Found this quote on Feministing:
For many Gen X women like myself (and Palin is Gen X) the primary sexist experience is: “Those men gave the job to that clueless chick instead of me, because the boss thinks she’s hot and/or will be a yes-man with no ideas of her own.”
& While the whole Boomer / Gen X feminist difference is interesting to me, what really struck me was that I DIDN’T KNOW ANYONE ELSE FELT THIS WAY! Really. It is my chief experience with feminism, at least in terms of employment, & it really blew my mind to see it summarized so neatly and talked about as an ur-experience for women in my age bracket.
Or, as I might put it, it’s guys hiring with their dicks. I just heard from an old friend who says he loves her verve. I’ll try hard to still respect him in the morning.
& In the meantime, a wicked Rolling Stone article about Palin that nearly convinced me to forgive them for putting sleazy, non-musician women on their covers for the past 40 years.
& Now, off to the debate! Get your bingo cards ready.
Did I miss something or did Palin NOT answer the question: What is your Achilles Heel?
No, Suze, you didn’t miss anything.
Evidently there is a cream that cures Achilles Heel.
Who knew?
Can I have some?
Poetically ironic that she answered that question like a well-rehearsed pageant contestant.
I give Joe credit for not wetting his pants laughing.
Yeah, but as Paul Reiser said on HuffPo, “She didn’t stink up the joint”
Biden was incredibly impressive and put some holes in McCain’s fuselage(so to speak). She convinced those that already liked her that they like her.
However if she said “Maverick” one more time, I was gonna clock her.
We did a drinking game here, root beer for me. You betcha , maverick you get the idea.
Her Achilles Heel was undoubtedly trading Sammy Sosa…
I found myself wondering if you could have a “team of mavericks.” If you’re a maverick, aren’t you, by definition, off by yourself?
In this morning’s NYT, David Brooks was praising Palin’s debating parity with Biden. Just how low can we go? She didn’t answer the questions, & more often than not, spouted simple cliches. We’re really in deep shit if that kind of performance can pass for substance. Depressing.
“Those men gave the job to that clueless chick instead of me, because the boss thinks she’s hot and/or will be a yes-man with no ideas of her own.â€
I always thought of this is one of the primary reasons women went feminist in the first place. My mother, who works in politics, has lamented this many a-time.
buddha, ABC news was interesting, however; Both Torie Clark and Matthew Dowd(former Republican political operatives and pretty smart) said that while Palin didn’t lose ground, she didn’t gain any. Both agreed that Biden was the surprise, and that he got the job done(I:e; shredding McCain) much more effectively than she did.
You betcha.
My favorite sound bite from the debates has to be the two big SAY WHAT moments combined:
“Bosniacs… …reward is in heaven!”
I can’t believe Joe called the Bosnian people Bosniacs, and while her heart wsa in the right place, Palin’s clutch blew completely when she proclaimed that a teachers reward was in heaven.
They don’t want to hear anymore than an entire country of marginalized and terrorized people want to hear the second in command of one of the largest countries in the world mess up their names. I mean really what next “Oh look at the pretty flashing red button, what is I press it? Let’s see!”
Okay, maybe not that bad, but still you kinda get my point right?
Bosniac is actually the right term for Bosnian Muslims. At first, I thought it was a gaffe too but then I looked it up and lo and behold, he was right. Score one for more knowledge!
Please.
Please
Please don’t do it.
Have you any idea how much the rest of the world is scared at the thought she might be a heartbeat from the presidency?
So many clever people in America.
Why is this person even in the running?