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Sarah Palin needs to rein in her harsh feminist rhetoric
Daily Caller ^ | 2/13/11 | Carey Roberts

Posted on 02/14/2011 7:42:57 AM PST by pissant

I applaud Sarah Palin’s passion, her adroit sense of humor, and her you-go-girl! gumption. But the more I learn about Sarah Palin, the more I become perplexed by her over-heated gender-bending rhetoric.

I believe we can all agree that men and women should have equal opportunities. But let’s not confuse equal opportunities with identical outcomes. Just because a woman has the same right to an education and a decent job doesn’t mean she will pursue the identical career path, toil as long, or work as many years as a man.

Men and women have differing proclivities and interests — most Americans understand this fact. But then there is the small band of disaffected feminists who adamantly insist any and all social differences are the product of gender discrimination.

So where does the former vice-presidential candidate stand on all of this?

Let’s take the gender wage gap. Dozens of studies show that when the relevant factors are taken into account — training, experience, hours worked, and so forth — any salary difference is smaller than a twinkle in Nancy Pelosi’s eye.

But during the 2008 presidential campaign, Palin used the myth to skewer her Democratic opponent. Ignoring the fact that most of the top-level staffers in Obama’s former Senate office were male, she made this charge: “Out on the stump he talks a good game about equal pay for equal work, but according to the Senate payroll records, women on his own staff get just 83 cents for every dollar that the men get.”

Ratcheting up women’s sense of resentment, Palin then asked, “Does he think that the women aren’t working as hard? Does he think they are 17% less productive?”

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Not sure if its feminism or brainlessism, either way its pathetic.
1 posted on 02/14/2011 7:43:00 AM PST by pissant
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To: calcowgirl

What say you, womyn?


2 posted on 02/14/2011 7:45:31 AM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant

This article sounds like it was written in sixties.

Reminds me of people who used to say “I’m not prejudiced. I know several black people.”


3 posted on 02/14/2011 7:49:35 AM PST by Terry Mross (We need a SECOND party.)
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To: pissant

Alinsky’s Fourth: “Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules.”

Alinsky’s Fifth: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”


4 posted on 02/14/2011 7:51:35 AM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: BOOM. Taste My Cluebat!)
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To: pissant

PDS FUD Alert.


5 posted on 02/14/2011 7:52:42 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (Palin / Trump 2012 - America First)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I CAN HAS FUD?...oh, not that kind of fud. Never mind.

6 posted on 02/14/2011 7:55:18 AM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: BOOM. Taste My Cluebat!)
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To: pissant

What is pathetic? The article?


7 posted on 02/14/2011 7:55:32 AM PST by listenhillary (20 years in Reverend Wright's church is all I need to determine the "content of his character")
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To: listenhillary

No. The gibberish that comes out of her mouth.


8 posted on 02/14/2011 7:57:00 AM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: RichInOC

Lolz Grizzly ping! :)


9 posted on 02/14/2011 7:57:26 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (Palin / Trump 2012 - America First)
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To: listenhillary

...or pissant.


10 posted on 02/14/2011 7:57:46 AM PST by Redleg Duke (I DO NOT BELIEVE THE LIBERAL MEDIA!)
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To: pissant


Palin Reagan


11 posted on 02/14/2011 7:58:22 AM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: pissant

Carey Roberts? Never heard of her.


12 posted on 02/14/2011 7:58:22 AM PST by listenhillary (20 years in Reverend Wright's church is all I need to determine the "content of his character")
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To: pissant

Sorry, the woman hating days are over. Conservative women are saving the cause from the establishment types. Its all around the nation,,, a trend. And more better,,, they are killing the common belief that only the left is the place for a woman to accomplish anything. Go Sarah...


13 posted on 02/14/2011 7:58:36 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: pissant

Top Three Sarah Bashing Techniques:

1 - Be proud and just come out with it: “I hate (despise, detest, loath) Sarah because.....”

2 - Disguise yourself as an admirer: “I love (applaud, admire, support) Sarah, BUT.....”

3 - Claim to not have an opinion, then describe how she scares you, your kids, the local outlaw biker club, etc.


14 posted on 02/14/2011 7:58:49 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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Sarah Palin needs to rein in her harsh feminist rhetoric

Oh, puhleeze. Me thinks the author just hates Sarah Palin, not "harsh feminist rhetoric".

15 posted on 02/14/2011 7:58:53 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: pissant

Carey Roberts sounds like she has a burr up her butt. Maybe it is contagious?


16 posted on 02/14/2011 7:59:30 AM PST by listenhillary (20 years in Reverend Wright's church is all I need to determine the "content of his character")
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To: pissant

Harsh rhetoric? She shouldn’t criticize her Democrat opponent for claiming to be politically correct, yet paying his female staffers less than the men?

It’s harsh rhetoric to point out that a Democrat is being a hypocrite?

As for the men in McCain’s campaign staff, I’d say she was very restrained in what she has said about them. Considering that they were selfish losers who were apparently working hard to sabotage the campaign and get Obama elected.

Yeah, that’s harsh!


17 posted on 02/14/2011 8:02:27 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: pissant

Out of palin’s mouth, right?


18 posted on 02/14/2011 8:02:48 AM PST by unique
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To: pissant

Your pathological derangement is what is pathetic.

The minute this article popped up on my news feed I should have known pissant would rush over to FR to post it.

Do you realize what a sad little insect you are, sitting around in your urine stained underwear just waiting for a negative article on Governor Palin?

You define pathetic.


19 posted on 02/14/2011 8:04:54 AM PST by t-dude (Sarah causes banal and vituperous evil snarks to shriek in horror!)
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To: t-dude

Palin has yours in a lock box?


20 posted on 02/14/2011 8:06:44 AM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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