supporters are still struggling.

      • Posted By: busby @ 09/11/2008 5:55:21 PM

        I agree with you totally. She could show the dnc and the Obama something about grace and class if only they were capable of understanding it.

        • Posted By: sirhc @ 09/12/2008 1:54:41 PM

          C'MON NOW LET'S KEEP IT REAL. I WOULD'VE VOTED FOR HRC IF SHE WAS THE NOMINEE BUT SHE RAN ONE OF THE MOST NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNS I'VE SEEN AGAINST A FELLOW DEMOCRAT. HECK, HER CAMPAIGN OPENLY ADMITTED TO THE "KITCHEN SINK" SCORCHED EARTTH CAMPAIGN. THE PEOPLE WHO RAN HER CAMPAIN DID HER IN ALONG WITH HER RIDICULOUS VOTE FOR THE WAR. SHE LOST ALOT OF DEMOCRATS WHEN SHE QUASI ENDORSED MCCAIN. I SAW DEMS. FLIP IMMEDIATELY THAT WERE SOLIDLY IN HER CORNER. SHE CAME IN WITH THE MONEY, FAME, MACHINE, NOTERIETY.........................I LIKE HER. I LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE GET A LITTLE GRIMY.......OTHERS DIDN'T. IF YOU WANT TO BLAME ANYONE LOOK AT MARK PENN....................HE THOUGHT CALIFORNIA WAS A WINNER TAKE ALL.................

          • Posted By: Floridave @ 09/13/2008 12:34:24 AM

            Keep it real? What are you... Slappy White?

  • Posted By: Consejol @ 09/11/2008 11:10:30 AM

    Anna is right - if Sarah Palin can't stand the heat of political scrutiny without hiding behind the skirts of women, then she needs to return to Alaska. As a professional woman for over 30 years in a male-dominated field, I have yet to see a single executive promoted because of PTA service or ability to juggle family and work or because she is a hockey, soccer or just plain mom. In the working world, you are judged on your ability to perform the task at hand - regardless of whether you are a man or a woman. Seeking answers to legitimate questions is not being sexist - it is exercising good sense. And I would bet that many of these same conservative men who are now conveniently crying "sexism" are the same men who helped build the glass ceiling.