From Seneca Falls to … Sarah Palin?

newsweek ^ | 09/13/2008 | Julia Baird

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Nearly a quarter of a century later, Sarah Palin is also being grilled about her capacity to negotiate with the Soviets (well, the Russians, but they are acting like Soviets at the moment), asked if she will still cook for her family if elected vice president and praised for her chic glasses and copper highlights. But this time, women are flocking to her, cheering her can-do attitude and her unabashed embrace of the hockey-mom label.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Geraldine Ferraro, like Palin, was asked "gender specific" questions such as whether, being a woman, she was tough enough to deal with other world leaders.

The Mondale/Ferraro ticket lost to Reagan/Bush in a historic landslide of course.

So, in the eyes of women who supported both Ferraro and Clinton, who both "deserved" to win, how can they both be discarded by the voters while they embrace Palin?

[padre35]

Good read, we really haven’t plummed the whole of the Palin Effect yet, Newsweak being a M(essiah)NBC organ, one does have to inject caution into their writings.

[paudio]

One survey shows that the selection of Palin brought in women as well as men. Her middle-class background with a union-member husband, both sport-lovers, and as parents they have to deal with limited resources resonance well because many voters consider the Palins as one of them, not simply ‘representing’ them.

[lonestar67]

The analysis gets weaker and weaker as you read it.

For example, the author says Palin has not faced significant media scrutiny— wow!

She also cites studies saying Republicans will not support working mothers according to a 2007 survey. I cannot find the study cited.

[sageb1]

“So, in the eyes of women who supported both Ferraro and Clinton, who both “deserved” to win, how can they both be discarded by the voters while they embrace Palin?”

Because Palin went from suffrage to VP candidate without the feminists.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

And some of these 21st century “feminists” forget that Susan B. Anthony was pro-life.

[ArchAngel1983]

” we really haven’t plummed the whole of the Palin Effect yet,…”

No, we haven’t! As a matter of fact my family and I attended the annual Farmer’s Day celebration in Richlands, NC today. Amongst all the celebratory expositions of John Deer tractors, farm accessories, and the usual quilt and fire department raffles, a strange sense of observation came over me…

Hey, there were two political tents there; a democrat tent (not one Obama sign at all) and a Republican tent (all the goodies included). The lady at the Republican tent told me that Senator McCain might be here (Camp Lejeune area) next week. She was almost jubilant. I told her I didn’t care if he was gonna be here or not, but was Governor Palin gonna be here. Her jubilance quickly turned into a ‘matter-of-factly; maybe. LOL, I don’t care who says what about Sarah, I’m voting my gut instinct on this one and she is the One!