What a weekend it was ! As Hurricane Gustav threatened to pound the Gulf coast, a completely different storm was brewing on the political front. John “Maverick” Mc Cain pulled a fast one and named Sarah “Barracuda” Palin – Governor of Alaska as his running mate. The media collectively gasped like Victorian ladies and instead of reaching for smelling salts ( like aforementioned ladies), delved deep into the bowels of hell to proceeded with Misogyny Redux.
Anyone who has been reading this blog for sometime knows how I felt about the virulent hatred that was spewed at Hilary Clinton. I spoke about it here. And the idiotic outpourings of the talking heads brought back all those bad memories.
Let me state clearly that I have no horse left in this race. I am still watching it but I do not care for any of the candidates left in the fray. With Sarah Palin, the fact that she is not pro-choice and her opposition to stem -cell research is kind of a deal-breaker for me. However, I cannot and will not be silent over the crappy treatment that she is getting from the media and left-leaning blogs.
Friday afternoon it began with John Roberts of CNN :
“Now, she is a manager. She is the governor of a state. She does have limited experience, though. She’s also been the mayor for a city in Alaska. And for a time she was the ethics chairman of the Alaska oil and gas conservation commission. But that does not add up to broad experience, particularly the type of broad experience you think should launch you to the national level.” (link)
And the Democratic nominee has more experience how? Or is his qualification of an extra appendage compensation?
CNN is rapidly becoming the Faux news of the left.
Sarah Palin has had her readiness questioned because she is a mother of 5. She has had her judgment questioned because she chose to bear a child at the age of 44. This by a media that has dumbed down to satisfy the demands of 24 hour headlines. In the age of Powerpoint when everything must be boiled down to 6 bullet points the logic is laughably simple. Sarah Palin is a woman and as she is ambitious ergo she MUST be a bad mother and so a bad vice president. (link)
Sally Quinn of the Washington post tried the old “I don’t mean to criticize working women but…” ploy with these golden words of wisdom:
“This is about this particular woman with her particular family situation putting herself in a position to be the commander in chief of the most powerful country in the world.” ( link)
Earlier, the wondrous Ms.Quinn wondered what would happen if the phone rang at 3 am and Sarah Palin’s baby is ill.
Ms. Quinn: The twenty-first century called. They were wondering if you could finally join them.
As for the nutcases on the far left : The Blogosphere hummed with slander of the vilest type. Palin was accused of trying to pass off her teenage daughter’s baby as her own. That was quashed when Palin revealed that her teenage daughter was five months pregnant and intended to marry the teenage father. That set off a fresh firestorm. Abstinence does not work, the left screams. Her daughter would never have got pregnant if she had had more liberal parents. (Echoes of the time HRC ( Hillary Rodham Clinton)was criticized by none other than Michelle Obama over “not being able to manage her own household but wanting to manage the White House” (link )) Palin was raked over the coals for what is ultimately a personal, family matter. In fact her family’s predicament actually underscores the fact that she at least walks the talk.
There is legitimate stuff to criticize Palin and other Republicans with. Its called “issues”. I do not see any meaningful discussion on her views on the economy or the war or even a debate on pro -life vs pro -choice. Instead its so much easier to take potshots at her past as a “pageant winner”.
The unintended consequence of this slanted media coverage is that women will come out in droves to support Palin.
Her excellent performance at the Republican Convention Wednesday night will not hurt either. (In case you missed it, Obama got served not once – but several times!)
Disaffected Hilary supporters, reeling from the raw deal that their candidate got from the media and the Dems may vote for Palin. Of course the blogosphere and the talking heads cannot let that be. Women are being told that they should be insulted – “McCain chose her only because of her internal plumbing” ( see for example link)
First off: Sensible women were insulted long, long ago when the media and the DNC (including the current nominee and his campaign) dropped all pretense of decency and allowed the rampant sexism against HRC.
Don’t tell me when I need to feel insulted.
Secondly: What is with this morbid fascination with the womanly parts?
The Democrats are trying to scare women into voting for their candidate by pulling out the Roe V Wade at every opportunity. I said it before and I will say it again – we are not walking wombs.
When you refer to women’s internal plumbing you are no different from the blogger boyz who called HRC supporters “the dry p**sy brigade”. I am not making this stuff up!
McCain has only played smart and tapped into the vein of anger and frustration that exists over the unbridled misogyny that the primary uncovered.
What is not arguable then is the arrival of identity politics on the American national stage.
The Dems did not bargain for this but here is a freebie:
Be very careful what you wish for.
This genie can’t be put back in the bottle.
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