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Top Five Sexist Attacks on Palin

September 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment

by Amanda Carpenter

There’s a savage narrative developing among the media’s elite that suggests Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin will be a bad mother if she becomes the nation’s first female vice president.

MSNBC, CNN and the Washington Post have each hinted Palin may neglect her five children, including one with Down’s Syndrome should the Republicans win the White House in November. Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden even spent a considerable amount of time opining about Palin’s looks while attempting to lay out the differences between himself and Palin.

Here is a list of the five worst lines used so far to discredit Palin’s candidacy:

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Sarah Palin’s Pioneering Streak

September 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment

By Maggie Gallagher

FOR better or for worse, John McCain’s gutsy selection for his running mate of Sarah Palin, a 44-year-old mother of five, signals a new era for women in America and perhaps the world.

Being a powerful woman poses special difficulties: Americans may pretend to enjoy (or aspire to) racial blindness, but not gender blindness. Women leaders must forge personal strategies for combining “feminine” with “powerful” even while living in a society like ours that pays lip service to the idea that gender doesn’t matter anymore.

Newsflash: Of course it does. Sex is one of the more consistently powerful forces in the human psyche, and both men and women notice whether someone is female or male.

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Sarah Palin – Sara Smile!

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