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Sarah Seltzer: A Feminist Appalled by Palin
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... He hopes to court Hillary Clinton supporters with a woman VP who said on camera that she didn't like Hillary's "whining" about gender issues, a woman with unpopular, far-right positions on reproductive justice issues and LGBT rights. She's a woman who rides high on being a super-mom, but has an environmental record that won't leave the world in good shape for the next generation, her kids' generation. ...
Palin Zings Obama for Not Picking Hillary
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Palin on Whether She Ever Tried to Ban Books: 'It's an Old Wives' Tale' | Main Palin Zings Obama for Not Picking Hillary September 12, 2008 8:18 PM Are there smiles in Chappaqua tonight? Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had a little riff on how Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., must be having second-thoughts about not picking Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, as his running mate."I think he's regretting not picking her now, I do," Palin told Charlie Gibson tonight on World News with Charles Gibson. "What, what determination, and grit, and even grace through some tough shots that were fired her way -- she handled those well." In response, the Obama campaign sent out a statement from former Clinton supporter Rep. ...
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O "I think Hillary Clinton was held to a different standard in her primary race," Palin said. "Do you remember the conversations that took place about her, say superficial things that they don't talk about with men, her wardrobe and her hairstyles, all of that? That's a bit of that double standard." Rly? I say this with all due respect to Hillary Clinton…but when I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think you know that doesn’t do us any good – women in politics, women in general wanting to ...
