Comments on: Why Are Women Always Last To Approve Of Other Women? http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/ Information Pollination Thu, 24 May 2012 06:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Solid Citizen http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-13002 Solid Citizen Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:10:47 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-13002 Palin is more qualified than BO to lead this country based on proven executive experience and proven Constitutionally mandated natural born American citizenship Palin is more qualified than BO to lead this country based on proven executive experience and proven Constitutionally mandated natural born American citizenship

]]> By: Bender http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-13001 Bender Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:54:12 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-13001 Any woman who says that she could not support Sarah Palin because she believes that Palin is unqualified is, I believe, herself unqualified to make such a judgment. Thus, I cannot support such women and won't bother to seriously consider anything that they have to say. Any woman who says that she could not support Sarah Palin because she believes that Palin is unqualified is, I believe, herself unqualified to make such a judgment. Thus, I cannot support such women and won’t bother to seriously consider anything that they have to say.

]]> By: Rob De Witt http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-12999 Rob De Witt Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:31:50 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-12999 Dr. Clouthier, As usual, I agree with you on many levels, since your arguments always seem to me to be couched in luminous common sense. I'm 63, and cite as my bona fides having been raised (and abused) by women, as well as multiple marriages/relationships/work situations, etc. involving women. I refuse to allow my experiences to devolve into unbridled cynicism, but the last 40 years have supremely tested my admiration of the opposite sex. It's apparent, imo, that Governor Palin was deemed a threat to the female electorate for one reason only, which is that she refused to trade on the one unassailable claim of modern American women, the Right to Victimhood. If a person is defined by the enemies they threaten, the reaction of the Twitter Generation, "Feminism", and frustrated homosexuals should be sufficient for any adult to suspect that Governor Palin's adulthood is a remedy sorely needed by our country. Envy is the ugliest of human emotions, and its ascendance in the latest Presidential election should be an embarrassment to all of us. Dr. Clouthier,

As usual, I agree with you on many levels, since your arguments always seem to me to be couched in luminous common sense.

I’m 63, and cite as my bona fides having been raised (and abused) by women, as well as multiple marriages/relationships/work situations, etc. involving women. I refuse to allow my experiences to devolve into unbridled cynicism, but the last 40 years have supremely tested my admiration of the opposite sex.

It’s apparent, imo, that Governor Palin was deemed a threat to the female electorate for one reason only, which is that she refused to trade on the one unassailable claim of modern American women, the Right to Victimhood.

If a person is defined by the enemies they threaten, the reaction of the Twitter Generation, “Feminism”, and frustrated homosexuals should be sufficient for any adult to suspect that Governor Palin’s adulthood is a remedy sorely needed by our country. Envy is the ugliest of human emotions, and its ascendance in the latest Presidential election should be an embarrassment to all of us.

]]> By: Trish http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-12998 Trish Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:10:52 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-12998 Palin was more qualified to be Vice-President than Barack Obama was to be President. At least she knows how many states there are. If she really were not qualified, the left would not have been attacking her on a personal level. Palin was more qualified to be Vice-President than Barack Obama was to be President. At least she knows how many states there are.

If she really were not qualified, the left would not have been attacking her on a personal level.

]]> By: Teri Pittman http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-12997 Teri Pittman Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:59:12 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-12997 Yeah, Palin wasn't qualified to be president (and actually, lest we forget, she was running to be vice president.) Yet the same people that said that thought that somehow Caroline Kennedy was qualified to be Senator from New York. I suspect that there was a class bias against Palin as well as a sexist bias. Yeah, Palin wasn’t qualified to be president (and actually, lest we forget, she was running to be vice president.) Yet the same people that said that thought that somehow Caroline Kennedy was qualified to be Senator from New York. I suspect that there was a class bias against Palin as well as a sexist bias.

]]> By: david foster http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-12992 david foster Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:55:23 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-12992 Viola, thanks for response. If you say your issue with Palin is knowledge/qualifications. then I certainly believe you..but clearly, a lot of people are anti-Palin specifically because she does not follow the speech patterns associated with Nth generation wealth and with Ivy League graduates. How many of the vitriolic opponents of Palin have objected to the obvious lack of knowledge, and the apparent lack of seriousness, on the part of Caroline Kennedy? Viola, thanks for response. If you say your issue with Palin is knowledge/qualifications. then I certainly believe you..but clearly, a lot of people are anti-Palin specifically because she does not follow the speech patterns associated with Nth generation wealth and with Ivy League graduates. How many of the vitriolic opponents of Palin have objected to the obvious lack of knowledge, and the apparent lack of seriousness, on the part of Caroline Kennedy?

]]> By: Viola http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-12991 Viola Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:40:49 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-12991 Shane, stating my own opinion, is not "going after Palin." I think she is pretty amazing in a lot of ways. I just would not want her leading this country. David, "speech patterns" was a poor choice of words on my part. More importantly, she lacked knowledge and I simply did not feel she was qualified. We'll just have to disagree on that one. :-) Shane, stating my own opinion, is not “going after Palin.” I think she is pretty amazing in a lot of ways. I just would not want her leading this country.

David, “speech patterns” was a poor choice of words on my part. More importantly, she lacked knowledge and I simply did not feel she was qualified. We’ll just have to disagree on that one. :-)

]]> By: Shane Vander Hart http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-12990 Shane Vander Hart Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:52:05 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-12990 That Melissa is something that has always baffled me. Especially when the conservative women going after Palin. I can understand why liberal women didn't like her. That Melissa is something that has always baffled me. Especially when the conservative women going after Palin. I can understand why liberal women didn’t like her.

]]> By: Naqamel http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-12989 Naqamel Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:08:35 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-12989 Erica, Uh, what do you uh, mean, uh, when you uh, say, uh, that people, uh, have trouble uh, understanding <del>Teleprompter Jesus</del> B. Hussein Obama? Erica,
Uh, what do you uh, mean, uh, when you uh, say, uh, that people, uh, have trouble uh, understanding Teleprompter Jesus B. Hussein Obama?

]]> By: david foster http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/29/why-are-women-always-last-to-approve-of-other-women/comment-page-1/#comment-12988 david foster Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:26:24 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=12493#comment-12988 Viola..."Palin still had a long way to go before she could hold a high office such as President or Vice President of the United States"...maybe if you compare her with some theoretical perfect candidate...but if you compare her with actual candidates like Joe Biden...really?? "Speech patterns"...we are getting uncomfortably close to the kind of distinction among accents which has done so much to preserve class boundaries in Britain. Viola…”Palin still had a long way to go before she could hold a high office such as President or Vice President of the United States”…maybe if you compare her with some theoretical perfect candidate…but if you compare her with actual candidates like Joe Biden…really??

“Speech patterns”…we are getting uncomfortably close to the kind of distinction among accents which has done so much to preserve class boundaries in Britain.

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