CNN STILL Thinks Sarah May Capture the Women’s Vote

Really! After 35,600,000 women voted for the African-American male candidate in 2008, somebody still thinks Sarah Palin will attract the women’s vote. After President Obama’s first piece of legislation was the Lilly Ledbetter Act, requiring equal pay for women, somebody thinks we will forget that Sarah Palin opposed it. I bet the two women Barack Obama appointed to the US Supreme Court could name a few more  Supreme Court cases besides Roe v. Wade. For Sarah Palin “sexism” is just another excuse for the many foolish things she has done or said.

Who can forget the memorable joke made by Sarah Palin at the RNC about lipstick? Only a woman could make that joke because she needed to gesture, pointing out her lipstick. Have you ever seen a male politician parade his special needs baby before the attendees at any type of political convention? Who can forget the report of Palin saying that she would prepare for a city council meeting by putting on her push-up bra so she could get what she wanted.  Sarah Palin wasn’t photographed by a pesky reporter who snuck up and surprised her when her sexy image was captured and used on the cover of Newsweek.

However when that edition appeared on the shelf of our local grocery store, Palin took to Facebook to slam the cover. She claimed that the photo selection was sexist and was engineered by the liberal media to distract attention from the release of her memoir Going Rogue.. Contrast that photo to the one that recently appeared on the cover of Newsweek.

This recent photo of Palin that appeared on the cover of Newsweek was described as  “danged good.” A reporter described the photo by saying, “She can’t possibly be taken seriously as a presidential contender dressed like that, especially since this is the second time she has graced Newsweek in a less-than-presidential pose.” If I were to describe this photograph adjectives that come to mind might be suggestive, voluptuous, sexy, enticing, revealing, busty, well-endowed, or hot. It would not occur to me to suggest that this photo might create the image of a woman who was professional, presidential, or inspiring confidence. I would be more likely to imagine that woman pole dancing, rather than dancing at her inaugural ball. From tight fitting t-shirts,

to leopard skin shoes,

Sarah Palin has repeatedly made a conscious decision to portray herself more as a vixen than a professional; more as an enchantress than nobility; more as an exotic dancer than as the leader of the free world.

The number of times Sarah Palin has blamed criticism on “sexism” is embarrassing. We didn’t criticize Palin for her endorsement of Sharon Angle because we were being sexist, we just didn’t appreciate her lemonade remark. It wasn’t sexism that generated laughter when Palin endorsed Christine O’Donnell. It was O’Donnell’s history with witchcraft, her position on masturbation, and the mice she knew with human brains that made Palin’s endorsement so unbelievable.  Imagine the horror of Angle amd O’Donnell being appointed to the Supreme Court by President Palin.

Whether winking,

flicking her tongue,

blowing kisses,

or making penis jokes,  Sarah Palin has used her sexuality when she perceives it is to her advantage, and plays the victim when she is criticized. When the taxpayers of Alaska objected to paying for her children to stay in expensive hotel rooms in New York when attending a political conference with Sarah, people weren’t being sexist.  We were demanding that she act ethically. When Sarah allowed her husband to issue orders from the Governor’s office, Alaskans didn’t object because they were sexist, but because it was inappropriate for anyone but the Governor to fill that role. When she spent over $50,000 to re-decorated the Mayor’s office in Wasilla, people didn’t object because the furnishings were too feminine. They objected because they were too extravagant for a “fiscal conservative.”

Even Republican women like Barbara Bush object to Sarah Palin.  To say that any significant number of liberal women would support Sarah Palin because she is a woman is insulting. CNN should be ashamed to have its name associated with such a misleading and baseless piece of drivel.