I plan on writing about how (and why) the VP nom for Sarah Palin will set back women in national, executive politics by years. But first
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I'm honestly not sure that it's any more or less hypocritical. Like I said, these attitudes toward women seem pervasive on both sides of the party fence line.
Journalists hear a rumor and investigate it whether it is true or not, but we don't have journalists anymore, just pundits and speculators. I've never been more ashamed of my country than the last few days, hearing an entire nation pronounce judgment on this girl. Makes me sick. At this point, I just want to vote "no."
Right. I don't like the name-calling and gross tongue-wagging that's gone along with this announcement. At the same time, the issue does highlight crucial failings in Palin's and McCain's stance on abstinence-only sex-education.
Just because the news is salacious doesn't mean it can't also be legitimate.
Honestly? I think that's a moot point insofar as Palin wants privacy extended to her daughter that she's willing (and determined) to deny to other women.
I'm fairly selective in the sites I frequent, but most of the focus I've been reading has been about Sarah Palin's hypocrisy in how she is handling and wants to handle what I agree is a family issue. It hasn't been on judging Bristol at all (although this is why I only really read feminist sites).
A) The conservatives are all extolling Bristol's "choice" when they want to make their choice illegal for everyone elseB) Palin wants "privacy" for her family, when she wants the government to be involved in these matters for other women. What about MY privacy? Oh, guess that doesn't matter
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B) Palin wants "privacy" for her family, when she wants the government to be involved in these matters for other women. What about MY privacy? Oh, guess that doesn't matter.
considering phelbaseudaimoniacallySeptember 4 2008, 01:07:23 UTC
ok, first of all, when studboy takes the stage tonight, the real question is whether this gives or takes his cred with the homecoming committee of Jack Frost Memorial High
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Re: considering phelbaseudaimoniacallySeptember 4 2008, 01:21:44 UTC
To finish that dangling thought...
I'm not averse to the arrangement of lots of kids that don't get in the way of high office...it's just that it takes a singular sort of personality for the job, something extremely executive, like a DuPont, Kennedy, Addams, or Bush...then again, wait, all their kids...and she's from Alaska? Is she Mormon enough to be from Alaska AND sober ?
Or she could just be a small-time fish in an awfully big pond. The thing about being an 'insider'...is that you have some clue where to step. I mean, if everything goes perfectly for McCain, he's going to end up with a presidency that looks like a hybrid of a Carter-Bush H.W. term. That's the best case scenario.
Regardless of how one feels about Obama...his presidency would be substantially less paralyzed. And I'm pretty sure a McCain presidency would not help Japan figure out which way the wind is blowing AT ALL.
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Just because the news is salacious doesn't mean it can't also be legitimate.
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A) The conservatives are all extolling Bristol's "choice" when they want to make their choice illegal for everyone elseB) Palin wants "privacy" for her family, when she wants the government to be involved in these matters for other women. What about MY privacy? Oh, guess that doesn't matter ( ... )
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Hear, hear.
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I'm not averse to the arrangement of lots of kids that don't get in the way of high office...it's just that it takes a singular sort of personality for the job, something extremely executive, like a DuPont, Kennedy, Addams, or Bush...then again, wait, all their kids...and she's from Alaska? Is she Mormon enough to be from Alaska AND sober ?
Or she could just be a small-time fish in an awfully big pond. The thing about being an 'insider'...is that you have some clue where to step. I mean, if everything goes perfectly for McCain, he's going to end up with a presidency that looks like a hybrid of a Carter-Bush H.W. term. That's the best case scenario.
Regardless of how one feels about Obama...his presidency would be substantially less paralyzed. And I'm pretty sure a McCain presidency would not help Japan figure out which way the wind is blowing AT ALL.
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