This certainly has been an interesting couple of days. Interesting, to say the least. John McCain’s announcement of Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running-mate caught both the Obama camp and Obama’s mainstream media pals flatfooted, and I mean totally. Suddenly the blogs and the airwaves and the press and the cable channels are filled with the squeals of left-leaning, hypocritical sexist pigs.
How quickly the thin veneer of liberal civility was peeled off! How obvious it became that the Obamacrats and their media fans hold underlying sexist attitudes!
Examples? But, of course!
- – Yesterday on CNN, John Roberts prattled on about Gov. Palin’s “inexperience.” When that didn’t seem to be sufficient to sway the immediate audience, he added that Palin should be home, taking care of her children. That swayed the audience, all right; see “CNN’s John Roberts: Palin Might Neglect Her Disabled Infant.”
BAM!
- – This evening on Fox, beltway boy Mort Kondracke insisted that Barack Obama is far more qualified than Palin. Asked why Obama was unquestionably qualified, Kondracke responded – - I swear to you, I did NOT make this up – - that (while Gov. Palin has done nothing but run Alaska for nearly two years,) Obama has been on the campaign trail, debating and thinking and talking about being President.
BAM! BAM!
This oinking and grunting is simply stunning. A man is more qualified than a woman, of equivalent experience and arguably greater accomplishments, because he talks about himself??? Do these nimrods hear what they’re saying?
Perhaps not.
- – Another item: A local newsrag, the Bristol Herald Courier, published on the front page of today’s paper an “analysis” of the Palin selection. Nothing original; it was the Ron Fournier piece put out by the Associated Press. What I found remarkable is that nowhere in the newspaper was there a “news” story about the selection of Gov. Palin. Nothing whatsoever. Nada. Zip. Zed. Only the “analysis,” which repeats again and again how “inexperienced” Palin is and how this is simply a desperate ploy to appeal to Hillary Clinton’s female voters.
Now, whether or not they are PUMAs, and whether or not they intend to vote across party lines, there seem to be more than a few Hillary Clinton supporters who are angered by this nonsense, since it reveals the truth about much of the treatment accorded to Clinton by the Obama campaign and its media supporters. The simple fact is, Gov. Palin has more executive experience than Sen. Obama, whose most notable Senate accomplishment, as far as I can tell, is the huge list of “earmarks” he took home every year to reward his supporters. Sarah Palin, female, is being hammered repeatedly by the Obamatrons and the MSM press for having the same characteristics – - youth and inexperience – - which they defend in Barack Obama, male.
Because he talks himself up as President constantly??? REALLY?!?!?!?
I will admit that I am not entirely free of an occasional bout of sexist-piggism, and acknowledge having referred to Gov. Palin as a “babe.” But John, Mort, the rest of you guys – - damn! You’re making our whole gender look bad! You are so obvious, it is embarrasing!
For readers who want to know more about Sarah Palin, here are some suggestions:
William Kristol – - Let Palin Be Palin; Why the left is scared to death of McCain’s running mate
Fred Barnes – - Palin Fought For Reform In Alaska
The Joan Of Arc Of Alaska Politics
OFF-TOPIC, But I have to say it and it’s not worth a separate item: last Thursday evening, Barack Obama spent $6,000,000.00 to create a setting reminiscent of both Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream Speech” and John F. Kennedy’s 1960 acceptance speech, and used that expensive, overworked setting to give an acceptance speech that reminded me, and more than a few others, of Jimmy Carter.
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August 30, 2008 at 9:04 pm
With KOS spreading lies, others going after her about the trooper….I wonder just how long Women will take it…
I can tell you that the people we are talking to love Palin and are very pleased with McCain for picking her…
August 30, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Interesting…
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31096_Obama_Campaign_Behind_Anti-Palin_Smear_Site
August 30, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Hi Jay,
I’m a PUMA Democrat who has been seething at the way the party treated Hillary. I, for one, am absolutely thrilled at McCain’s choice of a woman of such exceptional character, and I’m very comfortable in and excited about supporting this ticket.
I’ve been out on a lot of the blogs since the announcement, and there are many PUMAs expressing similar thoughts.
The rabid sexism seen in the media and the Obama campaign will be seen for what it is. I’m feeling better and better about McCain’s chances at this point.
Did you see the latest Zogby poll?
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1547
Cheers!
Jude
August 30, 2008 at 10:15 pm
This is so rich…. really gonna savor every last drop of this! -an exiled Democrat, proud PUMA
August 30, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Zogby seems like they are under attack. The link is on Drudge and I can not connect.
I can see the numbers are McCain 47 Obama 45
i get Service Unavailable
McCain/Palin are heading into the storm…
August 31, 2008 at 1:42 am
Good guy J. McCain picked a great running mate in Sara Palin, another maverick. Just what America needs! And that’s coming from a FORMER liberal HRC Democrat. It’s embarrassing to admit belonging to that political party anymore.
August 31, 2008 at 2:43 am
The Obama Dems response to Palin in all its sexism seems to be votes for McCain/Palin
http://whatsuddenly.blogspot.com/2008/08/palin-pick-insult-to-hillary-and.html
August 31, 2008 at 3:22 am
I tossed my lot in with McCain in early May, when Donna Brazile referred to Hillary supporters as “vile and repulsive.” I tucked Hillary into my heart but left the Dem party, corrupt to its very core. I didn’t really care WHO McCain chose as his running mate – he already had my vote because voting for Obama was simply not an option. However, for McCain to now choose Palin is such an incredible boon. NOT because she is a woman (as I am) – but because she is a fighter, a reformer, and will not back down when confronted with “old-style” Washington politics. Can’t wait to see her debate with Biden. The “barracuda” will cut him off at the knees, and probably in mono-syllables, too:)
August 31, 2008 at 3:56 am
Now we see clearly that the lie the lying liars yelled from their basements “No, it’s not women, it’s just THAT WOMAN!” No, it was not just Hillary they hated – it was ALL women!
The Obamazoids and the fawning media have been given a pass all year, if McCain and the RNC come out and knock heads in defense of Sarah Palin, unlike the silent DNC and Obama, then McCain has my vote AND my life-long respect – pass it on!
I always believed that Obama supporters were his own worst enemy – Chickens meet Roost!
August 31, 2008 at 3:59 am
PS: If anyone wants to put together a demonstration, boycott or knee-capping of Maureen Dowd for today’s column – count me in!
August 31, 2008 at 6:25 am
gormenghast: I refuse to knee-cap anyone who has just had a pre-frontal lobotomy. That column is, of course, exactly what you would expect from a pseudo-intellectual elitist snob who is resentful that his or her chosen candidate, appropriately Harvard-educated and groomed by the illuminati for the Presidency, faces defeat at the hands of an old, anti-establishment war hero and a self-made woman governor who has never even visited Harvard Yard. The “you small town rubes are a bunch of ignorant racists” tone is unmistakable:
“Americans, suspicious that the Obamas have benefited from affirmative action without being properly grateful, and skeptical that Michelle really likes ‘The Brady Bunch’ and ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show,’ reject the 47-year-old black contender as too uppity and untested.”
Seriously – - was Maureen Dowd drunk when she wrote that trash???
For anyone who hasn’t seen it (brace yourself for some really inappropriate elitist sarcastic drivel): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/opinion/31dowd.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
August 31, 2008 at 9:23 am
The more it changes, the more things stay the same…from “shouldn’t she be home with the baby” to ‘oh, inexperience” (because Obama having a penis gives him all the experience he’ll ever need)
McCain already pulled ahead per Zogby with 22% dems voting for the new ticket. let them keep up those attacks and that number will go up!
August 31, 2008 at 2:03 pm
when is some intelligent reporter going to ask obama who stays home to care for his children while his wife is pulling down 300K at her job and he is out of town being a suedo senator and presidential campaigner? guess we will have to wait until they invent an intelligent reporter.
August 31, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Fox “beltway boy Mort Kondracke” is a liberal?! Now that’s funny.
August 31, 2008 at 8:08 pm
You missed Alan Colmes’ comments about how Sarah Palin caused her child’s Down syndrome. Too late now, he removed the post and complained that we misunderstood him.
Good post, and yes, I do think Palin is a smart choice. Sarah’cuda!
August 31, 2008 at 8:23 pm
James McPherson: Mort Kondracke worked for the Chicago Sun-Times in the 1960s, moving to the paper’s Washington bureau in 1968, and was White House correspondent beginning in 1974. He was honored by being included on the master list of Richard Nixon’s political opponents – - the infamous “enemies list.”
When Kondracke left the Sun-Times in 1977, he became the executive editor of The New Republic. Have you heard of The New Republic, James? It is one of the best-known liberal magazines in the country.
Kondracke worked at The New Republic full-time until 1985 when he left to become Washington Bureau Chief for Newsweek magazine. Have you heard of Newsweek, James? He also held a commentary position at National Public Radio.
Please, James, tell me – - what part of “liberal” do you not understand? Or do you think this is the career path of a conservative?
August 31, 2008 at 9:56 pm
So I assume the fact that George Will has worked for Newsweek and the New York Times, and that Bill Kristol now writes a column for the New York Times, also makes them liberals? Kondrake also has worked for the Wall Street Journal and The McLaughlin Group, which you failed to mention (and I assume you’ve heard of them?) before going to Fox.
Mort has publicly expressed support for McCain, and is a regular target of the liberal group “Media Matters.” He may be more liberal than most of his colleagues at the network, and a decent guy, but to call him a liberal, in my view, stretches things a bit. Thanks.
August 31, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Hmm, I thought liberals just loved women and sought to support them at every turn.
I guess that only applies to liberal women.
Attacks on Palin are going to appear either desperate or contrived. If Obama and Co. aren’t careful, it can blow up in their faces.
September 1, 2008 at 12:05 am
James McPherson: That Kondracke contributes articles to the WSJ no more makes him a conservative than does Carl Rove’s contributing articles to the NY Times makes Rove a liberal Democrat. This is not the same as being am editor of the New Republic for many years. As for Fox, do you simply assume that anyone who works for or with FOX News is a “Movement Conservative?”
Setting aside labels, and turning to the substance of what I wrote: Kondrake was arguing vehemently that Barack Obama is completely qualified to be President but that Sarah Palin is not at all qualified to be Vice-president. The arguments he used were the same arguments I have heard/read coming from the liberal Democrats who support Obama. Kondracke is not the only person who has used the argument that running for President qualifies Obama to be President; he is just the one I used.
September 1, 2008 at 2:07 am
Palin isn’t going to change the numbers for McCain as much as you thrilled far-right conservatives think she is.
Most Hillary voters care more about the issues than if the candidate has a vagina. If you think otherwise then it is you who are being sexist.
Too early for you to be gushing about how great she is when none of you even knew who she was three days ago.
Give it a couple of weeks.
September 1, 2008 at 2:09 am
That I’ll buy–that Mort has used the same argument as more liberal folks. And no I don’t agree that working for Fox makes one a certain kind of conservative. I also have not problem with the fact that we can certainly disagree on MK’s liberal credentials. Suffice it to say you’re a conservative, I’m a liberal, and apparently neither of us wants to claim him.
Thanks,
Jim
September 1, 2008 at 10:54 am
texas buddha: Let’s see . . . two errors in your first sentence; none in your second sentence; one in your third sentence. As for the fourth sentence, I plan to give it all the way to the first Tuesday in November.
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September 2, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Hey there blog host.
Sorry for any typos or grammatical errors. I guess I was too busy this weekend taking care of my dad who is dying of esophageal cancer to do much proofreading of my comment to your blog.
I bring up my dad because that has about as much to do with my argument as your comments about my errors did.
I too will give the candidates (both sides) all the way until November to make their case.
Palin was wholly unknown to 99% of Americans outside of Alaska before McCain picked her. Based on the stuff that is coming out about her it seems like the vetting process was either lax or rushed or both.
Good luck with your dream ticket. Looks like she is going to be under investigation for abuse of power right up until just before the election. Hope that doesn’t cut into her campaign schedule too much.
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