startribune.com - 8/30/2008
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MADISON, Wis. - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would make a "pretty fragile" president, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton said Friday as politicians trotted out their talking points on Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's surprise vice presidential pick. In a conference call with reporters, ...
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McCain’s Brilliant Choice
The Wide Awake Cafe —
... But I had to go to work so I was in suspense until lunch. I was home just in time to watch Senator McCain introduce Sarah Palin as his vice presidential pick. I saw Gov. Palin deliver her exuberant speech and felt the excitement growing.
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Now the Democrats are searching for a hook on which to hang Gov. Sarah and after all the misogynistic statements which have come from Barack Obama, his campaign and many of his fellow Democrat male and sadly, female supporters, I begin to wonder just what is the hangup Obama has with women? ...
Geraghty: No, No Sexism at All
Articles on National Review Online —
... her as a skirt on the ticket. And when Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton declared that Palin would make a pretty fragile president, one might be left scratching the head at that label, knowing that Palin hunts caribou moose. But clearly, sexism could not have been what prompted that unflattering stereotypical adjective. And sexism was not the ...
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