First, we want to know if a person is qualified right? It isn't too much to ask?
Second, Obama has given dozens of interviews, Palin had given exactly zero when she got interviewed that first time. (now she is up to two.) Obama has been hit with this question over and over again. It just wasn't covered in that interview. This is a manufactured issue. All the candidates get hit with this. Evey guy who applies for an important job gets hit with this. And yes, women get asked this too. She was governor of a state with a population the size of Baltimore MD for 20 months. (both around 600,000) We want to know if she is qualified. The most interesting thing about her response was her content-free absolute confidence. Reminds me of Bush. If Palin had as many interviews as Obama we would know a lot more about her and you might be able to build a case that she was treated differently. But you can't just pick one interview out of his dozens and cry foul. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wall Street Journal 9/17/08 "There it was. Boom! First question out of > the box from Charlie Gibson to Gov. Sarah Palin, using the "Q" word. > The word that every actual or aspiring professional woman constantly > asks herself: Am I qualified? > > Over my nearly 40-year career, I have addressed this topic in > countless speeches, panels, roundtables, seminars, presentations and > one-on-one counseling sessions with women of every age. Like all > women, Sarah Palin knows this attitude exists. She took it in stride > and nailed her response. > > Women always want to know whether they should go to law school or > business school, even though they already have advanced degrees. Too > often, they aren't sure they are "qualified" to apply for or accept > the position or run for the office, even though they may be head and > shoulders more capable than any other candidate for the same job or > position. > > It is not that we don't wantto assure qualified people are the ones > who get the jobs. It is offensive for Charlie Gibson to ask that > question of Sarah Palin only because neither he nor his colleagues of > the "mainstream media" talking heads have ever posed that question to > Barack Obama. > > While the liberal media demanded to know how on earth Sen. John McCain > would select someone of Sarah Palin's "qualifications" for the job > that is "one heartbeat away from the presidency," they never bothered > to ask the same question of the person whose heart would actually be > beating in the Oval Office on Jan. 21, 2009. > > This is the very definition of sexism, according to the feminist > mantra." read more http://tinyurl.com/3k2h52 >
