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The "cute" factor and the gender card
TigerHawk — Michelle Obama is recommending that we not vote for a particular candidate because "she's cute." I'm trying to imagine Laura Bush admonishing voters not to support John Edwards because "he's cute." He is, but that would not have happened in any case. Why? Because nobody serious would say such an obviously disrespectful thing about a male candidate. The appalling thing is that the very people who normally scream in outrage at exactly this sort of condescension are silent when the Obamas and their allies direct it at Sarah Palin. Indeed, the "sweetie" comment dogged Barack ...

So Are You Voting for McCain-Palin
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Thursday, September 18, 2008 [image] So Are You Voting for McCain-Palin [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] because "she's cute"? Michelle Obama, at her patronizing best. 09/18 05:46 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us This page loaded in 0.005386 seconds.

Remainders: Within the margin
Jonathan Martin's Blog — NBC uncovers Palin earmark requests. Chris Cox responds. Battleground polls show lots of ties. Rothschild lays out the difference between "elite" and "privileged." Mike and Carrie share the lack of news from the road. Ruffini explains the downsides to Obama not taking public funding. An old Goldwaterite endorses Obama. Frum thinks Obama blinks too much. The quest for the Palin hacker goes to Tennessee. Michelle launches half a "cute"-gate. Yuval Levin argues the crisis ...