Comments on: John McCain thinks women are stupid

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:38:20 +0000

Green Party? Now THAT’S what I call stupid. Have you heard Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente speak? I have, and it’s just babble. This is the U.S. presidency you’re vying for, not the presidency of the poetry jam! BTW a lot of that poetry really sucks! What, because you say cuss words all across you’re doing poetry? That’s what the green party is doing. Bad poetry

By: jamey

jamey — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:46:57 +0000

unfortunately the average white woman IS that dumb, apparently. Granted, this has nothing to do with gender. Most people are dumb. But seriously…women ACTUALLY FELL FOR THIS?????? after watching palin speak, support among white women went from an 8% advantage for Obama to a 12% one for mccainn??!! a frigging 20% turnaround? GIVE ME A BREAK!

were they listening? did they even watch? have they EVER read anything?

the question, apparently, is not WHETHER they’re dumb. they clearly are. the question is HOW DUMB ARE THEY? smart women: unite and tell wal-mart moms to read a f*cking book!

so discouraging

By: Charity

Charity — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:07:12 +0000

No snark taken :)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:33:09 +0000

Thank you, Jill, for this post! I find it rather disturbing that feminists on other blogs are up in arms about Palin being called “barbie” but seem to completely miss her anti-woman politics. No, it’s not right to hurl sexism against Palin. But we need to make sure that the Republicans can not make us lose perspective!

By: ThickRedGlasses

ThickRedGlasses — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:29:53 +0000

ThickRedGlasses, I found Palin’s VP speech intriguing to watch. McCain looked uneasy throughout: http://tinyurl.com/5azsv2. Whenever he wasn’t applauding, he was continually tugging at or massaging his fingers, or holding his arms bent and fists clenched at his side, like he was waiting to punch someone. He doesn’t project confidence about his choice–if indeed he made the choice.

Wow. McCain couldn’t have looked any more uncomfortable.

By: Ico

Ico — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:09:53 +0000

Really? Of Pam’s? How unfortunate… :(

I know it’s actually still linked to/self-identified as feminist. My snark wasn’t directed at you — please do forgive me if it seemed that way. It was more an expression of my general irritation at the fact that places like Pandagon continue to be viewed as representative of feminism.

By: Charity

Charity — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:14:23 +0000

Hi Ico, I guess I was more thinking that it still calls itself a feminist blog and is linked by a lot of feminist blogs. It was actually a post of Pam’s, not Amanda’s, which made it more startling to me.

By: Redstocking Grandma

Redstocking Grandma — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:06:29 +0000

I am a strong Obama supporter, whose favorite candidate was Clinton. What appalls me is all the sexist claptrap coming out of the media and liberal blogs attacking Palin as a mother. Daily Kos is slathering over the story that her son is really her grandson. People are telling her what she should have done when she was in labor. Abortion is not the most important feminist issue to many of us. The right of women to mother and have demanding careers is equally important. Palin’s husband is willing to stay home with the kids. That doesn’t seem to register with all the people calling her an abusive mother abandoning her son.

Palin is evoking a very different sort of sexism. Women aren’t supposed to run for major office until they are dried up old crones:)

By: Ico

Ico — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:33:07 +0000

Maybe someone should let Pandagon in on the tip that using phrases like *all of us laughing at the failed beauty queen’s political rise* is not, in fact, OK? Pandagon has ceased to feel even remotely like a safe space for me, but given the topic of this thread I wanted to use this example to demonstrate that yes, it really is happening on liberal blogs, and even on self-professed feminist blogs.

Is Pandagon still considered a feminist blog? I thought it lost that title spectacularly since feminism, by definition, cannot be racist. If it’s not a safe space for WOC it’s not feminist.

By: blue epiphany

blue epiphany — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:01:11 +0000

Regarding McCain fidgeting and moving his hand and arms – I’ve read that’s a result of the injuries he suffered as a POW, that he’s in near constant pain still and it’s difficult for him to keep his hands and arms still because of that. It’s been mentioned in more than one article I’ve read.