[Cincinatus' Wife]

Women want complex men with simple ideas, not simple men with complex ideas. - Kellyann on John Gibson's "The Big Story" - Fox News.

President George W. Bush clears cedar at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Friday, Aug. 9, 2002.

[dagogo redux]

If I as a man have noticed, I'm sure it has not escaped the women in the country that Kerry's pictures are remarkable for their lack of a bulge!

[AnnaZ]

You're torturing me with that photo.

 

(Did I say that out loud?)

[Lorianne]

I'm getting kind of tired of this line of reasoning. What about all the men who are now voting for Bush? Could it be that placing emphasis on national security is just a very good idea at this time? Duh.

[seastay]

These pundits think that we woman will only vote for a sweet-talk daddy with emotion hair and apparel? This article is somewhat insulting, as 21st century woman we are just as concerned about the issues as men! So which time warp machine did these people fall out of?

[spodefly]

On a deep-brain level, mothers want what they dare not utter aloud in a culture that pretends the sexes are the same. They want a man to protect them and their helpless offspring. And the alpha male will be recognized on a level too primitive to be measured by polls.

Oh, by the way, those tremors you feel? Don't be alarmed. It's just the hate-Daddy Metro crowd stamping their feet in protest. It will pass. Sometimes they just need a nap.

Good article. By the way, I am an Alpha Male. Just because I am flabby and sleep with 2 cats doesn't mean I can't "take care of business". Really! What are you looking at? Stop it!

[Terp]

On a deep-brain level, mothers want what they dare not utter aloud in a culture that pretends the sexes are the same. They want a man to protect them and their helpless offspring. And the alpha male will be recognized on a level too primitive to be measured by polls.

Men recognize a alpha male when they see one too. And Kerry doesn't fit the ticket.

And I just don't think giving Teresa a big wet one it gonna work like it did for Al [grin].

[BobS]

In my little life, women go along with a man that just goes out and does things. Guys that talk and do nothing don't matter more than a little coffee break does.

[blondee123]

Aw, come on, wouldn't all you ladies feel protected by him:

[blondee123]

If Kerry tried to lift logs like that, he'd fall over!! ROFL!!!

[Vinnie]

IMHO the Zell Miller speech awakened people, especially women, to the stark truth that without national security all the other usual 'security' items, daycare, medical, education, etc. were moot subjects.

[EGPWS]

President George W. Bush clears cedar at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Friday, Aug. 9, 2002.

Do you have any pictures of Bill Clinton clearing bush? ; )

[dawn53]

It's just a feeling, a comfort level,' Dina Murphy, a New Hampshire mother who voted Democratic the past three presidential elections, told the on- line newspaper telegraph.co.uk. "I trust Bush more to lead our country.'

What this says to me is that the ABB crowd is probably not the average Dem voter.

My husband has been saying all along that when people get in the secret of the ballot booth, they'll vote for a "known" versus an "unknown". No matter what they've told the polls, they'll pick Bush over Kerry.

I hope he's right!

[GailA]

Dubya is an alpha male...sKerry is a girlie man. Nuff said.

[Smartaleck]

In other words........Kerry really is a whuss?

[Mulder]

I saw an interview with some of these idiots on CNN yesterday.

Some thought Bush would protect them. Others thought Kerry would do so.

Both groups are fools, since *their* protection is *their* responsibility. Instead of sipping their $5 coffee at Starbucks, these "moms" need to be out on the range acquiring shooting skills with a quality handgun.

And they need to buy more ammo and gear instead of pissing it away sitting around talking about their feelings.

[Publius6961]

D'OH!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

When 9/11 hit, two things came home to me. I wanted a cell phone right away (I had been resisting these for a while, but then I saw how people were at least able to leave last messages I knew I had to have one.) And I was scared. My husband was out of state (he was working adminstration on a forest fire, miles away from town in California). I was so thankful that he was safe and unlikely to be a victim in the outback, but I wanted him HOME NOW and we had no idea of how he would get home with all the planes down.

I had almost lost relatives in the Oklahoma City bombing (one was working in an office near by and got knocked to her feet, and another just didn't get out of the house in time to go to the Social Security office.) So maybe I was prepped already. Whatever. It hit hard.

I was one of those people who made an emergency supply and evacuation kit. When they said get the emergency supplies together, I ran, didn't walk. I planned emergency routes, and where I would go in my head. I discussed potential trigger points so that my husband and I would know when to leave. I can understand the concept of Security Mom in a big way, cause I am one. Although I have relaxed some since then, I cannot deny that there is that part of me that stays vigilant. Kerry makes me scared.

[SunkenCiv]

Loved that Gibson quote.