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Palin isn't Aiming for Hillary's Women

by patooker, Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 12:49:59 PM EST

Also at KOS . . .

I say the Palin pick is clearly aimed at the blue collar men who voted for Hillary but aren't ready for Obama, while clearly signaling to the Bush core that McCain is bending to their will.

The men who went for Hillary over Obama because she was familiar are the target of the Sarah Palin VP selection. They can still feel like they are part of something new, and get to be "feminists". They can't be the misogynists people sometimes accuse them of while voting for a woman. But they still are voting for a ticket that reinforces the stereotype of the older, successful, white man with the attractive, female, executive assistant who follows him around all day and validates his worldview/existance, etc.

Plus she's a devoted mother of five (just like Mom check one box), sending a son to Iraq in September (check awesome photo op), and has a husband with no college degree who works a blue collar job (yet another check) and is a 4 time snowmobile racing champion (awesome). Plus she's attractive (we men are shallow), loves guns (lifelong NRA check) and hunting and fishing, etc. Seriously, which voters do you think this is aimed at? Not the women.

Team McRove isn't going for the Hillary women with this one, they want to get 25% to 50% of the men who voted for her while turning out the core of Bush's coalition. She's very pro-babies (carried a downs-syndrome child to term - check), pro-death to criminals (check), creationist (check), and anti-gay marriage while "compassionate" about discrimination (check). Replace she with he and doesn't that sound like #43?

Thanks for your time. Please vote in the poll and tell me if I'm on to something or barking up the wrong tree.

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Re: Palin isn't Aiming for Hillary's Women (none / 0)

You want to know what this really is? This is McCain's Paris Hilton argument: Round 2. Earlier, he tried to equate Obama with Paris and Britney, and Obama pretty much obliterated that argument last night. So now McCain is doubling down, and saying, "if you like Obama, you'll love this young lady".

This pick, at it's very core reeks of misogyny. But it's also subtly designed to define Obama.

Democrats can't be afraid to tackle Palin's readiness, in respectful but forceful ways. You can't let the narrative become a former beauty pageant contestant with less than two years as Governor of a very non-mainstream state is the equal to Obama who's been putting his judgment on display on a national level for all to measure. McCain has put out a poison pill with this one. It needs to be obliterated.

by hello world on Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 01:04:34 PM EST

Re: Palin isn't Aiming for Hillary's Women (none / 0)

Wow. I hadn't considered that AT ALL.

I'm voting for Saxby Chambliss!

by Jess81 on Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 01:08:02 PM EST
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Re: Palin isn't Aiming for Hillary's Women (none / 0)

I don't know if that's its intention, but in effect I think you're right - she's a more appealing Mitt Romney. She shores up all the cultural issues that McCain is weak on (apparently the misconception that he is or was once pro-choice isn't limited to Democrats).

And she'll appeal to some culturally conservative independants - there's no doubt about it. Which is why I think the way you go at it is by playing up the novelty aspect. Congratulate her on being the second women selected for a VP ticket of a major party every time you address her. Do this over and over and over and over and over and over again. Do it like you "honor McCain's service".

Make everyone utterly sick of it. Make it look like the naked pander that it is. Put her in a box.

Hillary Clinton did that in the primaries - it's one of the things that pissed me off. Every time they debated, she'd talk about how historic Barack Obama's candidacy was. How honored she was to be running against an African American. She did it ad nauseum, and I think it helped her.

I'm voting for Saxby Chambliss!

by Jess81 on Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 01:06:37 PM EST

Re: Palin isn't Aiming for Hillary's Women (none / 0)

And does anyone think that Blue Collar males are going to trust Palin as Commander in Chief, in charge of the MILITARY. They trusted Hillary because she had experience, Palin, not so much.

by venician on Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 02:59:40 PM EST

Re: Palin isn't Aiming for Hillary's Women (none / 0)

I hope they do consider that she would be that close to CinC, because that is a lot to wrap your mind around.

by patooker on Sat Aug 30, 2008 at 01:55:09 PM EST
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