Apparently Rice pissed off a lot of Repubs when she allowed as to how she respects Obama, especially when she allowed as to how his speech on race in America really moved her. Oh, right, because we couldn't possibly acknowledge that some things cross party lines. Sheesh, people.
Here's a political commentator's take on the situation that I found amusing... and kind of pathetic, too, for the objectified object in the midst of this:
Look at the numbers from the latest CNN poll. Only thirty-six percent of women view Sara Palin favorably... At thrity-six percent, she fails to impress even quite a few Republican women. Simply put, women do not like Sara Palin.
The trophy running mate (tm) is having pretty much the same effect on the electorate that a trophy wife typically has in your average ex-urban cul-de-sac. Palin is generating bulging enthusiasm among certain males, who, after oogling the unqualified Alaskan VP nominee on CNN as she shoots her gun with her tight sweater on, run to their keyboards and blog what their scrotums have told them, that Palin will be a major game changer. Suddenly, they have ceded to the power of imagery over policy and have fixated on the notion that Mrs Palin offers the McCain presidential ticket its much needed bounce.
Little did these prognosticators in their second pubescence realize that most hard-working women who struggle in a man's world, the ones who admired Hillary for her erudition and tenaciousness, were not going to transfer their support to an unprepared Linda Carter look-alike, just because CNN is touting with her marksmanship. The truth is that Palin offends women. She insults them. She reminds the normal struggling woman of the less qualified for whom they get passed-over for jobs on a day-to-day basis just because men prefer their ilk smiling at the reception desk, waiting at the restaurant table, beaming at meetings, or standing next to them in a presidential ticket so they can catch a peek. Women read her body language and understand it without succumbing to it. Women listen to her tall-tales about her last pregnancy and are calling out the bullshit. Most of all, they are telling themselves, this is no Hillary Clinton.
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Date: 2 Sep 2008 04:38 am (UTC)Here's a political commentator's take on the situation that I found amusing... and kind of pathetic, too, for the objectified object in the midst of this: