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apocalypsos) wrote2008-10-22 02:11 pm
apocalypsos) wrote2008-10-22 02:11 pm
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A vote for Sarah Palin is a vote for the next season of "Project Runway".
So Sarah Palin's been having the RNC pay for her expensive wardrobe. It's hard to avoid criticizing Palin as a female candidate rather than just as a candidate when there's lines in articles like this that read, In Palin’s defense, being a woman in the public eye has its own kind of pressures. I'm sorry, but that's bullshit, regardless of their intent to give them to charity or whatever. The article points out that Obama's suits cost in the $1,500 dollar range. I imagine John McCain's suits may cost more, but that wouldn't bother me personally because ... well, he can afford it. What bothers me is when during a time of economic crisis a candidate is charging either party for their extravagant wardrobe expenses and anybody would want to handwave it as, "Oh, well, she IS a woman." What? No. You're a governor, for crying out loud. You can afford to buy your own peep-toe pumps.
Oh, and she also, charged the state for her kids traveling with her, even if they weren't invited to the event in question. I know this won't come as a surprise, but Idon't exactly look forward to the prospect of paying for the Palin girls to fly to Hawaii or wherever to pretend to pull a raffle ticket when I can't even afford to go to Wincon during a weekend it's in a city five hours away from my house.
But the good news is that "God will do the right thing on election day." Whether or not He will still have done the right thing if Obama's the one who gets elected, Palin didn't say. What Palin has said is that Obama's camp is presumptuous for thinking they have the women's vote locked up, because they're the one with a woman on the ticket, clearly not understanding the exact reason why her unfavorability ratings among women have risen. According to the article, she also says, "You've got to ask yourself, why was Senator Hillary Clinton not even vetted by the Obama campaign? Why did it take 24 years, an entire generation from the time Geraldine Ferraro made her pioneering bid, until the next time that a woman was asked to join a national ticket?" While I certainly can't answer the second question, I can say that the fact that she appears to think Hillary Clinton is the only woman in the Democratic party and that Obama might not have a problem getting along with her after the oh-so-fun primary season doesn't make me want to vote for Palin's va-jay-jay the way she seems to want me to. No, thanks, I'd rather vote to secure the rights of ALL women, not just the one on the Republican ticket.
Urgh. I'm starting to believe that Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones's solution to the global economic crisis is exactly what we need right now as a country.
Oh, and she also, charged the state for her kids traveling with her, even if they weren't invited to the event in question. I know this won't come as a surprise, but Idon't exactly look forward to the prospect of paying for the Palin girls to fly to Hawaii or wherever to pretend to pull a raffle ticket when I can't even afford to go to Wincon during a weekend it's in a city five hours away from my house.
But the good news is that "God will do the right thing on election day." Whether or not He will still have done the right thing if Obama's the one who gets elected, Palin didn't say. What Palin has said is that Obama's camp is presumptuous for thinking they have the women's vote locked up, because they're the one with a woman on the ticket, clearly not understanding the exact reason why her unfavorability ratings among women have risen. According to the article, she also says, "You've got to ask yourself, why was Senator Hillary Clinton not even vetted by the Obama campaign? Why did it take 24 years, an entire generation from the time Geraldine Ferraro made her pioneering bid, until the next time that a woman was asked to join a national ticket?" While I certainly can't answer the second question, I can say that the fact that she appears to think Hillary Clinton is the only woman in the Democratic party and that Obama might not have a problem getting along with her after the oh-so-fun primary season doesn't make me want to vote for Palin's va-jay-jay the way she seems to want me to. No, thanks, I'd rather vote to secure the rights of ALL women, not just the one on the Republican ticket.
Urgh. I'm starting to believe that Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones's solution to the global economic crisis is exactly what we need right now as a country.
See more Natalie Portman videos at Funny or Die
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The Republicans are trying to regain some points, this morning the news outlets had something about Palin donating "part of" her new wardrobe to charity.
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(Unlike say... Todd Palin, who's wearing armani suits also paid for by the RNC)
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