Can You Say ‘Sexist’?

No thinking woman is going to believe that Sarah Palin represents Clinton voters. She's simply the same close-minded Conservative Republican as the rest, male or female, Her beliefs on key issues is out of step with the majority of female voters, and sooner or later she will go on TV and show that. To call her views that of Feminists is rediculous. She is to be applauded for her rise in politics, but her politics and Clinton supporter's politics are not at all alike. Everyone sees the Republican game in this, and the thinkers who pay attention to policy issues won't buy the story. No real affect on voters, other than the Conservative/Evangeliocal far right, who are jumping with joy after not caring much for John McCain. Nice try, but not now, not ever.

Has Obama BEEN getting "tough" scrutiny? Really? Where in the 19 months he's been running have you all asked him about Ayers, Acorn, his cousin Odinga, etc?? I've been hearing about it, but not from you guys.

Also, Dobson was elected to what position in the government? Oh right, he wasn't.

I hope one day REAL soon, the people who vote for the top of the democratic field, come to understand they only care about being in power, they don;t give a whit about your situation. their goal in life is to destroy the freedoms we have and turn this country into a communist polce state where they tell you how many children you can have, what doctor you can see and when. where your kids go to school, and what kind of job you can have. all they want is TOTAL control of your existence becaus that is all they will give you.

Folks would be drunk, high, stupid AND CRAZY to ask HIllary to work against Palin - unlike the Democratic Party Leadership , the Republicans are standing with her!!! Had the Dem leadership not carried Obama like a bunch of schoolgirls with a crush - ESPECIALLY after ALL that HIllary and BIll did for the party - we would have candidate worth voting for.

Is anyone really surprised by the callous hypocracy of the Republicans. I think not. People who actually think, instead of walking in Conservative/Evangelical lockstep, know the rediculous nature of phoney embracement of the feminist movement. There are few real Republican feminists. Ms. Palin is a feeble attempt to win Clinton supporters. It won't work, because Clinton supporters understand that Ms. Palin just represents more failed Republican policies and in-sync lip-service about improving the lot of America,s women. Thinking folks won't be fooled by the Republican ruse. It is time for real change and not the time for McBush/Palin. Vote on November 4th please. This was a truly substative article and spot on the mark.

Amazing. Everything I'm thinking but everything that comes out of my mouth is just a horrible rant. You make it sound educated and point on. One of my favorites of your articles thus far.

Michelle

Anna Quindlen is 100% correct. Republicans have always been against women's rights. I remember Rush Limbaugh always referring to women fighting for equal rights as "feminazis". The religious right is the most guilty. They were never in favor of women with children leaving their home every day to pursue a career. Republicans are indeed the biggest hypocrites that exist.

I'm nearly speechless after reading these comments. I???m grateful for the debate, but it appears that most everyone here has completely missed Quindlen???s point. I'm torn whether to support Palin, mostly because she's a woman, and this might shake up Washington like it's never shaken before, but I'm appalled by her policies. I'm disgusted by the GOP's claims that everyone is sexist unless your vote Republican because they have a woman on their ticket. After the past two weeks, I???ve decided that the U.S. isn't ready for a female in either party to run as high as Sarah or Hillary are reaching, because our whole damn country is still sexist, in both social and political veins. Where was the GOP complaining when Hillary or Nancy Pelosi were being ridiculted on matters completely unrelated to their political agenda like their clothes or their families? Fair is when you question politicians about their beliefs and how they plan to run government, not when different questions show up for different people on the basis of their gender or race. Regardles, Palin continues to throw the gender card when anyone asks about her record in AK. As Quindlen noted, Palin has no problem throwing elbows but anytime some come her way, she and the rest of the Republican party start yelling"sexist", kinda like McCain so often resorts to "POW". I think what Quindlen is trying to say in her article (which I though was quite articulate and concise), is that the GOP has quickly taken new reins on an old horse (GOP platform) so that its rider (the lovely Palin) doesn't fall off because the GOP is so used to its eroded wealthy white man???s trail to glory. It's rather ironic. I don't think anyone saw this coming. It could either be a genius move for the GOP, or if Palin???s issues from AK eventually bubble up, it could be a disaster. Now that Palin is in the good ol??? boys??? saddle, they???ll have to be extremely careful with their old standards (if they really mean change, hurray! But I doubt it). I find it discouraging that so many readers have completely missed Quindlen's mark. I guess if you don't want to see something, you close your eyes, and blindly walk into the desert. Which is exactly how voters seem to be going (over and over again). I won???t be voting for Palin because she has ovaries and she can???t run a country on the basis that she???s a woman. I???m voting against Palin because she is a step backward in the women's movement. Not forward. And frankly, her policies suck. Time will tell if she only becomes a ???progressive??? write-off to push the GOP???s main man into an office that has been crucified by idiots. Apparently everyone here has been under a rock for the last eight years, and maybe longer, since no one seems to remember the sacrifices that came with the women's movement of the past century. What a tragedy Palin is for this country already. I almost feel bad for her because it's Palin who completely missed it.

Your article is irrelevent. What word of REFORMIST didn't you understand??? McCain / Palin are going to kick butts in both parties (democrats and republicans) of the do nothing congress! They are starting a new revolution in politics and want to clean house. Women have been bitching and crying for representation ... so here it is ... take it or get a life and stop whinning!!! Sheesh!

Republican are hoping that if they keep everyone talking about Sarah Palin, we'll forgot about John McCain, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the massive failures and immorality of the Republican government over the past 8 years. Ain't gonna happen.

I'm nearly speechless after reading these comments. I???m grateful for the debate, but it appears that most everyone here has completely missed Quindlen???s point. I'm torn whether to support Palin, mostly because she's a woman, and this might shake up Washington like it's never shaken before, but I'm appalled by her policies. I'm disgusted by the GOP's claims that everyone is sexist unless your vote Republican because they have a woman on their ticket. After the past two weeks, I???ve decided that the U.S. isn't ready for a female in either party to run as high as Sarah or Hillary are reaching, because our whole damn country is still sexist, in both social and political veins. Where was the GOP complaining when Hillary or Nancy Pelosi were being ridiculted on matters completely unrelated to their political agenda like their clothes or their families? Fair is when you question politicians about their beliefs and how they plan to run government, not when different questions show up for different people on the basis of their gender or race. Regardles, Palin continues to throw the gender card when anyone asks about her record in AK. As Quindlen noted, Palin has no problem throwing elbows but anytime some come her way, she and the rest of the Republican party start yelling"sexist", kinda like McCain so often resorts to "POW". I think what Quindlen is trying to say in her article (which I though was quite articulate and concise), is that the GOP has quickly taken new reins on an old horse (GOP platform) so that its rider (the lovely Palin) doesn't fall off because the GOP is so used to its eroded wealthy white man???s trail to glory. It's rather ironic. I don't think anyone saw this coming. It could either be a genius move for the GOP, or if Palin???s issues from AK eventually bubble up, it could be a disaster. Now that Palin is in the good ol??? boys??? saddle, they???ll have to be extremely careful with their old standards (if they really mean change, hurray! But I doubt it). I find it discouraging that so many readers have completely missed Quindlen's mark. I guess if you don't want to see something, you close your eyes, and blindly walk into the desert. Which is exactly how voters seem to be going (over and over again). I won???t be voting for Palin because she has ovaries and she can???t run a country on the basis that she???s a woman. I???m voting against Palin because she is a step backward in the women's movement. Not forward. And frankly, her policies suck. Time will tell if she only becomes a ???progressive??? write-off to push the GOP???s main man into an office that has been crucified by idiots. Apparently everyone here has been under a rock for the last eight years, and maybe longer, since no one seems to remember the sacrifices that came with the women's movement of the past century. What a tragedy Palin is for this country already. I almost feel bad for her.