This started to come into view for us when she gave her interview to Barbara Walters and was asked what she thought of Israel’s West Bank settlements. “I disagree with the Obama administration on that,” Palin replied. “I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow. More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead. And I don’t think that the Obama administration has any right to tell Israel that the Jewish settlements cannot expand.”
Her comments ignited something of a kerfuffle on the pro-Israel left, which has long opposed Israel’s settlements. But the formulation by the former Alaska governor struck us as a wonderful statement of an emerging policy. It provides a glimpse of a leader who would respect Israel’s right to establish, democratically, its own strategy in its own sphere and could restore the standing of America’s president in the eyes in the Israelis, among whom it has plunged since President Obama’s speech in Cairo and his out-reach to the non-democratic Arab leaders.
It is a win win situation. Palin doesn’t hurt Alaska with her ambitions and she can move forward with a national campaign after she is rested. a brilliant plan. I was very impressed with her speech today. I have no doubt that she will be America’s first female commander in chief. guys in New York like me are rooting for a real strong woman to show the world values not Gloria Steinem lies about androgyny. Palin is about dignity. she will lead us out of the gender cultural wars of the 20th century. as I watched the wretched death of Michael Jackson and his world last week I am reminded of what Palin is fighting for and what she is up against. Sarah is a strong woman who breaks the mold. she is strong on the terms of woman and she is a leader because she understands where her strengths are. she is not creating the grand myopic androgynous lie of the blue states.
Chevy Chase was sincerely sorry for what he did to Ford. Palin has not developed enough as a person for the media to classify her. it is disgusting. Fey just isn’t ever funny. she is a moron. SNL went down hill ever since they fired Norm Macdonald. his Bob Dole was also mean… but funny at least. SNL needs some testosterone. the show is just frigg’n gay… ok? there I said it. John Belushi is rolling in his grave. I hate SNL because it used to be so awesome… everytime I see it now it makes me ill. I seriously don’t like the crowd of people that took over. It isn’t one person… it is this kind of scene that would of never made it with the original crowd…. they remind me of Carnegie Mellon University dramats… they are academic… nothing original. it is canned, PC… formulaic and just sissy. nothing ground breaking. the original SNL wasn’t always funny either… but they were experimenting. this new generation is like the cool kids in school. I feel like I’m watching some one’s click. the original SNL were freaks that you wouldn’t let near your sister. Now they would ignore your sister. The reason I hate Tina Fey so much is she is part of this Fallon thing. It isn’t funny… it is teen beat or GQ. people aren’t laughing as much as wishing they had a date with mister chic. if Belushi were alive he would of kicked the crap out of Fallon publicly.
when Norm came and did his routine at CMU, half of the student body walked out in protest. I was laughing at the door. his routine started with… “what is it with gay sex? sure one guy is getting off, but the other guy is getting it in the ___” …you could imagine how many PC people ran for the exit. the guy is completely irreverent. I’m not a homophobe, but if you were at Carnegie Mellon or any college campus in the 90s you might get a pretty good idea of why I hate SNL so much today. It isn’t a gay or straight thing as much as a kind elitism that is just hostile to the beer drinking, Joe Shmoe. I frigg’n hate Metrosexualism.
there were plenty of women who were great on the original show… but they weren’t Garafolo clones… they weren’t elitists. they were clowns. what happened? Fey is a Latte Starbucks POIG… she is the snob in college that assumed things about everyone. She isn’t funny…. she is about as interesting to me as Paris Hilton I feel like we aren’t laughing at SNL… they are laughing at us. like as if we aren’t cool enough at the end of the show to be on the stage…. and go to the after party.
if Biden attempts to ignore her she will win the debate. It reminds me of the Lieberman Cheney debate. Lieberman just sat there and talked… Cheney just agreed. Cheney came across as the winner because he showed like-ability. Palin needs to find her charisma. Reagan and or McCain understand when to just sit there and laugh at someone. You don’t answer a catch 22 question. Lesson learned. She still impresses the hell out of me with the things that she said is right. When “Captain Kirk” was faced with a losing situation in a “starfleet academy” test he changed the rules and cheated. That isn’t Palin’s style. She will learn to be a card fast. She has to sit back and not take people seriously that aren’t taking her seriously.
this is a very weird day for me. I’m a former Democrat and I’m right now put in a strange position of defending Palin to my old Republican friends. I’m also a reknown sexist pig for 34 years and going… g-d works is the strangest ways. The fact that he set it up so that I would have to defend a woman in politics brings me a chuckle. There is nothing wrong with candidate Palin, She has more experience with energy issues then any other candidate going in, she has the same experience as Obama on other issues and will have a few days to learn on the job before Johnny croaks. I think she has a fabulous personality. she made one mistake in not bitch slapping Katie or at least laughing at her trick question instead of trying to answer it… but I think she is going to learn fast. I think she handled Gibson well. She might learn a few things from Reagan about laughing and telling a few jokes when faced with catch 22 reporter questions… but to compare her with the most charming man in the history of politics is not fair either. I think we are in for a nice surprise during the debates.
You don’t answer a catch 22 question. Lesson learned. She still impresses the hell out of me with the things that she said is right. When “Captain Kirk” was faced with a losing situation in a “starfleet academy” test he changed the rules and cheated. That isn’t Palin’s style. She will learn to be a card fast
Palin has that same kind of down home kind of feel as Reagan. she’s folksy and funny… and the other side doesn’t like to admit it. Also like Reagan she has a bit of temper and I like it. The Katie interview didn’t go well I admit… her weakness is against other women. When Charles asked a question that shouldn’t of been asked she made him seem like a troll, but when Katie did it she should of laughed back at her. often to win is not about the issues, but rather how you handle not being able to reply because of obvious pratfalls of saber rattling. Reagan was a pro at taking the losing question and turning it into a joke. in fact Dick Cheney is quite good at this too. when he debated Joe Lieberman (yes very few people watched this debate), but he won not by issues, but by simply liking Joe. If you like your opponent and don’t fear them you win. Palin has yet to of learned to empathy for the enemy in debate. I think she might be able to show it with biden.
wow I just pissed off a Palin supporter by attempting to dissect the pros and cons….
I sometimes forget why I was a liberal to begin with… I know I’m conservative now, but my habit is to open up with people I don’t know. freaked the hell out of some peeps
I was trying to tell her that I am skeptical of feminists and accept female leaders with tremendous scrutiny. I feel that woman are very different. Necessary wonderful and part of the whole scheme of things… hell better then most men. …but very lacking in backroom political skills and way better at an open forum such as PR. she took it the wrong way.
it was not a criticism… I can tell she is very hurt right now at the way Palin is being treated… and it sucks. I’m rooting for Sarah. I think she will make a great VP and she is brave… what I’m pointing out is the truth though. She will probably kick Biden’s ass because I think she might do better in debate then getting castigated by Katie and Charles… an open forum is a better format for women.
I’m Sarah Palin’s biggest fan…. but I don’t follow blindly
power has no gender and no DNA, but culture does. There is a reason the plantation owner chased the proletariat and slaves away from their daughters. It isn’t just because the children would inherit, but rather because the daughters of nobility were the only inheritors. Elizabethan models are actually the original models for Wollstonecraft. Even Marx acknowledged the reality of gender structures. I’m of the opinion to be skeptical of feminists and I’ve been isolated in many academic circumstances for this opinion. I do in fact see a need for intelligent women in the structure of good government and see rare occasions for women to take over completely… but I accept the reasoning of skepticism for prudence. No doubt Condeleza Rice is the prototype for the next generation of feminists and our country would of been in a lot of Public Relations danger without her… but that is a woman’s strength. PR! Question is can she take 8 years of abuse for doing the politically incorrect thing. Certainly Bush himself wavered into populism with economic finagling. I’m not sure a woman’s vanity can take it. Nor am I convinced that the structure of the white house can reflect a woman’s managerial strengths, which come out of public convictions not tight one on one bonds in the men’s room. Certainly Palin has a better chance and it would seem my needs are in parallel to the woman’s movement, so I am silently allowing this “exception” to my general judgment. VP might be a better place for a PR role then a president who has to make the unpopular decisions. Palin’s trials are now and I am very impressed with the abuse she is taking. I’m sure she has the right stuff… I’m also sure she is rare.
I get so much about Palin that I tend to ignore it because whenever I do the research it ends ups being bullshit. …even stuff the NYTimes prints. disgraceful
I like her a lot.
she isn’t… a book banner, a member of the Alaskan Indie Party and her recent son is not her daughters. NYTimes bothered to go with the book ban story and the subsequent firing of the librarian.
listen I looked into the shit. it is bull dinky. she was questioning based on the policy of sexual content for children’s reading and the books dealt with kids with gay parents. She asked a question about the relevance and then left it at that. She then got heckled by the librarian who was a “problem” and that is the whole story… and I’m buying it.
btw the list of books including Harry Potter on the internet was written by that librarian and has been proven to be bullshit because those Potter books weren’t even out at the time.
Her financial dealings have been impeccable. If you have anything thing that could stick on this then she is going to fall. I doubt you do…
people are different. the worst thing we can do is apply the same metaphors to men and women. women can lead on different terms… but we need to identify strengths and weaknesses and one of the weaknesses is the inability to go into my private conversation thread in a comfortable way without it getting dramatic. Women are fine in public debates and PR… can they do this in the backroom… I don’t think so. the Katie interview with Palin showed how smaller forums are dangerous for a woman in power… even if the forum wasn’t a man.
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