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Rudy Asks: Where Are the Feminist Groups? Republicans Say Media Scared of Palin
September 03, 2008 9:14 AM
On "Fox and Friends" this morning, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the media has "savaged" Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Giuliani said he was "really angry and I am really upset. ... Where are these feminist groups? I mean, she is being asked questions like, 'Can you be a vice president and a mother?' But what about Barack Obama -- can you be a president and a father? Or John McCain? I was never asked that question, or George Bush or Al Gore. All these men have run, most of them had families -- some of them had young children -- none of them were ever asked, 'Can you be a father and can you be president or vice president?'"
The ex-New York Mayor pointed out that this week's cover of US Weekly, about Palin and her 17-year-old daughter Bristol's pregnancy, is titled "Babies Lies & Scandal."
Last week's cover, Giuliani said, was about Michelle Obama, and it was titled "Why Barack Loves Her."
"Anyone that says there isn't a media bias is living on Mars," Giuliani said. "And anyone that says a woman nominated by the Republican ticket isn't treated differently is also somewhere in outer space."
Giuliani noted that the attacks are because the Left is afraid.
"This is historic; they realize it is historic," Giuliani said.
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board elaborated on that notion today that "What's really going on here is that the Beltway class can see how popular the Palin pick is with Republicans outside Washington, and especially with middle-class conservatives. As Richard Land, a leader with the Southern Baptist Convention, said Monday, John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin closed the 'enthusiasm gap' between the two parties.
"There is nothing more dangerous to entrenched Washington power than a populist conservative who looks unlikely to buy into Washington's creature comforts. Take a close look at Governor Palin's record on ethics and energy in Alaska, and it becomes clear what this Beltway outburst is actually about. The irony is that, while Senator Obama is running on change, his acceptance speech made explicit that he's promising only more power and money for Washington. Sarah Palin's history of taking on the career politicians of a corrupt Alaskan GOP machine -- her own party -- shows that she's the more authentic change agent."
What do you think? Is that what's "really going on here"?
- jpt
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Palin will be delivering
her withdrawal speech
tonight and heading back
home.
That's the best thing
Ms. Incompetent can do
and get out of the
Lower 49.
Posted by: anon | Sep 3, 2008 1:33:46 PM
Ryan:
That is an outright lie:
"McCain is the one who canceled because Samantha Brown asked Tucker Bounds a question about Palin that Tucker could not answer. "
I WATCHED Samantha pushing Tucker with pointed questions about Sarah which were intended to show her in poor light.
I WATCHED as TUCKER nobly extricated and acquitted himself with honest and unbiased answers which gave an a more truthful picture of the vice presidential candidate.
I do not know what it is McCain was supposed to have cancelled B U T
I D O know that whatever it was, there was NO reason for it to be based on this this particular issue!
Posted by: america-centric | Sep 3, 2008 1:33:31 PM
BHO & Biden are toast! Love to see all the hate-posts here - shows just how scared you are! Love it, love it! You are all saying that Sarah is just like BHO - so why don't you just vote for her!
Yes, Mc Can, and Sarah, Sarah, Sarah!!!
Posted by: Beckie | Sep 3, 2008 1:30:07 PM
This is getting funnier by the day. The republicans sound like a bunch of whiners. They are kidding themselves that this ticket will help with the women independents out there. All the polls out show women just aren't buying into this. It has nothing to do with working mothers. It has to do with the economy and the supreme court. The repubs are pushing this story line, not the dems.
The Who said it best, "won't be fooled again."
Posted by: That's not pandering we can believe in | Sep 3, 2008 1:25:12 PM
If Palin has the experience
that Republicans are attributing
to her, they also to have to
explain why she could not even
describe the duties of the
vice president in a recent
tv interview.
Running on and on about experience
when you cannot even answer an
elementary question about the
job for which you have just been
selected does not wash.
Posted by: anon | Sep 3, 2008 1:23:21 PM
"Corsi's racist rants on FreeRepublic were considered par for the course. "
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 12:54:33 PM
___________________
hmmmmmmm
Anything anti- B O is automatically labeled "racist".
We should add this mis-begotten anomaly to the new book of political change!
Posted by: america-centric | Sep 3, 2008 1:23:12 PM
Where are the feminists?? Seriously, funny.
The feminists are voting for a ticket that actually believes in feminism. Not a ticket that tried a ridiculous pandering gimmick with a woman who holds no feminist values whatsoever.
Posted by: Funny | Sep 3, 2008 1:21:06 PM
"Why is Larry King afraid of John McCain?"
He isn't.
McCain is the one who canceled because Samantha Brown asked Tucker Bounds a question about Palin that Tucker could not answer.
Palin has yet to speak with any reporter outside of People magazine.
McCain is giving his 1st national interview (other than Leno) tonite since going into hiding from the press after his houses gaffe.
Meanwhile Obama is going on O'Reilly on Thurs.
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 1:20:57 PM
Her office in downtown Anchorage sits beside the ConocoPhillips building. "When I look every day, the big oil company's building is right out there next to me, and it's quite a reminder that we should have mutually beneficial relationships with the oil industry," she said recently. Most people in the Alaskan environmental community see her as an ally of Big Oil, willing to set aside both science and the public good to benefit the industry.
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 1:17:03 PM
Ryan C
Why is Larry King afraid of John McCain?
Posted by: america-centric | Sep 3, 2008 1:14:43 PM
Why is John McCain afraid of Larry King?
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 1:06:05 PM
Dear Mayor Noun...Verb...09/11 -
We should all be afraid of a potential President who makes the most important decision of his campaign on information provided the day before and then blames the media when the truth about his nominee starts oozing out. We've been here before and look where it's gotten us. It's pure Bush administration...screw something up and then lie, distract, and divide. Enough.
Posted by: Brooklyn Democrat | Sep 3, 2008 1:04:19 PM
"Thats just like believing that the act of running for President makes you qualified for President."
Actually it does. Its not the only act certainly but otherwise how does one qualify for the Presidency if one does not run for it?
McCain has ran and had his qualifications vetted by a primary process.
Obama and Joe Biden have done the same.
Palin's qualifications are handed out as GOP talking points.
And even those aren't very good because they just started to vet her on Wed last week.
McCain 1st executive decision was a rushed and uninformed one. Probably because he was in a panic about his campaign. You don't change the game if you think you are winning.
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 12:59:06 PM
Debra I am bitter because this country has gone to hell with the republicans running it.
Posted by: zz | Sep 3, 2008 12:58:11 PM
So the act of Corsi mentioning it makes it untrue"
Considering he is thoroughly discredited liar and bigot and you rely upon him as your main source(or rw simply repeating his charge), I would say yes.
Its funny how the left blogosphere was cast as mean recently.
Corsi's racist rants on FreeRepublic were considered par for the course.
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 12:54:33 PM
Sarah Palin will do well with those small town Americans that Obama thinks are bitter and clinging to guns and religion, AND Hillary supporters who saw them gang bang her too.
I see BACKLASH coming, if the Obots, paid and otherwise keep it up.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN/PALIN!
Posted by: Debra | Sep 3, 2008 12:49:54 PM
Way to rely on thoroughly discredited Corsi for your continuing Rezko scandal!
Meanwhile John McCain's foreign policy adviser is a registered foreign agent paid to lobby for Georgia.
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 12:39:43 PM
A more cynical version: there's some jealousy in play here.
Posted by: Julian | Sep 3, 2008 12:39:23 PM
Thanks for posting actual facts Samantha.
Though two things should be noted:
The Obama's made more than one offer and their last offer was accepted. This was June of 2005 (months after the peak and the start of price declines) and the house had been on the market for awhile.
The Obama's paid 1/6 the price of what Mrs. Rezko paid for 1/6 of the land.
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 12:33:27 PM
"Also note, that some how magically, Rezkos wife had 30k cash on hand and a net worth of -30k."
Net worth is probably like the McCain set up, ya know where's hes the kept man but nothing is in his name.
"But yet she managed to snag a 600k piece of property, just to flip it back to Obama for a huge loss."
She sold 1/6 of the property at 1/6 of the price she paid.
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 12:28:50 PM
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