Posted on 10/21/2008 7:23:11 PM PDT by joinedafterattack
HENDERSON, Nev. -- Extolling the virtues of equal pay and opportunity for women, this afternoon GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin framed her White House quest in terms of feminist values.
"I have a question for the women in the audience," the Alaska governor began her speech here at the Henderson Pavillion, underneath an arching white tent. "Are you willing to break the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America?"
Palin surrounded herself onstage with two higher-profile defectors from Sen. Hillary Clinton's camp -- Lynn Rothschild, a member of the Democratic Platform Committee, and Elaine Lafferty, a former editor-in-chief of Ms. Magazine -- along with Shelly Mandell, the president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women, Linda Klinge, the vice president of Oregon's NOW chapter and Prameela Bartholomeusz, a small business owner and member of the Democratic National Platform Committee. The L.A. chapter of NOW has endorsed Palin's bid.
"Our opponents think they have the women's vote all locked up, which is a little presumptuous," she said, as the crowd's roar of approval drowned her out. "A little presumptuous, and only our side has a woman on the ticket."
Palin went on to suggest Obama discriminated against women employees in his own Senate office, as opposed to GOP presidential nominee John McCain.
"I know one senator who does pay women equal pay," she added, referring to McCain.
While she credited feminists with the enactment of Title IX -- saying, "We owed that opportunity to women, to feminists who came before us" -- Palin quickly emphasized that Americans who embraced a different ideology could also push for gender equality. "A belief in equal opportunity is not just the cause of feminists. It's the creed of our country."
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No one walks on water, that job is taken. I like Palin and will proudly vote for her on November 4th, this is still (although maybe temporarily) a free country and you are indeed free to vote for Obama if he is more acceptable to your standards.
Real Clear Politics average McCain +11.3 The PBS poll has pulled down the other polls that show him much farther ahead. Obama will carry the liberal areas of AZ the same as he will every state in the nation, but AZ is still a conservative-leaning state and McCain will do fine here.
So those who disagree are Palin haters and trolls? I gave up the bot act after ‘04. This is America: we have the right to disagree.
This is the time for a political campaign where to win we have to get fifty percent plus one of the dumbed down electorate in state after state. This is the time to go after VOTES not run a debating chamber. This is not time for philosophy class.
Let go after votes! Even Reagan would talk about the great FDR and lots of things that ticked off the conservative base. Be glad we have something of a conservative even on the VP part of the ticket.
Lets get the votes out!
We can wring our hands AFTER McCain is in. First let’s get the unguided missile elected or we’ll have Obamesiah.
Let get the votes out for McCain-Palin!
People can disagree with her, fine. But a few of these guys (in the time I have been here) have been nothing but negative toward HER. It had nothing to do with what she said today they just plain hate HER. They can feel free to hate her, but it’s unhealthy to dwell on it and it’s also annoying.
Thanks for the PING. Sad to see so many downers here.
Sarah Palin should become President of the United States as soon as possible.
Amen to that!
“No one walks on water, that job is taken. I like Palin and will proudly vote for her on November 4th, this is still (although maybe temporarily) a free country and you are indeed free to vote for Obama if he is more acceptable to your standards.”
No, Obama being a socialist is a lot worse than Palin spouting some feminist drivel. We’ll both be voting for McCain/Palin.
Yes, apparently it is. See my tagline. No, unfortunately, I did not make that up.
Men raised without a dad all agree with you.
Feminism, socialism, communism, fascism - all the same destroyers of the Constitution and the American culture.
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