I think we just saw the Repukes tactic regarding the Palin choice on MSNBC.

[LostInAnomie]

They just had some retched woman from town-hall on, and every criticism that was brought up about Palin was spun into an attack on her gender and women as a whole. They are determined to make any question about her non-existent qualifications into a smear of sexism.

I just hope people aren't dumb enough to fall for the shit.

[Make7]

1. Palin on Clinton's Perceived Whine

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEUG0XZ9OpY
 

[janethussein]

2. Good Gawd - Palin needs some voice counseling -

she sounds like a screeching 5 year old girl. Uck !

[zbird]

9. Her voice reminds me of Mrs. Tarlek on WKRP. nt

[radfringe]

3. I just hope people aren't dumb enough to fall for the shit.

they are....

[LSdemocrat]

12. She's basically Dubya circa 2000, but marginally more authentic

All those people who got suckered in by Dubya's perceived "authenticity", "newness", and folksiness are going to love Palin.

I only say marginally more authentic because well the folksy "outdoors" persona seems to be less an act for her and more a rather disturbing way of life:

[Epiphany4z]

4. Oh Phuleeze

she is such a bad pick..you don't have to go near the gender issue. A man with the same qualifications would suck too.

[LostInAnomie]

8. That was brought up.

And it was spun back to a gender attack.

[Epiphany4z]

11. I am sure

Obama will find a way to hit them over the head with there spin...he is sooooooo good at that.

[CherokeeDem]

5. I Saw That As Well...

on an earlier interview this morning between a Democratic spokesman and a Repub. Two words weren't out of the Dem's mouth before he was accused of attacking her because she was a woman. This is all they have and they are going to run with it. I have to believe that even the most rabid of Hillary fans are not going to fall for this. Those that do were never supporting Hillary for the right reasons.

[KharmaTrain]

6. She's A Cover For Racists

This is the elephant in the room that needs to be pointed out. It's a pitch, again, at the "low information" voter who think "all women" are the same...and women who try to say this "stalking skirt" is qualified is doing so to give cover for those who are looking for a reason not to vote for a black. Sadly, I've encountered some who are embarassed to publicly admit this, but the GOOP hopes will give them an excuse to hide their racism.

[seabeyond]

7. i watched the first last night on larry king. a woman talker. carville said something

and she immediately jumped to sexism, how dare you. carville face was stunned. like wtf.

yes

this is what they are doing

the pig repug is finding a way to totally eliminate and use female like they have done with religion that will do a world of damage to us female for a long long time. they are trying to outrage all female. if not to vote for them at least be so pissed at the sexist dem male.

these people are soooo harmful to so many people and they have no morals or integrity at all

it depends if women are going to stand and call bullshit and not allow, or we are going to allow ourselves be manipulated by these pigs that get off on fox news degrading females in the most humiliating way every chance they get

the males that represent us, ... tellling the crudest of jokes for "entertainment" that call their wives cunts adn tramps

[Nickster]

10. Hmmm, that line of attack sounds so familiar....where have I heard it before.....hmmmmmm

[stillcool]

13. If people look for information..

about who she is, rather than listen to what the television tells us she is, I think that would go a long way in ratcheting down the freak out. There is no reason why this woman has to be 'attacked'. By their words and actions she and McCain attack themselves. After all information is contagious. For instance..

She is not a last minute choice. She was being considered for a long time. There is no reason to think that she hasn't been fully vetted, and yet McCain still chose her.

"Somebody reads somebody else'e blog and then the momentum starts building."

Posted by Alaska_Politics

Posted: May 29, 2008 - 8:21 pm

From David Hulen, ADN local/state news editor --

The buzz over Sarah Palin as a potential running mate for John McCain continues – and it's escalating. It’s mainly happening in the conservative blogosphere – one blogger after another after another looking at our governor from afar and deciding she’d be a good choice as the Republican running mate. The drum-pounding started last year with that Colorado blogger who launched the Draft Sarah Palin for Vice President site. It spread from there, and Palin added fuel to the fire in February when she sat down with the Washington Post and said, yep, she'd be interested in national office someday (while calling the idea of being tapped this year "an impossibility this go-round.")

Then today, the site Wizbang.com posted this:

A tipster sent us word that John McCain's VP advance man Arthur Culvahouse has been spotted in Juneau, Alaska. There's only one reason he would be there - to meet with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin about the Vice President position....

Governor Palin would (in my estimation) make an excellent VP candidate for McCain. Thomas Cheplick at The American Spectator makes the case that she's probably the only VP candidate who can balance the ticket against Obama. She's also a potential magnet for disaffected Hillary Clinton voters, many of whom are just looking for a reason not to vote for Obama.

http://community.adn.com/node/124285

....She's been to Kuwait...


this is interesting about her Vogue Cover
http://community.adn.com/node/114586
an interesting little tidbit..

Palin's responses on radio talk show very unbecoming

DAN FAGAN
COMMENT

Published: January 27th, 2008 01:12 AM
Last Modified: January 27th, 2008 01:38 AM

The governor's appearance on KWHL's "The Bob and Mark Show" last week is plain and simple one of the most unprofessional, childish and inexcusable performances I've ever seen from a politician.
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The Daily News opinion page addressed the governor's gaffe. They wrote "She came off looking immature herself, almost high-schoolish. It was conduct unbecoming a governor."

It was conduct unbecoming a human being, never mind a governor.
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/295464.html

this from October 2006, when she was running for Governor...long article..

Palin has cited her mayoral work as a central part of her qualification to serve as governor. But at the beginning of her term, asked by the local newspaper how she would run the city without experienced department heads, she made the job sound like no big deal: "It's not rocket science. It's $6 million and 53 employees."
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(It was a sharp contrast to her attitude toward the Daily News expressed in a 1993 letter, in which a seething young Wasilla city councilwoman called the paper "dangerously biased" for its coverage of Sen. George Jacko, a key member of the Republican majority in Juneau. Jacko had been caught trying noisily to get into the room of a female legislative aide and was eventually censured by the Legislature.

("How can you justify your restraint in slamming the Clintons, Kennedys, Marion Barrys and other philandering, chauvinistic left-wingers of the world?" Palin wrote at the time. "Your yellow, liberal rag is so obvious. I pray we will someday have a choice in newspapers again.")

Todd Palin, who has been a quiet background presence in her campaign, broadens the family resume considerably: fisherman, oil field worker and Alaska Native. The family fishes a commercial setnet site on the Nushagak River in Bristol Bay every summer. Todd has worked 18 years on the North Slope for BP, where he is now a production operator, a job Sarah says he would quit if she's elected. His Yup'ik grandmother, Helena Andree, grew up in a traditional Native household in Bristol Bay and now lives in Homer.

http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/v-printer/story/8334949p-8231037c.html

[niceypoo]

14. We need only ask one question

Is she really the most qualified person they could dredge up?