Prior to working at BusinessWeek.com, she worked at The New York Post, Star Magazine, Variety
Posted on 08/30/2008 7:17:46 PM PDT by Kiss Me Hardy
A friend—an educated, extremely successful executive who has spent her entire career in a male-dominated industry—I was talking to about McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin—had a different take on the pick than mine: “I’m tired of old white men appointing women who aren’t qualified just because they think that will appease women. It happens all the time in my business.”
So, McCain may not be thinking like a CEO , but it looks like he’s thinking like a lot of bosses who tap people who don’t have the goods.
Potential is one thing; proven ability is another.
Within minutes, another friend (also a successful female in a very male-dominated field) called me indignant about what she calls “Palin’s utter lack of qualifications.”
It's frustrating, disappointing, and demoralizing when people get selected for promotions, jobs, or any kind of position that they didn't earn on the merits of their accomplishments. And it happens for lots of different reasons.
And it seems to have happened here with Sarah Palin.
It's not that I think her former stints as a Miss Alaska contestant and a sports journalist disqualify her. It's that I don't think being mayor of a tiny town and a governor with less than two years of experience qualifies her. How many times have you seen someone get a job they don't have the qualifications for? Has it ever happened to you? And do you think she's qualified?
(Excerpt) Read more at businessweek.com ...
Ironically it was the Enquirer which broke the Senator John Edwards' tawdry sex scandal, and Money that exposed the T. Boone Pickens-Nancy Pelosi Wind farm connection.
...There are times when even the sleaziest of publications unearth much needed information the MSM would like to keep buried.
I know how you feel. I once read an article by this "journalist" woman who was given a national platform to vent her political frustrations with no details or investigation into the subject of her consternation. I found it really offensive to my abilities and sensibilities.
Obama voted PRESENT on many issues to avoid taking a public stand while in the Illinois legislature. Elected to the US senate 4 years ago he has only been in session 150 days. He is chairman of an important committee and has never called a meeting. Obama not only lacks EXECUTIVE experience he lacks the sense of responsibility to those who elected him.
Anything to put down Palin. Pray for her.
I rest my case.
Prior to working at BusinessWeek.com, she worked at The New York Post, Star Magazine, Variety
Quite a resume for a political commentator, and if you read the full Gawker link, she comes off as a pretty nasty piece of work.
Right. The other thing I’ve seen is attractive women get by-passed endlessly by less-attractive bosses who feel threatened.
That may be true. However, I would bet that it is a lot less common than attractive people being hired and promoted more often and making more money.
I wish people would leave the superficial judgments basing worthiness on appearance to the Dems. It makes me cringe every time someone on FR focuses on Sarah Palin's looks, implicitly dismissing her character and accomplishments as anything important. It is exactly the kind of behavior that leads outsiders to think that the Palin pick was a token gesture. Sarah Palin is much more than a pretty face.
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