On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mm well. I see a difference in that Sarah Palin claims to be plain > folks, and plain folks don't spend that kind of money on clothes.
I'm a plain folk. Jeans and a t-shirt 99% of the time that I'm actually dressed. But y'know what? When I'm interviewing for a job, I put on a suit. And that suit costs considerably more than any other item of clothing in my wardrobe (hell it probably costs more than the entire wardrobe). And this is for one job interview. For a programming position. At a company most people probably never heard of. Whose success or failure will have little to no impact on the country as a whole. So... if you'd agree that the position of VP of the US is a slightly more important position, do you really think that it's irrational of her to dress up? Should she be taking the stage in a pair of blue jeans and flannel shirt? > There are related feminist issues (raised by Mary Jo I think) about > how is it that a woman allegedly ready to be president can't face her > day without warpaint apparently, but to be honest this is mose a > symptom of a social sickness than a problem with Palin herself. I > believe it was a strategic blunder on the part of the republican > party. But you are right, I don't think either the wardrobe or the > party are real issues (as long as the campaign complies with the law > about the clothes). > I agree with everything you said in that paragraph, with the exception of sentence #1. There may very well be many reasons why Palin's not ready to be president (or even vice president). But neither you nor I nor Mary Jo nor anybody else on this list know for a fact that she "can't face her day without warpaint". Men in politics dress well. Women in politics apparently do the same. You think Janet Reno rolls out of bed in the morning looking that good? But yes, the rest of it I agree with. Society dictates what women should look like and places far too much emphasis on the exterior. To a much lesser degree, men as well. In general, we as a society are superficial and gravitate towards the physically attractive. And yes, neither are real issues. Again, the issue of the "party" and its cost was brought up in response to the attacks on the cost of the wardrobe. > Real issues: > > Can we hold a fair election in this country? > Why the hell are we still holding people without charging them? > > The economy > The economy > The economy > > Air and water quality. > Investment in infrastructure > Again, agreed :) -- I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276546 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
