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Palin Pick Puts Many Women on the Verge

Submitted by Gene Beasley, Sep 19, 2008 01:35

Wow, I am at a loss for words. You little Prima Donas need seriously to get over yourselves. Believe it or not there is a world outside of the east and west coasts (and it's not Europe).


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Accomplished women (and men) can have different views on issues. The people who are "on the verge" are not thinking.... [MORE]

Nancy Peterson 

Sep 26, 2008 17:15

Denis has the best comment yet - most of you are commenting without any factual information whatsoever. It is our... [MORE]

1 smart cookie 

Sep 25, 2008 19:23

"What got some women's backs up was the idea she didn't earn her stripes. It's been so hard for so... [MORE]

L Sponza 

Sep 24, 2008 14:41

Everyone, regardless of your politics, please check the facts before you comment. The feedback herein clearly demonstrates most people rely... [MORE]

Denis 

Sep 24, 2008 12:27

I have alway been a Democrat, but Sen. Obama offends me to no end, he is a liar and covers... [MORE]

Veronica Richards 

Sep 23, 2008 14:46

But laughing at them, God says: "Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.... [MORE]

rose kelly 

Sep 23, 2008 13:31

I don't know if I should laugh or cry when I read those feelings of rage over the selection of... [MORE]

David Alster 

Sep 22, 2008 21:28

These women are jealous of her. Go McCain/Palin! [MORE]

Annie 

Sep 22, 2008 20:16

from reading this and many other so called reports since the dem and rep conventions,i remember sarah palln declare she... [MORE]

dr.john 

Sep 22, 2008 19:02

many of the remarks i have been reading contain the same kind of bitterness that has been reported of that... [MORE]

dr.john 

Sep 22, 2008 18:37

The level of intensity of feeling here is remarkable and well out of proportion to any policy differences here. This... [MORE]

student 

Sep 22, 2008 17:40

That visceral, head-splitting feeling that these hypocrites were feeling was the rage against the Democrat party for not nominating a... [MORE]

Jimmy37 

Sep 22, 2008 17:19

Silly me! I thought women were allowed to have different opinions these days! I must have missed the official "Permissible... [MORE]

Suzy 

Sep 22, 2008 13:51

Rational people cannot be driven to psychotic hatred thus these 'feminists' are not rational. No amount of 'counseling' will fix... [MORE]

bpjam 

Sep 22, 2008 13:06

Amen Lisa! How stunned they are to realize that the majority of feminists aren't liberals at all! - 50 female... [MORE]

llazy 

Sep 22, 2008 11:39

Superficial in the extreme. The article presents some veritable straw-women who used exuberant language in voicing their discomfort and does... [MORE]

Mihaly 

Sep 22, 2008 10:45

This article is a wonderful time capsule: the state of post-modern feminism on the verge of ceiling-crashing elections. Why the... [MORE]

SkyEyes 

Sep 22, 2008 08:25

I feel so sorry for all these women who are having their rational thinking overwhelmed by their emotion. All the... [MORE]

mm 

Sep 22, 2008 01:43

Governor Palin likely won't have the opportunity to effect Roe vs. Wade. Anyway removing Roe doesn't make abortion illegal. States... [MORE]

Joyce 

Sep 21, 2008 21:15

One simple question. How does Sarah Palin represent an inclusive view of feminism? Also, the article is ridicilous and sexist,... [MORE]

JuJuBee 

Sep 21, 2008 19:29

How incredible that these self-centered feminists have fainting fits when they hear something they don't like. Reminds me of when... [MORE]

Erin 

Sep 21, 2008 11:40

What else could we expect from the lost of this world? Jesus told us that the world hates him and... [MORE]

teacherof3s 

Sep 21, 2008 05:57

Self-hating women won't support Sarah because she is an actual woman who is not a VICTIM. [MORE]

Deborah Harry 

Sep 21, 2008 02:51

I am heartened that my near suicidal rage at the pick of Palin was experienced by others. I have never... [MORE]

Pauline Chapman 

Sep 20, 2008 23:20

Very simply, McCain chose Palin for the same reason that Clarence Thomas was chosen. [MORE]

HARALS 

Sep 20, 2008 18:12

I am so happy that Sarah Palin is someone who represents the majority of women in the U.S. She has... [MORE]

kathy 

Sep 20, 2008 13:11

I don't get how all these "feminists" can be so hard on Sarah Palin... I mean aren't they for all... [MORE]

Sarah 

Sep 20, 2008 11:07

Amazing. Reading most of your comments and the comments above, I see the alliance between feminism and liberalism was shattered... [MORE]

POLITICALPOKES.COM 

Sep 20, 2008 04:59

Has anyone noticed the 100 to 1 responses against this article? Personally, I believe this the response of a handful... [MORE]

GrammaTink 

Sep 20, 2008 02:07

Sarah Palin can run the country as Vice President because she has proven capability in her own state as a... [MORE]

joankover 

Sep 20, 2008 01:08

My four adult daughters, bright and talented called with the same comment on Palin, "Finally, a woman in politics that... [MORE]

Diane 

Sep 19, 2008 22:51

Well, yes, she was chosen because she was a Republican female. Specifically, she was chosen over other Republican females who... [MORE]

Sue 

Sep 19, 2008 22:43

Having grown up with this bunch, their reaction isn't surprising at all. They always treated abortion as something to be... [MORE]

Kay 

Sep 19, 2008 21:45

It is a shame that as women we can not respect each other. What happen to the idea of treating... [MORE]

Robin 

Sep 19, 2008 21:41

These liberal women are not sounding or acting like women but deranged psychos. Some of the strongest and most feminine... [MORE]

carol 

Sep 19, 2008 21:25

Hillary got to the top by riding her husband's coat tails. Nancy Pelosi rode her husband's and his money too... [MORE]

carmela 

Sep 19, 2008 20:48

This article is proof that Palin is exactly the proper person. Anyone that unhinges the left this much is delightful. [MORE]

Jamie 

Sep 19, 2008 20:39

From the article: "It's been so hard for so many women to get ahead both in business and in the... [MORE]

Whomper 

Sep 19, 2008 20:30

The beauty of the Palin pick is in how it has served to expose the phoniness and hypocrisy of the... [MORE]

Michael 

Sep 19, 2008 20:00

I love it when tolerant and 'diversity-loving' Leftists come unglued, which doesn't take very much. They are tolerant as long... [MORE]

Jose 

Sep 19, 2008 19:43

Has anyone verified that these women are not escapees from a mental institution? What angers them about Gov. Palin is... [MORE]

TheEnigma47 

Sep 19, 2008 18:50

It is stunning how ridiculous & pathetic these silly women are. I am shocked at their utter stupidity. Liberals don't... [MORE]

Fiona 

Sep 19, 2008 18:30

I would wager that virtually all of those professing hate, and violent hostility, are part of the liberal horde that... [MORE]

John Spencer Yantiss 

Sep 19, 2008 18:25

Ha ha ha ha ha. I'm a pro-choice east coast woman for Palin-McCain. I only wish you had videos to... [MORE]

lorettawm@gmail.com 

Sep 19, 2008 17:26

Good heavens!! This article is right on the nose in explaining the legitimate source of rage and frustration of SO... [MORE]

alan 

Sep 19, 2008 17:14

YEAR 2008: The year both the Liberal Media and the Radical Feminist Movement prove themselves irrelevant. That's what's got them... [MORE]

RogerCfromSD 

Sep 19, 2008 17:14

It looks like Sarah Palin's 15 minutes of fame are almost over. [MORE]

gman310 

Sep 19, 2008 17:05

"I am shocked by the depths of my hatred for this woman," These bimbos are so totally deranged it is... [MORE]

Rickvid in Seattle 

Sep 19, 2008 16:51

Wow, some people need to get a grip. So feminism never was about women's rights but rather a set of... [MORE]

Alex 

Sep 19, 2008 16:49

Sarah only proves how retro the feminists of the 60s and 70s have become. Sarah is ahead of them. [MORE]

chuck 

Sep 19, 2008 16:32

How sad these women are who hate for no reason. Sarah has broken the 'glass ceiling' that Barack put over... [MORE]

Ronald 

Sep 19, 2008 15:45

The anger directed at Sarah Palin by some women in NYC is pathetic. Evidently, they feel threatened by a role... [MORE]

LoachDriver 

Sep 19, 2008 15:29

My summary of this article: Dernit --we have been trying to control the world with OUR opinions, and now someone... [MORE]

Terry 

Sep 19, 2008 15:16

As a woman, I am disgusted by these leftist radical women trying to portray all "thinking" women as holding their... [MORE]

jlauer95 

Sep 19, 2008 15:14

I just can't believe how some women hate Palin. My take on it is that it must be women who... [MORE]

softwaremommy99 

Sep 19, 2008 15:10

Hey Liberal Hatemongers - I am one of those 60+ women who has paid my dues, painfully I might add.... [MORE]

Dawn Street 

Sep 19, 2008 14:50

I find it disturbing and almost frightening that many of the women who are reviling Sarah Palin because of "what... [MORE]

lawmom90 

Sep 19, 2008 14:46

Thoughts of suicide of politics is a symptom of a very serious mental disease. As are thoughts of violence, rape... [MORE]

Julia 

Sep 19, 2008 14:44

I would like to know just what is it that has all these democrats upset about a lady from Alaska?... [MORE]

jimmy 

Sep 19, 2008 14:29

Rampant secularism, in the form of feminism, has come face to face with the ordered world of traditional values and... [MORE]

Bob 

Sep 19, 2008 14:28

Neither Palin nor Mccain are qualified to lead this country. Palin is out of her league. She has neither the... [MORE]

Zenobia 

Sep 19, 2008 14:18

And to think, she still has more legitimate leadership experience than Obama does. Har. The hate filled rhetoric against her... [MORE]

Rick 

Sep 19, 2008 14:10

Feminism, at least as practiced by its loudest mouths, is all self-absorbed point of view. These are the same hens... [MORE]

Lizzie 

Sep 19, 2008 14:08

The problem that the self-styled "feminists" (most of whom don't like women qua women, anyway) have with Sarah Palin is... [MORE]

bob ward 

Sep 19, 2008 14:05

How Funny! This just made my day! These females are showing themselves for the hatefilled, hypocritical, hysterical twits that they... [MORE]

youngmama 

Sep 19, 2008 13:50

ain't i a woman? ain't i a feminist? ain't i a new yorker? and ain't i a democrat? i think... [MORE]

benita canova 

Sep 19, 2008 13:36

Naturally, the question of women in politics is charged with many different types of electricity due to its varied and... [MORE]

Jenny 

Sep 19, 2008 13:09

Glad to hear I'm not alone, Palin is scary. McCain is creepy and theres a few republicans out there who... [MORE]

Jane Doe 

Sep 19, 2008 13:09

Evelyn Waugh once wrote of "the peculiar neurasthenic quality New York induces in a visitor." Now we know what it... [MORE]

daveinboca 

Sep 19, 2008 13:08

Don't blame Sarah Palin for your frustration with Democrats who stole the nomination from Hillary. Put the blame where it... [MORE]

Jessica S, Naples, FL 

Sep 19, 2008 13:06

The reaction of feminists in this case is symptomatic of how the Left operates. It demonstrates a near pathological mentality... [MORE]

Tom 

Sep 19, 2008 13:05

These women need help badly. They need to find a good therapist or psychiatrist. I do not like Obama but... [MORE]

Tamara Butcher 

Sep 19, 2008 12:58

This article points to the very problem facing our country. Divisive politics based on the wrong issues are destroying our... [MORE]

SusanG 

Sep 19, 2008 12:27

So, let me see if I have this straight...Hilary Clinton, a woman whose official political career has consisted of a... [MORE]

Mark D 

Sep 19, 2008 12:15

During political campaigns, candidates always have to be on guard for those who support you just a little too much.... [MORE]

OCULUS 

Sep 19, 2008 11:56

What's really sad to me is how these women -- through their reactions -- are abetting the never-ending backlash against... [MORE]

Pyxis 

Sep 19, 2008 11:47

I've watched the NOW crowd for decades and I am not the least bit surprised at their reactions. They are... [MORE]

Kathleen 

Sep 19, 2008 11:47

HAHA! I love the whining. Just when the libs thought they had this election in the bag, a woman, yes... [MORE]

Mother 

Sep 19, 2008 11:42

Another example of the shocking shallowness of liberal/left feminism. Sadly they are truly the weakest of all women who simply... [MORE]

hlr 

Sep 19, 2008 11:35

My good Lord! Listen to the outpouring of bitter hatred from the other side, from people who are perfectly well... [MORE]

Mort 

Sep 19, 2008 11:30

The main reason for such animosity towards Saran Palin is that she is pro-life. Only the abortion issue could stir... [MORE]

ristan 

Sep 19, 2008 11:23

Reading the comments from people attacking us "liberals" makes me laugh- ignorance combined with arrogance and blind fervor from you... [MORE]

CT 

Sep 19, 2008 11:21

I'm sure the answer is "because I'm a guy", but I just do not get why so many women (not... [MORE]

Sean 

Sep 19, 2008 11:13

These women's reactions are so ridiculous I thought I was reading THE ONION. It's just so over the top. And... [MORE]

Alexis 

Sep 19, 2008 11:13

The hatred is quite simply explained. Sarah Palin had the gall to actually deliver a DS baby and provide him... [MORE]

megapotamus 

Sep 19, 2008 11:08

It's about abortion. The left fears being shamed for their immorality. Sarah Palin calls into question their claim to superior... [MORE]

Terry Baker 

Sep 19, 2008 11:05

LOL Good grief. Well, they've finally gotten what they've been aspiring to all their lives. It seems they're finally genuine... [MORE]

rasqual 

Sep 19, 2008 10:51

I read somewhere that earning your stripes involves clinging to a philandering husband who humiliates you every day of your... [MORE]

James Beam 

Sep 19, 2008 10:48

What's in the heart comes out via the tongue! I think these women are suffering from PMS. They're affronted that... [MORE]

Bill in Dallas 

Sep 19, 2008 10:43

Articles like this just reinforce with a lot of voters (men and women) that McCain made the right choice. Any... [MORE]

just a voter 

Sep 19, 2008 10:40

Wow. Before I read this, I liked Palin. But, if she can make leftists vomit with rage and cause their... [MORE]

David 

Sep 19, 2008 10:39

Sounds like the movie "Mean Girls" to me! Go Sarah! [MORE]

Mary 

Sep 19, 2008 10:37

Wow. These women know how to hate. Maybe because their sorry lives are so empty? They see Gov. Palin with... [MORE]

kitty hogan 

Sep 19, 2008 10:35

These women, with their overwrought displays of hysteria are setting women back about 50 years. I guess they don't see... [MORE]

Jen in NC 

Sep 19, 2008 10:31

"Their entire image of themselves is based on the fact that they are paving the way for women. What do... [MORE]

tanstaafl 

Sep 19, 2008 10:31

I grew up in the feminist movement which I thought was a movement to empower women and achieve equal opportunities,... [MORE]

beth 

Sep 19, 2008 10:29

This story shows both the dangers of people with too much free time on their hands to worry and get... [MORE]

John 

Sep 19, 2008 10:27

Their mental state is explained by ENVY. From envy springs HATE. If people collaborate on their emotions and point of... [MORE]

Raja Besar 

Sep 19, 2008 10:27

All this angst is nothing compared with what is to come in October/November! NY shrinks will have a field day! [MORE]

Laurent 

Sep 19, 2008 10:24

I would like to tell my fellow American sisters to get a life. Sarah is the BEST thing that has... [MORE]

Nancy 

Sep 19, 2008 10:18

Such hysteria is disproportionate and belies some underlying emotion, most likely a deep-seated GUILT. This comment at HotAir provides real... [MORE]

RedheadInfidel 

Sep 19, 2008 10:18

Hahaha! Wow this is hilarious! So she's not a liberal so that makes her evil and it's offensive that McCain... [MORE]

Bob 

Sep 19, 2008 10:16

Any intelligent women knows that Roe vs Wade will not be overturned. These liberal women who want to decide how... [MORE]

D.Phistry 

Sep 19, 2008 10:15

Figures that this group are losing their minds at a site titled Jezebel. Jezebel was a greedy liar of a... [MORE]

Tobias2012 

Sep 19, 2008 10:05

What some of these women need is some good therapy -- just the fact that they are so "disturbed" by... [MORE]

maggie 

Sep 19, 2008 10:02

"Bonnie Fuller, told The New York Sun. "A lot of women feel it was a very cynical decision. ... What... [MORE]

Artie Curtis 

Sep 19, 2008 09:52

The socialist/liberals are running scared - terrified. Palin is everything they have been preaching in their hysteria for the last... [MORE]

Artie Curtis 

Sep 19, 2008 09:50

I'm a Democrat woman, and I find the reaction to Sarah Palin to be disturbing. Is it her qualifications? If... [MORE]

sarah 

Sep 19, 2008 09:48

What is ridiculous here, and has been ridiculous in the past, is the unabashed hysteria that abounds when someone on... [MORE]

JR 

Sep 19, 2008 09:40

Do these "females" really believe they are on the verge of where they have already been for years? It is... [MORE]

Don Taylor 

Sep 19, 2008 09:38

The women who are frightened and angered by Palin thought Hillary emminently qualified. While Palin rose of her own accord,... [MORE]

Elmer 

Sep 19, 2008 09:27

Yeah. Those liberal women sure do get hysterical. Thank God for that all the Palin supporters who are screaming their... [MORE]

Leonard 

Sep 19, 2008 09:23

And the left claims to be the Party of Tolerance. They are responding exactly the same as the left did... [MORE]

Gabrielle 

Sep 19, 2008 09:23

Boy, there are some really neurotic women in New York City. [MORE]

Cliff 

Sep 19, 2008 09:20

Murderous Rage?? Wanting to throw themselves out windows?? THIS is Tolerance? All this hatred, rage for someone you don't even... [MORE]

itsbob 

Sep 19, 2008 09:19

They smear a "real woman" who worked her way up in politics with hard work, not riding the coattails of... [MORE]

rob 

Sep 19, 2008 09:13

You note that some women were upset that McCain was mocking them by choosing an attractive but unqualified woman to... [MORE]

kal 

Sep 19, 2008 09:13

Wow. Not surprising, but stunning how intolerant the Left is. Contrast that with Palin's gracious praise of Clinton. There you... [MORE]

victor t 

Sep 19, 2008 09:11

It all boils down to one thing. These women are not interested in the advancement of women in society. They... [MORE]

Bryan 

Sep 19, 2008 09:09

Like black people and other minorities, women are supposed to fit a cookie cutter shape of ideas according to the... [MORE]

kenth 

Sep 19, 2008 09:04

It seems evident that some of these hysterics are especially indignant because Palin is a strikingly attractive woman. I'm implying... [MORE]

John Frary 

Sep 19, 2008 08:53

I find it alarming that such vile comments -- truly vicious attacks -- are being made about this woman. You... [MORE]

Claire 

Sep 19, 2008 08:48

As a women married to someone from the Bronx for 30 years with a NY mother-in-law and sister-in-law I understand... [MORE]

marilyn z 

Sep 19, 2008 08:45

This is plain stupid. These women are so full of rage because of an unqualified vice presidential candidate? Really? Last... [MORE]

daniel 

Sep 19, 2008 08:42

Feminist are nauseated by a world view different from their own. THIS IS NEWS? This wasn't news 30 years ago.... [MORE]

Suzette Sose 

Sep 19, 2008 08:32

Thank you for this article. I think this "hysteria" is very indicative of the marginalizing liberalism these "feminists" feel all... [MORE]

Anna 

Sep 19, 2008 08:28

That's the problem...You should keep better company. Code pink? That's a group I go to when I want the extreme... [MORE]

Fandango 

Sep 19, 2008 08:21

I'm sure they see themselves as smart and effective but in reality nothing is more dibilitating to thought and action... [MORE]

RCL 

Sep 19, 2008 07:55

Don't worry about the poll numbers. No one cooks poll numbers better than Democrats. Expect to see a lot of... [MORE]

Dix Handley 

Sep 19, 2008 07:38

These are the 'tough' feminist women who want to be equal with men? How many men want to throw themselves... [MORE]

ED LYNCH 

Sep 19, 2008 07:38

More and more, liberalism seems to be a mental illness. Some of the "murderer rage" comments need to be looked... [MORE]

Norm 

Sep 19, 2008 07:37

"What got some women's backs up was the idea she didn't earn her stripes" Excuse me? Before these ladies begin... [MORE]

Michael 

Sep 19, 2008 07:34

I am so happy that these women are so upset. I am so disgusted by the ONE and it's good... [MORE]

Beck 

Sep 19, 2008 06:58

All this unbridled furor provides evidence that feminism is all about ideology and not about gender. I'm always amused by... [MORE]

harry in va 

Sep 19, 2008 06:52

Wow, and you wonder why men are reluctant to put one of us women anywhere near "the button"... sheesh. What... [MORE]

bjs 

Sep 19, 2008 06:26

The feminists are in full panic mode. They are suffering from Palin Maladjustment Syndrome aka PMS. [MORE]

obombabinbiden 

Sep 19, 2008 05:47

Now you know how the rest of America feels when we have to listen to your hate filled drivel! Don't... [MORE]

Gary from NH 

Sep 19, 2008 05:39

It's because she is both strong and beautiful, yet doesn't agree with them politically. She is the woman who is... [MORE]

Docmerlin 

Sep 19, 2008 03:59

Puts "women" on the verge?! Women?! Try "liberals!" It's not "women" that have a problem with Sarah Palin it's liberals.... [MORE]

Kay L 

Sep 19, 2008 03:56

"Rape"? "Moose murderer"? This to me just speaks to the ignorance some people have of Alaska culture, perspectives and opinions.... [MORE]

hanan 

Sep 19, 2008 02:57

Sarah Palin is proof positive that all the things pro-abortion women believe are empowering for them are not empowering at... [MORE]

Lisa 

Sep 19, 2008 02:57

And the rest of us hicks out here in flyover America sit and laugh our backsides off at the self-involved,... [MORE]

John Steele 

Sep 19, 2008 02:23

Uncontrollable rage is usually not a sign of resentment or anxiety, but of guilt. [MORE]

Irene Mettler 

Sep 19, 2008 02:19

These women are seriously disturbed. Radical feminism is a social disease, akin to syphilis or something as destructive as their... [MORE]

Dave 

Sep 19, 2008 02:11

Obama will never use force to stop Iran from obtaining nukes. Talk will not work. If the Islamists have nukes,... [MORE]

Free ThinkerNY 

Sep 19, 2008 01:54

You liberals need a chill pill. Why are you upset? Is it because she isn't a brainless liberal woman with... [MORE]

Das-Cannon 

Sep 19, 2008 01:39

"Hate" is such an ugly emotion that speaks volumes about those that experience it. [MORE]

Ms Dollie 

Sep 19, 2008 01:37

Wow, I am at a loss for words. You little Prima Donas need seriously to get over yourselves. Believe it...

Gene Beasley 

Sep 19, 2008 01:35

Don't you think it would have been a good idea to mention Kricorian's afiliation with Code Pink a little higher... [MORE]

roger franklin 

Sep 19, 2008 01:31

You should have included Kricorian's association with code pink at the top of the article so I could have saved... [MORE]

Mateo Duarte 

Sep 19, 2008 01:29

The problem with these angry women is that they have intertwined feminism with liberalism to such an extent that they... [MORE]

Joe 

Sep 19, 2008 01:26

The women in this article are laughable and at the same time very sad. What should be making them anxious... [MORE]

smartsy 

Sep 19, 2008 01:18

All I hear is 'WHAAAAAA!!!! She's not Ivy league, we don't approve' because she's not Hillary or someone that WE... [MORE]

David 

Sep 19, 2008 01:15

How pathetic. There was a certain malicious joy I got out of watching Bill Clinton destroy the credibility of feminism... [MORE]

Shane 

Sep 19, 2008 01:08

"Murderous, rage" and "incandescent anger"? Some women need a trip to the psychiatrist for anger management and perhaps some serious... [MORE]

Cara Nurnberg 

Sep 19, 2008 01:05

Have any of these hysterical females noticed that Barack Obama is completely and uniquely unqualified to be president of the... [MORE]

Lady 

Sep 19, 2008 01:04

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