Palin: wrong woman, wrong message (Steinem, LA Times)

[gulliver]

Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger.

By Gloria Steinem
September 4, 2008

Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women -- and to many men too -- who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote. We owe it to Shirley Chisholm, who first took the "white-male-only" sign off the White House, and to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who hung in there through ridicule and misogyny to win 18 million votes.

But here is even better news: It won't work. This isn't the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.


http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-steinem4-2008sep04,0,1290251.story

[life long demo]

1. I just found this website and wanted to post article on Palin

http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/sep/06/palins-budget-cuts-warrant-closer-scrutiny/

I'm not real good at this. Article is on Palin's budget. A little different from the conservative message she is spouting. Not surprising though.

[HockeyMom]

2. The wrong woman is no better than

the wrong man. Her gender does not erase all the negatives.

[zanne]

3. Gloria, you're still my hero!

I met Gloria Steinhem in a small college in NH in 1972. She gave a talk there and I had the privilege of going backstage to meet her. At the time, she was battling a phobia of public speaking. Her hands were shaking before she went on stage. Once she was in front of the microphone, her passion replaced her fear. What a courageous woman.

"This isn't the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him". Exactly. A man like McCain would never have picked a qualified woman. She might make him look bad.

[Duppers]

4. W00T

It's the equivalent of advancing Afro-American causes through Condi Rice.

[Demeter]

5. Like Phyllis Schlafly, Except Stupider, and a Real Hick Besides

If that's what men want, I'm staying single.