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Palin... *facepalm*

leftysergeant said:
I feel sorry for Trig. Momma isn't up to the job, from what I have seen. She is far less bright than her station in life would suggest. Her parenting skills are seriously in question, given the performance of her two eldest kids.

And what is with that nervous beauty queen giggle?

Smary witch.
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When I read 'Smary witch' my mind thought of smarmy, then scary
Now, think think smary is right! :covereyes

David Wong said,

Whiplash would be right, if Palin had said the exact opposite of what she actually said
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Maybe if she were on another planet too! Wow, Whiplash went a long way to try to make that right! :D
 
(I shouldn't post while I am having a migraine.)

I meant smarmy, but yeah, she is scary, too.

As for your comment, Wangler, women should be expected to help each other when they are being discriminated against. And they should not discriminate against each other.

Better get your asbestos knickers, Sarah.
 
leftysergeant said:
As for your comment, Wangler, women should be expected to help each other when they are being discriminated against. And they should not discriminate against each other.
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Which makes the universally derisive reaction to Sarah Palin all the more puzzling.

:confused:
 
Boo said:
I wonder what sort of outcry there would have been if Barack stood in front of the microphone and stated that there was a special place in hell for blacks who didn't support other blacks?
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I'm absolutely certain it would be taken out of context and portrayed as the most horrible thing ever said ever. But in reality, many people have said publicly many times that blacks need to come together and do this or the black community needs to do that.
 
Tricky said:
As I mentioned before, the original quote is rhetorical. Nobody, and especially not Albright, would agree that women should help (or support) women in every single situation. I won't argue with someone that takes Albright to task for making such a silly, unqualified statement. When they do so, I hope they will remember to take Palin task as well.

I only wish one person had had the nerve to ask Palin, "And do you think Albright was right?"

Palin is practicing "gotcha" campaigning. I hope she won't complain about the press using "gotchas" on her in the future.
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The sad thing here is, there are probably too many in the mold of Whiplash or New Ager out there for this to really hurt her.
 
Governor Palin, I never served with Madeleine Albright. I don't even know Madeleine Albright. I'd love to be able to call Madeleine Albright a friend of mine though. Governor, you're no Madeleine Albright.
 
Boo said:
I have yet to read any policy statements that when implemented will be limited to people (or women) of a specific political party. As a woman, I choose to support the candidate who best represents the issues that are important to me. I reviewed tax plans, health care plans, funding for autism research, policy for Iraq, etc. and made a choice.

I am deeply offended that a woman would suggest that because I made a choice that does not support her that I should be condemned to the worst punishment she can imagine. This same woman who, also believes that other women should not have a choice in whether to carry a pregnancy to term, wants to shame me into giving up another choice I'm constitutionally guaranteed?


I wonder what sort of outcry there would have been if Barack stood in front of the microphone and stated that there was a special place in hell for blacks who didn't support other blacks?




Boo
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Excellent post. As a woman as well, I completely agree.
 
BenBurch said:
You of all people are smarter than this.

Discrimination against a CLASS is not the same thing as opposition to an INDIVIDUAL.
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And fighting for a class's rights and interests is not the same thing as supporting the political ambitions of an individual.
 
This all seems to go back to McCain's poor choice in VP and non-existent vetting effort. Palin acts increasingly sillier. That just seems to re-inforce the suspicion (for me, at least) that Senator McCain didn't care much about the female mind when making his choice. More than ever I think he cynically, and sexistly (zat a word?) saw Palin as little more than a token female; a "random vajayjay".

Am banking on most women being far too smart to buy into the appauling gimmick that is Sarah Palin.
 
Whiplash said:
You people are unbelievable.

You think she was trying to take the quote and use it to support herself with women, rather than ridiculing the idea and trying to make a broader point of hypocrisy on the left.

How can you miss that she is trying to make the point that the left says that women should support other women, but they are all over her and hate her and don't support her? How the hell can you miss the greater point that it's hypocrisy for the left to claim to be in support of "women" (in general) when the truth is they only support women who agree with them politically? THAT was what she was trying to say, and I strongly suspect most of you know that, but will continue to rush and characterize it as something else. Just as Palin suggested.

Every day I ask myself if people could be more intellectually dishonest, and I'm never let down.
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I don't think she was trying to say that. In fact, I don't think she was trying to say anything serious at all. I think she was making a joke about how silly things sound when you get great thoughts from Starbucks mugs.

Four more weeks to go.
 
dirtywick said:
I'm absolutely certain it would be taken out of context and portrayed as the most horrible thing ever said ever. But in reality, many people have said publicly many times that blacks need to come together and do this or the black community needs to do that.
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Yes, but mostly they are talking about community initiatives - encourage education in dissatisfied youth, reduce crime and the 'culture of crime,' encourage career paths, fight for or against things that will help or hurt the community respectively.

There are a few very fringe nutjobs who are into the entire "Black Panther" ideal, but no more than there are fringe KKKers or fringe neo-nazis or fringe of any group.

I have never heard a mainstream politician claim that Blacks would be betraying the community if they didn't vote for him. And you have my word, if any politician, including Barack Obama did that, I would vote for their opponent. Period. If Obama says that, I will vote for McCain, you have my promise on this.

Oh and before anyone goes grabbing various 'black leaders' to throw at me, I'll match them with reverends saying it was your godly duty to vote for George W. Bush.
 
leftysergeant said:
Wel, DUH! Of course the artic witch is misusing the quote. Do you think Albright wanted women to support other women who are cool with a policy that favors rapists? How does that help other women. Palin hurt other women deeply, she deprived law enforcement of some evidence to help identify and prosecute some of the woirst enemies of women in their communities. For that she should dwell in one of the vilest pits of hell.
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Women can be rapists too. Why aren't you supporting those women? Just another sign of hypocrisy on the left.
 
leftysergeant said:
I feel sorry for Trig. Momma isn't up to the job, from what I have seen. She is far less bright than her station in life would suggest. Her parenting skills are seriously in question, given the performance of her two eldest kids.
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Her kids are more than old enough to make their own bad choices. I've made quite a few, and my sibling(s) have made quite a few themselves. I wouldn't say any of them reflect on my (personal opinion warning) very good parents.

I hate this demonizing that seems to occur sometimes. Palin has done a reasonably adequate job of raising her kids (if not the best, certainly not the worst) and intelligence (either high or low) is no real indicator of parenting ability. Plenty of geniuses have been sucky parents.

Palin is an underqualified bad speaker with some odd ideas, a really lousy idea of how to run the campaign, and a lot of arrogance, smarm, and woo. That hardly makes her evil - just unfit for the offices she is campaigning for.
 
I seriously doubt Palin writes her own stuff so I would guess this is the work of some junior staff speech writer. Thus, I'm not sure how much fault she should get. Or was it an off-the-cuff remark in which case she gets full credit/blame.
 
Does anyone have a clip that includes the introduction? She states that the introduction/endorsement means that the quote is apt, perhaps given the context it was?
 
SezMe said:
I seriously doubt Palin writes her own stuff so I would guess this is the work of some junior staff speech writer. Thus, I'm not sure how much fault she should get. Or was it an off-the-cuff remark in which case she gets full credit/blame.
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I disgree. By that logic any gaffe could be excused by blaming it on some faceless intern. If it was one her staff that wrote it, she still gets the blame as the person responsible for her staff.
 
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