Is Sarah Palin to women what Clarence Thomas is to African Americans?

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Yes or no!


Clarence Thomas was nominated by George Bush Sr. for the U.S. Supreme Court. This nomination occurred to take the place of the legendary Thurgood Marshall. Thomas was chosen for this honor because Marshall was African American and President Bush thought an African American should succeed him. The ranks of qualified, conservative African American judges was real thin, which led to the Thomas appointment. Thankfully, African Americans were smart enough to see past "identity politics" and instead looked at issues and not skin color. As a result to this day, Thomas enjoys real low black support despite being African American.






Now the GOP strikes again.

This time they are attempting to play identity politics with women. They have nominated Sarah Palin with hopes that women will support her because of gender and ignore the important issues they have fought for all their lives.

Just like the Clarence Thomas situation, it proves how "thin" the GOP ranks are when it comes to qualified women in their party.

Just like Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin is at odds with the "group" she is suppose to represent.

Sarah Palin opposes a women's reproductive rights, and has supported candidates who do not support equal pay for equal work. Recently she called Hillary Clinton a "whiner" during her historic run for the Democratic nomination.



So now we have the key question. Will women vote based entirely on gender? Or will they vote based on the candidate who is most likely to fight for what they believe in?

I guess we will find out in November.





What if a woman who voted for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Primary supports Sarah Palin now? Is that like an African American pushing Thurgood Marshall for the Supreme Court and later supporting Clarence Thomas just because he too... is black!

[BlooInBloo]

1. Thomas is brighter. Not SCOTUS level maybe, but still markedly brighter.

[NotThisTime]

2. No, Palin has very little in common with most women's ideology....

[Bullet1987]

3. Clarence Thomas has very little in common with Blacks! That's the point of the OP

I thought about this myself earlier. Blacks don't like Thomas AT ALL! I think Women COULD have the same opinion of Palin if the Democrats do their job.

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4. I agree 100%

Palin has little in common with the ideology of most women.


And Clarence Thomas has little in common with the ideology of most African Americans.


That's why they are similar in scope.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Alan Keyes

[True_Blue]

6. I don't think very many women are going to be voting for McCain now

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