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• Thursday, September 4, 2008 07:03 AM

  Not a good sign for Palin

  It's going to be interesting. Her manner and her content were not independant friendly. I wonder if the Republicans are going to write off independants again and simply try to energize the base enough to overcome. I'll be waiting for a lot of aggressive voter suppression tactics. That's more important than calling this corrupt politician nasty names.

  Yes, she was attacking in a mean-spirited way, but she didn't gloat or look pleased with herself like Guiliani did. I'm afraid that an attractive woman who can trot out her 5 kids will be able to attack pretty effectively.

  I think she did gloat. Doesn't really matter...out in the rural and small town areas, many men don't like women who attack meanly. That's simply the way it is. A man can be mean (he's tough) but a woman who acts that way turns these men off (she's abnormal, lacks feminity, all the other stuff over the years female execs have had to learn to manage with humor- this woman evidently has not learned that lesson because of her inexperience).

  It's the manner. She may stir up the extreme base, but the libertarian and independants are not going to like what they saw last night. In America, overtly mean women are good entertainment, but are not elected. There's a tightrope that must be danced on, and she didn't.

  There are a lot more sexist men out there than extremely ideological gender chauvinist females. WHile gender chauvinist females may cluster at Salon, that does not make them representative of how actual women think or vote. Most women are rougher on a vicious female than men. Add that it is coming out that Palin has enjoyed breaks normal women don't get (Slate has a "Superwoman" article that is getting torn to shreds right now). Sexism trumps political ideology in a lot of places. The republicans think their supporters are stupid sheep who will do what they are told. That's not true, and the rumblings I am hearing out here in a battleground state are not good for them.

  Also understand that you have a Bradley effect for women as well. Some men will say they will vote for a qualified woman, but once they are in the booth they don't. People lie to pollsters ALL OF THE TIME.

  —domini Read domini's other letters
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