Should Women Back Palin in 2012?
By Amy Siskind on October 6, 2009 at 2:15 PM in Current Affairs
Editor: This article is reprinted from The Daily Beast with the express permission of its author Amy Siskind [photo left].
Obama garnered 56 percent of women’s ballots last fall. And they have precious little to show for it from this administration. Amy Siskind on why Sarah Palin deserves a second look.
As the Senate Finance Committee moves to pass health-care legislation this week, reproductive rights has been all but sidelined as an issue by the Obama administration. Should we therefore be surprised by a stunning Pew Research Center poll last week which revealed that 42 percent of Americans don’t know that Obama is pro-choice? Maybe it’s time that women gave Sarah Palin another look.
Palin, back in the headlines for rushing out a new book ahead of schedule this fall, is fresh, open-minded, a centrist and a party noncomformist. Hey, sisters in women’s advocacy: Let’s end the decades-long cold war with Republican women candidates. If we want progress to be made on issues of importance to women, our organizations need to master a skill at which men have always been adept: negotiation.
I am a lifelong Democrat who for the first time in my life voted Republican in the 2008 elections. I did this for one reason: McCain selected a woman as his running mate. For this act, I was accused of having lost part of my mental faculty: Some circa Victorian act of “voting with my uterus.” Strange, that. The Democratic women were corralled to vote for Obama in 2008 because of one issue: reproductive rights. In other words, as my friend Cynthia Ruccia observed, ”voting with their uterus.”
Sarah Palin did not have a governor’s seat handed down to her, she earned it. She understands what it is to be a woman having to fight obstacles—some overt and others subtle—that only a woman can understand.
Sadly, for women, things haven’t panned out all that well with this administration. Despite receiving 56 percent of women’s votes, President Obama’s record on women’s issues thus far is sparse, and suggests something that he either has a tone-deaf nature—or, if you’re inclined to a more sinister view, that he may be uncomfortable with women.
He surely hasn’t surrounded himself with many. Of his 24 Cabinet picks, only six were women. Perhaps even more telling are President Obama’s czar picks, which do not require Senate confirmation. Of the 35-40 picks he’s made to date, only three have been women. That’s less than 10 percent.
There were harbingers of the Pew poll results—starting on Day One with Rick Warren, Obama’s choice to deliver his inaugural invocation. There was also the selection of Alexia Kelley, founder of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good to a major Department of Health and Human Services post. And there’s what Obama didn’t say in his health-care speech.
Also ignored in the health-care bills circulating are important women’s issues such as gender-based pricing and domestic violence as a pre-existing condition. The advocate for these issues could have been Valerie Jarrett, who chairs the White House Council on Women and Girls. When President Obama selected Jarrett in March, I wrote an op-ed for The Daily Beast in which I argued that we should give Jarrett a chance, even though she has a scant record on women’s issues. I received a lot of critical emails and blog traffic; mea culpa, my critics were right and I was wrong. Shortly after her selection, Jarrett took leave to focus on Chicago hosting the 2016 Olympics.
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Oh hell yes! But you knew I’d say that!
Hey this video from Jackie and Dunlap is the FUNNIEST dang thing EVER! About the Olympics and us losing! ROFLOL!
GO SARAH!
oops forgot the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0YsNpJxGyo
FUNNY!!!
Love It!
AMEN
You’ve only printed page one of the article…
I believe Palin’s political framework has been horribly distorted by the various peolpe trying to destroy her.
They have painted her as a busy-body Social Conervative Theocrat … when in reality , all indications are , no matter her personal convictions, that she is a libertarean-leaning Conservative , and a respector of the 10th Amendment.
THis is totally in line with the governmental framework invisioned by our founders.
I hope Palin will finally get the chance in the next few years to surprise people with the truth about who she really is.
I like to thank Amy Siskind for her public stand.
In these days of hyper-partistanship , I know it’s a view that you may take heat for having.
I am so glad to read this, you are so right.
Me too! This column is a home run! Brava!
What do women want? A question that has lasted all these centuries and still no definite answer. For so many years the “abortion” issue has been thrown in the political arena to dangle a yea or ney on one candidates beliefs. Humm, guess 56% of the women had blind faith.
Abortion aside, we Americans are losing more freedoms every day from our corrupt leadership. I remember when Obama used the campaign remark to the elderly, that McCain is going to mess with your Social Security and Medicare. I’d almost laugh, but I’m elderly.
It’s time the American women grow a pair and vote for a representative that is going to put our country on the right track.
No more whining and claiming “unfair”! Women should support women–get the damn job done!
I voted for John and Sarah last time around. Voted Republican for the first time in my life. But I think that we should support the candidate that would make the best leader regardless of party affiliation, race, gender, religion, sexual persuasion and all those other nice little categories that folks tend to consider.
I agree, and that candidate happens to be Sarah Palin!
I was for Hillary last year, because in the words of Jack Nicholson, “She was the best man”. And, indeed she was. Her being a woman was nice frosting on the cake. Obama is frosting without the cake, and I’m afraid Palin is too.
Perhaps so, but I’d take her cake to That One’s cream puff stuffing.
Well said Ferd
and isn’t that also a very important point. We know Obama sucks. We know Sarah has had amazing accomplishments and in record time. If you have a choice, it seems pretty clear to me.
I’ve said this before but I want my President to be BETTER than me, more HONEST than me, and more HONORable than me as well as able to garner enough funds for the job as it seems to cost 10 plus million to even APPLY for the damn job!
Sarah could do it. No icing on that fisherman er woman! She’s has more substance than W and Barry combined, perhaps she’s no Hillary but she’s not got a “DRAG” on her either with (no offense) her own X president Bill
both already have the hatred from both sides but Sarah has time to either compete well or do other things with out the stupid MSM making up stuff in their jealous insanity
Here, I disagree a little. I don’t believe Bill is a Drag. Bill is the main attraction. No one before him for forty years and no one since him has created a society where every American had opportunity, the crime rate was low, domestic issues were addressed and we were at peace. It’s the economy, baby. If we have a good economy for everyone (not just the privileged few), we have a good country.
totally agree with you about the 90’s even though I voted for Perot, I’ve often said, Bill did an outstanding job!
My brother called Sarah a HO the other day and yet defend BILL the HO in the same breath – I told him
perhaps it takes a HO to run a country? lmao
meaning CHARISMA with a little luck and backing
just hope your horse is not a PLUG with a fake grin and goober ears (lol)
yes theres that too Sarah is a damn sight better looking
Have to agree. Don’t know if she’s frosting, I think she is a strong woman who has accomplished more than Obama, but I’m still too much of a democrat to vote for any candidate who wants to let the corporations run wild. That’s what we had with Bush; it destroyed the country.
I believe Sarah is more Libertarian than GOP
and more about PEOPLE than corporations
she proved that when she worked for BIG OIL
Judging from her recent speeches, I don’t see where she’s for people. Libertarian just means not protecting the society at large from unavoidable dangers. The idea that there could ever be a government without any regulations or rules is as ridiculous as thinking that any individual person could live a productive, positive life without same.
I don’t like Sarah Palin’s attitude toward endangered species. There’s always two side to every story, but shooting hundreds of animals from airplanes is just stupid and wasteful and disrespectful of life.
yea but she’s not a CROOK from the south side of Chi town that thinks you should make no more than the guy next to you and if you are white you are the enemy and if you believe in GOD you are the enemy……….. if culling a few wolves is the worst you can say than I have zero problem as I’d like the elk, etc to also not go extinct
she follows the laws (last I’ve read) and I follow her pretty close
It’s amazing what 3yrs of grooming can do to a person who has their feet flat on the floor and puts America FIRST!
If anyone can do it Sarah Palin can.
That “thinning the herds” takes place in Alaska where it is a necessary “evil.”
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So is shooting hundreds of children from the ground. Our Children ARE endangered endangered species.
Tek, not picking on ya, just saying…
what ever Sarah Palin is or is not, she has shown that she can act independently of party affiliation. Now from a party perspective that attribute is not welcome but from this Americans vantage point, that is a plus.
I am not sure she ever really shot an animal from an airplane. I believe she spoke about defending the law in Alaska which allows this horrible act..as does Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. Why aren’t those politicians being skewered?
They shoot the wild mustangs…what is wrong with all of this picture?
You have no idea about the west and it’s wildlife management. All western states shoot wolves from helicopters to keep the population down so they don’t prey on deer and other wildlife. They have been doing it way before Sarah was born. Educate yourself before you open mouth and flap lips. You must be an Easterner who thinks nothing else exists except the East. Typical.
The trouble, tek, is that there is no Democratic Party anymore just as there is no Republican Party anymore. Both parties sold out to the highest bidder/lowest common denominator, i.e., big donors. Unfettered power is what both organizations are about and I will not be party to any of that crap.
Call me a newly-minted (May 2008) independent after 32 years of carrying water for the Democrats. Nope–I’m done.
ditto {{{FERD}}} “newly minted” I LIKE THAT! LOL
solid GOLD
Indeed, Ladydawnelle. It’s better to be a shiny new penny than a dirty old coin, each side represented by one of the two major parties.
ditto here too!
Hillary is the one!! She was the one we wanted in 2008 until it was stolen,in my opinion nothing has changed. HILLARY ,Palin doesn’t even come close .
I agree, rasa. We can admire Palin for her gumption. We can admire her for her persistence and “jump-in-the-ring” attitude.
But next to Hillary Clinton, her years and years of accomplishments, experience and dedication to women’s issues?
Palin doesn’t come close.
I would love to see a woman in the WH. But it has to be the right woman. That woman was always Hillary. From where I sit, still is.
But even if it’s not Hillary, the woman candidate [from whatever party] has to equal to HRC’s experience and knowledge.
To put Sarah Palin on this level right now is laughable and will only nail her for a gargantuan fall. And that will be too bad because given enough time and work, Palin might ultimately prove herself, even to the doubters like me.
Well said, Peggy Sue. I’m surprised how far I had to scroll down before anyone really mentioned Hillary. She was more than the right woman, she was the right CANDIDATE! We know her record, we know she would GET THINGS DONE. I agree that Sarah is probably a better leader than Obama–but almost anyone is. I cling to the hope that Hillary will run again.
Peggy and Lana — spot on. Hillary was and is ready for this job — as much as someone can be under the circumstances. Shestill has my support.
Mine too.
I so agree with you girls. I like Sarah, but I do believe that Hillary is head and shoulders above anyone out there, and we need someone strong to change the direction this country is going in.
I agree but if Hillary is not there and Sarah is I will support her.
“I would love to see a woman in the WH. But it has to be the right woman.”
But Peggy, if the choice is between a woman who isn’t “the right woman”, and a man who isn’t “the right man”, why not go for the woman? At least that way, we’d get SOMEthing right!
But I most definitely agree about Hillary. And I do wish there were more articles about her. I miss her!
Hillary is in the bag with obama. She’s obama’s right hand
manwoman. She betrayed us. Sarah would never do that. Hillary said she would fight for us. Is she fighting for us? nope. She’s not as good as Sarah…period. She’s a typical politician who will say anything to get her way.Do you have any idea of what she has done? I think you might find a lot more than you were lead to believe.
I have read about Palin, done considerable research on the woman.
It’s not enough!
She needs more experience, that’s for sure. But she’s young. Maybe 8-12 years will season her enough and she’ll be viable as a national candidate.
I also think if Obama was much less of a popular candidate (or a white man) during the last election, then the hate directed towards Sarah Palin would have been lessened by quite a bit. His popularity made hating Sarah Palin more necessary as a way to marginalize her.
That would make her what she isn’t, an insider.
That makes her one of ‘them’.
What on earth are you all thinking?
This woman has come through the ranks on her own terms, without connections, and with unabashed, American optimism coupled with feet-on-the-ground, common sense. The President sets the agenda for domestic policy and represents the nation in foreign policy, and selects her consultants. Palin has shown the ability to reach to leaders, regardless of party to fix broken systems.
Let’s not taint her with the slime of DC, and let her call the slime to account.
I think she can do it.
And, as is a great American tradition, she has the gumption, guts and courage to tackle the elephant, one barracuda bite at a time.
Go Palin.
Go away nObama.
Isn’t it ironic that Obama was painted as the one with the quintessential American story when Palin, and Hillary, were really the ones with heroic American tales of rising to the top because of grit, endurance, excellence, and commitment?
I so disagree and doubt you are familiar with all.
Keep in mind after serving two terms as Mayor, city council, then on Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, she then ran the state as Governor. And the things she did and passed in that first term was incredible. She even pushed for and passed a boat load after running for vp. from getting the pipeline and setting the boldest i n t h e COUNTRY renewable energy source policy, 50 percent in years, as opposed to her Democratic counterparts asking for a fraction of that in 40 to 50 years.
And she’s already been in charge of military.
I really think you must have missed, but happy I could help share.
Plan is smarter than Hillary only if you could see it. Hillary turned her back on us.
Palin is smarter than Hillary only if you could see it. Hillary turned her back on us.
I think Palin would win. Unless the democrats fielded Hillary. That would be a good contest. No matter who wins, women win.
it’s time
puma grrrrrrrrrrrowl!
Agree.
The big difference is Obama looks at events at how it will affect him. Palin looks at how events affect people.
well said.
Bravo, HARP. And I think that can easily be said about Hillary, too.
This comment resonated with me more than any other. I concur, and that is what drew me to her. I was surrendering to having Obama in the WH, until Sarah was nominated. She is galvanizing. I have NEVER been politically active, but, I made 5,000 phone calls for the campaign after she came on board. Yes, I know where I am posting this. A pro-Hillary site. Would I have been here sooner, had ANY media reported the outrageous handling of her Presidential bid? You bet’cha.
I just realized my “well said” didn’t show up. Hmmm.
Sarah Palin makes me people feel good about America and about themselves and what is possible for the future. What we need is someone who understands what it is to be a leader and that just ignoring problems doesn’t make them go away. The current occupant of the Oval Office hasn’t got a clue what being President is all about, but Sarah Palin does.
Kim, Obama made a good many people “feel good.” The 2008 election is the result.
So, we have a very current historical marker and can see where that “feel good” energy goes.
Nowhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYgIYzs-yJ8&feature=player_embedded
Sarah Palin to the tune of “what I like about you”
lol
I voted for John and Sarah this last election and changed by registration to a independent after being a democrat for 40 years. First time voting republican. It will be hard to decide who to vote for this next election – Im watching Hillary right now on CNN and she is such a great SOS. If you vote against Obama are you voting against Hillary and if you would vote for Obama because of Hillary being the best SOS would he get rid of her after election. I don’t think I could vote for him no matter what. I can’t stomach him at all. I like Sarah alot. Tough decision.
That’s how I feel about those choices too. And I’m still registered as a Dem, but won’t be for the next election, unless Hillary is a candidate.
I’m there. What shocks me through last year and this is the absolute ignorance from Democrats including those who proclaim themselves activiests or peace voters. They haven’t a clue the record of persons and merely repeat pollitical talking points intended to corral and not think for themself.
I spent a couple days with my 84yr old Mother in law. A package to be sure, but, one thing that made me bite my tongue, when I was talking about how bad Obama was doing “yeah, I had hopes, but he isn’t delivering.” Then I saw his speech and remarked about his arrogance displayed. And she actually said “he isn’t arrogant”. I barked “WHAT?” He is the most arrogant and narcisstic. And talked a bit more about his sexism and his “finga” to Hillary and his fish comment. She jumped and said, “what fish comment” I told her and she actually replied, “oh, well she’s a piece of work. I couldn’t stand to hear her talk. And what about her daughter getting pregnant?” When I started replying, she then cut me off and said “I just couldn’t stand to listen to her”. I checked in my outrage and just said “that happens”. This is coming from a sexist who has little respect for women, needs to be the center of attention, get’s jealous of most accomplished women, and who had a husband who like to put her in her place all the time and would bow to his “ENOUGH” or “stop talking”. Since his death last yeat, she has taken to telling me to “shut up” all the time. When I started talking to her friend who has been so helpful, she told me to “stop talking” and “leave”.
Lets not let real issues get in the way of our leadership, shall we.
And I can’t believe how so few younger activists who aren’t subject to a lifetime of sexism and bigotry don’t try to find truth and haven’t a clue that Gov Sarah Palin is a true Centrist, championing conservancy and has a moderate social policy, not at all radical as Dem’s try to paint her. That is also how she won such support from Dem’s in Alaska. It was only now clear that she would be a challenge on the “party” national stage that changed their positioning.
The good news is that so many are paying attention to issues now. They be learning a lot more than they thought.
Wow! I feel for you Linda. Your mother-in-law is from a generation of competitive women who wouldn’t hesitate to cut the throat of another in order to “get their man”. Probably too late to educate her as to her prejudices and their consequences.
My daughter’s mother-in-law just passed away at 91 and was much the same although a died-in-the-wool Goldwater Republican. Never had much time for women but loved every man in sight…and this was a woman who got her pilot’s license in 1937 and traveled the world as a pampered, wealthy wife and later on her own. You’d think she could be a bit more generous but I have a feeling she’d have dismissed Sarah as too “low rent”. She would have accepted her only through McCain. She did love my daughter; never having one of her own but only through her son. How lucky these women are to have the help of their daughters and sons help in their final years.
Sadly, many women today have not learned that is a very harmful and destructive way of being.
Wow, and she got her Pilots Lic? That is surprising. I’m happy she treated your daughter well. I can’t say that. As a matter of fact, she’s worsened. And, this is after helping fix problems in the house.
But, not a surprise with her horrible treatment of me last year when the father died after I did so much for her and her sons. That pretty much said it all.
Yes not worth trying there.
And, I did vote for McCain/Palin, but Sarah just made it all that much more definitive and got me to actually work for the campaign. I was voting on the best person for the job.
To add on to my previous comment Could this country afford another term of Obama.
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LOL Yeah, that would be something NEW, wouldn’t it?
What I like about Palin is that she is All-American. She knows what real life, everyday life since most of her life was spent as an average American. She is closer to “the people”, than any of the other names being floated. That One was always an elitist, and as evidenced by his actions, has never known what it means to be an average American. I am sick of millionaires who dont understand American lifestyles telling us what is or is not good for us, when they have no frame of reference.
One commenter wrote that Palin makes you feel good about being American and I think that is because we perceive her to have many of the same experiences we have had. I also think that is why so many villify and fear her, because she is more like more Americans than most of the stuffed suits in D.C.
I may not agree with her on every issue, but I dont see her as a corporate puppet or owned by any single interest. What’s more, I think she has read the Constitution and actually understands its intent better than most of the people in D.C. She has time to educate herself and become more effective in communicating her ideas.
I think she has shown from her life experiences, that instead of shrinking and avoiding problems, she rises to the challenges and pursues problem-solving with more attention on the issue than on her own political future.
With the right team around her, Palin has the ability to attend to the damage That One is committed to inflicting on America, and especially, us, the middle class.
precisely, and the powers-that-be were terrified of her during the last election. they championed Zero because they knew he was “one of them,” despite his kool-aid drinking minions’ fantasies that he was “different.” heh.
Yes, DogMom, she knows what it is like to be an American. I spent a lot of time thinking this past summer of the things I don’t want to give up and why, like picnics with hot dogs and drive-in theaters and muscle cars and good books and Capt Morgan’s and Coke and really good steaks and the first home-grown tomato of summer and and and… and I realized that Barack Obama didn’t really have a real American experience, growing up in Indonesia and all and therefore could give a rat’s ass if it all goes away.
I will vote for the person who has the best chance of voting 0zer0 back to Chicsgo. I hope Sarah waits and gets some more ground under her feet. If she doesn’t she’ll be crucified again. I’d much rather see her in the Senate or in a cabinet post to put her on the national stage first. We see what we have now with a “peaked too soon” candidate.
I admire Sarah Palin’s grit and I think she got a very unfair hand last year. I hated the way the Dems went after her.
And I voted for John McCain for POTUS, not because he was a Republican but because I knew [like Hillary] he would be “ready on day one.” Experience and policy and political knowledge matters. We’re seeing the result of having an inexperienced man in office right now. A quick smile and rousing words are not enough.
And that’s why I could not and will not vote for Sarah Palin for president. She’s just not ready yet. I was willing to give her a pass in 2008 in the VP slot because frankly I never believed John McCain was headed for the grave [the man has astounding energy and if there's any doubt look at his mother]. The VP position would have seasoned Palin to the ways of DC, which is something I think you need to know if you’re going to get anything done.
Cliches and platitudes are not enough. She’s pushing against the system, which a majority of people like right now. But she needs to be bigger and better and know more than the lot of them to fill the WH as an unquestionable leader. I just don’t think she’s there yet.
There’s no way I’m voting for Palin simply because she’s a woman. It has to be the “right” woman, a woman like HRC. Frankly, I don’t see any Hillary clones running around right now.
I agree, Peggy. I hope she waits until she has had more exposure in a solid national position. It’s too soon. She’s not ready but when she is I will vote for her…not until. Well, unless there’s no other choice…but I don’t see the Republican men doing anything they didn’t do last round because she scares them just like the Dims. They are not going to give her support.
If she’s running against Obama? I’ll vote for Sarah (again) with no difficulty at all.
Well, yeah. I’d vote for her over Obama any day as I did last time. However, I don’t think she’ll be able to get the nomination. If there’s a Republican administration though, I’d love to see her as Secty of Energy where she could really shine and let people see her for how smart she really is.
I agree, Martha. I diverge from the Democrats on energy issues. And when it came to energy experience and ideas, I did think Sarah Palin had a credible voice. She’d been there and worked in the area. I think we do need to get off our foreign energy dependence and switch to greener sources. But you cannot do that overnight. Throwing everything against the wall, which is something Palin supported [for the near term] made perfect sense to me.
So, yes. Secretary of Energy [for either party]. I could support that.
me too
Yea MEN who held the VOTE over the heads of women for a hundred years! Yea MEN who bought the slaves and beat their wives and starve their children
yea MEN
I don’t give a shiate who they vote for………. but women….. need to WAKE UP!
(not all men of course)
Anybody but BO! I voted for McCain/Palin ‘08 and will be proud to support her again against His Lordship.
Ditto Peggy Sue.
Aren’t we ever go to get someone to vote for who is really presidential material again?
Bush Jr, then this current lightweight should not be followed by Sarah Palin. You can’t even compare her little finger to Hillary.
Who knows who’ll be running? We need a third party candidate.
peggysue is right ,
we had a election that was stolen in florida and after eight years of an incompetent pres with his evil puppet master and now we have another of the same, stolen delegates and and a hijacked RBC meeting,bought media and the racist charges against the Clintons and anyone that tried to speak out and what we are getting right now ,which is nothing but problems in every aspect, from “the most organized campaign people” ever! the thing is they forgot you have to know what to do once you get elected!
By the way, would we rather have our president turning to Bill or Todd the oil worker,or Michelle the Chicago machine connected,rev. wright person ,to get advice or just to hear the president out?
Bill would definately be my choice!
I believe palin would be same as bush with the deals she would have to make to get the conservatives behind her so same old thing.People seem to forget what the republicans have done to us and to the Clinton administration . Just because we don’t want This administration doesn’t make the repubs any better.
What I like about Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton is that they both love the country and want everyone to succeed.
Obama, on the other hand, has made it clear that he’s preferential to his cronies, his socialistic ideology, and most importantly HIMSELF.
People should vote for the very best candidate – not the media driven darling like Obama. If it happens that Sarah or Hillary is the best candidate – then vote for that person!
what ever it is ……. it must NOT be anything like the Junior Bush years or the Crooked OBambi year and a half……. cuz I’m hoping he’ll get impeached for REAL (they keep trying) I’d rather NOT have to see he and his ridiculous looking wife on EVERY channel for the next few years.
ack and read about his bumbling weak-kneed borglike “I”m the collective” campaign rhetoric re-spun into something else gross me me me speeches
I’m done, been done, NEXT
Voting 3rd party is a protest. that’s not enough anymore. The question isn’t do you want Sarah to be a candidate. It’s if she won the nomination. There is no way I would vote for BO or sit the election out. That contributed to him getting in. Lots of repubs didn’t vote. I wonder how they feel now?
Sarah Palin’s story is pretty amazing. From PTA Mom to Governor of Alaska.
She took on the corruption IN HER OWN PARTY before getting down to the business of her State.
She balanced the Alaskan budget, and made it so that her own constituents benefited from the natural resources of their State.
All that while raising FIVE children.
She is natural, unpretentious, the real thing. If she runs in 2012 I will personally campaign for her. I don’t like her just because she’s a woman. I like her because she’s a tough cookie who will take on challenges. She doesn’t cower in a corner like panty waist Obama.
If she doesn’t run, then I hope Hillary takes on Obama. Maybe by that time, ACORN and all of the ballot stuffers and corrupt poll counters will be run out of town or in jail.
How can any real woman vote for Palin? She is a racist extremist who wants to burn library books, and force women back into the back alley. Don’t you watch news? Every journalist says Palin is a kook and a nut. I bet you watch Fox Noise don’t you?
Lies.
Lies.
And more lies.
Of COURSE you watch the fringe media(MSM).
But then again, you are truly THAT stupid.
All your points can be debunked in about 10 minutes of research/thinking for yourself.
I can’t believe you guys are even floating the thought of Sarah Palin. Every real democrat and every journalist knows she is a racist trailer trash kook. I mean she doesn’t even read newspapers or watch CNN. Joy Behar has said Palin is not capable of puting a sentence together. She is so uninformed she thought she could see Russia from her house. Would real women vote for a nut like that?
If she runs in 2012, Obama will win all 57 states. Obama beats Plain in leadership, integrity, intelligence, experience, honesty, fashion… It’ll be a rout, even McCain’s adviser said it’d be a catastrophe for the GOP.
Trailer trash? This is the Democratic voice that I’ve come to despise. The “journalists” have deemed Palin as such?
In case, you haven’t noticed there’s little respect for the current state of “journalism” because it no longer exists. So, it’s okay to say Palin is “trailer trash,” but God forbid anyone should utter the “n” word.
Same thing, just different race. Or haven’t you thought it out that far?
And Joy Behar as a political reference??? You’re sinking to an incredible low for political commentary. Then again, maybe you believe Jon Stewart is a “real” reporter.
The “only” thing you and I come close to agreeing on is this:
“If she runs in 2012, Obama will win all 57 [your attempt at irony??] states.”
I’m beginning to think, FF, you’re yanking our chain. Because anyone who believes that Obama is the epitome of integrity, leadership, experience, yada, yada, yada, is not dealing with a full deck.
Is this your lame attempt at humor? Please note the word “lame.”
I agree. Obama is done in 2012. It will only be a matter by whom and how much.
I happen to think that Palin did the right thing by leaving Alaska and putting separation between that position and giving herself time to better develop herself and in a more controllable environment.
I also agree that using Joy Behar as an intelligent reference point is not wise.
freedom, you are so full of it that words can’t describe how silly your comment is.
No matter whether one backs Palin or not, this is the biggest bunch of lies ever. You are convincing no one and this is exactly why people give virulent Obama supporters no credibility whatsoever.
OMG you need help go seek it ASAP!
3yrs of grooming can do a lot.
Your guy cannot string a sentence without his glass toy! Your a fool of the highest order.
“racist trailer trash kook”
Classist, much?
And where is your evidence that she is racist?
This article was one of the smartest things I have read in a long time!! Finally, women are starting to rethink this whole Dem thing. Bravo!!
Well…. I don’t think it’s about changing parties, it’s about supporting other women. If Hillary runs again, we’ll all be democrats again in a blink of an eye…
Hillary Clinton/Marcy Kaptur 2012
put Elizabeth Warren at the head of Treasury Dept
and in a bipartisan spirit find something for
Sarah Palin – maybe Dept of Labor so she can work with Hillary and Marcy to get the jobs back in this country…with Elizabeth Warren watching and protecting our taxpayer money…
…then we will see our country get back on the positive, forward track…
“he either has a tone-deaf nature—or, if you’re inclined to a more sinister view, that he may be uncomfortable with women.”
I don’t think Obama is uncomfortable with women – I think he is uncomfortale with anyone but himself.
Also, where Bill Clinton had “perfect pitch” when it came to political issues, Obama is “tone deaf” to all issues unless it is about himself.
It’s high time chicks ruled the henhouse. Remember what Betty Grable said, “I do everything Fred does only backwards and in heels!” No one can multi-task like a female.
Rise Hillary Rise!
Scranton that would be Ginger Rogers, not Betty Grable.
Uh oh Scranton, you need to watch some Turner Classic Movies!
Actually the quote using Ginger and Fred is from former Texas Gov., Ann Richards at a Democratic Convention.
If we vote for Palin just because she is a woman, we are no better than those who voted for obama because of his color!
Quality is what we are looking for and Hillary has it .
This is true Rosa BUT I do not think there is any possibility that you are going to see HRC running in 2012. Or even 2016. Her consolation is SOS and her work there will give her bonafides in foreign relations. She has put her country ahead of political ambition. We are lucky to have her but I don’t see a pathway to the presidency for her—sad as that is.
I think Sarah should get lots of international and speeches across the country and around the world. I could see her running in 2012, probably losing out but learning a great deal. There are plenty of politicians who have run for the presidency a second time and won it—JFK, Nixon, LBJ to name a couple.
Bravo, rosa!
Not sure that Palin would be a good choice at this point – maybe as a Cabinet member, but not as a Candidate or Running Mate.
She’s just too incendary for the nation as a political figure.
Do I think she would be a great VP – yes. But there are a lot of voters with baggage who would not vote for her simply because she’s not a member of the Popular Crowd.
Elections in this country have deteriorated into a lot like high school. Look at the Prom King who sits in the Oval Office, for example.
If the country were to dissolve into separate States, then for sure, she would be a great Prez over the Central, Western, and Alaskan States, with the exception of coastal CA, coastal OR, and coastal WA.
Eventually I think this country should separate, there really is no reason to continue on as “United” when no political cohesiveness exists. One part of the country hates the other and insults are regularly hurled at “Red” staters. Its just awful.
MG-PUMA
This is so true in so many particulars. Traveling across America is like traveling through a time warp wrapped in a culture zoo. We are one nation divided by the English language and history.
I could not vote for a Bobby Jindal or a Mitt Romney or a Newt Gingrich as a Republican challenger to Obama. I could vote for Palin. Her stance on reproductive rights concerns me but she really understands that our natural resources belong to the American people and if oil companies and others want to exploit them for products and profit, the American people should get a share of the action. Works for Alaska; it works for me; it could work for all America. What ever happens, I will not vote for Obama. I had no trouble voting for McCain Palin and I have 50 years as an active Democrat. I have no regrets. Wish I could have voted twice for them.
No offense meant to Palin, though I think Romney is their strongest candidate.
My plan, vote against the incumbent every 4 years. There is no sense getting attached to any one candidate. The power brokers and media will select the next stooge.
I too voted republican in 2008 for the first time in my adult life and John McCain picking Sarah Palin as his running mate was a big reason I voted for the republican ticket.
I too would love to see Hillary run again but I seriously doubt it is going to happen. Obama looks like he very well may be a one-term president and if that happens it’s going to be next to impossible for a democrat to win the Whitehouse in 2012, certainly one associated with his administration no matter how good she is – much like Geo. W. sealed the fate of any republican candidate in 2008.
On the other hand if Obama and the dems in congress manage through a miracle or “many miracles” to turn around the destructive path they are on now, Obama will be re-elected in 2012. Hillary, would not be able to run until 2016. I believe she’s 62 now so she would be 70 by 2016. Although I don’t think she would be too old, I’m afraid the MSM and democratic party leaders would use her age as a weapon against her.
Count me as another one who’d pick Hillary over Sarah. It comes down to experience. Hillary had proven to me that she knows how to run this country and that she would run it well. Sarah, OTOH, hasn’t proven herself. I would vote for her over Obama and I do like her personally better than the other potential GOP candidates. But I would much, much rather have Hillary in 2012.
I don’t know whether we “should” support her or not, but if she becomes the nominee and is running against the one, I damn sure will support her with a smile on my face.
Go Sarah!!!!! I hope and pray Sarah runs in 2012, she will kick obambams ASS!!!
I like the reality of Hillary much more than the idea of Sarah.
I used to as well, but it is looking like she may run for Gov on NY. My home state,and I hope she does.
Michelle Obama for Prez in 2016!
Sarah Palin could not even finish one term as Alaskan Governor and you want her to be POTUS?!!! Give me a break! I don’t fault the woman for wanting seven million dollars to write her book (a potential reason for QUITTING)–but at least she could have finished her one term. Instead–she is going to go the same route Obama did and try and win a popularity contest. You would think you Palin supporters would have learned from the Obama mess. Sarah Palin may have had more “experience” than Obama but she lost all credibility as a politician by quitting (her popularity dropped at home and she ran away!) She’s pathetic (and no–I am not an OBOT–I’m a former Alaskan who happens to still care about that State)!
Darn right I’d vote for Palin. She’s ten times more qualified then the last two presidents this country has had. And who on the horizon looks more appealing? Pawlenty? He’s about as exciting as cold oatmeal that was left on the stove over night. Obama? Hell no. Edwards? Bahaha! Huckabee? He leans too far right on social issues for me.
I don’t get that Martha Burk piece at Huff. Obama makes Roe v. Wade all but irrelevant — he undermines private insurance while blocking public abortion funding. Yet Burk says, ‘we still support you.’ Why even bother to protest the abortion funding ban if you still vote Obama?
If the Supreme Court overturned Roe tomorrow, how many states would actually pass abortion bans? But if you don’t have private insurance, you can’t get an abortion. On choice, Obama is worse than 9 Alitos.
No, woman shouldn’t vote for a woman simply because there is a woman. I will never vote for Palin. Sorry, but her record on woman’s issues is about as abhorrent than any other of her republican counterparts. She doesn’t support a woman’s choice and for that and that alone she will never ever what ever get my vote. It’s a woman’s choice what she will do about her own reproductive choices. Not your god nor you, not your father, brother, husband, mother, sister, clergy — It’s a very personal choice between a woman and her doctor.
None of the politician’s out there have the moral fortitude to stand up and say this. They are too much of a coward and afraid that they will lose votes from people who have nothing better than to do with their lives than telling other people how to live, how to run their lives.
Palin uses her own story to uphold her values and her way of life while giving the big middle finger to any woman who doesn’t choose to have a child or who has made a choice other than her own.
I seriously think that the Republican party wanted a poster girl for their cause and what better one that an knock dead beautiful woman who shoots guns, horribly and cowardly kills wolves from a helicopter, in the wild for the joy of the kill, who has used her own power position — To appeal not only to the woman but to men. After all they really liked those t-shirts VPIWF tshirts. Because it wasn’t Sara Palin the VP candidate that they wanted it was the piece of meat that they were serving….
Is this a harsh statement — Yes, it is. I feel sorry for her and her family for being used, then thrown away like a dirty dish rag…. But that doesn’t make me want to vote for her.
So the answer for me is HELL NO…
Oh BTW — I didn’t vote for Obama either. I went Green… And proud of it.