Call me a Sexist, but I don't think this woman can hack it

[itsrobert]

If somehow McCain gets in and than God forbid he dies in office, Palin would be the President. This scares the hell out of me. I could see Hillary as the President and I would be okay. Palin scares me more than having Bush in office.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Uh.... Women are just as capable as being unqualified as men are....

It would be sexist to think otherwise.

[Liberal Gramma]

2. Great reply!

It is her resume that's in question, has nothing to do with gender

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

23. Stupid...

Knows no gender. It is truly The Universal Condition.

[trof]

6. I dunno.

I have to say that I think men have MORE experience at being unqualified.
Does that make sense?
;-)

[ShadesOfGrey]

35. Depends on the woman. This one, NOT!!! nt

[melody]

3. How is it sexist to say *this* woman can't hack it?

The problem is she's a moron, not that she's a woman.

[Quantess]

19. "Moron" sounds like a huge exaggeration. That's harsh.

She's an accomplished woman in her own right. Unqualified for VP? Absolutely.

I can't wait for her to start answering tough questions.

[melody]

20. Bullshit -- anyone stupid enough to believe in creationism is a moron

The only thing she has accomplished is sociopathy on a local scale.

[Quantess]

25. Would you call Pat Robertson a moron?

...Maybe you would.

Anyway, is she brainwashed and loony? Definitely. But she isn't stupid.

Semantics aside, I think we can all agree she's a lightweight.

[melody]

26. Yes, I would.

In fact, he's a bigger moron. Education is one thing ... intelligence quite another.

[CJCRANE]

4. The problem is

that she's even less qualified than Shrub was.

And he was a complete disaster.

[madokie]

5. No shit, huh

give the powers to be the added benifit of having another front who was more dumb about how things work as w is and we'd be truly fucked, fucked every which way from sunday and I mean fucked we'd be.

[barbtries]

7. definitely a disaster waiting to happen

is that why they chose her?

after the dnc i felt pretty good, pretty hopeful. now i'm back to bated breath. i spoke with a "conservative" friend today and even she agreed that we need democrats back in the white house. but i am not sure i'll be able to take a deep breath until it happens.

[GCP]

8. No! That's not sexist, that just common sense!

[MiniMe]

38. I agree. But it has to do with Palin and her qualifications, not with the fact that she is a woman

Even Dan Quayle was more qualified than Palin is. At least he had been in congress so he had some experience at a national level. Palin didn't even know what the job description entailed.

[readmoreoften]

9. Hack what? She's no less competent than W. I'm sure here evil cabinet members would see her through.

[Cleita]

10. That's not sexist.

What is sexist is for a man to put an unqualified woman in a position of power because it might help his campaign. There were many more qualified woman in the Republican Party that he could have chosen to get the Hillary Clinton supporters. I think he picked this one because he liked her hooters.

[dchill]

33. From watching the video of her introductory speech...

it looked to me like he was more into the other end. AND he was playing with his wedding band while he stared at it.

[tribeofdot]

11. No I think its a trap...

Mark my words she will get herself to cry during the debates and paint Biden as a bully.

[Warpy]

12. Women aren't universally competent any more than men are

and yes, this woman is a total right wing nightmare in the mold of Phyllis Schlafly, only not as smart.

[MadHound]

13. She can't hack it, and that's not sexist, that's reality

Her governmental experience is quite thin, city council and mayor of small berg, then a twenty month stint as governor, that's it. Her foreign policy knowledge probably only extends to dealing with Canada. Her education background doesn't prepare her either, a bachelor's degree in journalism.

If McCain croaks in office, she isn't going to be the one running the show, it will be her handlers, the shadow government that Cheney likes to go on about. She'll simply be a figurehead. Of course I think that's all McCain will be if he gets the job. I get a real bad vibe about the man's mental state. He forgets common things, makes incredible gaffes(like offering to pass his wife around like a party favor at the Sturgis bike rally), and really doesn't seem to be the McCain of old. It reminds me a lot of Reagan in '84, forgetful, fumbling, falling asleep. It later turned out that he had alzheimer's, something that I suspected all along. McCain gives off the same kind of vibe, that he's not in control of all his mental faculties.

Thus, either way, I think we'll still be subject to the control of the shadow government.

[csziggy]

14. Oh she is at least as competent as Kathrine Harris and look how that turned out

Perfect for the Repubs. The rest of us, not so good.

And that is why we should not underestimate her. She may be absolutely the perfect tool for what the Repubs intend to accomplish. They love to use women who have won beauty contests and have just enough ability to do what their handlers want.

[dkofos]

15. Of course she can't hack it. She was never a POW.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

16. I'd say the same thing about a man with a similar resume

It is obvious that Palin is a token female, a last minute choice. This is the worst form of sexism.

[dchill]

17. Don't worry about that, neither McCain nor Palin...

will ever get to be in charge of anything. Even if they are elected.

[Cleita]

18. Even if they are elected?

Would you care to share why you think that? I mean I like your confidence. Help me be confident.

[sammythecat]

27. I think he meant they wouldn't be in charge

in the sense that we now live in an oligarchy, and "others", behind the scenes, really run the show. Ten years ago I would have dismissed that thought as nonsense, but eight years of this administration and all of the flagrant outrageousness they've gotten away with leaves me much more open to radical explanations.

[dchill]

31. Another thing I "think"...

Palin wasn't McCain's choice, at all. $.02

[sammythecat]

34. My understanding it that he barely knew who the hell she was. n/t

[dchill]

36. My understanding, too...

I wonder what McCain's understanding was? Or is there such a thing?

[PolyD]

21. Sexism

It is only sexism if you think she can't hack it BECAUSE she is a woman. I don't think that's the case here, and I am a woman.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. If Palin becomes President then we the people can take over.

believe me she wouldn't last long.

[depakid]

24. Abuse of power for personal reasons and financial incompetence

have been the hallmarks of her limited time in office.

Were she to become president, we'd surely see that on a far grander scale.

[regnaD kciN]

28. The big question is: if she were "Steve Palin," would you still think "he" couldn't hack it...?

If the answer is "yes," you're not sexist.

[greguganus]

29. So you're saying you think Hillary is a manly woman. n/t

[Fox Mulder]

30. How is this sexist?

[Disturbed]

32. Gov Palin is Anti-Abortion, even in cases of Rape &/or Incest.

Gov. Palin is against any for of Birth Control.

Aren't those two stands enough for any sane person to vote against McNasty/Palin?

[Fox Mulder]

40. I would think so.

I don't think the OP was sexist, btw. :shrug:

[underpants]

37. No need to have "woman" in that subject line

the point is that this PERSON can't hack it

I don't mean this as a attack on you at all I mean this only that this is the WORST pick of all time and is probably the last nail for the already bad McCain campaign

[DiverDave]

39. Since when is it wrong

to call an unqualified candidate, um, unqualified?

Being a woman has nothing to do with it.