Sarah Palin Upsets Left’s Narrative on Gender, the Current Presidential Campaign & Republicans
In the Hill yesterday, Byron York asked, “What is it about Sarah Palin that seems to have driven so many smart, thoughtful Obama supporters around the bend?”
He lists a number of the most outrageous things liberals have said about the Alaska Governor, including Wendy Doniger’s contention that Palin’s “greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she is a woman.” Â Reminds you of Gloria Steinem’s description of Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison. Â Feminists seems to love prominent women, except when they’re Republican.
What explains this animosity toward successful conservative women? Â It seems there are three answers to York’s question, three reasons why Sarah Palin has driven so many Obama supporters around the bend.
The first reason: Â she upsets their narrative about gender. Â They would have us believe that all successful women have left-wing views and liberal values. Â Indeed, some do. Â But, this one doesn’t. Â She’s strong and self-confident, not aggrieved and whiny. Â She doesn’t tell people she can do the job better than a man. Â She just shows she can do it as a woman.
The second reason is that she upsets the narrative the Democrats had of this election. Â They wanted to run against John McCain’s election as a third term for George W. Bush. Instead, McCain picks a reform-minded Governor from about as far as you can get from our nation’s capital (without leaving the country) who has no ties to the incumbent (save party affiliation). Â
The third reason is that the enthusiasm she has generated among the Republican faithful, particularly social conservatives, undermines their narrative about Republicans. Â They want to believe that we don’t like certain liberal women because we fear/hate/can’t deal with strong women. Â And here we are admiring Sarah Palin as many of them revere Barack Obama.
In short, Sarah Palin drives so many on the left around the bend because she upsets so many of their narratives. Â Almost like a kid learning there’s no Santa Claus.
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thinking men know there is not a santa claus or god. but fools still believe.
Comment by michael — September 12, 2008 @ 8:06 pm - September 12, 2008
The Gay Left blogosphere, like Towleroad, Queerty and Uncle Sully…yes Andrew, you’ve officially crossed over to the Dark-Side…has totally lost it over the McCain-Palin ticket. Their Bush Derangement Syndrome has malignantly metastisized, and the result not pretty. No fact, quote or actions is too trite or petty to manipulate, twist or just outright lie about…all the while screaming that McBush is a senile liar and Pailin is a book-burning, seal-clubbing religious zealot with delusions of Divine Revelation.
All the Left blogosphere and the Obama-complicit MSM is accomplishing is turning-off the moderates, and alienating the progressives with irrelevencies. Let we really elect a President to do e-mail….
The WH staff and the Secret Service don’t let the President use e-mail or an unencrypted-PC for security and paper-trail reasons, just like they don’t let him drive, or dial his own telephone.
Comment by Ted B. (Charging Rhino) — September 12, 2008 @ 8:19 pm - September 12, 2008
I’m still wondering, if Obama loses this thing, will the Democrat party break free of the MoveOn-Kos far left elite and become a more centrist party? Maybe even a patriotic party? Because nothing could be better for America than to have two equally pro-American parties.
I forget which talk show host it was today, but someone was playing clips of JFK. That guy believed in a strong national defense, he cut taxes… he wouldn’t recognize the Democrat party today. I could vote for a Democrat like that. Hell, I’d vote for a Democrat like that over John McCain any November!
Comment by V the K — September 12, 2008 @ 8:29 pm - September 12, 2008
it’s really sad that the principled mccain has become little more than a mudslinger.
Comment by michael — September 12, 2008 @ 9:07 pm - September 12, 2008
If Obama loses, the Dhimmicrats will retreat into a sullen bitterness and pin all their hopes on the morally-corrupt Clinton dynasty swearing, “…next time, Hillary”. There’s no hope of a reformation, especially as they’ll continue to have their coastal elite strongholds to retreat to and their battered-wife syndrome fellow-travelers like the NEA. the Unions, Hollywood and the HRC and the GLTF to financially and emotionally milk for support.
Comment by Ted B. (Charging Rhino) — September 12, 2008 @ 9:59 pm - September 12, 2008
Blockquote>Feminists seems to love prominent women, except when they’re Republican.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — September 12, 2008 @ 10:44 pm - September 12, 2008
But it takes a real a-hole to run around telling everybody he knows how smart he is.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — September 12, 2008 @ 10:45 pm - September 12, 2008
The left and the Democrats blew it this time. They had everything going for them. Even very successful administrations after 8 years appear tired and don’t have many fresh new ideas. But what does the Democrat Party do? They nominate the most liberal candidate since Mondale. Forgeting that the country tends to be center right. A Democrat has not won the Presidency with more than 50% of the vote since 1976. Yet they picked the most liberal Senator in Congress. And unlike JFK, BHO didn’t pick the runner up who got nearly as many votes. Instead he alienated them especially the women. The choice of Palin was nothing short of brilliant. It energies a sullen Republican base, TRIPPLING the enthusiam from 12% -36%. It shows McCains superior decision making skills. (Unlike BHO’s pick of the boring Biden) A more stunning stat…including leaners Rasmusion polls 50-45% are more likely to vote for a Republican in Congressional polls. Stunning. Republicans need to concentrate now on taking back the Senate from the incompetent Reid trolls.
I love it when michael accuses McCain of slinging mud…what asking for BHO’s accomplishments? Can the press ask Barack for some of the names of the people he helped when he was a community organizer? We’d like to meet them. Are they wacked out militants. ACORN communists? Can we ask the Dems to stop the sexist attacks on our Sarah? She can handle it. Every attack sends 100,000 more women voters to Mac Palin.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — September 12, 2008 @ 10:57 pm - September 12, 2008
Wait did michael admit they are Godless?
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — September 12, 2008 @ 10:59 pm - September 12, 2008
Scroll down to “likely voters” in the battle for Congress, amazing.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/110263/Battle-Congress-Suddenly-Looks-Competitive.aspx
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — September 12, 2008 @ 11:08 pm - September 12, 2008
God almighty, michael. I’ve responded, respectfully, to some of your comments but McCain slinging mud? Are you living in a cave? Or just stupid?
The left is attacking a four-month old baby! The left is attacking a guy whose WAR INJURIES make it difficult for him to type. Your people are peddling lies that they KNOW to be lies.
Cowards and fools! And, worst of all, evil.
Comment by SoCalRobert — September 13, 2008 @ 12:32 am - September 13, 2008
I really do not “get” the left…where did these people come from…from what “left” …these are the “Lefties” I once knew…
Comment by left leaning lesbian friend — September 13, 2008 @ 12:42 am - September 13, 2008
Its desperation, pure and simple. They are going to throw whatever they have at her and hope that something will sick, they have nothing to lose now. McCain has a sustained lead and may state polls show races tightening or moving in McCain’s favor. This election was suppose to be start of a new liberal America and the reallignment of the country towards the left. They will do whatever it takes to win now, this the chance they have been waiting before. They knocked off the Clintons for it, and they will do their best to ruin her and McCain to do it.
Comment by Darkeyedresolve — September 13, 2008 @ 12:57 am - September 13, 2008
If Obama loses, will there be race riots?
Another reason for blacks to feel aggrieved……
Comment by LCRW — September 13, 2008 @ 1:13 am - September 13, 2008
Race riots? Preposterous. Alan Keyes loses the Republican primary every four years and Jesse Jackson lost before too. There’s no race riots over them. It’s not like McCain is pulling Obama over and beating him with a billy club.
Comment by Tyler — September 13, 2008 @ 2:12 am - September 13, 2008
Race riots for Alan Keyes… thats funny
Comment by Vince P — September 13, 2008 @ 2:39 am - September 13, 2008
Comment by SoCalRobert — September 13, 2008 @ 12:32 am – September 13, 2008
very funny. seems that some are having a hard time separating what the campaigns state and what the blogs blither about.
Comment by michael — September 13, 2008 @ 6:51 am - September 13, 2008
I believe in Santa and G_d. I’d rather be foolish than heartless.
Comment by Julie the Jarhead — September 13, 2008 @ 7:44 am - September 13, 2008
And that children who are genetically “defective” don’t deserve to be loved, but should instead be put to death so that society doesn’t “waste resources” on them.
Comment by V the K — September 13, 2008 @ 9:36 am - September 13, 2008
And now, deranged left-radio talker Randi Rhodes calls Palin a child molester.
Comment by V the K — September 13, 2008 @ 2:26 pm - September 13, 2008
Ace suggests a new campaign song to take the place of “Barracuda.”
Comment by V the K — September 13, 2008 @ 2:50 pm - September 13, 2008
Or, a new campaign song even.
Comment by V the K — September 13, 2008 @ 2:53 pm - September 13, 2008
Piper’s mom has got it going on!
Comment by Julie the Jarhead — September 13, 2008 @ 3:37 pm - September 13, 2008
And that children who are genetically “defective†don’t deserve to be loved, but should instead be put to death so that society doesn’t “waste resources†on them.
Comment by V the K — September 13, 2008 @ 9:36 am – September 13, 2008
has nothing to do with genetically challenged kids deserving to be loved. it has all to do with being kind. and if you think that giving birth to a knowingly genetically challenged kid is kind. then all i can do it feels sorry for your mentation
Comment by michael — September 13, 2008 @ 9:19 pm - September 13, 2008
Speaking of challenged, michael, there’s a pair of new fads in writing: capitalization and punctuation.
Comment by Julie the Jarhead — September 13, 2008 @ 9:42 pm - September 13, 2008
The most interesting thing is when liberals say a handicapped kid or genetically challenged kid is going to have it tough so ……the child should be killed instead. Lordy Lordy.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — September 13, 2008 @ 10:12 pm - September 13, 2008
Eugenicists for OBAMA!!!!
Lets see, hes got his Nuremberg Rally/Convention complete with Banners with circular logo and greek columns — if someone had just replaced the Bronco with a Maltese falcon it would have been an exact replica, he’s got his own hand gesture/salute, he’s already trying to prosecute people for opposing him politically, he plans to silence the opposition media when he gets in office, and he has the throngs of eugenicists chanting his name who follow him like a god and actually pray to him because he promises them “free” healthcare and a new environmental utopia.
Michael is the new Hitler youth. And like Michael, Adolf didnt believe in God or Santa either.
Which makes me all the more proud to believe in both. Yes, Santa Claus was real, Saint Nicolas, the Bishop of Myra and his life is well documented.
Comment by American Elephant — September 14, 2008 @ 10:30 am - September 14, 2008
The most interesting thing is when liberals say a handicapped kid or genetically challenged kid is going to have it tough so ……the child should be killed instead.
It’s worse. Liberals say a handicapped or genetically challenged kid is an inconvenience to the parents and society and so should be killed.
Killing people as a matter of convenience… that might even be worse than Hitler.
Comment by V the K — September 14, 2008 @ 1:12 pm - September 14, 2008
What’s really funny is that these selfsame leftists oppose the death penalty — which means that murdering someone is a lesser crime in their minds than interfering with Mommy’s dress size for the prom.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — September 14, 2008 @ 4:07 pm - September 14, 2008
Bristol Palin’s baby will receive the blessing of life from a loving family. It will be loved and appreciated, not sucked out into a sink for its mother’s convenience. It’s a good thing. Sad to see so many bad people on the left use it as a club to bludgeon that family with. But we know what people on the left are like.
Comment by V the K — September 14, 2008 @ 10:43 pm - September 14, 2008
[...] seems the same factors are at work. These leftists are angry at someone who upsets their narrative of what a woman or gay man should [...]
Pingback by GayPatriot » Why Feminists Hate Palin; Why Gay Activists Hate Us — September 15, 2008 @ 9:12 pm - September 15, 2008
“The left is attacking a four-month old baby! The left is attacking a guy whose WAR INJURIES make it difficult for him to type. Your people are peddling lies that they KNOW to be lies.
Cowards and fools! And, worst of all, evil.”
It’s strange how you care so much for two crippled people, but the thousands of soldiers and citizens in Iraq are conveniently bypassed. You know what’s also lies? Gee, the 54 and counting said subjects of McCain’s campaign so far. Respond if you want the link… but do you?
I’d like to know how I, a person you’ve never met in your life, is a coward and a fool, and EVIL, for looking into politics for years and choosing a side that is right to me?
Comment by Thea — September 23, 2008 @ 8:19 pm - September 23, 2008
>It’s strange how you care so much for two crippled people, but the thousands of soldiers and citizens in Iraq are conveniently bypassed.
Well for one, we respect our military.. our VOLUNTEER military. Everyone who is in Iraq right now voluinteered KNOWING they were going to be sent there.
They wanted to go to Iraq. That you disrespect them by mocking them for their choice is despicable.
“I’d like to know how I, a person you’ve never met in your life, is a coward and a fool, and EVIL, for looking into politics for years and choosing a side that is right to me?”
If you support Marxism, yes you are evil.
Comment by Vince P — September 23, 2008 @ 8:43 pm - September 23, 2008