Palin’s Switcheroo on Feminism

And now she thinks shes beeing treated ‘unfair’ by the press because she shopped clothes for $ 150 000 and refers to Hillary.
Except that Palin called Hillary a whiner during the primaries. What a f*** ing hypocrite.

jon in maryland – you are so right. And she would never be recognized by her ‘Christian’ behavior (because being snide and nasty isn’t ‘Christian’ – I don’t know… maybe it’s Jewish? Muslim? It’s so offensive that people like her use that term to mean ‘good’ anyway.) I don’t fault her $150,000 wardrobe. Not that I buy those kinds of clothes, but they are very well made and stand up to a lot of abuse, yet remain ‘photographable’. And the shoes – having never spent much on shoes I DO know that if you have to stand in them for a long period of time some of the $$$ designers craft a pretty comfortable high heel. (I’ll stick to my Keens, though!) So on the important stuff – femminism, etc., she a fake, a liar and ‘the mean girl’ from high school. She said a lot of nasty things about Hillary, yet now will use her as an ally when she’s trying to woo the Hillary base. She should just go shoot things from a helicopter and leave us in the lower 48 (the REAL Amercia, Sarah?) alone.

I’m as concerned about Palin being four more years of Cheney as I am about McCain being four more years of Bush policies. Cheney has hidden behind a wall of secrecy, from his energy meetings, saber rattling with Iran, protection from any misconduct (executive or legislative; you can’t be both) and his constant lie about Iraq being associated with Al quada. Palin is in a ‘bubble’ and is already yielding power by denial, changing her position and attacking while shamelessly accepting every inappropriate form of public funds available.

I can’t wait until after 11.4.08 which Palin can go back to Alaska. She’s a disgrace to women everywhere. The evilness that is coming out of the RNC is just appalling. An RNC opinion poll called me last night to see if they could ‘count on my vote’ – I said HELL NO!

Ok so now shes not a feminist, because her boss the misogynist is sitting beside her. Before when it was just her and the girls she was a feminist. Flipper! And isnt it interesting she isnt so much into labels now, and even mentioned that “parts of the country” shouldnt recieve labels, but it wasnt long ago that she was calling “parts of the country” pro american?

I see Sarah Palin as an anti-femminist, an example of an unqualified woman who was chosen, in part, because she was a woman. To me, the great tragedy of this election is that John McCain passed over all the truly qualified GOP women and chose Sarah Palin.

Jill.. the ‘socialist’ thing was last week, this week it’s ‘just like bush’.. guess you missed that memo.

Obama is more of a feminist than the moose hunter! He has fought for equal rights all his adult life. this woman is a pathetic joke and most likely won’t have a job when she goes back to alaska in november.

who really cares

Carolstick, How is the SS administration doing these days?

Palin is feminine. The word feminist is a relatively new word for women who wants to be more like men. They want their cake and eat it too.

THIS WOMAN IS SO CONFUSED. SHE DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY.. SHE DONT EVEN KNOW THE JOB OF A VICE PRESIDENT.. WOW!!! NOW I WILL BE VERY SCARED FOR THIS COUNTRY IF SHE WAS PRESIDENT 1 DAY. HOW COULD SHE BE A FEMINST AND HER SO CALLED PRESIDENT IS NOT FOR FEMINIST. THIS IS SO FUNNY… DID MCCAIN EVEN TALK TO PALIN BEFORE HE PUT HER UP FOR THE VP SPOT… GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

She IS being treated like crap in the media…and exactly-where the heck is Joe Biden-we see more of the plumber guy!

It’s actually an interesting question, I think. Today women who are stay at home moms consider themselves feminists because they have good degreees and careers but have the choice of staying at home for a few years to be with their kids. Palin doesn’t have a strong educational background but she certainly has a good career. I’d call Palin an Evangelical Feminist (if there is such a term.) She has done well in her career but she is not in favor of equal rights for women in terms of reproductive freedom. Anyone that can say with a straight face that they are “unapologetically against abortion” in the event of a child that has been impregnated by incestuous rape is not only against womens rights but against childrens rights as well. But if being an Evangelical Feminist means that she has achieved a lot in her career and has used her power to force her religious views into the political arena – well then she fits the bill. You betcha. I love how she came out in favor of a federal ban on gay marriage. So much for separation of church and state and limiting the power of the federal governemt. I guess those concepts only apply when they pertain to issues that she does not find morally reprehensible, right Gov Palin? Also, Gov. Schwarzenegger seems to be the latest coming out publically and saying she isn’t ready. She will never be ready.

Hopefully Sarah Palin is a feminist with view to all these misogynists in the States!
Obama did not even bother to put a woman on the ticket, Obama is so old fashioned with his housewive at home, I wonder why Michelle did a degree if her only occupation is to look after kids, why does Obama not look after his kids, shame on him and although McCain is older, Obama is old-fashioned and McCain progressive, come to Europe, Sarah and John, we could do with good politicians here!!!!!

Avoidable Crisis
Announcer: Listen to Joe Biden. Talking about what electing Barack Obama will mean.
JOE BIDEN: “Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama. The world is looking. We’re going to have an international crisis … to test the mettle of this guy. I guarantee you it’s gonna happen.”
Announcer: It doesn’t have to happen. Vote McCain.
Ads that use the words of opponents against them always work more effectively, and this could be the Best of Class, perhaps even better than Joe the Plumber. While most Americans reject redistributionism, it has nuances that allow Barack Obama to explain it away in rebuttal. Biden’s statement has no shadings at all. Elect Barack Obama and we’ll face an international crisis right away specifically to test Obama — because he’s untested and inexperienced.
Every voter understands what that means. Who wants unnecessary crisis? As the ad states, they can avoid that by electing John McCain instead. Heck, Biden’s own words makes that plain.

all i see is everyone being fickle about something the other side says or does. We need to get past saying the other side is worse than the other. Peolple are being soo petty on both side. its like listening to my kids explain why they were fighting with each other.

Even people in New Zealand are talking about Obama’s Socialism. Where is our media at?
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-file-41-obama-was-new-party.html

carolstrick – only women can be feminists – not men. You could ask the other candidates if they are in favor of equal rights for women and you’d get your answer pretty clearly as McCain has repeatedly voted against any equal pay or equal rights initiative put before him in the senate. He has also said some pretty derogatory comments about women publically. One can call McCain a lot of things but an advocate for equality he is not.

Feminist is a new word? Palin stupid? You are retarded in America.

I never reached the deranged state of mind where I was going to vote for obama. Then today I saw something that would have changed my mind had I reached that point. After all the BS over Gov. Palin’s clothes, I saw obama boarding his campaign plane to fly to Hawaii to visit his sick grandmother. I’m wondering, who’s paying for that? The DNC or obama’s campaign? Of course it’s “the messiah” so you’ve got to know the press will never bring this up!
McCain/Palin 08

To: Voted early for Obama in Florida
What I find equally preposterous are pro-war anti-abortionist Christians. Quite a conundrum in my opinion.

Voting this year in this election is just like driving: If you want to go backward, and back into trouble, use “R”
If you want to go forward, choose “D”.

Sarah Palin, you are a total moron and a disgrace to all women.

So Sarah Palin is against labeling people, including herself. Really? That certainly does not stop her from labeling her opponent as a socialist, pal of terrorists, leftist, and so forth. Would hypocrite be the right word?

It is interesting to see what is apparently the real Brian Williams: a sexist. I saw his interview with McCain and Palin, and Williams was badgering Palin to accept a label which she fought off. This was a trap: If she said she was a feminist (which she has said in the past, and Williams mentioned he knew this), she’s criticized. If she says she is not a feminist, she’s criticized. Why did Brian Williams ask her the question if he already knew her past answer? Clearly, he was playing gotcha journalism.
Brian Williams he tries to make news by jumping on the anti-Palin bandwagon. Williams shows his open hostility in his introduction to these segments, which consist of a list of irrelevant slams whereas he could have listed policy positions. Palin and McCain showed class by responding to his attacks with dignity.
Brian Williams shows he lacks professional integrity.

To Michael:
Take them to Europe, Michael! Take them anywhere else, just not here! We have no use for uneducated anti-women rights proponents like Palin and desperate war-loving polititions like McCain.
Did you notice – Palin thinks that women already have equal rights! She does not seem to care about equal pay… And we know McCain does not either!

The reason Palin refuses to “label” herself now, is that she is afraid of offending her conservative base. She’s bucking for a presidential run in 2012 and she has to keep the neo-cons happy. She has already thrown her running mate under the bus several times. The lady is mindlessly ambitious!

It’s almost over…Obama 08.

Archarito, Obama has more than proven he is a natural born American citizen. McCain was born in the Canal Zone. I question his right to run for president too. But Obama has a verified birth certificate showing he was born in Hawaii after it was a state and part of the US citizenry. I don’t know why you cons keep posting these lies about false issues that have been thoroughly disproven. I guess it’s because cons mainly deal in lies and just keep repeating them over and over, no matter what the truth is. This is textbook practice right out of the totalitarian playbook. Repeat a lie often enough in hopes people will believe it.

I love it. It’s the ’60s Hawks vs Doves all over again. I feel like I’m back in my old groove.

I don’t know about her being a feminist, but she sure is the dumbest!

Will the REAL Barack Obama please stand up?
When Barack Obama stood on that futbol field
in Germany, did you think he was kidding
when he said he wanted to take Your money
and give it to the poor countries of Africa?
If you think he wanted to take a
few coins from the public purse and toss
them around Spanish Harlem, you”re thinking
of a traditional charity driven liberal
Democrat like Hillary Clinton.
The REAL Barack Obama Is That Guy you saw in
That Church, an honest to God, Chicago meat
plant, Detroit assembly line, swing for the
Left Field fences Socialist. He Meant he
wanted to take boat loads of Your money, and
give it to Africa. Obama MEANS to tax doctors
and nurses and give it to the poooor for
health care. HE MEANS he is going to tax
college professors and PAs to give it to Harlem
and South Central for college. Barack Obama
MEANS to give away the excess pay of junior
corporate managers to the poor shnooks who fell
for those balloon payments. Barack Obama IS
going to tax George Clooney”s excess profits
and give it to Spike Lee and Snoop Dogg to
make African American Girls Gone Wild Holocaust
docudramas. He fully intends to give Cheech
and Chong bushels of taxes to build a ganja
powered jet fighter. Ok so it will only shoot
rose petals, but the exhaust will get the enemy
so high they won”t want to fight us. This, IS
the REAL BARACK OBAMA, and he is the most extreme
leftist to hit Leningrad on the Potomac.

“Every voter understands what that means. Who wants unnecessary crisis? As the ad states, they can avoid that by electing John McCain instead. Heck, Biden’s own words makes that plain.” – posted by Thank you Joe Biden for the warning
Why do Republicans believe EVERYTHING they see on TV or get in an email?
Think for yourself and do the research.
Oh and by the way, the draft dodging Bush was really prepared to handle something like 9/11, right?
You and I could have handled the situation better because we would have acted on the intelligence that was received BEFORE the planes hit our precious Americans. —topic for another day I guess—

Martin, @ 8:15
I never read anyone claim that Obama is a terrorist, only that he has close ties to a couple. Which Obama admits.
No one claimed that Obama is a criminal only that he paid $300,000 below asking price for his house after a known criminal “negotiated” for him.
His plan to redistribute the wealth is Marxist theory.
Religion is irrelevant.
Sitting in a church for 20 years listening to “God Damn America” is anti-American no matter how you slice it.
No one accused Obama of election fraud. ACORN evidently did commit election fraud, after Obama paid them $800,000.
I don’t believe everything I read or hear but you have to admit, at some point plausible denyability becomes less plausible.

As usual, chameleon Palin doing her usual thing. Now when are we going to see her sit with the big boys & girls on Meet the Press? Oh yeah, never, because she’s nothing but a marketing ploy!

Hey she just might be getting smarter. Don’t forget she hasn’t had two years of media hounding to polish her message. She is just getting up to speed on what is politically smart .

“The only reason people think she is stupid is because that is what the media portray her as. She could be Mother Teresa and the lovely media would slam her to the ground and you all would lap it up. She was a very popular GOVENOR before this election-with both parties.”
Are you serious?
The only reason why people think she is stupid is because she opens her mouth. The media just shows us what she says, or omits…
Go look up her approval rating in Alaska now. It is dropping faster than the stock market.

I do not agree with Palin on her pro-life stance, however, I respect her choice. I do think she is a role model to many women (not all). There are very few women in this country that managed to have 5 kids and a successful career. For that she gets my respect.
I will vote for McCaina/Palin, because I refuse to give my vote to a man who lacks experience, judgment, integrity, character and who could not put a white woman on a ticket just because she is smarter than him.

Palin is NOT a feminist!
She made rape victims pay for police rape kits in Alaska.
Since most victims of rape are women, that is very sexist – against your own gender!!
No other crime in Alaska asks for the victim to pay for police forensics in any other case – why should rape victims – most of whom are women?
That is enough for me to be against Palin. Period.
Palin is not being hounded because she is a woman – she is being hounded for her hypocrisy, lack of scientific understanding and very weird ideas – such as the earth being only 6,000 years old
(there are ancient civilizations that are older than that! Iran’s history goes back at least 8,000 years).
Why on earth didn’t McCain choose someone like Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison? He certainly would have been taken more seriously if he had someone of that stature on the ticket. Too bad McCain thought with his hormones instead of his brain.
Even Condi Rice can’t bring herself to endorse Palin – what does that tell you?

I love the recent McCane commercial with John stating, “I just can’t wait to introduce HER [Palin] to the “good ol’ boys” in the Capital.” Like she is some kinda prized trophy. Quite the feminist statement, I might add (with tongue in cheek). Personally I’m fed up with the “good ol’ boys” network.

I could out a label on her but they would not print it……

going2hope4better…you point out several times that MOST rape victims are women. I guess by “most” you could also say “not all.” Men and children can also be rape victims and they too would have to pay for the kit. It may have been an insensative policy, but it’s in no way an indication that Palin is anti-women. Maybe it was just a way to trim every penny off the local budget as possible. Again, insensative, even cold…sure. But not anti-women.

Yomama has bought this election. Watching him use his dying grandmother as a sympathy campaign ploy today on GMA was nauseating. “I just hope she makes it to election day”. You know what…keep that to yourself pal. I’, ok with visiting her but to go on the news and discuss it….man..what a slime ball.
Also…great article today on “What if SNL mocked Michelle Obama?” C’mon folks….answer that question? We’d have rioting in the streets?
Or how about the news media’s urgent inquest into Cindy McCain’s prescpription drug usage….looking into that just this week by the news media? How about ONE STORY ON OBAMA’S ILLEGAL USE OF COCAINE AS A YOUTH?
Nope..didn’t think so. The ONE must be protected.

The SHORTS IN THE Stock MARKET ARE PRICING IN OBAMA”S VICTORY.
REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH = SOCIALISM = 1,000 LEVEL ON A DOW
FAR LEFT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT + DEMOCRATIC HOUSE + DEMOCRATIC SENATE = NO CHECK AND BALANCES

How can you expect her to answer that question when they gave her such a big word to comprehend? Feminist. That’s more than 4 letters = beyond her comprehension, she’ll get back to you on that, quick get a dictionary for her Brian…

No feminest would spend $150,000 on clothes for herself with the people’s money as their first act as a national political figure. The Right wing media would have temper tantrums for months and months if she were a Democrat. This was poor, poor, poor judgement!!

Hey Lil:
Your reference to Obama’s ties to the scoialist party are published by the same right wing organization whose recent headline is: “What if ‘Saturday Night Live’ mocked Michelle Obama?” I fail to see their relationship. I didn’t realize Michelle was running for office.

Palin says “And I think that’s what annoys a lot of Americans, especially in a political campaign, is to start trying to label different parts of America different, different backgrounds, different . . . I’m not going to put a label on myself.”
========================================
She doesn’t label put on herself but has no trouble putting labels on others. Let me put a label on her: ASarah, You’re a Fraud!

Obama and his thugs have lots of labels…fraud, impostor, dangerous thinker, liar…..we dare not speak these labels because the Messiah can not be spoke out against. How dare us?

The problem I have with the feminist label is the problem I have with most feminists themselves. It has too narrow of a definition. I would think it should be about empowerment for all women, whether it means you want a career, want to be a mother/wife or a combination of both. I think Gov. Palin is very narrow minded in what she thinks are appropriate roles for women, (unless it’s her) so I don’t believe she fits my definition of a feminist. But, that being said – most of the other feminists don’t either.

@Jerry:
Don’t you have an education, an own mind and an own motivation? Sorry, but your comment scared me off, how can someone be so naive and think Obama can do more than all our politicians, your comment reminded me of a sect. We are well educated in Germany, and since Hitler is over, we don’t fall anymore for prophetic politicians.

Colarado Dem…why can’t we allow a female candidate with a baby to be on a national ticket? Lttle Trig is extremely well taken care of. Would Obama be allowed to run for President if he had an infant and he wanted to take that baby along? Of course he would.

Being a feminist is a vey positive thing, too long time men have oppressed women without any reason.Just because they were too lazy to wash their own stuff and cook for themselves. Who do they think they are these men? We are all equal. Full stop.

Hopefully Alaska will get back his governor, she can also come to Germany, she does not deserve such a bunch of misogynists running behind their prophetic Obama.

In Regards to people posting about Palins Children, I do belive a Couple months Back over the Summer Republicans bashing the Obamas for showing their Daughters and bringing them on the Trail, But Its ok for Palin to drag her children? not understanding. And why does she never hold that baby? The little girl is always holding him and can Barley hold him.

Spending $150,000 on clothes and accessories wasn’t the smartest thing for the republican campaign to do because it gives fodder for the democrats, but what about the $5million “unknown” expenses the Obama campaign lists on its expenses or the $400,000+ on food. Come on, how petty. I’m guessing her wardrobe update was Cindy’s idea, who spends more than that on one dress. I have to admit, I’m not sending any more money to the republicans for her wardrobe. People in charge just don’t seem to “get it” when it comes to spending the American’s money.

“I will not label myself, but that evil terrorist Barack Obama is a socialist!”

Hey Jim how about we argue about something worth while? Joe Biden makes a mistake weeks ago while speaking? That’s the best you’ve got? Have you read any news the last two weeks about McCain’s speech errors or Palins? How about any news about ethics violations, new depositions being taken, countless noteworthy Republicans jumpins ship and supporting Barack… Yeah, get current why don’t you.

Most accurate poll that was release today…shows Obama leading by only 1 Point…with 11% undecided. McCain has been gaining with women, independents this entire week. This was the poll that was closest to the 2004 and 2000 actual results.
Hey Barry….may want to stop building that elaborate set in Chicago for your victory party. Most Americans don’t like to be told who the winner is before we actually vote.
Shock the World!

She has a “quarky” way of explaining things.

how funny that she will not label herself, but she is quick to label parts of America and definitely the Democrats…..
I can understand she may have needed clothing for the tour; however she could have went to outlet centers and found really nice designer clothes for less than 150K!
Shame on her for being a fraud

She has a “quarky” way of explaining tings. As for the $150,000. It was only $50,000 in clothes, but I know my wife feels bad when she spends over $30 for an outfit.

Please, let’s elect someone with a BRAIN this time…no more puppets.

John
Dude, do “critical thinkers” think the way to peace is to invite attack?
Dude, do “critical thinkers” believe that weakening our military will have different affect in 2009 than it has in the past?
Dude, wake up dude. Leave the pot alone and look around. Reality can be seen even through you southern California haze. ….. Dude.
Thanks for the laugh.

Is Palin getting fair treatment? Well that depends. Any political candidate should expect intense scrutiny and nobody is perfect and beyond question. However, in order to be fair, we really need to be equally skeptical of the other candidates.
Joe Biden? He probably means well, but every other day he seems to say something foolish. Definitely not presidential.
Obama is a great speaker and is good at saying all the things we want to hear. But it amazes me that someone with his lack of national experience would even be considered as a VP let alone Presidential candidate. After a few more terms in the senate and after producing a strong record of leadership in the senate, then who knows, he might be a great choice for President.
I’m not Democrat or Republican and not a big fan of John Mcain. Just trying to be objective. Hopefully more people can do the same. Are these really the best people we can chose from? If so, that’s very sad and disturbing

She wont label herself except when she says she is a: maverick, reformer, hockey mom, feminist (she did label herself this in other interviews), conservative…but hey those are not labels those are umm monikers, yes that’s it monikers… I cannot figure out who the bigger liar is Sarah or John. Watch them each out on the stump repeating accusations that have been proven false through factcheck.org yet that does not deter them from repeating this bile time and time again. That is why the desperatly trail in the polls and that is why they will lose!!!!

Also, Palin didn’t spend $150,000 of the people’s money on anything. That was the money the RNC used from their pool of money to provide her with a wardrobe to campaign and do these interviews since she is in teh public spotlight. they do not discuss how much I’m sure hte men paid — both parties — for their wardrobes. In facty I don’t remember it ever being discussed so the fact it has been brought up now is just anotehr lame tactic. I truly am undecided and unaffiliated but it is painfull obvious to me how much more Palin is raked over the coals for EVERYTHING then either dmeocrat is.

I’m still waiting for Gov Palin to return the money to the U S Treasury that the State of Alaska kept when Sarah said thanks but no thanks to the bridge to nowhere. I wonder what the Palins did with that money?

mah1172 asked: FS …why is Obama more qualified than Palin to be pres?
First, of all…he is literate!! He and others of his team have demonstrated a thirst to learn and evaluate then execute. Much like the Kennedy administration (which success I know can be debated) However, I do think the democrats are aware of that and are looking for that “right” balance. I’m sure Mr. McCain is literate too (you would not know it by how he has run his campaign…) but quite honestly, I question Ms. Palin’s thirst for knowledge and reasoning. She comes across (to me) as “just learn enough to do” and the rest depends upon your gut. I believe we have had eight years of that already. But, I do give Mr Bush much more credit than Ms. Palin. To me, Ms Palin is much more akin to Mr. Cheney with ONE big difference… he is smart and educated… she is not.

In order to pay for the $150,000 wardrobe the RNC had to trim $150,000 from their already stretched budget. Guess which Republican Congresswoman the RNC threw under the bus? Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. Yep, that’s right. The RNC cut $150,000 out of Bachmann’s ad’s that the RNC was running for her. Michele is going to pay the price for Sarah’s wardrobe. ROTFLMAO

Jesus H. Christ – when the hell is this sad, sorry, stupid woman going to go away already? Nobody cares anymore. Her 15 minutes were up 15 minutes ago…

Obama is the Thomas Dewey of 2008
Posted by: Jim |Oct 24, 2008 10:01:39 AM
***************************************
Perhaps you’re confused:
Dewey was a Republican,
Obama is a Democrat.
Dewey lost,
Obama will win.

Palin isn’t a feminist. She’s a divisive, hateful idiot who goes around insulting honest, hardworking Americans and questioning our patriotism. I live in Northern Virginia and I cannot wait to cast my vote for Obama and sent this rotten loudmouth back to Alaska where she belongs. Who the hell is SHE to decide who is “pro-America”?

You uninformed abc bloggers must bible this agency. She did not spend 150K. Read more than this. And read about the lawsuite filed against Obama by a Democrate and why. You wont find it here.

Oonogil…
First, having contact with someone who committed radical acts during the 60’s in protest of the Vietnam War doesn’t constitute “Close ties” but if you want to make associations then McCain who worked with racists Senators like (Jesse Helms, Robert Byrd) a racist? Do you consider Senator McCain a racist? NO!!
Second, are you familiar with the Savings and Loan scandal of the late 80’s and early 90’s “The Keating Five” which cost taxpayers billions, Senator McCain was reprimanded for poor judgment… But McCain’s no criminal.
Third, you must be objective with regards to our nation’s history either good or bad. If you actually listened to the entire sermon instead of sound bites you might understand.
Fourth, didn’t Senator McCain speak at an Acorn rally in 2006? Yes… So he must support voter fraud?
Fifth, the Marxist theory is based on your perception.. Redistribution of wealth means giving every American the same opportunities to provide for their families, not shipping jobs to foreign markets when people in this country can/need to work.
In addition, in my humble opinion it’s ridiculous to make accusation based on associations.

Jim Rod – what’s a “lawsuite”? Why, oh why, can’t Republitards read or write their native language at an adult level?

Why does no one care about what Biden said about being tested and not sure is Obama will pass. US haters want us to Vote for Obama so he will sit down with them and then blow up our country. People are so dumb at least I will be able to be like Obama and how after the war wasn’t popular came out and said he didn’t vote for it when he wasn’t even in the Senate then. I can say I didn’t vote for Obama so I shouldn’t have to clean up his mess.

One of my issues is why do people have such contempt for Palin. I might disagree with someone’s views–but I do not have any contempt for any of these candidates as people. I do not know them well enough. Neither do any of you. Again, I am all for arguing your stance, but it bothers me when someone like MAtt Damon (who normally I am a big fan of) repeats false statements that had already been proven false and disputed, as reasons for why he doesn’t like Palin. I prefer to hear strong arguments based on facts and things candidates actually said as opposed to things written about them or said in emails by other people that aren’t even true–that goes for both sides. But I feel like if a conservative actor came out and said the same false thigns that have been said about Obama and repeated those as reasons for why not to vote for him, then he would be CRUCIFIED by the media.

Pam Storts – who says we don’t care? But Biden is probably right – Obama will be tested. So what? McCain will be, too. Every new President is tested by our enemies, and, frankly, I would rather have a calm, cool, levelheaded leader like Obama is the driver’s seat than an erratic old man with a violent temper like McCain. As for the rest of your nonsensiecal rant, you’re confusing your opinions with reality again.

TC – people have such contempt for Palin because she invites it with her nasty, uber-partisan, attack-dog tactics and constant sneering, winking and hypocritical whining about how the big bad liberal media is so mean and unfair to her. Maybe if she showed some actual substance instead of going around spouting off total crap about “pro-American parts of the country” we wouldn’t consider her such a pathetic spectacle.

Pam Storts – Palin doesn’t stand for freedom. She stands for the abuse of power for personal vendettas and the mockery of anyone who disagrees with her extreme rightwing views. People like you don’t even know what freedom is. Pipe down already, decent people don’t want to hear your deranged crap anymore.

I agree with ‘For Obama Early in Flordia’ that Palin is a Evangelical Feminist. It fits her since she believes in women’s rights as long as it *fits* her evangelical religious views. In other words, she doesn’t believe in rights for anyone unless they are on her religious side. Her belief in an amendment to ban gay marriage shows this.
So if she becomes VP and maybe Prez, women should be worry. Because the next time a woman gets rape or need to abort in order to save her life in a medical situation, she will likely find out she does not have that right anymore.
Gee, so much for forward progress for women. Things will only go backward for women with Palin at the helm.

HEY ! Audry M. I,m a RED NECK HILLBILLY MYSELF, YA WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT !

Gina.. Michell Obama is not a housewife. where the heck did you get your WRONG information from?

Naw, you redneck hillbilly’s are doing just fine fighting amongst yourselves.

JOE BIDEN: “Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama. The world is looking. We’re going to have an international crisis … to test the mettle of this guy. I guarantee you it’s gonna happen.”
Of course he will be tested, look at the mess the previous administration has left for him.

Pam Storts – learn your history. Iran released the hostages because Reagan cut a secret deal with them. And then Hezbollah turned around and blew up the Marine barracks in Beirut. Then Reagan continued to deal with Iran & Hezbollah by swapping arms-for-hostages during the Iran Contra scandal. So much for Reagan’s silly boast that he didn’t deal with terrorists. LOL

For you feminist do you believe in man’s reproductive choices to. If a man wants you to get an abortion should you have to or make it where he shouldn’t have to pay. Probably not. Feminist means equal rights not just a womans right. She had the right to choice sex or no sex. By the way Sarah Palin believes in the exception for the life of the mother. Check your facts.

I’m sorry that is what the New York Times said about Iran that they were petrified of Ronald Reagan because he was so tough. Should have know NYT was wrong. Sorry no greater leader ever than Ronald Reagan. Bill Clinton fouled me the first time but Barack will not foul me. He hangs with bad people. And just like I tell my kids even if you are not doing something bad if you hang out with people doing bad things then people will assume you are to.

um, Pam? How can a man get an abortion? You’re a wacko.

I,M SICK TO DEATH OF HEARIN McCAIN, N SARIE,S GOING TO DO THIS,and BAMA, N BIDEN,S GOING TO DO THAT ! I,M LIKE THE FOLKS OF THE GREAT STATE OF MISSOURI, SHOW ME !!! S##T, I,m votin for CLENT EASTWOOD !

Obama is a stupid porch monkey that the Jew media is forcing down our throats! Real American patriots know that Sarah Palin is RIGHT! Obama the negro messiah is going to start a race war and kill all the whites!

Pam Storts – how am I wrong? Are you telling me how I feel and what I beleive based on something you heard on MSNBC this morning? Are you invalidating my own experiences and opinions because they don’t fit into your hateful partisan argument? You are a hateful, despicable idiot. What a horrible human being you are.

Hey Rahowa:
Now you’re showing your true Republican colors. Thanks for the insight.

First Gina you must not read or watch anything but Fox News. Michelle Obama is not a housewife by any means. She was an attorney and is on leave from the University of Chicago hospital. Michelle has always worked so thanks for proving you know nothing.
Secondly, it is hilarious how racist yes racist through racist back on Obama supporters when they are always the one’s that bring up that he is black. Obama has never said the “labels” you put on him are racist. He has said they are false and unproven. The only people that care Obama is black are those republicans that use it to claim that is why he is winning. Could it possibly be that people have heard his position on important topics and believe he is good for America.
You do not have to agree with his politics but it is the white republicans that are using the race and gender card along with hate filled rants. I do no like Sarah Palin and I do not agree with John McCain’s politics, although he seems to be a decent man regardless of his earlier in life indescretions.
I do no have to hate them or say demeaning this about them. I don’t have to mention anything about them personally or their affiliations which they have just as many questionable ones as Obama. I DO NOT AGREE WITH THEIR POLITICS!!!!! So stop spreading lies Obama nor Rev. Wright is a racist, Obama doesn’t pall around with terrorist, Michelle does have a career, etc. etc. Base it on politics not personal feelings one way or the other.

Pam Storts is completely divorced from reality.

-You know, as people are talking about Palin, Obama can take it easy it keep the media from talking about how he is connected to Acorn, and all the other non American things he is involved in. Wake up people and worry about who is to be our President. Do your homework, I did.
Dear Miss. Barbara Gooch,
Do you HONESTLY think that there is something? Do you REALLY believe that if there were any REAL credible connections to those as you alledge that the press, the people of America, the whomever, would not present this FACTUAL information? Do you REALLY believe that if there were “something” REALLY credible that the Republican party would not have found this instead of twisting, contorting facts to present baseless assertions? Do you REALLY, REALLY believe that a citizen of the USA would withhold such possible treasonous information? I’m sorry, you come across similar to the woman at the McCain rally who “did her homework” too: “…I’m afraid…I “read” that Obama is an Arab…”
..Take some time to investigate your reading material, honey.

Pam Storts – Since your husband is doing so well with his company I was just curious as to how well his 401K looks this morning? Care to share that information? BTW, are you sure your last name isn’t Snorts? With your delusional posts I’d swear you’ve been snorting something.

I truly believe the media wants a Dem in office because conservative radio and tv are killing mainstream media in the ratings check it out. It is true and they want the farness doctrine to become law. We have the right to free speech Dem and we will keep it.

Clearly Pam Storts is a troll. Probably some college kid sitting in the dorm having fun getting off how people respond. IGNORE!

Pam Snorts:
Hey y’all, let’s be nice to Ms. Snorts. She just was released from the ward and hasn’t balanced her meds yet.

You can call me what you want at least I have look at both records not like the people drinking the kool-aid because they don’t like Bush. Smarter than that.

Sunny in the Heartland
What was Biden’s major in college? Was he an athlete in high school? What was his nickname? Does his son-in-law have a PhD? How much does he pay for his clothes? What are Biden’s hobbies? What is his favorite food? What would Biden have done if he had never run for office? …. Ask Biden the same questions they as Palin. She’s been examined with a powerful microscope while Biden has been protected from the media as much as Cheney was. If the election hinges on the VP candidates, lets get to know Biden too. So far the only thing we know about him is that he thinks Obama isn’t qualified to be the President. He said that in the primaries.

Role model for young girls. Sarah Palin.

Let see here – Biden retorical flourishes or Palin Criminal Investigations – tell me what is worse. Not to mention the fact she still cannot tell you what the VP Job is.
Sarah Palin the most unqualified candidate ever chosen for VP.

Palin is awesome!!!

Oonogil,
As member of the Senate for over 30 years, we know Joe Biden extremely well. While he is neither as bright nor articulate as the younger Obama in whom I see the best potential president to appear in my lifetime (since Ike), his experience is proven and part of the public record.
Well vetted in the primaries, Senator Biden was chosen by Senator Obama for the experience he will bring to help him in his roll as our president. Unlike Governor Palin he was not chosen by his campaign committee in a last ditch effort to shore up failing poll numbers.

I have nothing against Palin, really ;-). I believe that she has not done herself any favors since she has been running with McCain. The job of the VP while campaigning is to be the “attack dog” they say…but to me it seems that Palin took it to a whole different level. Her attacks were too heavy handed and while I am sure that a lot of the attacks were fed to her, she had the choice in saying them. Instead of talking about issues, especially issues that are important to her, she spent the greater amount of time attacking Obama and being a dividing factor. I am sure, if she and McCain lose…she will get the bigger part of the blame and that is sad…because it seems that the Republican party itself is to blame for how she did on the national stage. I feel that with Palin, you either like her or you do not like her. There is not a middle ground. Middle ground is what gets you elected on a national stage. People decide that they could tolerate you. Palin does not have that. She has her big fans that she sees everyday and then she has the rest of the country that does not want to see her at all. I wish her luck in whatever she does after this. Hopefully she still has job in Alaska. ;-)

Commentary: Liberals let loose on Palin and Joe the Plumber – first good story I have read on CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/navarrette.liberals/index.html

“ …..an evangelical twit”
What church does Biden go to? Add the First Amendment to the Second and Fourth Amendments and the other parts of the Constitution that the leftist don’t like. As long as we have a Constitution Gov. Palin is just as free to practice her religion as Sen. Biden is.
What is Biden’s religion anyway? Are we allowed to ask him the same questions that Palin has been asked?
Sorry I forgot, that would constitute free speech and freedom of the press and since the leftist don’t like the First Amendment……

I love ABC and the mainstream media(propaganda arm of DNC and Barack Obama)
covering everything, and I do mean everything, EXCEPT the relevant facts that I require to cast my vote for McCain or Obama.

OONOGIL…
Yes…”evangelical twit.” I don’t care what religion Palin practices, any more than I care if Obama is a Muslim, which he’s not. What I care about is separation of church and state (as religious as our founding fathers were, they got that part right). The evangelicals are called that because they want to impose their values on others through government programs and policies. I want to be left alone and I want the American people to be left alone–to live their lives any way they want that doesn’t harm others. Period. Gay, straight, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, abortionist and, mostly, atheists. Palin can’t keep her social conservatism out of her politics. That makes her an evangelical twit.

Barack will not foul me. He hangs with bad people. And just like I tell my kids even if you are not doing something bad if you hang out with people doing bad things then people will assume you are to.
—————————————-
Pam Storts..(whose name should be “shorts” because she has as much intelligence as my “shorts”…
Please, do yourself a favor and quit embarrassing yourself, AND, do some
research before you make comments. No one can possibly take any of your comments seriously…
Have you ever heard of G Gordon Liddy?
He is one of most evil people in American History, and Gramps McCain was on his radio show last year and told him
“I am proud of you”…
Liddy was interviewed during the Branch Davidian crisis in 94′, when the Branch Davidians were under seige by the FEDS. He advised the Davidians to “shoot for the head or groin because they will be wearing bulletproof vests”…
He also was quoted as saying that he has two target practice dummies that he has named “Bill” and “Hillary”

What I find most interesting is her unwillingless to label herself, while she simultaneoulsy skips around the country slapping labels on every person and group she encounters.

I hate it when politicians change what they say! I mean Sarah Palin saying she is a feminist and then not answering it the next time put our economy and security at risk! How dare she! Give me an Friggen break you Liberal losers Obama came out and said he did not consider a threat and the next time asked he denied saying that and said they posed a grave threat, First he would meet without preconditions with Iran and other nations then just a few days later he said that is not what he said. You liberals are such hypocrites! Does Sarah Palin and her wardrobe and if she is a feminist really matter are those the issues that will decide his election? Get a life and wake up!

I believe that my generation of women was the first to come of age with most of us believing that the world would be fair to us.
Can you even imagine being a woman and NOT being able to vote?
Thanks to the suffragettes, America has women voters and wide range of women candidates, and we are a better country for it!
Women have voices and choices! Just like men.
But few people know ALL of the suffering that our suffragettes had to go through, and what life was REALLY like for women.
Now you can subscribe FREE to my exciting e-mail series that goes behind the scenes in the lives of eight of the world’s most famous women to reveal the shocking and sometimes heartbreaking truth of HOW women won the vote.
Thrilling, dramatic, sequential short story e-mail episodes have readers from all over the world raving about the original historical series, “The Privilege of Voting.”
Read this FREE e-mail series on your coffeebreaks and fall in love with these amazing women!
Subscribe free at
http://www.CoffeebreakReaders.com/subscribe.html

maggie may — Are you saying that it’s okay for you to allow your beliefs to influence your political views but not someone you disagree with? Gov. Palin has publicly stated that she believes the US to be a tolerant country and that McCain would have a tolerant administration. As far as I know, Palin, her minister or anyone she is connected with has ever uttered the phrase. “God Damn America”. That’s a little more than a “twit” ….Obama has stated that he is a Christian. I have no reason to believe him to be Muslim and it really doesn’t matter to me. I care about his political views. I don’t like what I see. A year from now we will have a president named John McCain, or wish we did. I’ll be saying I told you so.

Palin is NO role model. As a woman I find her to embarrassing instead.

Obama: Most Secretive Democratic Candidate Ever
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:58 PM
By: David A. Patten Article Font Size
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign says his campaign will bring a new level of honesty and transparency to the White House. Obama proudly touts that he and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla, passed a law requiring more transparency via a public database of all federal spending.
But when it comes to offering the public documents about his own public and private activities, Obama’s record for openness gets an “F” grade.
During the heated Democratic primary, Obama complained of the Bush White House being “one of the most secretive administrations in our history” and chided Sen. Hillary Clinton for not releasing her White House schedules.
Ironically, Obama, just days away from possibly being elected president, continues to stonewall a growing chorus of information requests for documents about his legislative, personal health, education, financing, and background — leaving many voters to cast ballots based on incomplete information.
And serious questions about his past continue to swirl as Election Day looms, fueled in part by his own campaign’s refusal to make relevant documents available.
And the press, usually banging at the door for candidates to make “full disclosure” is strangely quiet about Obama’s stonewalling.
A Newsmax survey of key Obama aspects of Obama’s public and private life continued to be shielded from the public.
Among the examples:
Obama has released just one brief document detailing his personal health. McCain, on the other hands, released what he said was his complete medical file totaling more than 1500 pages. After criticism on the matter, last week the Obama campaign also released some routine lab-test results and electrocardiograms for Obama. All test results appeared normal, but many details about his health remain a mystery.
Obama has refused to offer his official papers as a state legislator in Illinois, and has been unable to produce correspondence, such as letters from lobbyists and other correspondence from his days in the Illinois state senate. There are also no appointment calendars available of his official activities. “It could have been thrown out,” Obama said while on the campaign trail during the Democratic primary. “I haven’t been in the state Senate now for quite some time.”
Obama has not released his client list as an attorney or his billing records. Obama has maintained that he only performed a few hours of legal work for a nonprofit organization with ties to Tony Rezko, the Chicago businessman convicted of fraud in June. But he has not released billing records that would prove this assertion.
Obama won’t release his college records from Occidental College where he studied for two years before transferring to Columbia.
Obama’s campaign refuses to give Columbia University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in political science, permission to release his transcripts. Such transcripts would list the courses Obama took, and his grades. President George W. Bush, and presidential contenders Al Gore and John Kerry, all released their college transcripts. (McCain has refused to release his Naval Academy transcript.)
Obama’s college dissertation has simply disappeared from Columbia Universities archives. In July, in response to a flurry of requests to review Obama’s senior thesis at the Ivy League school, reportedly titled “Soviet Nuclear Disarmament,” Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt told NBC News “We do not have a copy of the course paper you requested and neither does Columbia University.”
The senator has not agreed to the release of his application to the Illinois state bar, which would clear up intermittent allegations that his application to the bar may have been inaccurate.
Jim Geraghty of the National Review has written extensively about Obama’s unwillingness to release records related to clients he represented while he was an attorney with the Chicago law firm of Davis, Miner, Barnhill, and Gallard. Obama was required to list his clients during his years in the Illinois senate. “Obama listed every client of the firm,” Geraghty reported, making it impossible to discern which clients he represented.
Obama has never released records from his time at Harvard Law School.
Obama also has not disclosed the names of small donors giving $200 or less to his campaign. An exception to the finance-reporting laws exempts the campaign from reporting those who donate less than $200, but that law never envisioned the more than $300 million that has been raised by Obama in small amounts. The Republican National Committee has released its small donors, as well as McCain’s, on a public database.
On several occasions, the Obama campaign has offered to provide additional information to reporters if they have specific questions or issues. And in some cases, it has done so.
When Internet rumors began to fly that perhaps Obama was born outside the United States, for example, the campaign released images of a birth certificate that verified his birthplace as Honolulu, Hawaii. When that led to suggestions the birth certificate had been altered, the campaign again responded, allowing reporters to examine the actual birth certificate, complete with raised seal. (In late July, according to FactCheck.org, a researcher uncovered an announcement of Obama’s birth in the August 13, 1961 edition of the Honolulu Advertiser).
Such instances of cooperation pale, however, compared to the many unanswered questions surrounding Obama, such as the financing of his education, and requests for the complete release of all donors to his campaign.
Of course, candidates are often reticent to disclose any information that opposition researchers could use against them.
But Politico.com notes that the Obama’s failure to share documents is “part of his campaign’s broader pattern of rarely volunteering information or documents about the candidate, even when relatively innocuous.”
The hue and cry from the media for disclosure usually forces candidates to release sought after documents. But the press has largely acquiesced to Obama’s stonewalling.
© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
Print Page | Forward Page | E-mail Us

If Apaulin is to shy to label herself, I will, gladly. stupid, inept, incompetent, unqualified, inarticulate, mediocer, forgetable, forgotten, devious, ….etc…..etc…

Why so much Palin bashing? What did she do so wrong? I am finding alot of chauvenism from both men and women. Especially female journalist.
All of this because she is a beautiful woman. She is smart and very level headed. Cool as a Cucumber!
People in this country don’t even wince when their Senators and Congressman get caught in affairs with hookers or other gay men. Even pedophiles seem to be acceptable. It makes me sick!
What is wrong with her anyways? I really want to know? There is no evidence that she isn’t qualified.
She has an outstanding record as Govenor and really would bring fresh air into the staleness of politics.
Quit being so jealous and setting back the Feminist Movement by at least 100 years!!!

Of COURSE the Steinem style feminists hate her.
Sarah Palin has proven that you can be a “suzy homemaker” and still have it all.
And that’s decidedly not what the lunatics at NOW push.

To Steven:
Is the $ 150,000 spent on Palin,s wardrobe considered an “earmark” by the Republican Party? and if so, is Palin now for earmarks?
Nope. It’s not an earmark. Taxpayers did not pay for her clothes (unlike Barack Obama’s $1500 dollar suits).
And that, folks, is yet another pathetic liberal talking point smashed for the lie that it is.

Does the media ever ask Obama if he is for equal rights for all ethnicities?
That makes as much sense as asking a Sarah Palin if she is a feminist.

Julie said: “What is wrong with Palin anyways? I really want to know? There is no evidence that she isn’t qualified.”
Since you ask, and not to beat a dead moose, here a few things that are wrong with Palin as a VP candidate, and potentially, as President:
- With Palin, Wasilla’s “general government” expenditures increased by 23 percent (7 percent when adjusted for inflation); overall expenditures increased by 35 percent (18 percent in constant dollars).
- When adjusted for inflation, the city’s tax revenues increased by 29 percent.
- The city sales tax, which applies to food, went up from 2 percent to 2.5 percent.
- Wasilla had a debt of $1.2 million the fiscal year prior to Palin’s arrival. But when Palin left, the city had a debt of $24.8 million – a $23.6 million increase.
- Palin was formally found to have violated the executive state ethics act.
- Palin’s taxes and expense accounts have been ‘iffy’ at best as governor. – Letting her campaign buy her clothes (unethical), for the amount of $150K (exorbitant) goes against what she says she stands for. (No one bashes Cindy McCain for wearing $300K worth of clothing in one night, because it’s her own money (well, her dad’s), and she’s not pretending to not be who she is.
- Palin believes humans and dinosaurs co-existed when the Earth was created 6,000 years ago. This wouldn’t be a problem if she had trouble keeping her religious beliefs away from her politics. But when it comes to religion-influenced ideology, like gay marriage or abortion, ‘freedom’ and ‘non-regulation’ goes out the window.
- Palin doesn’t really know what the VP function is, or worse, hopes that as a VP she can “really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes…” Yes, she was talking to an 8 year-old, but I bet you the kid could answer what newspaper he reads.
- Palin has expressed that the worse Cheney has done as VP was his hunting misshap, leading us to believe that she agrees with Cheney lying to the people about Irak and Al Qaeda, among other things. If she doesn’t see through Cheney’s deeds, she may perform similarly or surround herself with people like him.
- Palin has, through her speeches, resorted to fanaticism (”excessive intolerance of others’ points of views”), and demagogy (”impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace”); she’s resorted to instilling fear and hatred, a pre-condition to terrorism.
Please feel free to respond. Some of the above carries my own interpretation of facts, I know, but a lot of them are simply facts. And one more thing–my points are not gender-based. I’d love to see a woman vice-president or president. We need a woman’s unique experience and point of view. Men have been f#$*ing things up for ages. And I was a bit deflated when Obama didn’t pick Hillary. But McCain could have picked someone intelligent, curious and qualified. It was another of his ‘maverickish’ moves, with not a lot of thought behind it. Just the same way I feel he would run the country, especially when foreign policy is concerned. My view of course.

Jon in Maryland – Didn’t know Christians had cornered the market on behaviour. If you consider yourself a real American then look around you. There are Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Atheists, Blacks, Whites, Asians, you name it. They are Americans too. Palin is just a puppet of the campaign. She does just what they tell her to do and says what they tell her to say and wears what they tell her to wear. Why do you think she has been shielded from the media? Just makes me sick politicians think the masses are stupid. But they were right about you. You are stupid and need to be Americanized.

Micheal (waaaay up there),
Do you not realize the Republican party had done MORE to socialize America in these last 7.9 years than the Dems have?
I know, when it is them. you call it nationalize, or bail out, or rescue.
I just appreciate the Republicans that vote for their candidates, because, by golly, they just darn well want to. These stupid arguments of communism, socialism, and terrorism makes your party look…
irrational.
Have fun, vote for your guy, and be happy!

Educating dude – those are all so last week.. this week is ‘obama is just like bush’. Maybe you missed the memo.

OONIGAL & GIGI…
I understand your position. For me, the problem with Palin and the Republican base she represents is not what SHE or THEY think, it’s that they wish to impose it on us. If they don’t want to have an abortion or marry someone of the same sex, don’t do it. But don’t try to change the Constitution to prevent others who don’t share your viewd from doing it. That’s the difference between the evangelicals and the rest of us. And it’s not what our country was founded on. It’s difficult to have a secular Muslim state because the Koran doesn’t separate church and state. Our Constitution does. When you start modifying it to reflect one set of religious preferences, you get a whole new country. That’s what I object to.
Maggie May

Hey Teddy,
Next Article…OBAMA switcheroo…one of his very first agreements he already broke…agreeing to 84 million campaign financing….then SWITCHEROOSY…no deal! Give me a break…check out your own boy, Obama…this type of journalism is “bullying”!! Get off Palin’s back!

What the hell is a feminist? If it is someone that believes in women’s rights, yes she is one. If it someone that is a lesbian and against marriage and children and into alternate lifestyles and drug use . . . than NO. Sadly, the feminist movement has been hijacked by the wackos.

A feminist is one that believes in equal rights and opportunities for women. As far as abortion is concerned, since only women can get pregnant, it would make sense that they be the ones to decide whether to go through with it. If you object to abortion, don’t have one. If you are a male, don’t get a woman pregnant if she might object to having your child. Seems simple enough to me.

The issue of whether or not Pallin personally considers herself a feminist is clearly contradictory as a result of the media and also the interviewers. She is not able to express her true beliefs because her opinions, whether being a supporter of feminism or not, will always receive negative feedback and reactions. People judge Pallin simply because she is a female running for the Vice Presidential position. I dont like how she cannot express herself, but what else do you expect? People are harsh when it comes to Pallin and her beliefs. Pallin is, and will always be in a lose-lose situation when it comes to expressing her beliefs. Overall, one thing that she has proven is that she is a true politician because she can speak out of both sides of her mouth.