This article inspired me to fantisize that in the last week of the campaign that the GOP spends 10s of millions airing a TV ad directed to women that superimposes Charlie Gibson -- and others -- asking Palin this question yet no one asking Obama.
If done properly, this would be an emotional button that would rile and anger the 52% share of the population that is female, thus tipping many over to the McCain side... --- 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 >
