tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post6551392150840217656..comments2024-01-17T02:39:06.048-05:00Comments on rude truth: what I don't want to be when I grow up...JJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-65193305890091839932008-09-03T19:11:00.000-05:002008-09-03T19:11:00.000-05:00Yes, I understand what you mean, and it's been the...Yes, I understand what you mean, and it's been the words/statements of Palin herself that have caused my excitement to cooled. She seems vastly under-nuanced.R-Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625504314284631333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-42405702999857476472008-09-03T16:31:00.000-05:002008-09-03T16:31:00.000-05:00Yes, I think the Peri-TSD is just about right.I re...Yes, I think the Peri-TSD is just about right.<BR/><BR/>I really <I>want</I> to be excited about Palin...even if it would make the race more difficult for Obama, and if I could feel she were a good candidate who represented women well, I would be. So far what I've heard isn't encouraging, and I am not talking about the musings of liberal pundits either...I mean, what I've heard from her. She seems to be presenting herself in a deliberately non-threatening way, as if to say reassuringly, I may be breaking the glass ceiling and all, but I'm still really just a "hockey mom." It puts my back up, not least because of the creepy parallels I can identify in my own situation.JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-90151390224826662882008-09-03T16:00:00.000-05:002008-09-03T16:00:00.000-05:00Guess I should do my homework before I try to make...Guess I should do my homework before I try to make a joke.<BR/><BR/>In all seriousness, I think many of us who have been subject to blatant and encouraged sexism for years and years suffer PTSD (not just Post, but Peri, too) when we see a man speak in place of/for a woman, even if intentions are sincere and not-supposed-to-be-usurping.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps that's why I was initially intrigued and kind of excited at the announcement of Sarah Palin as the VP nominee for McCain. ("At last!" my soul said quietly.) Since the initial announcement my excitement has cooled, and now I'm pensively waiting for more time and opportunities to get to know Palin a little better...R-Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625504314284631333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-47217820595323605452008-09-03T15:17:00.000-05:002008-09-03T15:17:00.000-05:00in the interest of accuracy, it wasn't McCain who ...in the interest of accuracy, it wasn't McCain who spoke for Bridget; John wasn't there that I saw, and Cindy and Bridget were in the audience. It was a friend of the McCains who adopted the other of the two babies she brought to the States.JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-7108323298532872942008-09-03T13:40:00.000-05:002008-09-03T13:40:00.000-05:00To be fair, I'm not sure there was a definite tran...To be fair, I'm not sure there was a definite transition from the Devotional part of the convention to the Announcement part of the convention. That's probably why McCain spoke in place of his daughter.R-Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625504314284631333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-19756803393875531962008-09-03T09:23:00.000-05:002008-09-03T09:23:00.000-05:00first of all, though anonymous comments are allowe...first of all, though anonymous comments are allowed on this blog, I have a pretty low opinion of blog anonymity--too often it proves to indicate a desire to speak with impunity rather than responsibility.<BR/><BR/>actually, I think that the Obama daughters were not on the campaign trail with Barack and Michelle, but cared for by their grandmother--I can't remember the speaker but someone made the point that Michelle would not have joined Barack on the campaign were it not for knowing that their kids were being cared for by her. The first I ever saw of them was at the convention, and while they certainly appeared on stage with their parents (at least three times that I saw), no one made them the center of discourse. The Obama daughters have not been absent, but neither have they been paraded around. I'm sure it's hard to find a middle ground between denying your children the excitement of participating and protecting them from the overzealous media scrutiny--but I do feel that the stuff I heard last night paid insufficient attention to the matter of how that sort of storytelling involving the adopted girls might affect them, short or long-term. In addition, as I stated in the post, the manner in which it was done was grating on me, particularly because I am so very tired of seeing women standing silently by, even when it's their own stories being told. When the nomination of Palin is being touted as a quasi-feminist move, it was particularly galling to see how in these instances women's voices were muted or carefully calibrated to not upset the status quo.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps successive events at the RNC will make me feel better. I am planning to tune in again and see.JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-88085229202176782132008-09-03T00:42:00.000-05:002008-09-03T00:42:00.000-05:00On the question of children being used as props at...On the question of children being used as props at the Republican Convention: <BR/><BR/>Doesn't Sen. Obama have two small children? Hasn't he effectively been running for President for the past 18 months, schlepping those kids around with him? Didn't he allow them to pose for people or US Weekly? Michelle Obama also paraded her children on stage after she gave a speech that was all about the Obama all-American family? Is that using children like props? Does that make him less of a father or effective President?<BR/><BR/>"Too many things just "bugged" me. I had to go take a shower to rinse off all the hatred I heard concerning the "other party". Now I am catching up on blog posts and enjoying myself!"<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I missed the love-fest that was the Democratic Convention, but almost every Democratic Speaker lambasted Bush or McCain, talking about the "other party" in vitriolic terms. Again, what is the difference? Is it that you just don't like McCain supportersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-57018583341494442382008-09-02T22:14:00.000-05:002008-09-02T22:14:00.000-05:00I'm with you. I wanted to sit through every night ...I'm with you. I wanted to sit through every night of both conventions, see what had to be said, make sure I had an open mind and educate myself both by listening to speeches and through internet research. YET, I could not take listening to what was being said tonight. Too many things just "bugged" me. I had to go take a shower to rinse off all the hatred I heard concerning the "other party". Now I am catching up on blog posts and enjoying myself! <BR/><BR/>And they are being used as props. Did you catch Cindy instructing the kids to wave to the audience when Fred Thompson was speaking? Unfortunately families in political situations are often used as props. But I don't think McCain can prove to be holier than Obama. After all, wasn't Cindy the mistress in his first marriage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-27904520599851597172008-09-02T20:41:00.000-05:002008-09-02T20:41:00.000-05:00Laura Hays' thoughts on Palin hereMarti Stanley's ...Laura Hays' thoughts on Palin <A HREF="http://hoythappenings.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/vp/" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/>Marti Stanley's <A HREF="http://martistanley.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/why-would-palin-run-for-vp/" REL="nofollow">here</A>JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.com