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Why are so many people being so judgemental of Sarah Palin? I hate her views on most things, but I don't care if her daughter's pregnant or if she went to five different colleges. What's the obsession?
20 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]she incites an emotional reaction in me because i think to be a minority (and in powerful jobs, women ARE a minority) you have to be twice as good to go half as far. and when women who ARENT twice as good get those positions, they fail and make others look bad, making it even HARDER for us to do well. i react emotionally to her because i think she's not ready for the job and it will ultimately hurt me, personally, as a woman in a powerful job, when she fulfills the stereotype and fails. i know its not logical, but if you're asking why, that's my reason for irrational feelings about her.
[ Reply | Options ]I don't care at all that her daughter is pregnant but I think her educational history is extremely relevant to her credentials. That is not an obsession, that is figuring out the candidate's qualifications.
[ Reply | Options ]You don't think that her judgement - and de facto the judgement of McCain whose vetting process (which he had 6 months to do) was obviously piss poor to say the least - comes into play when we learn about these things and she's applying for one of the biggest jobs in the world?
[ Reply | Options ]to be fair, this doesn't say bad things about McCain's vetting process. He wanted Lieberman. He wanted him all along. He thought he could convince the rest of the party that it was a good choice. He couldn't so he caved. His ability to stay a maverick in the face of defeat is what it says piss poor things about. But that we have known for seven years...
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I think her educational background is part of her CV which is relevant to a candidate for VP. As far as her personal life goes, while I personally don't care so much, as a nation, we always seem to think that a candidate's personal life (extra marital affairs, whether he smoked pot once in 1967, etc.) is relevant.
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