Broken Clocks and Dumb Luck
Quasi-presidential candidate Sarah Palin points out that male politicians may have been getting a pass lately for crying in public.
“I respect John Boehner because he has worn his feelings on his sleeve on things that are so important to him. I don’t know if a woman would be given a pass necessarily. But that’s one of those things where a double standard certainly is applied. I’m sure if I got up there and did a speech and I started breaking down and cried about how important it is to me that our children and our grandchildren are provided great opportunities, I’m sure that I would be knocked a little bit for that.”
It should be pointed out that the politicians getting a pass on crying are Republican politicians.
Tags: Sarah Palin
Male Republican politicians that is.
i seem to recall a certain female Democratic presidential candidate shedding a tear or two in New Hampshire and that she was not knocked about it (other than questions being raised as to whether the whole thing was staged).
It is her first valid point since entering politics.
Ed Muskie didn’t get a pass in ’72.
I think that what triggers the tears enters into the equation. Such subtleties are beyond the ken of the Reloader from Wasilla.
i seem to recall a certain female Democratic presidential candidate shedding a tear or two in New Hampshire and that she was not knocked about it (other than questions being raised as to whether the whole thing was staged).
You have to be kidding – it was news for months.
nemski wrote: “The world has turned upside down as I find myself agreeing with Sarah Palin.”
I am sure that she agrees with your desire to revive the Delaware Republican party, so the world is still right side up.
Anyway, Bush was crying all the time, too. I am not sure that Sarah could cry since I doubt that she has any compassion for anybody that can’t benefit her bank account.
U.I no it wasn’t. As one person said the only issue was staged or not. She was praised for finally showing emotion. It was seen as a positive. 1972 was a weird time that was unique. It was the last of the John Wayne era. Before then men were not ashamed to be full men. Men who had brains, emotions, and strength. The John Wayne/OO7 era featured men who didn’t talk a lot, shared no emotion but anger, romance, and laughter (at least Wayne could laugh–James Bond couldn’t do that or even bond with other men.) It was a generational thing maybe shaped out of the rough times of the Great Depression and World War 2 where people ran out of tears. We wanted to pretend that they weren’t there.
Democrat men do the same thing. Men in general refuse to be boxed in anymore and society has moved on. It is true that Palin would be treated poorly. Women are still seen by some as weaker leaders than men when it comes to something like President, CEO, or a General officer. That is just a reality that women maneuver around. It too is almost passe in the public. The media may catch up on day.
Comment by PBaumbach on 19 December 2010 at 8:01 pm:
i seem to recall a certain female Democratic presidential candidate shedding a tear or two in New Hampshire and that she was not knocked about it (other than questions being raised as to whether the whole thing was staged
Most likely you were not listening to Matthews or the rest of MSNBC and FOX