National Review Tries to 'Feminize' Obama

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National Review Tries to 'Feminize' Obama

Posted by Roy Edroso, Alicublog at 5:17 AM on July 20, 2008.

Right can't seem to get their narratives straight



Former TV critic lists top 10 reasons why "Real Men Vote For McCain" which, in addition to being one of the very few NR articles to support McCain without evident embarrassment, portrays the Democratic candidate as anathema to the butch: "Obama supports higher taxes for a government-run nanny state that will coddle all Americans like babies," "Obama gets support from Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, and every weenie in Hollywood," "Obama is married to a bitter, angry lawyer," etc.

In case some of the brethren have lost their decoder rings, Peter Kirsanow spells it out at The Corner: Obama "projects weakness," and not just "the vacillating, flip flopping weakness of your garden variety politician," but a "screaming, flashing, neon light on the forehead weakness." Not only is Obama a screamer, like all liberals; he's also a flasher. One wonders why Kirsanow didn't try to work "flaming" into the formulation. Maybe they do have editors at National Review after all.

Kirsanow also finds weakness in Obama's "attitude and demeanor." He doesn't really explain, though he does mention famous bachelor Adlai Stevenson, claim (without supporting examples) that "when Obama tries to talk tough it sounds either silly or plaintive," and make a jerking motion with his fist near his mouth while poking his cheek with his tongue.

"It may say something unflattering about human nature," says Kirsanow, "but everybody gets it." Indeed we do. The question is, what's the point publishing this in a wonky online magazine, when its intended audience barely knows how to read? Kirsanow would have had better luck reaching them by scrawling a seriously simplified version of his post on an outhouse door, printing it on a gimme cap, or painting it on Carl Edwards' Ford Fusion. (I would suggest they forward the top 10 to Larry The Cable Guy, but it's really not up to his standards.)


http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/92089/

[Colobo]

1. They are so obtuse that they can't realize how positive is when a man

is in touch with his sensitive, delicate, gentle, thoughtful side... if that's what they mean with "feminine". I'm one of those guys and I'm proud of it.

[Olney Blue]

2. But can McCain sink a basketball like Obama?

This article is ridiculous. :eyes:

[Danger Mouse]

3. Sexist, homophobic garbage by pigs, for pigs!

:puke:

[billyoc]

4. And in related news, National Review tries to sell magazines.

Unsuccessfully. :hi:

[saltpoint]

5. If the Right wants to smear Obama with cultural limitations it will have to

find a way to explain the skills he has at hoops.

Basketball also has cultural import and Obama is pretty darn good at it.

How about a one-on-one between Obama and whoever is instigating these rumors -- say in a high school gym in west Texas or in Seymour, Indiana?

I think that will settle this issue.

[sam kane]

6. This being the NR, such drivel was probably lifted from elsewhere, too. nt.

nt.

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. This guy was on the civil rights commission by recess appointment believe it or not

A real piece of work.

Senators Harry Reid and Edward M. Kennedy and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney "all expressed disappointment with Bush's recess appointment of Peter Kirsanow to the National Labor Relations Board, citing his record as a member" of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. "'He is an ardent foe of basic worker protections, including the minimum wage and basic worker protections, including the minimum wage and prevailing wage laws, and is a vehement opponent of affirmative action,' Kennedy said.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peter_N._Kirsanow

[mrreowwr_kittty]

He's a bush toady. nt

[phillysuse]

11. Another Jeff Gannon look alike - and appointed by Bush

I wonder if Bush stroked his bald head when he appointed him.

Looks like he had a wide stance as well.

[blogslut]

8. Silly National Review

I wonder if any of them had ever met the founder of their magazine before he died? William Buckley was about as effete as a straight man can get.

[SparkyMac]

9. The Right is using all of it's character assassination now ...

.. what are they going to use in October ?

[barack the house]

10. They leave out the operative word real stupid men vote for McCain.

[NattPang]

12. McCain and his whining about Obama's trip and the coverage of such

is the one who sounds like he's crying to me.

[kentuck]

13. These folks are so desperate that it is becoming very funny...

to read and hear their comments. I wonder what's next in their attack bucket? :rofl:

[undeterred]

14. Real men know about the viagra-birth control health insurance issue

whether they need viagra or not.