Posted on 07/29/2018 11:49:33 AM PDT by The Fop
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….at least in the eyes of the media and Feminists.
The parallels between Sarah Palin and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are striking. Both are attractive, spirited women who came from humble, working class families. Both launched political careers when they were in their late 20’s. And both were instantly thrust into the national spotlight. But while the media and Feminists have showered Ocasio Cortez with love letters, bouquets of flowers, and boxes of chocolates, they showered Palin with rocks, bottles, and Molotov cocktails. One would have to be quite naïve to not think that the fact that both of these women have pleasing physical appearances, while being on opposite ends of the political spectrum, is not the reason that the media and Feminists have treated them to a complete double standard.
Remember those interviews that Governor Palin did with Charles Gibson and Katie Couric? Remember when she was asked to define the “Bush doctrine”, and was quizzed about what kind of publications she had lying around her house? At the time, we were told that those questions were fair game, since a young, first term Governor from a sparsely populated State might wind up being “a heartbeat away from the Presidency”. Katie Couric was even hailed for “saving the country” by making Palin stammer.
Yet while Ocasio Cortez can be forgiven for her lack of polish at this early stage of her political career, she is nonetheless being touted as a political superstar in the making. With that in mind, the many gaffes that she’s made during her short time in the spotlight are fair game as well. But you don’t hear anyone in the media mocking her as an airheaded Latina Barbie doll, do you?
Despite the fact that Barack Obama easily defeated John McCain, the media and the Feminists could not allow Palin to simply return to Alaska and resume her job as Governor. Liberals could not run the risk of a young, attractive, charismatic, strong willed, self made Conservative female politician becoming a role model for teenage girls. So she had to be destroyed. All of the sudden, powerful Liberal forces descended on Alaska in order to try bring political and financial ruin to Palin and her family. Does anyone honestly think they would have done this if Palin were a Plain Jane or an Ugly Betty?
For the past year and a half, Hillary Clinton has been nursing her wounds from the betrayal of all the women who didn’t vote for her. Especially the 53% of White women who voted for Trump. The way that Hillary and the Feminists describe them, one can easily picture this dreaded 53% as a bunch of Lee Remick lookalikes in black cocktail dresses, with cold, steely blue eyes, who toss their car keys at the country club valet and hiss “if I see one scratch on it, I’ll get you fired”.
Let’s hope that lots and lots of women from all different backgrounds are taking note of how the media and Feminists treat an attractive Liberal female politician, compared to how they treat an attractive Conservative female politician. It’s just one more piece of evidence that the “party of women” only welcomes women with Liberal views, while subjecting Conservative women to more misogyny than Harvey Weinstein in his bathrobe.
Sarah is hot — 9. occasional-cortex is a 5 at best.
Why does everyone think that nutty stupid socialist is cute...and she wasn’t all that poor growing up.
Sarah is beautiful, worked her way through schools few have heard of and became a highly successful governor.
No comparison.
Sarah is the reason Murkowski is still in the Senate.
everything is true, but the difference now is that we are completley fed up with it. The masks are off.
How do you support such a ridiculous contention?
I agree wholeheartedly with your assessments, although Latin women are not generally my cup of tea. No offense intended.
Sarah now has more money than she needs. She quit. They got to her. When she is needed back in the game she stays on the sidelines. She will fight to the last RINO.
Palin would have to be dead for years before her intellect sunk to the ability of the little lying girl who has never read history, economic, and most definitely will never run a successful business.
Something about Democrat women...and lying.
‘Feminists’ are hate-filled harpies who have nothing to do with supporting females and everything to do with supporting Lefties.
And that reelected Murkowski to the Senate in 2016?
Damn your eye!!!
Too late.
Thank you Mel Brooks.
No they're not; they're non-existent.
Palin raised a family first and had to meet bills just like every other family in America.
Both are attractive, spirited women who came from humble, working class families.
AOC is a spoiled, self-centered brat who grew up in privilege.
Both launched political careers when they were in their late 20’s.
Palin didn't "launch" a political career.
She was pissed at how her city and state were being run so she went in to make a difference. She didn't run for office to get on the taxpayer dole and trade favors.
Meanwhile, AOC is an opportunist with the full backing of leftist groups. Even the Republican Party hated Palin.
And both were instantly thrust into the national spotlight.
Again, Palin was in the spotlight after being chosen as McCain's VP. And she was promptly destroyed.
No comparison between Palin and AOC. It's like saying RI is equivalent in size to Alaska.
Can you imagine heads exploding if Palin was Trump’s VP? She needed the support that Trump is getting from us but it just wasn’t there back then I guess. This is what the left doesn’t get, Trump and his supporters are fighting back.
The basic problem is an infectious disease rampant in the United States. That disease, which seems to affect MEDIA people above all others is “ALPHABETITIS”.
Its chief sympton is a mental abberations that causes one to make judgements according to the SPELLING of the accused’s LAST name.
If the accused’s last name is the letter (D) then the accused it obviously innocent of all charges and accusations.
If the accused’s last name in the letter (R) the accused is likewise obviously guilty as charged and accused, no matter how vile and weak the evidence is.
It is really quite simple.
The Commie media are majority Communist..they love spreading the wealth, as long as its not their wealth..they see Sarah Palin as the enemy since she is a Conservative and doesn’t want the Govt controlling EVERYTHING
The NYC person is so not cute, but you know the media also called Michelle Obama beautiful and the new Jackie O.
The left did to Sarah what they did to Dan Quayle. She didn’t fight back. Could have taken on the Murkowski team a 2nd time. The left defined her and they’re STILL getting away with it.
Never forget December 12 2008
That’s the date alinsky terrorists burned palins church around the entire perimeter with women and children inside—one month after opposing Obama Biden. Firefighters fought the blaze at 20 below.
Media ignored this political hate crime.
Yeah, I agree. It didn’t help that half of the establishment hated Palin. It’s as if McCain was throwing the race and this was his overt way showing it. In short, he looked for an albatross to tie around his neck and picked Sarah. Never mind that his own shortcomings and weak campaigning were what really brought him down. Sarah did everything she could to pull the ticket out of the soup.
Trump’s case is much different. He campaigned in the primary as an outsider and ran for President as the very same outsider. Tack to the center? That’s the chump’s game and he knew it. You knew where Trump stood on everything simply by looking at everyone in the establishment and media arrayed against him. He had all the right enemies!
It almost didn’t matter who his VP pick was. Trump was the locomotive and everyone else tacked on behind him.
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