I am not voting for John McCain/Sarah Palin, but I would like to voice a concern.
I am really appalled at the bashing this woman receives.
There are quite a lot of people out there that have so much anger and intense dislike for Sarah Palin. I have to wonder why. What the heck has she physically done to the nation to warrant such treatment?
If you ever watch The View, 4 women on the panel have a hate fest going on for Sarah Palin. They rip the women up and down for comment she makes or does not make. For her family, for her life, for any nit-picking thing she does. One of the ladies on the panel has been sticking up for Sarah, and today Barbara Walters said to her why are you always-defending Sarah Palin? I though that was odd, as every one else on the Panel are shouting out insults about the women.
This is a very heated election. People have strong opinions and beliefs about the candidates they are supporting. Everywhere you go, you hear comments or get involved in political discussions. At late however the discussions are about Sarah Palin. I listen to people’s comments about her and they are very negative, but I find that the most negative comments come from women. They get so worked up and if you look at their faces they are oozing out revulsion for this women. Why? I really cannot understand.
I have heard comments that Sarah is just dumb and is not a good or strong speaker.
Did these same people forget about Dan Quayle? I did not remember him being bashed this strongly by the public.
Ok Sarah likes to hunt and carries a big gun.
Humm, I recalled Dick Cheney hunting and carrying a big gun and oh mistakenly shot
Harry Whittington on the right cheek, neck and chest. Not a lot of comments about that either.
A leader is a leader, weather that person is a man or women. Women have been in power before. Yes there have been both good and bad women leaders. But let us not forget that there have also been good and bad men leaders.
People are generally very critical about women. But what excuse do women have when they are critical and judgmental about women?
The question I have is why do we judge women more severely than men?
Shouldn’t we just embrace humanity as one, and not segregate
October 1, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I agree that we should judge people equally, and not be biased by their sex.
Happily, I don’t watch a lot of this stuff, so I haven’t seen the anger piled upon Palin. I wouldn’t vote for her either, because I don’t agree with her policies, but I see no reason to pull her family into it.
October 1, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Dan Quayle got his fair share and was the butt of jokes on late night TV for four years. Palin, on the other hand, is someone who the McCain campaign is keeping away from the press at a time when people are asking about her qualifications. The few press appearances she’s made have been train wrecks and shows she’s clearly in over her head when it comes to national politics. I think there are a lot of women haters out there (and many of them are women), but the more the McCain camp keeps her appearances scripted and centered on certain talking points, the more people are going to desire to know the “real” Palin and engage in the gossipy pile on. Unfortunately, the “real” Palin is showing herself to be quite unprepared for the role she’s been nominated to play if need be (i.e., president).
October 2, 2008 at 1:10 am
This is very true politics is still a mans game but the more women we get into that political realm the more things will change I hope… while Palin doesn’t represent the American woman to me she is more midwest or south, there is this constant appeal that she has with the media
October 2, 2008 at 1:19 am
I admit. I have been known to make negative comments here and there about Mrs. Palin. And yes, the last time I checked, I am a woman.
Perhaps I’m jumping on the band wagon, or perhaps she is the one in the spotlight right now to be picked on. I’ve picked on Obama and I still pick on Bush too, so I’m an equal opportunity picker on-er.
I’ve also stood up for Palin when she has done well in interviews, and sounded intelligent and made some good points. But recently, she has sounded very scripted and easily flustered and well… anyone, Man or Woman, in a presidential campaign would get picked on for that.
October 2, 2008 at 3:15 pm
This is my take and I may be way off. When McCain announced his choice for Vice President, it caught the media off guard. They did not expect it and the media did not know much about her, and coming from Alaska of all places. She did not fit their profile of a V.P. Candidate–she hunts, fishes, has five kids, and was in a beauty contest. Oh, and her teenage daughter is pregnant. All these things do not fit the news media’s profile for a Republican V.P. Candidate. I think they were expecting a stiff white guy.
Palin as V.P. leveled the playing field for this election. There is not a predicted winner. The polls, if you can believe them, are close.
I am sitting back and enjoying the free entertainment, courtesy of the news media.
October 5, 2008 at 5:24 pm
A little less bashing around this time We have less than a month to go. I read this phrase in a book ” Beware the charismatic man who speaks the words our hearts long to hear, who rails against misdeeds and excess and promises to create a just society without ever explaining his real intentions”.
October 5, 2008 at 5:26 pm
The above is written by me and not sneaker. CG