OMG Campbell Brown calls out McCain over sexist treatment of Palin.

[Hamlette]

"Tonight I call on the McCain campaign to stop treating Sarah Palin like she is a delicate flower that will wilt at any moment. This woman is from Alaska for crying out loud. She is strong. She is tough. She is confident. And you claim she is ready to be one heart beat away form the presidency. If that is the case, then end this chauvinistic treatment of her now. Allow her to show her stuff. Allow her to face down those pesky reporters... Let her have a real news conference with real questions."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23/campbell-brown-rips-mccai_n_128782.html

[1corona4u]

1. I thought it was weak....like faux outrage.

[seabeyond]

2. and i thought it was kick ass like so many of us women across the nation are feeling

with the repug party setting back womens movement decades

she exactly expressed what i and many women i know feel about palin and her "role" as a faux feminist

[1corona4u]

8. Well, I'm a woman, and I thought it was weak.

So, I guess there are other women who don't agree with you.

[seabeyond]

9. weak in what way? what are you talking about. cause she wasnt angry, they are treating palin

like a fragile flower and not allowing her to play with the "men"

specific.

what is weak?

[1corona4u]

10. Like I said, faux outrage, and disingenuous. Campbell showed ZERO emotion.

Like she was just reading it. She had no emotion showing on her face at all, and almost had a smerk. That's what it looked like to me.

Specific enough?

[seabeyond]

11. so you arent opposed to the message just the messenger. yes, now i AT LEAST

know the direction you are coming from.

she did it with humor.

you dont like the delivery, big fuckin deal. .... at least it was said outloud, finally, by someone that this move mccain has made with palin makes all women appear incompetent....

[BlooInBloo]

12. I think the poster means that she thinks Brown was only pretending to be outraged...

Which falls into neither of your 2 categories.

EDIT: I'm not taking a stand on Brown's sincerity one way or the other - just interpreting the other person's post.

[seabeyond]

13. hm. and i am just thrilled it was said outoud. go figure. thanks. n/t

[seabeyond]

14. btw.... my many women

was on the issue of content. from what you say, it isnt the content .... sexist treatment FROM mccain, that you object to.

:shrug:

[applegrove]

6. I just heard it half way through. I do agree she could have been more emotionally

involved since it was a rant. But practice makes perfect and I'm sure her next rant will be better.

[bushisanidiot]

3. Cambell Brown is starting to turn me on..

;)

I'm soooooo glad to see SOME actual journalists calling out the repukes on their sneakiness and dirty tricks. That's what we expect out of reporters.. ASK real questions.

[tabatha]

4. Wow!

Hopefully, she is the first of many reporters to call out McCain.

He is treating this country as if it were his private property - and the citizens count for nothing.

[Overseas]

5. I am glad Campbell brought this up. Palin is promoted as a tough gal

but they hide her away from questions? What gives, fellas? Which is it-- Tough Alaskan Reformer or Delicate Bimbo ?

GET REAL !!

[napi21]

7. I didn't hear her, but her words are absolutely RIGHT! I have been

thinking this all along. If Sarah IS ready to be VP, then why the hell are they shielding her from EVERYTHING? They're treating her like she was some priceless glass sculpture that might break if someone breathed on it!

If she really IS ready, then open the damn door of the protective bubble and let her prove it!