On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Chris Bischoff wrote:
> > On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:09 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: >> On 23-Oct-08, at 5:38 PM, Ian Sutherland wrote: >> >>> Actually, it speaks to our culture's treatment of women. Women in >>> public life can't just go down to Kuppenheimer or Jos A. Bank and >>> buy a suit off the rack and be acceptable. It's a no-win; had she >>> gotten her campaign clothes at Dress-For-Less, the press would be >>> all over how crappy she dressed. I don't care if there's an R or a >>> D behind your name, there's (yet another) double standard here. >>> >>> That and she had no warm weather clothes for all the time she's >>> spending in Florida <G> >>> >>> i >> -- >> >> I have to disagree. >> >> I think they could have popped over to Macy's and dressed her sharply >> for less than $150,000. >> >> In the current climate, with stories about how much AIG spends on >> lunches and company retreats, someone should have seen that kind of >> outlay as bad press before it happened. >> >> More than that, though, she's billing herself as an everyday working >> mom. Dressing sensibly would have been more on-message, and she would >> have been forgiven > > Oh yeah, you betcha. > >> for not looking like Liz Taylor. Engaging in >> conspicuous consumption while trying to look fiscally conscious is a >> mis-step. >> >> Political agendas aside, someone isn't really doing their job over at >> McCain HQ. Republicans are being poorly marketed this time around, >> regardless of the issues. >> > I agree. : ( Marketing my ass. There's a big skunk in the middle of the room everyone seems to overlook -- the media's double standard. <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/camp_followers.html> How many examples do folks need to see before they acknowledge that the double standard in the media is having an adverse impact on the McCain campaign? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
