I doubt she even knows what a douche is.
Posted on 02/27/2010 9:42:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is back in the news and continues to engender debate among feminists. Although feminists initially found her to be a dream and then ultimately a nightmare, the latest round of Palin appearances may signal a feminist success story after all, heralding that true equality for women has finally arrived.
When Palin initially burst upon the national stage as Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's vice-presidential running mate, feminists sat up and took notice, especially since many were disappointed that Hillary Clinton did not secure a spot on the Democratic ticket.
When feminists first learned about Palin, many found her personal story persuasive. She initially self-identified as a feminist, was a governor who managed to successfully balance elected office and having a large family, and she presented herself as a self-made woman, holding a baby in one hand while field-dressing a moose with the other.
However, it takes more than a vagina and a compelling personal narrative to win the feminist vote. When her policy positions were carefully analyzed, the honeymoon was over. Every one of her views stood in stark contrast to a progressive, feminist agenda. Palin is anti-choice and anti-comprehensive sexuality education, and was against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
Her recent appearances continue to frustrate feminists. She appeared a hypocrite not once but twice in recent days, first calling for Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's firing over his use of the word “retard” while excusing Rush Limbaugh's use of the same term by dismissing it as satire and then ridiculing President Barack Obama's use of a teleprompter while she wrote crib notes on her hand.(continued)
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That was the most aptly put statement I’ve heard here in a while. How spot on you are...
Another women hater. The Liberals are full of them.
I doubt she even knows what a douche is.
“...However, it takes more than a vagina and a compelling personal narrative to win the feminist vote.....”
Since when? It worked for Sonia Sotomayor.
I really don't care.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2713343/odonnell_garofalo_attack_fox_news_channel.html?cat=75
You seem to have gotten the point of the piece precisely backwards, sarcastic as it was.
Dude it was a joke. The reference to Rosie not knowing what a douche is was supposed to clue you in.
Some folks are seriously wound too tight.
Everyone is a "hypocrite" who isn't a marxist. It's the left's favorite word. Even more liked than "racist".
Is this a not so subtle way of slamming Gov. Perry. If I am not mistaken, Gov. Palin endorsed Perry.
“Equality is here at long last when an incompetent woman can rise through the ranks to join many of the incompetent men already occupying public office and pundit chairs.”
Nope. Nobody can match Obama when it comes to incompetency.
No.
indeed...I couldn’t get past this image: mold of Clinton — highly educated, a policy wonk, tireless worker, longtime activist, perfect wife and mother
This is a false issue and a red herring. It isn’t the gender or the race that matters; it’s the heart and the mind.
Typical conservative: judging people by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin or by the configuration of their reproductive organs.
I think that the author probably that thought she was managing a clever bit of "damning with faint praise"....
...but it just comes across as nervous tittering, from a woman who's quite afraid that Palin will win.
They come in 'metro' versions too.
You nailed it! Spot on.
Not sure if she ever ‘found Palin to be a dream’ but Camille Paglia seems to respect, if not admire, Mrs P.
Palin didn’t have to suck you know what to get to the top! Take that you liberal fem-nazis!
That’s what really pisses them off!
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