If you are a minority and you are selected for a job over more qualified candidates, you are a “token hire.”
If you are a conservative and you are selected for a job over more qualified candidates, you are a “game changer.”
If you are a conservative and you are selected for a job over more qualified candidates, you are a “game changer.”
Black teen pregnancies? A “crisis” in black America.
White teen pregnancies? A “blessed event.”
White teen pregnancies? A “blessed event.”
If you teach “abstinence only” in sex education, you get teen-parents.
If you teach responsible age-appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
If you teach responsible age-appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
If you are a black, single mother of 4 who waits for 22 hours after her water breaks to seek medical attention, you are an irresponsible parent, endangering the life of your unborn child.
If you are a white, married mother of 4 who waits 22 hours, you are spunky.
If you are a white, married mother of 4 who waits 22 hours, you are spunky.
If you grow up in Hawaii, you are “exotic.”
If you grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you are the quintessential “American story.”
If you grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you are the quintessential “American story.”
If you name your kid Barack you are “unpatriotic.”
If you name your kid Track or Trig, you are “colorful.”
If you name your kid Track or Trig, you are “colorful.”
If you spend 3 years as a community organizer,
increasing your organization from a staff of 1 to 13 and your budget from $70,000 to $400,000,
then become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review,
create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new African American voters,
spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor,
then spend nearly 8 more years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people,
becoming chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee,
then spend nearly 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of nearly 13 million people, sponsoring 131 bills, and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you are woefully inexperienced.
increasing your organization from a staff of 1 to 13 and your budget from $70,000 to $400,000,
then become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review,
create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new African American voters,
spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor,
then spend nearly 8 more years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people,
becoming chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee,
then spend nearly 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of nearly 13 million people, sponsoring 131 bills, and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you are woefully inexperienced.
If you spend 4 years on the city council and
6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people,
then spend 20 months as the governor of a state with 650,000 people,
then you have the most executive experience of anyone on either ticket,
are the Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska military and are well qualified to lead the nation should you be called upon to do so because your state is the closest one to Russia.
6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people,
then spend 20 months as the governor of a state with 650,000 people,
then you have the most executive experience of anyone on either ticket,
are the Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska military and are well qualified to lead the nation should you be called upon to do so because your state is the closest one to Russia.
If you manage a multi-million dollar nationwide campaign, you are an “empty suit”.
If you are a part-time mayor of a town of 7,000 people, you are an “experienced executive”.
If you are a part-time mayor of a town of 7,000 people, you are an “experienced executive”.
If you go to a south side Chicago church, your beliefs are “extremist”.
If you believe in creationism and do not believe climate change is at least partially human-made, you are “strongly principled”.
If you believe in creationism and do not believe climate change is at least partially human-made, you are “strongly principled”.
If you are a Democratic male candidate who is popular with millions of people you are an “arrogant celebrity”.
If you are a popular Republican female candidate you are “energizing the base”.
If you are a popular Republican female candidate you are “energizing the base”.
If you are a younger male candidate who thinks for himself and makes his own decisions you are “presumptuous”.
If you are an older male candidate who makes last minute decisions that you refuse to explain, you are a “shoot from the hip” maverick.
If you are an older male candidate who makes last minute decisions that you refuse to explain, you are a “shoot from the hip” maverick.
If you are a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you are “reckless.”
If you are a Republican who does not fully vet, you are a “maverick.”
If you are a Republican who does not fully vet, you are a “maverick.”
Quiz question for the RNC, specifically those on the “Religious Right”:
Who is one of the most revered and famous community organizers in history?
Answer: Jesus Christ
Who is one of the most revered and famous community organizers in history?
Answer: Jesus Christ
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Comments: 21 ( 1 removed by Julia Star )
Bet we could cover all the same topics slanted to the other side.
This also illustrates concerns about the words chosen by what I will call the "adversarial media" — meaning that conflict raises ratings.
Good article, Julia.
Thanks.
Representing 750,000 vs 7,000 people?
Harvard Law vs Idaho?
Commander of the Alaskan National guard vs a member of the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees?
It's hypocrisy at best and racism at worse. I'm NOT calling anyone one anything, but if folks think Palin's experience matches or exceedes Obama's they can take their pick of being:
A. racist
B. hypocrite
C. A and B
To me it's like saying a Timex and Rolex are exactly the same because they both are watches.
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/palin-hillary-open/656281/
SNL- possibly the cleverest piece that's been on there in years.
Wilma D. - you said it!
I WANT MY BLUE MONEY IN MY BLUE STATE!
It's kind of like the folk who won't vote for Obama because he's "Muslim" read Black... even some of the more reputable polling groups and political analysts have referred to it (the 'he's Muslim = he's black' comment) that way.