Stereotypes

We’ve all been “labeled” this way. You know very well that Hillary and Sarah are not what they were stereotyped to be but participated in the “witch-hunt”. We allow this to happen when we disagree with a person’s political view. . .shame on us. You see this vindictive rhetoric still from people who have no personal knowledge of these individuals. Its encouraged by the press and the internet. This 55% minority. . .the female gender is still a minority when it comes to politics and respect from both the press and the public.

At it again ladies…perpetrating these offenses against women with your petty writings.

Okay, Claire and Katty, Hillary, for one, lost because of her huge gaffe during the primaries on the illegal aliens having driver licenses. She and Elliot Spitzer’s concurrance on this just put the first nail in the coffin. Next, she has TOO much water under the bridge (Whitewater,travelgate/Rose law firm lost files/Chinagate/Monicagate) and too many skeletons in her closet, in fact, she needs more than one. Third, bless his little cheater’s heart, no one can shut up Bill Clinton. He knew a con man when he saw one. He just can’t keep himself out of the spotlight. Then came the Sniper fire in Bosnia comment. OUCH! That one hurt. Everyone knew she lies, but it just stood out like a sore thumb! The SC primary (race statement) was another nail. Fourth, they managed money wrong believing that once Super Tuesday came, she would have it. OOPS! So, if one can’t manage a campaign and we know people were not paid, think of how she would run the country. She was toast. Fifth, and probably the most important, the media fell in love with Obama. And we all know, once you fall hard, it’s hard to see realty. Now, Sarah Palin. First, she was NOT on the short list….by the media. The MSM doesn’t like surprises. Second, she was vetted, unlike Obama, she had governed a town and a state. So, in essence, she made Obama look bad. She had gone against her own party, unlike Obama who hadn’t. Second, she made a great speech at the convention and overshadowed the “annointed one” which ticked off many journalists. Third, Sarah should have been Sarah, not what the McCain camp wanted her to be. Fourth, we KNOW Palin reads, just not what the Media wants her to read. And WHY is it anyone’s business? She DOES have a job you know and IS quite busy. Fifth, the MSM wanted her downfall like wolves seeing meat. Sixth, Sarah Palin didn’t go to an Ivy league school like the snotty leftists did, so she wasn’t a part of the “in” crowd. And last, she was a pro-life christian woman executive who could use a gun! GASP! oh, the horror! Multiple sins viewed by the left. Oh, I almost forgot…she wore a skirt. The ANSWER: Jealousy….an attractive woman with 5 kids, a christian, pro-life, gun owning, small business owner, mayor, gas and oil commissioner and governor of a state. She was one of us. The left HAD to bring her down. She was a threat to them. Period.

I think you are making this worse than it is. Everyone running for president/vp is under the magnifying glass. The slightest behavior different from normal is caricaturized.
Hillary’s national stereotype of “bitch” was created by the republicans during Bill’s time as president. She will never shake it. Bill was a “waffler”, “slick Willie”, etc.
Sarah… well I’m sorry but if the shoe fits… Most of us didn’t know Sarah but got a strong positive impression from her convention speech. But once she started talking in interviews, many of us felt almost betrayed. We found out the real, unscripted person was very different than what we first thought. “Ditz” is the best stereotype to fit her behavior and the nicer, kinder of the ones I have heard.
Obama is the “smooth talker” inferring that’s all there is to him. Of course there were racial and muslim stereotypes that I’m not going to repeat. I think those are much worse than negative female stereotypes.
McCain is the “old man”, “war hero”, “maverick”, “McSame”, etc. He oddly has many good ones and many bad ones but none that are too negative that I know about.
Biden… the “gaffer”.
I guess my point is – the stereotypes could have been worse and it happens to all candidates. Would you be happier if one woman was the “frumpy dresser” and the other was “intellectually deficient”?

Clinton has her arrogant side. That is not a trait exclusively tied to women by any means. In the republican primaries, one of their candidates stood out very strongly in this regard, Romney. He almost makes Clinton look humble. When men exhibit arrogance, they are referred to as a-holes, a much less complementary term than bitch.
Palin applied the dictionary meaning of the term to herself with her pitbull comment.
Palin comes off as willfully ignorant (a lot like Bush). That is nothing like the “ditz” stereotype.