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Originally posted by

Michael

Another horrible opinion article in the DKS. Something's never change.

Do read a different perspective from someone who actually did some research read this one from the NY post.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09032008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/a_time_warped_sexist_assault_127183.htm

Originally posted by

We HATE You, Sarah Palin

Where does she get off thinking she can be vice president of the United States? Up against the one million years in the Senate her opponent, Joe Biden, has logged in between expensive rides at taxpayer expense on the Acela, what can she offer? Mayor of a town of six people and ten caribou [sneer]? Miss Congeniality [sneer, sneer]? Illegitimate-child baby-grandma [sneer, sneer, sneer]? Poster chick for "family values" [sneer, sneer, sneer, sneer]?

Sorry, I'm running out of sneers.

But, seriously, just look at the negatives: she's a popular first-term governor, she's a woman, she's happily married, she has five kids, one of them with Down's syndrome, she's a maverick, she's from way beyond the Beltway, she's taken on both the Republican Party and Big Oil, she shoots automatic weapons, she can kill a moose with a butter knife and fillet a sea lion with a smile, her husband's a roustabout Eskimo snowmobile champ, she's a hockey mom, she was Miss Wasilla, she looks like she should be playing Cecily, the saucy librarian, in Tom Stoppard's Travesties, and she doesn't wear pantsuits. Heck, she hasn't even appeared yet on Meet the Press! I mean, who in his right mind would vote for her?

Sure, if she were one of ours, not only would we have nominated her by acclamation, since she fulfills every trope of feminism except for her unfortunate and inexplicable opposition to murdering unborn children, we would also have made at least two TV movies about her life, celebrating her choice to have her fifth child and the announcement yesterday that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant and is going to marry the teenage father of her child. That's the kind of heartwarming, inclusive, empowering story we love -- she's like Juno come to life as Juneau, set in Mystery, Alaska.

But she's not a Democrat, which despite her va-va-va-voom appearance, means she's not really a woman, which is one of the reasons we've spent the past four days since McCain unveiled her trying to tear her limb from limb. Just because she's the governor of a state sandwiched between two obscure and unimportant countries, Canada and Russia, and spent more time in her first five minutes visiting American troops in Iraq than Evita Barry did during his entire Rainbow Tour, what could she possibly know about foreign policy? It's not like she's John Edwards or something.

So that's why we're having our Wellstone Funeral Moment at the moment. We mean well; we promised ourselves we wouldn't go over the top with our outright loathing of the Neanderthals who preach "Christian" values while practicing Wiccanism and child sacrifice and who hate black people and gay people and want to destroy the environment just because they can, and want to amass more money than even John Kerry or Jon Corzine or Herb Kohl or Jay Rockefeller or Dianne Feinstein -- the five richest senators -- or Ted Kennedy or John Edwards or Nancy Pelosi have. That, usually, is the Kos Kidz's job. Along with speculating exactly how Bush got from My Pet Goat to planting the depth charges that blew up the levees in New Orleans.

But sometimes the mask slips and you can see -- whoops! -- how much we hate you. Normally we're against hate in all its forms, and embrace tolerance as one of our defining moral attributes. But when it comes to you conservatives, well, with the best will in the world, we just can't tolerate you. You're elitist, you're judgmental, you're hypocritical, and we know that deep down you hate us even more than we hate you. Therefore, by any means necessary, we will defeat you this fall. Voter fraud, "walking around" money, legions of lawyers, as many recounts as it takes -- bring it on!

Because we need to take back our country. We need to take it back from fascists like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, and give it back to its rightful proprietors, patriots like Henry Wallace, Sidney Hillman, Norman Thomas, Gus Hall, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Saul Alinsky, William Kunstler, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Bobby Seale, and, yes, my guy, the Talking Parrot, you know who.

And Sarah Marshall Palin stands in the way of all that. After we sent Bill n' Hill packing with their twin gold watches in Denver, we thought we had a clear playing field. The sunshine of the uplands was ours. Mother Gaia had opened wide her arms to embrace us, shunning the Orcs and the Uruk-hai of the Anti-Slavery, Anti-Segregation, Anti-Secularism, Anti-Sedition and Anti-Surrender Party. We were going up against Bob Dole and Jack Kemp, Herbert Hoover and Whoever, Daddy Bush and Dan Quayle, Gerald R. Ford and, well, Bob Dole.

Piece of cake, walk on the beach, a Renaissance Weekend in a non-denominational heaven for atheists. Until Sarah Marshall Palin showed up, bringing with her 10 million bucks for the bad guys in three days, a level of enthusiasm not seen since Ronnie was a pup, and a clear shot to Republican dominance with her and Bobby Jindal and whatever seduced and corrupted minority group is coming next for eons to come.

So that's why we hate you, Sarah Marshall Palin. We hate you because you remind the other side of their wives, their girlfriends, their daughters, and make them want to fight for you against our sneers and our smears. We hate you because you're smart and accomplished and didn't make your bones on the back of Monica Lewinsky. We hate you because you've made us forget that our last two candidates for vice president were Joe Lieberman and John Edwards, whoever they were.

We hate you because you're smart and beautiful and we wish we had women like you on our side.

We hate you.

Originally posted by

Andrew P

How can Palin juggle being a mother, soon to be grandmother and VP all at the same time? Really, are you serious? If that's the case, Barack Obama should not be running for President. How is he going to juggle being a husband and parent to two young girls besides being president?

And so Palin's daughter is pregnant...is she the only 17 year old that ever got knocked up with a baby out of wedlock? According to recent reports, apparently she must be.

This is also another sign the DKS is going downhill at breakneck speeds.

Originally posted by

FiftySomethingSister

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrG8w4bb3kg

Listen to the enclosed audio & video of REPUBLICAN talking heads caught talking about the Palin pick as "political BS" and a "gimmick" when the didn't think the tape was running. These remarks are from McCain's former campaign manager and Peggy Noonan, their number one speech writer. So, when the REPUBLICAN talking heads are not on TV, they agree with Sarah Steimer.

Additionally, when asked about Govenor Palin's qualifications to be Vice President, the REPUBLICAN head of the Alaskan Senate responded " She's not even qualified to be the Govenor of Alasks." The REPUBLICAN head of the Alaksan House indicated Govenor Palin's qualifications were that she was "Over 35 years of age and a US citizen."

So, influential members of her own party don't even buy the Sarah Palin for VP gimmick. In the end, most women voters won't either.

Originally posted by

Mary Jo

I applaud Sarah Palin and John McCain (that doesn't mean I will vote for them). The reason I say that, is because she does represent the American woman, like it or not. Today, an American woman has to work to help support her family in many instances. Whether you are a waitress working 3 jobs for tips and raising babies; or a corporate lawyer; or a registered nurse; or any number of careers, the reality is very clear in our society that mothers work and families suffer.

In reality, there are many unwed and divorced mothers in our country. She, of all people, will have the understanding of the more common issues regarding families in America.

I, as a mother myself, struggled. I have failed as a mother but in some instances, I have done well. I love my children who are now 19 and 21. I can only pray that I have helped to equip them with the ability to get through this life successfully. Success not necessarily defined in a financial sense, but in a humanity sense.

Originally posted by

Mary Jo

I applaud Sarah Palin and John McCain (that doesn't mean I will vote for them). The reason I say that, is because she does represent the American woman, like it or not. Today, an American woman has to work to help support her family in many instances. Whether you are a waitress working 3 jobs for tips and raising babies; or a corporate lawyer; or a registered nurse; or any number of careers, the reality is very clear in our society that mothers work and families suffer.

In reality, there are many unwed and divorced mothers in our country. She, of all people, will have the understanding of the more common issues regarding families in America.

I, as a mother myself, struggled. I have failed as a mother but in some instances, I have done well. I love my children who are now 19 and 21. I can only pray that I have helped to equip them with the ability to get through this life successfully. Success not necessarily defined in a financial sense, but in a humanity sense.

Originally posted by

Mary Jo

I applaud Sarah Palin and John McCain (that doesn't mean I will vote for them). The reason I say that, is because she does represent the American woman, like it or not. Today, an American woman has to work to help support her family in many instances. Whether you are a waitress working 3 jobs for tips and raising babies; or a corporate lawyer; or a registered nurse; or any number of careers, the reality is very clear in our society that mothers work and families suffer.

In reality, there are many unwed and divorced mothers in our country. She, of all people, will have the understanding of the more common issues regarding families in America.

I, as a mother myself, struggled. I have failed as a mother but in some instances, I have done well. I love my children who are now 19 and 21. I can only pray that I have helped to equip them with the ability to get through this life successfully. Success not necessarily defined in a financial sense, but in a humanity sense.

Originally posted by

Mary Jo

I applaud Sarah Palin and John McCain (that doesn't mean I will vote for them). The reason I say that, is because she does represent the American woman, like it or not. Today, an American woman has to work to help support her family in many instances. Whether you are a waitress working 3 jobs for tips and raising babies; or a corporate lawyer; or a registered nurse; or any number of careers, the reality is very clear in our society that mothers work and families suffer.

In reality, there are many unwed and divorced mothers in our country. She, of all people, will have the understanding of the more common issues regarding families in America.

I, as a mother myself, struggled. I have failed as a mother but in some instances, I have done well. I love my children who are now 19 and 21. I can only pray that I have helped to equip them with the ability to get through this life successfully. Success not necessarily defined in a financial sense, but in a humanity sense.

Originally posted by

Mary Jo

I applaud Sarah Palin and John McCain (that doesn't mean I will vote for them). The reason I say that, is because she does represent the American woman, like it or not. Today, an American woman has to work to help support her family in many instances. Whether you are a waitress working 3 jobs for tips and raising babies; or a corporate lawyer; or a registered nurse; or any number of careers, the reality is very clear in our society that mothers work and families suffer.

In reality, there are many unwed and divorced mothers in our country. She, of all people, will have the understanding of the more common issues regarding families in America.

I, as a mother myself, struggled. I have failed as a mother but in some instances, I have done well. I love my children who are now 19 and 21. I can only pray that I have helped to equip them with the ability to get through this life successfully. Success not necessarily defined in a financial sense, but in a humanity sense.

Originally posted by

Travis

This is a horrible HORRIBLE article!
Would ANYONE ask Obama if he needs to spend more time with his two daughters? No, no one has yet to ask him that. This is the most sexist article I have seen in the DKS and I am asking that the editors condem it! Horrible.