Hold on to those breakfasts: "Women turn out to see Palin in Wisconsin, Michigan "

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Clutching signs with messages such as “Girl Power” and “Sarah Is My American Idol,” moms and their daughters lined the barricades just outside The Chocolate Shop in Cedarburg, Wisconsin that served as the backdrop for the rally.

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“She's a real woman, she's a real feminist but she's not strident—she's like us,” said Hauswirth, a middle-aged mother who didn’t offer her age. “She’s strong, powerful and opinionated, all the things a women should be while still retaining her femininity, her womanhood.”

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But Palin, with her out-of-nowhere debut, compelling personal story and first-rate convention speech, has injected new life into the GOP and piqued the curiosity of voters who are only mildly interested in politics.

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McCain took the lead in delivering the re-tooled message, emphasizing the against-the-grain tendencies he shared with a woman who only became governor after toppling an incumbent governor and institution in Alaska politics.“Send a team of mavericks who aren’t afraid to go to Washington and break some china,” he said in Michigan.

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As for the men in the audience, they were excited to see Palin in person, too, if for different reasons.“She’s good-looking,” exclaimed Scott Kennison, drawing playful rolls of the eyes from the women surrounding him in Cedarburg.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080906/pl_politico/13198

[Heidi]

1. "Girl" power?

:puke:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. I do believe this was one of the most disgusting articles I have ever read.

We hate those manly feminists!

[Heidi]

4. I may shave my legs tonight

in Sarah-girl's honor. Not. :rofl:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

10. Yahoo has the story linked from their front page as "women turn out..."

but the actual headline is "crowds".

Ugh.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

31. Submissive Girl Power!!!

[Snotcicles]

51. They are beggars to their own demise. nt

[terrya]

36. Sarah should adopt "I Enjoy Being a Girl" from "Flower Drum Song" as her campaign song.

She's a "feminist"...but girly and pretty!

:eyes:

[HereSince1628]

3. If she had women in Madison turning out for her, I might look to see

if there were something to worry about. Cedarburg? That's sorta like saying the women turned out for Palin at the RNC.

[firedupdem]

5. Girl Power? She's no girl.......................... n/t

[LibDemAlways]

14. I saw a snippet of that yesterday on tv. That place is

whiter than an Alaskan glacier. Seems like they are only campaigning in their strongholds. Someone on here suggested yesterday that Obama stick it to them by holding a townhall in Wasilla. Now that would be a headline.

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[Systematic Chaos]

28. Yeah because I guess the locals would all be too busy chewing on meth

to pay attention.

:shrug:

[GoesTo11]

6. Their reaction makes a great case for affirmative action

If just putting a woman with no real qualifications in the VP nominee position is enough to inspire women young and old to im higher, then the Republicans ought to be delighted with making sure qualified women are able to get into positions of authority everywhere!

[WILLIAMSCAROL5]

7. Hold on to those breakfasts: "Women turn out to see Palin in Wisconsin, Michigan "

People take a good look - Palin is the female George Bush - the GOP ticket = McBush/Georgette

[kurth_]

8. "She's not strident"??

Are they fucking deaf?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. I think they mean she doesn't do crazy feminist things like wear pants

[On the Road]

9. "She's Not Strident"?

[supernova]

12. "all the things a women should be while still retaining her femininity, her womanhood.”

:wtf:

This is what sets me off about the right. That somehow, fighting for what you want on equal grounds is somehow 'unwomanly.'

[Wapsie B]

13. Two questions: How big were the crowds & Are we sure these women who turned out weren't bussed in?

[peace frog]

15. Fake GOPer plants

just like the robo-callers who call into the Washington Journal. SHAMS, every one.

[LibDemAlways]

17. Reminds me of 04 when the repukes delusionally

thought they had a shot in PA and chimp made a campaign appearance in the Scranton area. My uncle who lives there said the locals all hate Bush and no one would think of going to see him. So they bussed people in from someplace else for the cameras and then bussed them out again. That area went very heavily for Kerry.

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[Systematic Chaos]

27. Know what the fuck you're talking about before you waste our time.

kthxbai

[lonestarnot]

33. Paid to attend too!

You don't own this board.

[Systematic Chaos]

44. Uh... do you know exactly what I responded to and why?

I responded to a deleted post.

From an obvious troll.

And I know I don't own this board but I'm not interested in bullshit either.

Does this help?

[lonestarnot]

45. Yeah that helps.

:hi: We're cool. :pals:

[Systematic Chaos]

46. Farm out. Right arm.

And thanks for the Napolitano/Palin link. :D

[lonestarnot]

47. Hope you enjoy watching a nimrod and a leader!

:hi:

[zanne]

35. I'm sure they were all contacted by McCain's campaign...

People don't show up with homemade signs unless they've been asked to by a campaign or political party. I don't see anything wrong with calling supporters to show up for a candidate; I've called people to do it, and I've done it myself. It's the absence of full disclosure by the media that's wrong and in bad taste.

[michreject]

50. No they were not

I went and sat in the parking lot and watched.

[tanyev]

16. "Girl power" for the "real feminist"!!! Seriesly!

:woohoo:




:sarcasm:

[happy2day]

20. It's BAD news

I have been seeing Women jump on the Sarah Palin Bandwagon in Ohio, the SAME Women that were voting Democratic and now are going crazy over a Woman being VP.
It is scareing the hell out of me because Ohio is a very important State and if it is happening in all of these towns in Ohio I am SURE it is happening all over America.
Isn't there any way to stop this defection ? maybe drop Biden and place Hillary as VP ? something needs to be done to get these Dem Women BACK to the Dem side, but what ?

[tanyev]

24. Drop Biden and place Hillary as VP is the solution? ORLY?

[Jazzgirl]

34. Right....

n/t

[stillcool]

42. You're seeing women jumping?

got any pics?

[Lex]

18. Stupid sheep.

:eyes:

[Aeval]

19. Get these women a dictionary please! They need to look up the term "FEMINIST"

“She's a real woman, she's a real feminist but she's not strident—she's like us,” said Hauswirth, a middle-aged mother who didn’t offer her age. “She’s strong, powerful and opinionated, all the things a women should be while still retaining her femininity, her womanhood.”

(Not sure yet how to make those fancy quote boxes...sorry)

Being strong, powerful and opinionated does not make one a feminist, especially when the opinions one so strongly and powerfully aspouses actually denigrate women!!!!!!

I am reminded of when the Spice Girls came out with all that "Girl Power" stuff and people called them feminists. Their message was actually about using their sexuality to manipulate men. This is NOT feminism, at least not the kind I was taught about.

[begin_within]

21. And this is what they got:

Video of her is lower on this page here:

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/05/video-palin-hammers-obama-over-the-surge-in-wisconsin/

[Jim__]

29. She has to look down and read every line. Not really such a great speaker - n/t

[live love laugh]

22. I used to work in Cedarburg. It's about as smalltown as you get and lilly white of course.

All I can say is, I am glad I don't work or live in Wisconsin anymore. I actually get to talk politics with like-minded people now but when I was in Wisconsin, I endured coworkers wearing Bush baseball caps and having his picture plastered at their work stations (of course the pics did come down and the hats came off a little over a year ago--but still...)

As for the young men in Cedarburg proclaiming Palin "good looking"--well, some of the women in Wisconsin look like their Russian "sisters" so it's not surprising that these young men say that.

Finally, Wisconsin was a battleground last election. They caged votes, arrested and criminalized democrats claiming that they engaged in voter fraud, etc. with very little evidence. I was duped when I "registered" to vote with one of those clip-board-wielding people stationed outside a department store. It turned out that the information that I gave them was never sent in to register me. There were teams of people out to make people believe that they registered making it more difficult to vote when they realized that they weren't actually registered as election time neared.

[PeaceNikki]

32. Wisconsin, while still a battleground, is still blue and we have deep socialist roots

Lovely comment about 'some of the women in Wisconsin look like their Russian "sisters"'...

[eowyn_of_rohan]

48. wow. glad you moved away

Hope the women are better looking in the state you have moved to :eyes:

FYI Wisconsin has always been known for having clean elections, and many of us were alarmed by the past 2 pres. elections. We were a battleground state alright (like Iowa, New Mexico, and many others that didn't make the news as Ohio and Florida did), where the closeness of the election was "enhanced" by a great discrepancy between exit polls and final vote counts, thanks to Diebold, Sequoya and ESS voting machines and lying MSM. The voter harassment / disenfranchisement issue you speak of is new to me and must have been a rather isolated problem. Do you have a link to back this up?

Want to add - if you wanted to talk politics with people of like mind, you would have found good company in Madison, Milwaukee, and many other towns - heck, maybe even in Cedarburg, had you gotten around a little more :eyes:

[zanne]

23. I wonder how many of those women were contacted by McCains's campaign

To show up? It happens often that supporters are called to "rally" their candidate. (In both parties.)

[eowyn_of_rohan]

49. EXACTEMENT!

A number of paid hacks shuttled in, no doubt

[Solly Mack]

30. That Hauswirth is an idiot...so it's no surprise she likes Palin

“She's a real woman, she's a real feminist but she's not strident—she's like us,” said Hauswirth, a middle-aged mother who didn’t offer her age. “She’s strong, powerful and opinionated, all the things a women should be while still retaining her femininity, her womanhood.”


Wow. Pathetic.

[BloodOfPatriots]

37. Ugh

[spanone]

38. scripted crowds mean nothing

[peace frog]

41. Exactly

Don't be fooled by showboating. Know it for what it is: GOPer desperation creating a contrived campaign to make Palin the feminist messiah. Patently false.

[Blue Belle]

39. Did they show up to see if she sinks or floats?

The women who are there think feminism is means the candidate with the double x chromosome. They have no idea what real feminists are and most of them have bashed Hillary for showing the same amount of ambition and gumption. They are the same women who blame Hillary because Bill cheated on her.

[ebdarcy]

40. I'm glad I haven't eaten yet. Ick.

[Iris]

43. American Idol? Retaining her ...womanhood?

how old are these mothers?

[FVZA_Colonel]

52. Aren't the polls still showing she's driving more then 50% of women away from McCain?