Quotes of the day
posted at 10:37 pm on June 9, 2010 by Allahpundit
“Her decision to get – and stay – involved in the race here in South Carolina was a huge boon to our campaign, because it caused a lot of South Carolinians to take a second look at a rising in the polls but once-little known state legislator who was fighting to give them back their government,” Haley spokesman Tim Pearson said of Palin…
“Governor Palin’s endorsement was integral to the success of our campaign,” Fiorina spokeswoman Julie Soderlund told POLITICO. “She provides the ‘good housekeeping seal of approval’ for conservative, outsider candidates. After earning her endorsement we saw an immediate spike in support for Carly amongst conservatives, who represent the vast majority of Republican primary voters.”
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Rachel Larimore makes great points, as always, but I differ from her slightly in that I don’t really want the wins framed as a Year of the Woman kind of thing. They didn’t win because they are women. They won for the people that they are and for the real world experience that they bring. In Whitman’s, Fiorina’s and Haley’s cases, for instance, they have actually, you know, made a payroll as opposed to living off the public sector their whole lives. Having run businesses themselves, they understand how they work, in practice and not just in theory.
However, I don’t think any woman must like them just because they are women. That plays right into old school identity politics and we need to be done with that. What I will not stand for, though, is outright sexism used to diminish these women, as is happening today with Sarah Palin. Again.
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Many women’s response to Palin’s emergence as a major political figure highlights this need for ideological diversity. Shortly after the election of 2008, at a lecture I gave at Touro College law school in Long Island, a student in her late twenties made a powerful statement about what Palin’s candidacy meant to her personally. “I’m a professional woman who is also a wife and a mom, and a pro-life, conservative Christian,’’ she said. “I have always felt that feminism did not speak to me or for me. When I saw Sarah Palin, I felt I could finally call myself a feminist, because here was a feminist like me.’’
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Via Conservatives4Palin.
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I haven’t. Creepy guy.
Cindy Munford on June 10, 2010 at 12:33 AM
And I preferred Ann. I like chubby dark haired girls.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 12:34 AM
I thought you had to have more than two people to call it a group.
Dire Straits on June 10, 2010 at 12:34 AM
431 miles, Cindy.
TXMomof3 on June 10, 2010 at 12:34 AM
Wait a minute! Nancy was the chubby dark-haired girl?
I can’t remember now.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 12:34 AM
So if you have alterations you can’t be taken seriously? That does not bode well for several ladies of the Left.
Cindy Munford on June 10, 2010 at 12:22 AM
No the left has a different naarative for ladies on the left.
as far as your comment about Allah and the bad press. what I find amazing is those that think Palin’s bad press is only for Palin. Any GOP candidate that gets the nomination will have to run that race of bad press and smears. those that think if Palin just doesn’t run the media will stop the bad press for GOP candidates are not thinking clearly.
Mitt will be painted as a fat cat wall streeter with close personal ties to lobbyists and the DC establishment. there will be tons of stories on how Bain capital destoryed companies and shipped jobs overseas and how Mitt got rich off of their suffering.
One of the main reasons McCain pick Palin in the first place is because the op-research and press already had feet thick folders of bad press for Mitt, t-paw and other possible choices to go from day one. McCain hoped to deflect all that bad press by picking someone they did not have a file on. It worked but McCain forget he had to fill in the gaps before his enemies did.
unseen on June 10, 2010 at 12:37 AM
Now I got that song in my head!
Oh what a night…
abobo on June 10, 2010 at 12:37 AM
Ann was the dark headed chubby one.. Nancy was strawberry blonde headed. Ann had a lovely voice.
Dire Straits on June 10, 2010 at 12:41 AM
You are going to have a serious but temporary case of numb buns.
Cindy Munford on June 10, 2010 at 12:43 AM
You are going to have to find me there. We decided not to enter a bike in the drag competition, mainly because the effin thing decided to become possessed and keeps having electrical problems. I got mad enough that I decided to use the Bobcat and crush the bike into the dirt but I was talked out of it.
We will be everywhere, but if you look for clothing that says “BR Racing” on it you are guaranteed to find one of my group, they might even be half sober if you’re lucky.
Bishop on June 10, 2010 at 12:44 AM
And a lefty’s brain :/
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 12:45 AM
We’ve seen plenty of people on I-90 with their hogs on trailers behind their RVs. Maybe that might be a consideration before the rumpnumbing adventure…
Tennman on June 10, 2010 at 12:48 AM
Closer to the date we can exchange contact info. I am looking forward to it.
TXMomof3 on June 10, 2010 at 12:48 AM
Ed, if you read this, tell Kerry Picket to look AT the damn camera when she’s on FOX!
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 12:48 AM
Yeah..remember they sued McCain campaign over using the song Barracuda every time Palin took the stage. I haven’t forgiven them.
Dire Straits on June 10, 2010 at 12:49 AM
I can always follow him in the air conditioned splendor of a vehicle and then jump on when we get there.
TXMomof3 on June 10, 2010 at 12:49 AM
While we can gripe about the double standards amongst ourselves, it doesn’t do any good to confront the media with it. They are just blind or willfully stupid. For the most part I am feeling better about our chances. Life keeps getting in the way of the Left and they aren’t handling it very well. Our doofus governor gave the appearance of getting married to become Sen. McCain’s VP choice.
Cindy Munford on June 10, 2010 at 12:50 AM
If I was dumb enough to get a bike here in Floriduh, I’d put it in my pickup and haul it to Daytona.
And that’s only forty miles away.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 12:50 AM
Yeah. Those broads should have taken a page from Chrissie Hynde.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 12:52 AM
Where are you? Normally I am in St. Johns County.
Cindy Munford on June 10, 2010 at 12:54 AM
You are referring to them granting Rush permission to use their song.
PS…Brass in Pocket is one of the sexiest songs ever.
Dire Straits on June 10, 2010 at 12:55 AM
I hate to say it but this will have to be a winging-it sort of thing. Cell phone coverage is not only poor at Sturgis but there are 20,000 people trying to use what bandwidth exists; personal experience has made them a useless tool for me there.
Since we aren’t doing the drags it’s up in the air on when we will be there and for how long. It starts on 9/9 but opening day is one horrifying, crappy-ass traffic jam so we usually get there on day three or so. The grounds are larger every year so the best I can do is tell you where we will probably be, subject to the whim of the monsters I hang out with and their desire to…uh…get involved with the local hotspots.
Bishop on June 10, 2010 at 12:55 AM
Criminole, I mean Seminole County.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 12:55 AM
After that liberal bitch at BMI denied him permission. Hynde went on TV and said her mom and dad were dittoheads.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 12:57 AM
Yeah. That’s the ticket!
Strangest thing we ever saw on the way to Sturgis was a group of Scandanavian bikers decked out like the Angels, but talking like the Swedish Chef.
Never been to the rally, but we used to visit my inlaws every year at the same time. We’d see a lot of folks in the rest areas in, around, and leading to it for hundreds of miles.
Tennman on June 10, 2010 at 12:59 AM
Won’t let me post my response, Dire.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 12:59 AM
improvise. :)
Dire Straits on June 10, 2010 at 1:01 AM
Bingo. That is the real lesson of 2008. They learned that the “Palin treatment” works, and they will now use it on any and all GOP nominees. I like Mitt fine, but between
Romneycare and his business/corporate image, not to mention the LDS angle, they’ll tear him apart.
Missy on June 10, 2010 at 1:02 AM
Yeah. That liberal *cough* lady at BMI in charge of permissions denied him use of it until Hynde went on TV. She said her mother and father were dittoheads.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 1:04 AM
I’m posting too quickly, WORDPRESS? Are you insane? You never say that to Anninacan!
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 1:05 AM
Well. I’d taken a pretty dim view of Hynde in the last few years due to dumb political comments she’s made, but I didn’t know this. I’m glad to hear it. I figured she only gave permission for the money.
Missy on June 10, 2010 at 1:09 AM
Paraphrasing what she said:
Interviewer: “Are you saying Rush Limbow can’t use your song?”
Hynde: “The music’s out there. Anyone who buys the rights is welcome to use it. And is Rush Limbaugh such a subversive character? Do we really have to be afraid of him? I mean my mom and dad listen to Rush, so he can’t be that dangerous.”
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 1:15 AM
Sorry folks but I had to do this. Here is a classic
Dire Straits on June 10, 2010 at 1:16 AM
Haley is da bomb. It’ll be great seeing her overcome her detractors and the smear campaign.
Narutoboy on June 10, 2010 at 1:22 AM
I like our song better.
TXMomof3 on June 10, 2010 at 1:22 AM
That’s the end of this.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 1:24 AM
By all means. :)
Dire Straits on June 10, 2010 at 1:24 AM
I smell something! Anyone else?
Dire Straits on June 10, 2010 at 1:26 AM
Oh God
not here
not again
macncheez on June 10, 2010 at 1:27 AM
I just clicked your name. Is that for real? I’ve seen it before.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 1:30 AM
A horse’s a$$ with a pony tail, running like crazy,
pretty much story of my life !
macncheez on June 10, 2010 at 1:32 AM
Heh!
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 1:35 AM
LOL!
Dire Straits on June 10, 2010 at 1:36 AM
Test
Americannodash on June 10, 2010 at 1:37 AM
I wish it was just a test.
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 1:43 AM
Our doofus governor gave the appearance of getting married to become Sen. McCain’s VP choice.
Cindy Munford on June 10, 2010 at 12:50 AM
Crist?
I think the trouble politicans are having is that the world as changed. this is really only the seond cycle where the internet has been a factor in politics. the Left had it to themselves in 2006, in 2008 the right was born ojn line yet stioll not will positioned. However now in 2010 every politicans every word is recorded, his/her every act and politicans can no longer two time the american public. They still think they can but they can’t.
I think by 2012 and esp by 2014 politicans will figure this out and have to vote how they talk and talk hoew they vote. No more voting liberal in washington and talking conservative in their state. those days do to youtube, blogs, and databases are finished. Now the people just have to figure out how to parley that power into votes to clean up DC
That might take to 2016 but I see the future and DC is screwed…
unseen on June 10, 2010 at 1:50 AM
Wanna hear something ironic? Our next governor once had the seat that that moonbat Alan Grayson now holds. WTF?
Lanceman on June 10, 2010 at 1:56 AM
Yeah, I suppose focusing on nom nom breasts is preferable to musing Democrat Voter Fruad.
http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/10/acorn-employees-tell-fbi-of-deliberate-election-fraud-according-to-new-documents/
Lockstein13 on June 10, 2010 at 4:33 AM
The author of the piece (Boston.com) sticks in a knife in Palin by saying women at a “Christian college” thought Palin was ill-informed and lacking in ideas but good with sound-bites. Hmm. If that is true, then liberals own Christian colleges cuz that’s the liberal mantra on Palin. Palin ill-informed? That needs thinking about for … 1 second. Not. Palin lacking in ideas? That needs thinking about for a millisecond. Not. If the writer is speaking the truth (she’s a journalist and likely telling untruths) then one must wonder about the information awareness of the women with whom she spoke.
SilentWatcher on June 10, 2010 at 6:01 AM
In the wake of the ridiculous assertions that Palin has gotten a boob job, some needs to come out with T-shirts of Palin and Haley with the slogan, “They’re real, and they’re spectacular.”
I caught a bit of Haley on Hannity last night. She does well on TV.
BuckeyeSam on June 10, 2010 at 6:27 AM
Go get ‘em girls.
Randy
williars on June 10, 2010 at 6:49 AM
AMEN, SISTAH!
‘TIS THE YEAR OF THE AMAZONS…WATCH OUT! :D
ProudPalinFan on June 10, 2010 at 7:06 AM
Wait a second! Ever since the campaign started WE were racists, xenophobes, etc. Even though I agree that they won because of their experience and principles, liberals have to suck it up. THEY ARE WOMEN TOO.
ProudPalinFan on June 10, 2010 at 7:17 AM
this country was built by founding fathers and it will be saved by protecting mothers.
Nice work, Ladies. We will follow you (and you won’t have to kick us in the ass).
ted c on June 10, 2010 at 7:49 AM
I hope the Palin’s do the RV thing the rest of the summer until Creepy Guy’s lease is up.
I was reading Michelle’s post about her adventure and it sounds like fun.
For them. My idea of roughing it is a room without a mini bar.
Jaynie59 on June 10, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Sarah Palin has met her own goal, to be effective without an official “label.”
I always thought the pundit talk about how she “should” have stayed governor was inaccurate. Why? She was, due to the Alaskan ethics laws which weren’t constructed to deal with such national intense focus, made her nothing but a fish in a barrel.
She wiggled out. But had she been stupid and backed only far-right types, she’d have squandered her opportunity.
She did not misstep. She had a great night. Well deserved.
Most of all, I’m personally glad that my own admiration for her wasn’t misplaced. I always sensed a kind of centered, sensible personality in her.
She’s proven that to me, anyway. She didn’t just back all teaparty candidates nilly-willy. And she even lost a few races. That’s OK, too.
But she has absolutely asserted herself as an independent voice in American politics, worth hearing out. I won’t always agree with her, but she’s earned my respect.
AnninCA on June 10, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Let’s be honest: The litmus test is one thing. Are you pro-abortion or are you not? Period, end of story. I would have passed their litmus test once upon a time (no longer tho), but they are such an insular group of bitter old crones that I’ve never felt I fit in there either. And on the flip side, even if you had common ground with them on other issues — like contraception, for instance — they would never listen to you if you happened to be pro-life because that’s all that matters. It’s all or nothing with these women and everything is driven by (negative) emotion. The fulfill the worst stereotypes about women being hysterical and shrill and driven by feelings instead of reason.
Count me among the many women who feel like Palin has given a voice to those of us who want to celebrate the power of women instead of getting mired down in identity politics and antiquated constructs of society as some sort of rigid patriarchy where women are oppressed as a matter of course. I’m not here to tell you that women don’t face different hurdles and higher standards at times than men do; Palin is a living example of that, I think. But whining about how unfair society is to you when you live here and there are women in Africa getting their genitals lopped off, or in Afghanistan getting stoned to death for being raped, or getting aborted in China simply for having an extra X chromosome seems pretty petty and self-indulgent to me.
NoLeftTurn on June 10, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Loved the appearance by Piper in Tammy Bruce’s interview. And how the Palin kids call Joe McGinniss “McCreepy”.
VidOmnia on June 10, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Good grief.
AnninCA on June 10, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Well, I wasn’t one of those conservative who voted for Carly, but if it causes her to remember us kindly when she gets to the Senate, perhaps Palin’s endorsement will have served some purpose, after all.
JackOfClubs on June 10, 2010 at 6:27 PM
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