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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:07 PM
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Palin: Weepy, emotional side Boehner "gets a "pass" because he's a man"
Fri Dec 17, 10:29 am ET
Palin says she couldn’t get away with crying like Boehner

By Holly Bailey – Fri Dec 17, 10:29 am ET

Sarah Palin, making an appearance on "Good Morning America" as part of her new embrace of the mainstream media, says there's a double standard when it comes to politicians crying in public.

In an interview with Robin Roberts of "GMA," the ex-Alaska governor was asked about incoming House Speaker John Boehner's tendency to get weepy. While Palin said she had "respect" for her fellow Republican's emotional side, she suggested he gets a "pass" because he's a man (video courtesy of ABC News):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20101217/pl_yblog_theticket/palin-says-she-couldnt-get-away-with-crying-like-boehner
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:09 PM
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1. she whines 24/7, what's her beef?
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:11 PM
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2. she feels she can't get away with crying due to her gender

and she (err... her handlers) are setting this up as a discussion point for the primaries
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CountAllVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:11 PM
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3. she prefers caribou
rather than beef. :wow:
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brewens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:14 PM
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4. Pass? Boners a bed wetting mommas' boy! You call that a pass?
Ok, I guess it's me that says that and not the media. That doesn't mean that it's unfair to call Palin a screeching harpy if she raises her voice (not sure she even has to raise it) or hormonal or whatever if she cries. She's such a nutjob she can be both.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:14 PM
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5. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn......what you think about anything...
Edited on Sun Dec-19-10 01:15 PM by BrklynLiberal
It is a sign of the disintegration of the media that the barracuda is still being quoted...
Why? What is she? Of what important or value is she or her opinions?
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:19 PM
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6. Yep...every poll shows 2/3 of the people find her "unqualified"...
...and yet, every day someone is asking her "are you going to run in 2012?"

:rofl:
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:25 PM
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7. Palin is an idiot. Boehner's tears are being ridiculed. Hillary's tears won her a state.
People think that women who cry are "authentic". When men cry, they are wimps.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:29 PM
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8. I read about it here on Friday morning:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x28261
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:51 PM
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9. She is an idiot
"There is no crying in baseball"!

If he did it maybe once a year....but every damn time and over bullshit....Why isn't she calling his manhood to question? Anyone....?
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Edweird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:56 PM
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10. She has a strange concept of "a man".
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Lilyeye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 01:59 PM
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11. This is the same asshole who said Hillary whined and cried about sexism.
Fuck you Palin.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 02:00 PM
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12. Hey, some chicks dig whiny-ass drunks. n/t
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spedtr90 Donating Member (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 02:08 PM
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13. Shakespeare says it best.....

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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:01 PM
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21. Nice!
Good quote, too and it certainly is relevant!
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 02:15 PM
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14. He didn't get a pass, Jebus Howard Craft! Does this woman EVER
say anything that is factually correct!?!?! I never ever thought someone bigger a loser then Bush would come along...wrong was I, me thinks. Allegedly, WOMEN get a free pass you dumb jackass, because traditionally and stereotypically women are 'more emotional' and allowed to show emotion (not like us killer inhuman men, don't know why that is considered a positive trait). It is like her handlers are giving her the opposite information that she needs to use on the daily squawk shows on purpose...why? Not a clue.
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:55 PM
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23. Ask Pat Schroeder
how much of a free pass she got for shedding tears.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 02:27 PM
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15. I really want to see him crying because he is out of a job.....nt
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 02:52 PM
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16. Why won't she tell him to 'man up'?
:shrug:
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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 02:55 PM
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17. He's a maudlin drunk, the pubs are full of them every March 17th,
and most Friday nights!
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 04:16 PM
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18. until the next march 16th,
....then repeat.
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Golden Raisin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 05:56 PM
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19. Hey Sarah! Two words:
Ed Muskie.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:00 PM
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20. Actually, she's probably right.
It's a Christmas miracle.
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Liquorice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:04 PM
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22. She's right about that. If a woman was breaking down all over the place like
Boehner, she would be run out of politics.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 07:01 PM
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24. No, he gets a pass because he's a REPUBLICAN man
If he were a Democratic man, the criticism would be unsparing and 24/7, at the top of the newshour on every station.

Just look at the "Dean Scream". The so-called "librul media" BURIED any chance of Dean's leadership for YEARS with that frenzy.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 07:03 PM
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25. The one thing I would agree with her on
I can imagine the abuse that would be heaped on a woman who blubbered like that, it would be ugly.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 07:09 PM
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26. Boehner gets a pass because he's republican. Fixed.
I can guarantee if any dem had pulled that shit, they'd be laughed out of office.
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Anakin Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 10:11 PM
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27. Boner's a "Girly Man"
*I'm borrowing words from another, much more likable Republican*
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