G. Plant Says: September 3rd, 2008 at 5:14 am All of this anger that is directed at the Palin family is just buyer’s remorse on the part of the Democrats for having chosen Barack Obama as their nominee instead of Hillary Clinton, who would have been the more formidable candidate. It is sad to see what has become of the party of FDR and HST.
This one nails it on the head. If the left actually thought Sarah Palin was a mistake on McCain's part, they'd have shut up and let him make it. Their reaction makes it clear they fear her and fear losing.
And another thing... I am FED UP with people who claim to be "liberals" or "feminists" then engage in BLANTANT sexism, racism, and misogyny. How can someone claim to be a liberal, and then in the next breath say "Sarah Palin should be at home taking care of her children instead of running for Vice President." Talk about hypocrisy! That just about takes the cake!! There's more to women's rights and more to equality than abortion (which I do not oppose, by the way... I'm actually a liberal, just a real one and not someone who has lost all his principles to become the Anti-bush).
What happened to the Democratic party? When did it become more about winning than about liberalism and equality? This year has been unbelievably shameful. Racism and misogyny have been defining qualities of the Democrats and it makes me sick to my stomach. I can't believe that I am forced to defend a woman who's every political viewpoint on actual issues I DESPISE! I have to vote for people I violently disagree with politically, just to punish the Democrats for losing their way and becoming sexist, racist, and anything but liberal.
Racist? Hell yes. If 95% of white people said they were voting for a candidate just because he's white... what would you call that? Why the hell is it different if I replace the words "white" with "black" in that question? It's even racist in a traditional sense, in that the Democratic party has been going easy on Obama. The racism of lowered expectations.
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I've been grappling with this one for about six years since I stopped self-identifying as a liberal.
I suspect the Republicans would be making sexist comments if the Democrats had picked an attractive female candidate for either position.
I think if the Democrats had nominated (as an example) a pro-war, tax-cutting "Everyman", the Republicans would be going abosolutely nuts making similarly bizarre comments like "why didn't he abort his kids if he believes in abortion?" and probably attacking his wife and kids.
As we saw with Clinton, political types seem to get most enraged when the other party co-opts their issues, and Palin has co-opted the "let's elect a designated victim-class" issue. [jews don't count of course]
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