She call Palin a porn star, and me white trash

[glockmail]

A Mighty Wind blows through Republican convention

I assume John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential partner in a fit of pique because the Republican money men refused to let him have the stuffed male shirt he really wanted. She added nothing to the ticket that the Republicans didn't already have sewn up, the white trash vote, the demographic that sullies America's name inside and outside its borders yet has such a curious appeal for the right.

So why do it?

It's possible that Republican men, sexual inadequates that they are, really believe that women will vote for a woman just because she's a woman. They're unfamiliar with our true natures. Do they think vaginas call out to each other in the jungle night? I mean, I know men have their secret meetings at which they pledge to do manly things, like being irresponsible with their semen and postponing household repairs with glue and used matches. Guys will be guys, obviously.

But do they not know that women have been trained to resent other women and that they only learn to suppress this by constantly berating themselves and reading columns like this one? I'm a feminist who understands that women can nurse terrible and delicate woman hatred.

Palin was not a sure choice, not even for the stolidly Republican ladies branch of Citizens for a Tackier America. No, she isn't even female really. She's a type, and she comes in male form too.

John Doyle, the cleverest critic in Canada, comes right out and calls Palin an Alaska hillbilly. Damn his eyes, I wish I'd had the wit to come up with it first. It's safer than "white trash" but I'll pluck safety out of the nettle danger. Or something.

Doyle's job includes watching a lot of reality television and he's well-versed in the backstory. White trash — not trailer trash, that's something different — is rural, loud, proudly unlettered (like Bush himself), suspicious of the urban, frankly disbelieving of the foreign, and a fan of the American cliché of authenticity. The semiotics are pure Palin: a sturdy body, clothes that are clinging yet boxy and a voice that could peel the plastic seal off your new microwave.

'Turn your guns on Levi, ma'am'

Palin has a toned-down version of the porn actress look favoured by this decade's woman, the overtreated hair, puffy lips and permanently alarmed expression. Bristol has what is known in Britain as the look of the teen mum, the "pramface." Husband Todd looks like a roughneck; Track, heading off to Iraq, appears terrified. They claim to be family obsessed while being studiously terrible at parenting. What normal father would want Levi "I'm a fuckin' redneck" Johnson prodding his daughter?

 

[WillowTree]

A Mighty Wind blows through Republican convention

so why do it?


cause she is a pig in lipstick!

 

[Gunny]

A Mighty Wind blows through Republican convention

Rather amusing that the left seems to have zero problem attacking Palin personally.

Insult Obama though and see how long it takes to be called a racist.

The usual, obvious to all but the retards double-standard.

 

[Silence]

Rather amusing that the left seems to have zero problem attacking Palin personally.

Insult Obama though and see how long it takes to be called a racist.

The usual, obvious to all but the retards double-standard.

This bitch can't even vote in our election...she's from Canada.

Heather Mallick
Biography

Heather Mallick has a nice old-fashioned M.A. in English literature from the University of Toronto. She has worked as a reporter, copy editor and book review editor at various Toronto newspapers and most recently wrote a column called As If for the Globe and Mail. She has won National Newspaper Awards for critical writing and feature writing. Her first book, Pearls in Vinegar, based on an ancient Japanese form of diary, appeared in 2004. Her second, an essay collection called Cake or Death: The Excruciating Choices of Everyday Life, was published by Knopf in April 2007.
She also writes for the Comment is Free section of the Guardian.co.uk. Her website is www.heathermallick.ca

I find it rather pitiful that the right is SO desparate to find negative things said about Palin that now they'll even go to other countries to find it and then they'll attribute it to the "left"

Who gives two shits what this person says? oh wait... the poor victims in the Republican party care...

cry me a fucking river already....

 

[midcan5]

Interesting piece, a look at cultural dimensions from all sides. I liked the 'Alaskan Hillbilly.' Alaska was the place where the ne'er-do-wells went or went to hide from the bill collector or the spouse. I was up there for over a year in the military. It was in many places like a backroad strewn with junk after the winter melt, snow adds beauty even to slums. The city Eskimos reminded me of the Indians in the lower 48, lost somewhere between changing worlds. But there are elements of Palin that should scare any freedom loving person.

What's the Difference Between Palin and Muslim Fundamentalists? Lipstick | CommonDreams.org

"John McCain announced that he was running for president to confront the "transcendent challenge" of the 21st century, "radical Islamic extremism," contrasting it with "stability, tolerance and democracy." But the values of his handpicked running mate, Sarah Palin, more resemble those of Muslim fundamentalists than they do those of the Founding Fathers. On censorship, the teaching of creationism in schools, reproductive rights, attributing government policy to God's will and climate change, Palin agrees with Hamas and Saudi Arabia rather than supporting tolerance and democratic precepts. What is the difference between Palin and a Muslim fundamentalist? Lipstick."

 

[bigdaddygtr]

Rather amusing that the left seems to have zero problem attacking Palin personally.

Insult Obama though and see how long it takes to be called a racist.

The usual, obvious to all but the retards double-standard.

Pathetic, incorrect response. Though not surprising from someone who voted for Bush TWICE so please don't start talking about anyone being retards until you look in the mirror

 

[Gunny]

This bitch can't even vote in our election...she's from Canada.

I find it rather pitiful that the right is SO desparate to find negative things said about Palin that now they'll even go to other countries to find it and then they'll attribute it to the "left"

Who gives two shits what this person says? oh wait... the poor victims in the Republican party care...

cry me a fucking river already....

You practicing to be a comedian, or what? There's no way possible to MISS the left's negative spew against Palin. Desperation not required.

So the opinions of foreigners/nonvoters no longer count here, huh? I have to give credit for originality. but that's about it. I haven't heard that one before on this particular board. It's a lame argument nonetheless.

Thisperson's opinion counts as much as anyone else's. Cherrypicking whose does and doesn't is rather unbecoming.

 

[strollingbones]

Interesting piece, a look at cultural dimensions from all sides. I liked the 'Alaskan Hillbilly.' Alaska was the place where the ne'er-do-wells went or went to hide from the bill collector or the spouse. I was up there for over a year in the military. It was in many places like a backroad strewn with junk after the winter melt, snow adds beauty even to slums. The city Eskimos reminded me of the Indians in the lower 48, lost somewhere between changing worlds. But there are elements of Palin that should scare any freedom loving person.

What's the Difference Between Palin and Muslim Fundamentalists? Lipstick | CommonDreams.org

"John McCain announced that he was running for president to confront the "transcendent challenge" of the 21st century, "radical Islamic extremism," contrasting it with "stability, tolerance and democracy." But the values of his handpicked running mate, Sarah Palin, more resemble those of Muslim fundamentalists than they do those of the Founding Fathers. On censorship, the teaching of creationism in schools, reproductive rights, attributing government policy to God's will and climate change, Palin agrees with Hamas and Saudi Arabia rather than supporting tolerance and democratic precepts. What is the difference between Palin and a Muslim fundamentalist? Lipstick."

people who have never visited alaska are fully unaware of the problems the state confronts. If palin doenst like earmarks or pork barrel spending ...why does she take it for her state...then give the citizens a tax rebate. That tax rebate should be used to build what her state needs...

and you are so right about the spring and all the trash...the natives are drunks....lost to the world most of the time.

 

[Silence]

You practicing to be a comedian, or what? There's no way possible to MISS the left's negative spew against Palin. Desperation not required.

So the opinions of foreigners/nonvoters no longer count here, huh? I have to give credit for originality. but that's about it. I haven't heard that one before on this particular board. It's a lame argument nonetheless.

Thisperson's opinion counts as much as anyone else's. Cherrypicking whose does and doesn't is rather unbecoming.

and it's even harder to miss the right's negative spew about Obama, what's your point? Are you claiming she's MORE of a victim because she has a vag? GMAB.

As a woman I find it deeply offensive that suddenly the right wants me to believe they care how women are treated. Palin chose to enter the big leagues...this is what comes with the territory. She's not been ripped apart any more or any less than the other three on the national ticket. and I'm sick to death of the whining. Everything is sexist, everything is offensive. STFU already. Look how Hillary was treated...were you up in arms over that too?

and the reason I dismissed this article is because unless someone goes LOOKING for it, no one in this country would even read it. It's not a nationally carried blog or even from an American so, yeah, my opinion is who gives a fuck?!

and sure her opinion counts TO HER. it's not cherrypicking to say it looks like whining when the right has to go to another country to find negative remarks to bitch about. I'd have said the same thing if it were directed towards Obama.

You might give a shit about what some Canook has to say about our elections but I don't.

 

[del]

This bitch can't even vote in our election...she's from Canada.




I find it rather pitiful that the right is SO desparate to find negative things said about Palin that now they'll even go to other countries to find it and then they'll attribute it to the "left"

Who gives two shits what this person says? oh wait... the poor victims in the Republican party care...

cry me a fucking river already....

yeah, it's a real challenge to dig up someone saying something negative about her. i've had to go so far as to turn on my TV......

 

[Ravi]

But do they not know that women have been trained to resent other women and that they only learn to suppress this by constantly berating themselves and reading columns like this one?

News to me.

Funny watching the right wing cry over something a Canadian said.

 

[Silence]

yeah, it's a real challenge to dig up someone saying something negative about her. i've had to go so far as to turn on my TV......

well clearly you think talking about her qualifications, her actions as gov and mayor and her involvement in what could be an unethical situation amounts to negative remarks.

I call that reporting the news.

 

[del]

well clearly you think talking about her qualifications, her actions as gov and mayor and her involvement in what could be an unethical situation amounts to negative remarks.

I call that reporting the news.

no, facts are by definition neutral.
are you trying to tell me that no one is editorializing that information?

please.

 

[Silence]

no, facts are by definition neutral.
are you trying to tell me that no one is editorializing that information?

please.

are you trying to tell me they are doing it more to her than to OTHER candidates?

C'mon del... Hillary was raked over the coals, Obama has been torn apart and dissected, McCain is being ripped a new one every single night for his stupid comments and his record.... Palin is only being treated the way ALL politicians are treated.

I don't get this whole mentality that she's some fragile creature who should be protected. She willingly entered into the cut throat world of national politics. She seems quite capable of throwing a punch...why can't she take one?

 

[del]

are you trying to tell me they are doing it more to her than to OTHER candidates?

C'mon del... Hillary was raked over the coals, Obama has been torn apart and dissected, McCain is being ripped a new one every single night for his stupid comments and his record.... Palin is only being treated the way ALL politicians are treated.

I don't get this whole mentality that she's some fragile creature who should be protected. She willingly entered into the cut throat world of national politics. She seems quite capable of throwing a punch...why can't she take one?

i never said that.

you're the one who claimed that the right has to search far and wide for neg commentary about her and i challenged you on it. so far, nothing you have said has responded to that point, but that's ok.

 

[editec]

Why do you care what a CANADIAN Journalist/commentator says about your gal Palin, glock?

Do you think her editorial is going to change anyone's vote?

 

[Silence]

i never said that.

you're the one who claimed that the right has to search far and wide for neg commentary about her and i challenged you on it. so far, nothing you have said has responded to that point, but that's ok.

no, I said it looks pathetic that they feel the need to go to other countries to find negative remarks.....like they are purposefully looking for additional things to bitch about....if they are so readily available within our own borders why venture outside it?

that was my point... care to address it?

 

[random3434]

Interesting piece, a look at cultural dimensions from all sides. I liked the 'Alaskan Hillbilly.' Alaska was the place where the ne'er-do-wells went or went to hide from the bill collector or the spouse.

"."

So THAT'S where my ex husband is!

 

[del]

no, I said it looks pathetic that they feel the need to go to other countries to find negative remarks.....like they are purposefully looking for additional things to bitch about....if they are so readily available within our own borders why venture outside it?

that was my point... care to address it?

well, then i misunderstood you.
nevermind.

 

[HoleInTheVoid]

Do they think vaginas call out to each other in the jungle night?

Well DUH!

Everybody knows a vagina is a proscription of political policies.

Feminism: Because only the pretty girls get laid.