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Palin: A Brilliant Trap?
JammieWearingFool —
Kirsten Powers seems to think John McCain laid out the trap for Team Obama, and they bit right away. SHE'S just a beauty queen. She's another Dan Quayle. And ironically, the biggest criticism of Sarah Palin, John McCain's veep choice, is she has no experience. Funny, coming from the Barack Obama camp . Following McCain's announcement of Palin - the first female to be put on a GOP ticket for the White House, and only the second in US history - the Obama campaign skipped the niceties and blasted her as the "former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience." ...
The Attacks Have Already Begun on Palin
A Blog For All —
... Senator since Obama has run for President pretty much from the day he took the oath of office as US Senator from Illinois. The other area that is a weakness - that she doesn't deliver geographically, can't be helped as she's from Alaska. She can't directly deliver a battleground state like Michigan or Ohio because she's not from those states, but if she wins over enough voters in places like Michigan or Ohio, she'll have done her job. UPDATE: Kirsten Powers thinks the Democrats are falling into a trap of male chauvinism. ...
The Man Trap
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Kirsten Powers has watched the hysterical shrieking coming from her own Democratic Party in the wake of Sarah Palin’s selection as John McCain’s running mate, and has newfound respect for the Republican candidate. In one move, Powers argues, McCain has ripped the mask of inclusion from the Democratic Party and exposed an ugly attitude towards women in power. They’ve also managed to underscore every argument McCain has made about Barack Obama’s readiness for high office at the same time: Is she a gamble? Definitely. But so is Barack Obama, who has himself dismissed ...
Palin thoughts, a day later.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... , and the media will merely be
slightly more genteel about it. The netroots can't help
themselves, of course: they've been well-conditioned by now to
automatically hate all who oppose them, and they are woefully
unaccustomed to having to be accountable for it. But don't get mad
at them: they're just... unwell, really. Instead, just point and
say "Hey, look. An Obama supporter." ...
Jonah Goldberg to Palin: Hit the left-wing feminists
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... and alienate some women in the process, in total fulfillment of the prediction made by our favorite liberal yesterday morning. Incidentally, I think any women’s votes that she does pick up are gravy. As I’ve been saying for the past two days, the real strength of Palin on the ticket is ...
McCain’s tactics, and the Left’s confusion
Stones Cry Out —
Just what is John McCain up to?
In the movie Jaws, when the fictional Captain Quint makes first contact with the great white, and the shark behaves unexpectedly, he tells Police Chief Brody, “I don’t know Chief, he’s very smart or very dumb.”
On McCain unexpectedly picking Sarah Palin as his running mate, Kirsten Powers wonders,
I can’t help wondering if this is a trap. The McCain camp watched and learned as Obama supporters offended Hillary supporters by their treatment of her. The McCainiacs had to know ...
Breaking: Bristol Palin Pregnant!
Stop The ACLU —
... to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support. “Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.” I think any attacks from the left on this one will backfire. Her daughter is taking up the responsibilities of her actions. I’m sure Obama will ...
Laura Bush on sexist attacks on Palin: “The other side is going to have to be particularly careful”
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... I still can’t quite get over how our pal Powers nailed this off the bat on Friday so maybe I’m seeing things that aren’t really there, but what does Laura Bush mean when she says, “That is something that we all looked at”? Was there a “trap” element to the pick, knowing/hoping that the sort of attacks to come would alienate centrists? Or does she simply mean that the sexism against Hillary was something she and Dubya took note of during the campaign? Either way, I’m really looking forward to our new feminist pope formally ...
