vote fraud is more likely On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > The Real Reason "Tea Party" GOP Sharron Angle Lost to Harry Reid: > Being a Crazy Fundie Racist Wingnut > > The Real Reason Sharron Angle Lost > > Sharron Angle had all the breaks that should have allowed her to take > the Senate seat in Nevada. She was running against a wildly unpopular > incumbent in a state that leads the nation in unemployment. She raised > and spent a record amount of money for a Senate race. She ran a > race-baiting campaign in a style that almost always works for > Republicans. She had the Mama Grizzly hype behind her. Despite all > this, she managed to lose the race for Senate by virtue of her > inability to stop saying crazy things, talking about "Second Amendment > remedies," calling the unemployed "spoiled," and telling a group of > Latino students that they look Asian to her. > > PRINT > DISCUSS > E-MAIL > RSS > RECOMMEND... > SINGLE PAGE > Yahoo! Buzz > Facebook > Digg > Reddit > StumbleUpon > CLOSEStill, it all seems a little unfair. Angle, for all her > hard-right views, was no worse and often better than some of her more > successful male colleagues running in swing states, such as Pat Toomey > and Marco Rubio. In the world of gaffes, she fell short of Rand Paul, > who called for the repeal of the Civil Rights Act before backing off > and who kept having to let go of volunteers and employees for doing > things like celebrating lynching and stomping on the head of a MoveOn > activist. > > Call it the curse of the Mama Grizzly. Candidates bestowed with this > label were supposed to clean up at the polls, not just picking up the > traditionally conservative male vote but also sweeping up some more > left-leaning women by simply being female. In reality, Mama Grizzlies > performed below expectations in many high-profile races. Sharron Angle > and Christine O'Donnell lost, and Nikki Haley in South Carolina barely > squeaked by with 51 percent of the vote in one of the most > conservative states in the country. > > The main problem with Mama Grizzly candidates is that they present a > contradiction, laying claim to feminism while denouncing most feminist > ideals. Sarah Palin, with her peculiar genius, created the term Mama > Grizzly to rationalize this contradiction. The Mama Grizzly could be > ambitious without being feminist, could be fierce without being > threatening, because her feminist means are in service of > anti-feminist ends. To an extent, the metaphor worked. But the > contradiction hurts Mama Grizzlies in two major ways. > > Advertisement > > First, the contradiction sits uneasily with the true believers of the > Christian right. Despite being about as right wing as you can actually > get in American politics, Angle faced exit polls that showed 13 > percent of voters deemed her "not conservative enough." Despite having > almost identical views to Sen. Jim DeMint, Haley received 12 overall > percentage points fewer of the votes. Fundamentalist Christian beliefs > are highly motivating to the strongly conservative in our country, and > one of those beliefs is that women shouldn't work outside the home or > outrank their husbands in any way. > > More: > http://www.slate.com/id/2273539/ > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > __._,_.___ > Reply to > sender<[email protected]?subject=the+real+reason+%22tea+party%22+gop+sharron+angle+lost+to+harry+reid:+Being+a+Crazy+Fundie+Racist+Wingnut>| > Reply > to > group<[email protected]?subject=the+real+reason+%22tea+party%22+gop+sharron+angle+lost+to+harry+reid:+Being+a+Crazy+Fundie+Racist+Wingnut>| > Reply > via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PresidentBarakObama/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyYnViZ3JpBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMTU2MzUxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MDM3NgRtc2dJZAMyODc0NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEyODg4MTUyOTY-?act=reply&messageNum=28747>| > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PresidentBarakObama/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmc3M0bTY3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMTU2MzUxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MDM3NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyODg4MTUyOTY-> > Messages in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PresidentBarakObama/message/28747;_ylc=X3oDMTM3NGJwNzVwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMTU2MzUxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MDM3NgRtc2dJZAMyODc0NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyODg4MTUyOTYEdHBjSWQDMjg3NDc->( > 1) > Recent Activity: > > - New > Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PresidentBarakObama/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnaDBrcDFuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMTU2MzUxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MDM3NgRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMjg4ODE1Mjk2?o=6> > 1 > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PresidentBarakObama;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdXJscWlwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMTU2MzUxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MDM3NgRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEyODg4MTUyOTY-> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcWY0OGFxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMTU2MzUxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MDM3NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTI4ODgxNTI5Ng--> > Switch to: > Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional>, > Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe<[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>• > Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > . > > __,_._,___ > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
