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Palin: Yes, there was sexism towards Hillary but she shouldn’t whine about it
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Posted on 08/29/2008 5:16:15 PM PDT by maccaca

Someone e-mailed me about this earlier and made it sound like she was laying into Hillary, a righteous development in most cases but not on the day she made her pitch to the PUMAs. Not to worry: It’s not a slam, just a gentle nudge that the sisterhood is ill served by a posture of perpetual grievance, especially when the aggrieved is one of the most powerful women in the world. Not to go too far into the tank but I think she strikes just the right note between sympathy and impatience with victimization. But Ben Smith’s right: God help her now if she plays the victim herself when the left starts throwing uppercuts. This’ll run on a loop on cable for a week as a counterpoint. Exit quotation from Ann Althouse: “As a feminist, I love that she did not leverage herself into power through her husband and consider this an important improvement over Hillary.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEUG0XZ9OpY


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary; palin; puma; sarahpalin; sexism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEUG0XZ9OpY
1 posted on 08/29/2008 5:16:16 PM PDT by maccaca
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To: maccaca
I didn't care for her “challenge the status quo for the common good” line.

Unless she's talking about challenging the current liberal status quo and plans to dismantle big government.

3 posted on 08/29/2008 6:14:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: maccaca
...especially when the aggrieved is one of the most powerful women in the world..

Lets not forget that Hillary is also the "smartest woman in the world", so sayeth William Jefferson "The Pimp" Clinton.

4 posted on 08/29/2008 6:26:10 PM PDT by fuzzthatwuz
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To: Morgana

No, Hillary’s entire persona is built on reverse sexism. The singular idea that having XY chromosomes is somehow valuable for governing the most powerful nation on earth is, in short, insane. Anyone that points that idiotic notion out, derides it and neutralizes it through ridicule isn’t guilty of sexism, just sanity.

BTW, as a person, she is a pig.


5 posted on 08/29/2008 6:38:27 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth
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To: maccaca

Finally a person with common sense.


6 posted on 08/29/2008 6:52:20 PM PDT by FreedBird
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To: BenLurkin
In Alaska, the status quo was a senator, a governor, and a former governor, all taking bribes to award oil and gas contracts, and all of them unfortunately Republicans. She buried them. As a Republican. That is challenging more than one status quo.
7 posted on 08/29/2008 7:21:13 PM PDT by JasonC
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