Steinem: Sarah Palin "Shares Nothing But A Chromosome" With Hillary
By Logan Murphy Friday Sep 05, 2008 8:45am
Selecting Sarah Palin, who was touted all summer by Rush Limbaugh, is no way to attract most women, including die-hard Clinton supporters. Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton. Her down-home, divisive and deceptive speech did nothing to cosmeticize a Republican convention that has more than twice as many male delegates as female, a presidential candidate who is owned and operated by the right wing and a platform that opposes pretty much everything Clinton's candidacy stood for -- and that Barack Obama's still does. To vote in protest for McCain/Palin would be like saying, "Somebody stole my shoes, so I'll amputate my legs."
Palin's value to those patriarchs is clear: She opposes just about every issue that women support by a majority or plurality. She believes that creationism should be taught in public schools but disbelieves global warming; she opposes gun control but supports government control of women's wombs; she opposes stem cell research but approves "abstinence-only" programs, which increase unwanted births, sexually transmitted diseases and abortions; she tried to use taxpayers' millions for a state program to shoot wolves from the air but didn't spend enough money to fix a state school system with the lowest high-school graduation rate in the nation; she runs with a candidate who opposes the Fair Pay Act but supports $500 million in subsidies for a natural gas pipeline across Alaska; she supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, though even McCain has opted for the lesser evil of offshore drilling. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger. Read on...
John McCain chose party over country by selecting Palin, a move that eerily reflects George Bush's reckless style of governing. The McCain camp may think they can fool women voters, but Steinem does a fantastic job of shredding the idea that Hillary Clinton supporters would automatically be wooed into voting for a woman who is her polar opposite and unfit to serve. Quite simply put, Palin isn't qualified to carry HRC's briefcase, let alone be considered her political equal.
Lets break this down in the most basic of terms -- Sarah Palin is a Bush Republican -- say it loud and say it often. I grind my teeth every time I hear someone in the corporate media tout Palin as a candidate of change. A change of gender does not equal a change in policy or direction for America. John McCain may consider Palin to be his "political soul mate," but unfortunately for him, her heart belongs to George W. Bush.
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Well said, Ms. Steinem!
First?
“Somebody stole my shoes, so I’ll amputate my legs"
HAHA
Obama/Biden 08!!!!!!!!!!!!
In my opinion, McCain chose an extreme ideology over country in selecting Palin. Palin can't touch Hilliary Clinton's knowledge and ideas on foreign policy, national security, the economy, you name it. Palin is more preacher than a national leader.
Sarah Palin IS George Bush! Here is a quick list of what they share in common:
1) Governors of states that are dependent on the oil industry and have been for 50 years.
2) Believe that they are "on a mission from God"
3) Love Guns
4) Are "folksy" people you might want to have a beer with
5) Want to make abortion totally illegal
6) Adhere absolutely to the neo-con/Conservative agenda
7) Work to punish those they perceive as "disloyal"
8) Like scripted and controlled public appearances; hate open questions and challenges
9) Actually failed in much of their "executive" experience
10) Know that Alaska is close to the Soviet Union
Thank you Ms. Steinem. There's a phrase I'll be using over and over again in conversation.
No comparison.
Clinton= Clinton
Palin= Cheney
That's why those turds like her so much.
Oh, and just for general info, Pakistan elected a new Pres. Bhutto's widower.
I can't wait to hear what Palin's responses are to issues like North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Aids, global poverty, various treaties, etc. I already have the impression that she will sound just like that Miss Teen South Carolina did except Palin will be much, much worse.
For the love of god, can someone tell these "writers" to stop writing their complaints about Sarah Palin and start going on the tube to get the message out? The people dumb enough to think that Pailin is a great choice for women ARE NOT READERS!!!! Steinem makes a great point, but who is going to see it except intelligent people who are not being fooled. It's the dolts who need to be reached. C'mon!! There is only two months left!!!!
Sorry about this OT link, but I think it's something that is useful against the "Obama has done nothing" argument: Obama's Senate accomplishments can be found here.
I just finished reading this online, myself. Very well said, Ms. Steinem. Definitely encapsulates my sentiments, as well.
As we find out more about Mrs. Palin, it seems as if she is turning out to be more and more like the big "Borrow and Blow" Republican Spenders that have occupied Congress for much of the last 8 years. As vindictive as GW Bush and about as interested in foreign policy as he is as well. Dare I say it? Palin Appears even MORE like Bush than McSame.
Joe O. @ 3:
Can Dana Carvey bring back the "Church Lady" on SNL?
On the back of that t-shirt: NO MCCAIN - NO WAY - NO HOW!
LibertyLover @ 12:
I don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me to see Palin acting like the church lady after a time.
As always, Steinem sees the trees clearly but misses the forest.
It's not just that the R party is controlled by a bunch of rightwing fucks.
Both parties are controlled by major corporations.
In some ways she's worse than GW.
From the Independent, Palin: the real scandal
She's Dick Cheney. Palin is the Oil Princess.
Palin is worse than Phyllis Schlafly. At least you can excuse Phyllis some of her positions because she's an old broad of a different generation and her thinking stopped evolving sometime in the early 60's. There is no excuse for Palins backward ways other than a desire to be willfully ignorant.
You know, if I were Hillary Clinton I would be insulted by this comparison. Clinton wil would make Palin look like a fool and she would do it with style. Palin can not match any woman in Congress in knowledge and experience for that matter. She is out of her league and very soon everyone will know it.
How can a Republican Administration (ideology) help an average citizen in their daily lives? A. Make opportunities for soldiers to be murdered, make opportunities for losing your home and job, reduce the actual income of all middle class and poor citizens, cause the rise in costs of food and fuel, lend help to criminal business so they can steal more from average people, not inforce regulation so consumers and workers are at risk for their lives, not support and take away health care for as many as possible. I can see why Republicans stay in power for so long....they steal elections!
Meanwhile Obama wimps out and gets punked by O'Reilly.
Dunno, man...
sgtmajor @ 4:
I agree with all but the last one. I don't think Shrub could find Russia (or the Soviet Union) on a map.
Sarah Palin= "Down on your Knees" KISS
Are you ready to rock, I'm talking about satisfaction
So let's cut the talk, yeah, and get on with the action
Better make up your mind, girl, 'cause it's now or never
It's getting down to the night, yeah, and I ain't waiting forever
Down on your knees, it's this love in the first degree
Down on your knees, yeah tonight the lovin's on me
Down on your knees, this is love in the first degree
Down on your knees, yeah tonight the lovin's on me
e.c. @ 19:
I believe her ties to the Pentecostal Assemblies of God have shaped her views.
Worth repeating!
sgtmajor @ 4:
And this should be the meme of the week: "A change of gender does not equal a change in policy or direction for America."
A bit shame Hillary Clinton isnt VP candidate. She would completely destroy Palin in the debate. Of course McCain would never have chosen Palin if Clinton were picked VP.
Scott @ 9:
Agreed about the audience that needs to be reached, but unless you own a TV station we can use, well...
galmud @ 28:
True that. We'd be having a different discussion altogether. AND we'd still be listening to the misogynists.
Has anyone read this:
http://thepoliticalcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/09/alaskans-speak-in-fri...
the article claims Palin commented on Obama's win over Clinton with:
"So Sambo beat the bitch!"
sgtmajor @ 4:
May we also add:
11) Were less-than-stellar students
12) Were hell-raisers when young
13) Suddenly "got religion"
14) Came from obscurity to their respective states' governorships
15) Seldom if ever traveled abroad before nomination for national office
There's a column on the Internet with this and more. If I find the link, I will post it.
Has anyone read his already?
http://thepoliticalcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/09/alaskans-speak-in-fri...
the article claims Palin commented to Obama's win over Clinton with:
"So Sambo beat the bitch!"
VietVet8666 Says: @17
Blather.....rinse....repeat.
After all of the shit HRC took, even from some here.
She's light years ahead of this so called reformer. They say they want to change the way Washington works. Hmmmmm? Really?
Where have I heard that before?
Oh, yeah, Denver.
echo @ 32:
Um, Viet Vet is right:
Corporate Contributions Shift to the Left
Some companies see Democrats having more sway in Washington after upcoming elections
read it here
echo @ 32:
He's right.
The difference is , well, someone needs to crack a few history books.
Rinse more often.
Thanks to Sarah, America is waking up [Deleted. You and your ilk are delusional. BTW, you've been robbed of your McPoints.-Sitemonitor]
To the tune of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSt0NEESrUA
Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
North to Alaska,
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
North to Alaska,
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
Little Sarah left St. Paul in September of aught eight,
With hubby Todd and kids, she returned to her home state.
They crossed the Alaska border and found Wasilla home.
Told by her party's ops, "no, never may you roam."
Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
North to Alaska,
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
North to Alaska,
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
John called to Sarah P. with cell phone in his hand,
Said: "Sarah you're a-talkin' to a worried, worried man.
Can't let you out to wander cross this highly-partisan land,
'Cause you'll rile up the folks who don't want Roe v. Wade banned."
See the Palins retreating,
Moose burgers they're eating.
North to Alaska,
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
North to Alaska,
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
[Deleted-Sitemonitor]
Tom @ 36:
Read this and then we will let you join the discussion.
[Tom has no interest in discussion. He's pontificating to get McPoints for a T Shirt or something-Sitemonitor]
John McCain gives a speech on the campaign trail;
My friends, my dear friends,
Sarah Palin will be an amazing Vice President ! (Audience cheers wildly.....McCain gestures with both arms as if to say 'Calm down please. Let me continue" but he really wants the audience to keep cheering)
My friends, These are hard times for Americans. These are hard times for people in Ohio.
These are hard times for people in Iowa.These are hard times for people in Pennsylvania.These are hard times for people Florida.These are hard times for people in Michigan.These are hard times for people in Kansas. These are hard times for people in Washington State.These are hard times for people in Oregon.These are hard times for people in New Jersey.These are hard times for people in Oklahoma.These are hard times for people in Tennessee.These are hard times for people in Nevada.These are hard times for people in Utah.These are hard times for people in Arizona.These are hard times for people in Idaho.These are hard times for people in Connecticut.These are hard times for people in California.These are hard times for people in Louisiana.These are hard times for people in Alabama.These are hard times for people North and South Dakota.These are hard times for people in Georgia.These are hard times for people everywhere in America. The do-nothing -democrats have enslaved Americans. I was a POW. All the other POWs worshipped me. I was a POW God. I was the Moses of the POWs. I was a celebrity among the POWs. I'm the candidate for change !!!! Together we will make a great America and clean up this horrible mess my opponenets and his democrat friends have made of this great country. FIGHT WITH ME !! (in Iraq) FIGHT WITH ME !! (in Afganistan) FIGHT WITH ME !! (For me... in Iran) FIGHT WITH ME !! (for me...in Syria) FIGHT WITH ME !! (for me...and the New World Order in Pakistan, Lebannon, Russia, Venezuela) FIGHT WITH ME !! (Together we can destroy DESTROY DESTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY!!!)
Don Rumsfeld hater @ 40:
Oh, and, uh, you've probably not heard that he was a POW.
Gloria
G L O R I A
She's like 74 already?
ARGHHHHHHH
"Oh, and, uh, you’ve probably not heard that he was a POW."
Rilly? A POW? What war? that's the first i heard about it...
Tom @ 36:
The truth is, for conspiracy theorists, there could be no end to hidden agendas.
McCain's agenda has never been hidden, its four more years of war. Since Obama preaches the only sane alternative to such madness, one must look deeper into his background to see if one can find inconsistencies in his actions and behavior.
Nope, looks pretty clean. Dont see any reason to think he will not do what he says he will do. May not do it when I want it done, or even as it should necessarily be done, but it will be done with reasoned and careful consideration, much like William Jefferson Clinton did it. Works for me.
LOL!
"...Stopped outside Wasilla’s post office on a blustery afternoon this week, Cynthia Shoemaker said “people in Alaska want to give the national media a mouthful” for scrutinizing Palin’s background. “She answers to God, not reporters,” Shoemaker said."
Let Us Prey.
What we should do, is move to Alaska, get the money she' s giving people to live there and give it to Obama.
Ha Ha
Rasmussen: Women shifting to McCain
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama attracting 46% of the vote while McCain earns 45%. When “leaners” are included, it’s Obama 49%, McCain 46%. …
As McCain has begun to chip away as Obama’s convention bounce, most of his gains have come among women voters. Obama still leads 51% to 44% among women, but that seven-point edge is just half the fourteen point lead he enjoyed last Tuesday. McCain leads by three among men, little changed in recent days.
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Obama voters now say they are voting with enthusiasm for their candidate while 17% are primarily voting against the other candidate. For McCain, those numbers are 65% and 28% respectively. Before the Republican convention, just 54% of McCain voters were voting enthusiastically for him rather than simply voting against Obama....
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Ms. Steinem, we know your hopes, but care to share your thoughts on the realities??
Doomsday clock last year: IT IS 5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
2007: The world stands at the brink of a second nuclear age. The United States and Russia remain ready to stage a nuclear attack within minutes, North Korea conducts a nuclear test, and many in the international community worry that Iran plans to acquire the Bomb. Climate change also presents a dire challenge to humanity. Damage to ecosystems is already taking place; flooding, destructive storms, increased drought, and polar ice melt are causing loss of life and property.
I think they need to update this. We have the prospect of a very angry old man with a very itchy trigger finger aided and abetted by a willfully ignorant, self-righteous Armageddonist gaining control of our nuclear arsenal. Both have proven they could give a rat's ass about anyone on the planet, themselves included.
BobbyG @ 45:
It's to late for PrAyInG
Beef Jerky @ 48:
What else is new?
gloria steinem is still angry at the white male establishment, and for good reason...
her problem is, the only people 'entitled' to anger in Murka are put upon white males, or those who speak for--not 'to'--white males threatened with the loss of their patriarchal privileges...
roooth @ 27:
Lipstick on a pig? anyone?
"Read my lipstick" or "read my lips" .... it's still the same failed McBush piggy.
Like I wuz sayin' down below and I'll repreat the most painful lesson of the past 8 years is to face up to how easy it is for a rouge government to take over a lazy, complacent, spoiled, and politically disconnected populace.
How do we KNOW she shares a chromosome with Hillary ?
Ms Moosejaw wont submit a DNA test.
Palin fails GOP focus group. By a wide margin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnV1pS7qVD8
Pay it forward.
Sarah Palin is the female George Bush - McBush/Georgette - more of EXACTLY THE SAME or WORSE............
C. Hussein Jr @ 54:
We need to repeat the propoganda.
Palins DNA is messed up
Palins DNA is messed up
Palins DNA is messed up
Palins DNA is messed up
Maybe in another 50 years people will "get it".
In a political environment where sound bites and aphorisms trump substance and policy discussion, this is probaby as good as it gets. When will the bumper sticker hit the market? You could potentially sell to both the right and the left.
ashes ashes all fall down
Carol @ 56:
Worse. As Bush never reads, he would never try to ban library books.
How bout this MSM?
Palin dominates the PoP In Yo Face Political Landscape while Obama can't even get a 6 second left jab sound bite in.
Bastards
Where was McCain a year ago? broke ---- Nonetheless, he has been trailing obama only by a few points for months. How can an old fart do something like that? Should he not be shopping for a coffin or somethin? So it seems the old guy has a few surprises up his sleeve. When he picked Sarah, he threw the media into a frenzy and they completely forgot about obama and the great speech he made the night before .... and Sarah held their attention for a week. Then came her speech. She did a good job and was watched by as many millions(save one) as the masterful obama.HOW did she/McCain do that? And she did it on only 6 network/cable stations -- compared to obama's 10. And no one counts c-span or youtube --- and why not? MY POINT, there is joy and glee in Sarah bashing today here at C&L, kind of reminds me of the Spring --- but it is folly. The great and powerful obama does not have this election in the bag, though he should. After 8 fucking years of the worst kind of president/vp, the nation should be flocking to any democrat. BUT NO IT IS NOT-- and why? Whatever the answer, there is an open door through which McCain and Palin are going to try to slip. And female bashing is gonna help. stupid --- Hate her all ya want, but she is young and and a new kind of repbulican, as hard as that is to believe. You better know your enemy or it is going to be President McCain.
L.A. Confidential @ 57:
She's proof that people evolved from lower life forms. I'll be she knows how to use the Internet, though.
BobbyG @ 55:
That focus group interview was done over a week ago, 4 days before The Speech for the Ages.
No one could argue competently the dynamics have not changed dramatically since then.
No even Gloria Steinem, try as she might.
JT Draper @ 63:
Well why do you think she's so popular.
JT Draper @ 60:
HAHAHAH!!! good one! I really want to know what books she wanted to ban. Does anyone know? I can't seem to find anything about that.
mudshark @ 7:
Great news! The U.S. controlled Bhutto AND Musharraf. So sum total change here: zero.
dennis @ 64:
Palin can bask in her 15 days iced-down of fame for now. The aura will be short-lived.
Abbybwood @ 67:
Thats why we have 761 Military installations blemishing the freaking planet all over the place!
"CoNtrol"
Here's a great editorial from Judith Warner in the NYT about Palin.
Palin is no role model for women in politics. She was picked for pure gimmick and political expediency.
JT Draper @ 60:
She never banned one book, nor did she try to.
BobbyG @ 68:
Hey she's got Personality Bub! That's what it's about personality. Substance? Duuuuuuh whats that?
dennis @ 47:
Oh bullsh*t!
There's an expected bounce from McSame's non-convention.
As for women going to Palin..... PLEASE!!! Palin is the church lady in a bikini- cute but still an ultra-conservative rightwing ideologue who is practicing cronyism with renewed vigor and enthusiasm now that McBUsh and co. are right with them in obstruction of justice, i.e. the latest troopergate scandal.
And once the bounce is over, the question that will be in everyone's mind will ring even louder...... to paraphrase Jon Stewart: " So the republican party is the only one that can fix the mess that the republican party made??"
That one chromosome is not going fool women. They know what they've been fighting for for years!
Yeah, there's an emperor with no clothes on the scene all right, and his name is McBush/Palin/Cain.
The jig is up!
All you've got is: VOTE DOUBLESPEAK: Palin/McBush '80 !
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So like when is the Mickey Mouse Media going to let Obama have 5 seconds of air time?
@74
Do Not Feed.
Osama Obama @ 74:
John called to Sarah P. with cell phone in his hand,
Said: "Sarah you're a-talkin' to a worried, worried man.
Can't let you out to wander cross this highly-partisan land,
'Cause you'll rile up the folks who take a pro-choice stand."
See the Palins retreating,
Humble moose pie they're eating.
North to Alaska,
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
North to Alaska,
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
Osama Obama @ 74:
Whoa something escaped from Jurassic Park!!
dennis @ 71:
Penis, you finaly got the nerve to come back. So she didn't ban any books. She just wanted the authority to do it and fired the librarian because she would have nothing to do with it. The librarian was hired back because others stepped in. Enough of the right wing talking points.
BobbyG @ 76:
I'd like to slap 74 up the side of the head then hand him back his Dentures.
"Sorry bout that pop. But patience has it's limits you know."
Hard to believe there are still people so brainwashed and indoctrinated by the old cold war they are still hallucinating Ruskies crawling around in their back yards.
Yep.
http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/the-mirrored-ceiling/index.html
Tom @ 36:
He's a muzzie! A secret agent of Bin Ladens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's coming to take our wives and daughters and Private Property from US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL man talk about brainwashed.
SMN @ 70:
You could make the same argument that the same is true of the candidacy of St. Barry, the Tan...
>>Palin isn’t qualified to carry HRC’s briefcase, let alone be considered her political equal.
Ditto Obama.
Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com
I would like to ask people about what I think is the elephant in the room in regards to Palin.
Other than her fundi street cred, personal style, and the fact that she is blank slate somewhat of a blank slate to the country (that can be written on by rove)...
A huge calculation on the GOPs part in picking her is that she is very pretty. The fact that this acts on much of the public on at least a subconscious-level is obvious from looking at advertising.
Please take this the wrong way, but while watching her I thought 'the repukes are