tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post4711960729387398389..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: You Go, Gloria!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-22935622936792999792008-09-17T15:30:00.000-07:002008-09-17T15:30:00.000-07:00Oh ps, a lighter note, the Sarah Palin Baby Name G...Oh ps, a lighter note, the <A HREF="http://personal-space.com/script/script.php" REL="nofollow">Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator</A>, in case any of you want to know what you'd have been named if she was your mommy...<BR/><BR/>- Krinkle Bearcat PalinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-62521161905435751492008-09-17T15:24:00.000-07:002008-09-17T15:24:00.000-07:00Great article. A slightly serious / slightly tong...Great article. A slightly serious / slightly tongue in cheek Australian view point <A HREF="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/welcome-to-this-years-blockbuster-20080916-4hui.html?page=-1" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>I want to see Hillary standing up and talking about how offended she is at McCain's choice of a "token woman", ranting about how he had plenty of properly qualified, experienced women, who've achieved as she has, that he could have chosen for his running mate, and how she would be incredibly upset if any of her supporters voted for him just because of Palin.<BR/><BR/>Not that that would do anything about the megachurchites (thanks Seventh Sister, I like that one!), for them I'd like someone they see as one of their own, i.e. conservative, religious etc, talking about how she would not vote for Palin, because of the choices that Palin would take away from everyone's daughters. Since it's going to get dirty anyway, bring all the kids into it. Make a big noise about Palin's views that rape victims should be forced to carry any resultant child, and have to pay for their own rape kits - I'm not even a mother yet, and the thought of a future daughter being raped scares me - I want the Democrats to somehow play on that parental fear, and make Palin into the bogeyman. <BR/><BR/>And a big reason I want her painted as the bogeyman is because that's how I see her - the thought of her being in charge of the big red button is pretty terrifying from where I'm sitting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-19398564306300180202008-09-14T14:12:00.000-07:002008-09-14T14:12:00.000-07:00Gosh, it's been so long since Gloria Steinam wrote...Gosh, it's been so long since Gloria Steinam wrote anything that I enjoyed this much. Thanks, Gloria. (Thanks also to Ms. Magazine for making me a raging 17-year-old feminist that has calmed down a little in the intervening years. :) )<BR/><BR/>I think Palin is not meant to appeal to women who identify as feminists. The real demographic she plays to is the "I'm not a feminist but..." crowd and their more conservative sisters. Judith Warner's column in the New York Times on Friday explains the divide better than I could, but suffice it to say that Palin was not chosen for the latte-sipping, jogging-stroller-pushing attachment mommies of the blue states. She's the candidate of the homeschooling megachurchites.<BR/><BR/>Personally, she reminds me of my hyperconservative aunt (the one who spent the better part of the 1980s criticizing my mother for working) and a super-annoying PTA president mad with her own power... <BR/><BR/>-Seventh SisterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-31855090552363519222008-09-13T12:40:00.000-07:002008-09-13T12:40:00.000-07:00Too bad it's Gloria Steinem.Too bad it's Gloria Steinem.The Law Talking Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886791396468512490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-12987920739422402622008-09-13T09:20:00.000-07:002008-09-13T09:20:00.000-07:00Good article. Let us hope other American feminist...Good article. Let us hope other American feminists are smart enough to say, "Thanks, but no thanks," to another token woman.Dr. Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407042105777411150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-14161173270492815572008-09-13T04:02:00.000-07:002008-09-13T04:02:00.000-07:00Too bad it's in the LA Times instead of the papers...Too bad it's in the LA Times instead of the papers in Ohio or Missouri or Florida.Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.com