A lot of women are achievment deficient. A self made woman like Palin makes them feel bad about themselves. It is the opposite of Bill Clinton's "I feel your pain". It is why Oprah is popular. Oprah tells women what they want to hear.
Hillary Clinton is popular because she achieved success the old fashioned way, she married it.
A self made woman, makes most women feel deficient.
There’s something in what you say. However, I will take it one step further. I saw the polling results yesterday that said that while men loved Palin, women didn’t. So I was thinking about this while swimming my daily laps this morning. That’s when I do my best thinking. Anyhoo, personally, I love the Palin pick. She’s a real conservative, unlike the guy at the top of the ticket. I also don’t have a problem with self-made, attractive women.
But, frankly, a LOT of women do. I believe that the calculus was made by the McCain campaign that they weren’t going to win this on Republican and independent male votes alone, so maybe Palin could pull enough independent white women and PUMAs to change the race. However, I’m sure you’ve looked at footage of Hillary’s rallies as I have. Those women are not exactly the beauty queen type, and few of them look self-made. Also, nobody thinks that Hillary got where she was on her looks.
I don’t think in the long run the daughter’s pregnancy nor the husband’s DUI hurt the ticket. However, if the perception becomes that McCain picked Palin SOLELY because she’s a woman, or, even worse, if they believe she zoomed to the pinnacle of politics in record time because she’s pretty and has big boobs, that will be deadly. Few independent women, and even fewer PUMAs, will vote for a beauty queen who’s riding on her looks. And I imagine that many, if not most, are quite willing to believe that’s the case even if it’s not. Jealousy is an ugly thing, but it’s very real, and a powerful motivator.