The same author labels Pelosi as a "Centrist"....BWAHAHAHA.
Posted on 09/06/2008 11:46:13 PM PDT by goldstategop
But now, after a chaotic introductory week that sparked national debates on McCain's judgment, Palin's experience and even her teenage daughter's pregnancy, the initial signs are not entirely positive for the reinvigorated Republican ticket.
Interviews with some two dozen women here after Palin's convention speech found that these voters were not swayed by the fiery dramatic speeches or compelling personal biographies that marked both the Republican and Democratic conventions. Instead, they were thinking about the price of milk -- nearly $5 a gallon -- or the healthcare coverage that many working families here cannot afford.
Even if they admire Palin's attempt to juggle political ambition, an infant son with Down syndrome and a pregnant unwed daughter, these women say that maternal grit is not enough to win their votes.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
A number of posters on another thread agree with the thought that working and/or single mothers will not be swayed with a woman on the ticket unless that woman promises more government programs for their family. Due to the welfare state mentality put out there by Democratic politicians and the education system, they have no concept of their taking responsibility for their OWN welfare which is why the story rings true.
On the other side, however, there are Hispanic women, including some I work with, who dislike Obama because he's Black. As much as I dislike that attitude, it is out there and could be a hidden factor come election day if they go to the polls.
Obviously many voters are single-issue deciders but that isn’t what I saw in this issue. The journalist talked to more than twenty blue-collar working women. Of those “some two dozen” women, she found only five women worth quoting. Had the journalist found even a majority of the women she spoke with willing to commit to Obama, you can be sure that statistic would have been part of the story. Instead the only thing on which the women agreed was that their major concern was bread-and-butter domestic issues. It doesn’t say they all agreed that Obama/Biden was the best bread-and-butter candidates (although it sure as shootin’ gave that impression). Five of twenty-some women voting for Obama makes a news story for the Los Angeles Times. You have to write the news with the best spin possible. Another, less biased journalist could put the spin the other direction: “Obama fails to collar bread-and-butter voters”.
This song an video is dedicated to all the lady FReepers and strong women around the world - I salute you!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OCofbNqRJY
True: But that conclusion goes against everything the MSM/dnc/liberals have been taught since the Homestead strike in the 1870’s ....
Exactly. The article appears to be “accurate as written” but terribly biased in its presentation, which is why it is very difficult to take the media at their word that “they report, you decide”, even with Fox. Being a “vintage: American, I can recall Cronkite’s signoff on his nightly broadcast: “And that’s the way it is this (insert day, month and year)”. Even then I was screaming in my head, “no, that’s not the way it is, that’s the way you and your staff see it”.
The same author labels Pelosi as a "Centrist"....BWAHAHAHA.
Sarah Palin’s Appeal To Working Class Women May Be Limited
(MSM Pro Obama Hit Piece Alert)
Los Angeles Times | 9/07/2008 | Faye Fiore And Peter Wallsten
Posted on 09/06/2008 11:46:13 PM PDT by goldstategop
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076541/posts
Fusing Politics and Motherhood in New Way (NYT hit piece, how low can they go?)
New York Times | September 7, 2008 | Jodi Kantor, Kate Zernike, and Catrin Einhorn
Posted on 09/07/2008 8:03:19 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2077053/posts
Fusing Politics and Motherhood in New Way
The New York Times | September 7, 2008 | Jodi Kanto
Posted on 09/07/2008 11:51:08 PM PDT by Embargo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077140/posts
-meanwhile-
Post Endorses John Mccain
(The New York Post: “...we’re in their corner to the finish.”)
The New York Post | September 8, 2008
Posted on 09/08/2008 2:36:05 AM PDT by Stoat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2077178/posts
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