McCain the Sexist

[WildernessBride]

Does anyone else feel that the pick of Palin by McCain is just a cheap ploy to give Clinton supporters the "woman" they wanted. I find it to be insulting that McCain thinks he can replace a highly experienced woman with a less than 2 year governor and act like this will fill any void left by Clinton ....but what I feel is worse is the underlying idea that women don't care about "issues" they only want to see a person in a dress in a position of executive authority. Clinton cannot be replaced by any woman....and how sexist of him to think so.

Also I find it humorous that he said she was the only one with executive experience which he could have chosen....as I recall Mitt Romney was the Gov. of Massachusetts...but I guess he didn't count because McCain can't stand the sight of him...and Pawlenty, isn't he the Gov. of Minnesota????

 

[creativeamanda]

There are at least 5 other threads on this topic already.

Let me brief you. . .

The Obama camp says that is what McCain is doing, and it is reprehensible.

The McCain camp says that if that is what McCain is doing, then he should have picked some one a little more like Hillary if that is what he was doing as their political views don't match at all.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

I don't follow politics...and I don't really care....but IMO...he didn't do it to 'grab' the vote from people who wanted a woman in there... I don't think it's a sexist move...I just think its who he wanted..
*IF* I did vote...it'd be Obama...but from the little I've read/heard about Palin, I like her better than either...LOL

But...I dont' vote because I don't take a vested interest or know all the stances they take...and I don't think it's fair for me to pick someone I *think* I like and take a vote of someone away who really cares...

I just know we can't get worse than Bush

 

[happygirl]

Does anyone else feel that the pick of Palin by McCain is just a cheap ploy to give Clinton supporters the "woman" they wanted. I find it to be insulting that McCain thinks he can replace a highly experienced woman with a less than 2 year governor and act like this will fill any void left by Clinton ....but what I feel is worse is the underlying idea that women don't care about "issues" they only want to see a person in a dress in a position of executive authority. Clinton cannot be replaced by any woman....and how sexist of him to think so.

Also I find it humorous that he said she was the only one with executive experience which he could have chosen....as I recall Mitt Romney was the Gov. of Massachusetts...but I guess he didn't count because McCain can't stand the sight of him...and Pawlenty, isn't he the Gov. of Minnesota????

Wow, you must be running scared, With all these negative post about McCain and Palin. Are you afraid that messiah Obama is going to lose

 

[Suzie Zoo]

This is what I posted on a different thread. It actually works better here. I guess the democrats are scared because maybe they don't have a lock on the "First Woman in the White House" contest like they thought they did. This is GOOD for women. Not bad, not sexist.

Why is it that the Democratic party can't see the overwhelming good this has brought about? Now women on all sides of the political spectrum have someone they can support in a real way. Sure, we have Condi, but it's not the same thing. So many of us would have loved to vote for a woman, but would have had to push aside everything we believed in to cast a vote for Hillary Clinton. We got attacked for not being willing to put a woman in the White House and now we're showing that we are.

Unless all of that "empowering women" stuff was just a load of crap in an effort to further the liberal agenda. Is it really that disheartening to realize women do have minds of their own and they use them? Because that is the way it's coming across.

 

[scroot]

Sexist? All I know is that I love her in 30 rock.

 

[Suzie Zoo]

but what I feel is worse is the underlying idea that women don't care about "issues" they only want to see a person in a dress in a position of executive authority. Clinton cannot be replaced by any woman....and how sexist of him to think so.

OMG that is SO insulting. Women DO care about issues. We just don't need an entire political party telling us WHICH issues we are supposed to care about. THAT is what's sexist

 

[MickeySP]

fill any void left by Clinton

What void is left by Clinton in the Republican party?

Hey at least he isn't trying to bed her like Bill would do

 

[WildernessBride]

Wow, you must be running scared, With all these negative post about McCain and Palin. Are you afraid that messiah Obama is going to lose

This entire board is full of Anti-Obama threads....you guys can't stand to sit back and know that there are others who do not love McCain and his pick. The other side needs representing too...sorry if you don't like it

 

[WildernessBride]

Sexist? All I know is that I love her in 30 rock.

She's great on SNL too!

 

[JARNJ3]

Sexist? All I know is that I love her in 30 rock.

That was funny.

 

[Suzie Zoo]

This entire board is full of Anti-Obama threads....you guys can't stand to sit back and know that there are others who do not love McCain and his pick. The other side needs representing too...sorry if you don't like it

You don't have to like him.... you don't have to like his choice. But you should have a reason for it that isn't so demeaning.

 

[chobie]

Wow, you must be running scared, With all these negative post about McCain and Palin. Are you afraid that messiah Obama is going to lose

So I guess those hundreds of anti-Obama threads here over the last few months was your party running scared? Thought so...

 

[campingdude]

This entire board is full of Anti-Obama threads....you guys can't stand to sit back and know that there are others who do not love McCain and his pick. The other side needs representing too...sorry if you don't like it

If this is the kind of representing you plan on doing I'm guessing the democratic party would prefer you don't do it. I as a rep. love seeing ignorant posts like this representing BO!

 

[happygirl]

This entire board is full of Anti-Obama threads....you guys can't stand to sit back and know that there are others who do not love McCain and his pick. The other side needs representing too...sorry if you don't like it

I havn't seen one today. All I see is negative McCain and Palin post.

 

[Suzie Zoo]

It's kind of sad how the party that prided itself on being so pro-woman is all of a sudden being so oppressive.

 

[WildernessBride]

You don't have to like him.... you don't have to like his choice. But you should have a reason for it that isn't so demeaning.

It is not demeaning...it is a statement of my opinion, which I see many other opinions stated here. I am sure I am not the only one who feels that McCain pandered to women when he chose her, to me that is sexist. My reasons are clear and not demeaning... he chose a woman with little national experience to steal votes from disaffected HRC voters......If you think my posts were demeaning, you haven't read much of these boards have you???

 

[Suzie Zoo]

Claiming that women don't care about issues isn't demeaning? Keep telling yourself that.

 

[WildernessBride]

It's kind of sad how the party that prided itself on being so pro-woman is all of a sudden being so oppressive.

?????Where is the oppression????? Please explain

 

[chobie]

?????Where is the oppression????? Please explain

See, we're supposed to be so thrilled the Repubs have finally entered the 20th century and its oppressive of us to point out that they are almost a quarter of a century behind the times and that a woman candidate who against women's rights is not progress.