Palin: Hillary Clinton's "Whining" Turned Me Off

Newsweek:

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived backstage for our NEWSWEEK Women & Leadership Event in Los Angeles last March, John McCain had just wrapped up the GOP nomination. Palin had yet to endorse McCain--she liked Mitt Romney--and as we waited in the green room, I urged her to "feel free" to make some news on stage. She grinned broadly--looking back, I guess it was a grin of the Cheshire Cat variety--and thanked me for the offer.

Once onstage, together with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Palin talked about what women expect from women leaders; how she took charge in Alaska during a political scandal that threatened to unseat the state's entire Republican power structure, and her feelings about Sen. Hillary Clinton. (She said she felt kind of bad she couldn't support a woman, but she didn't like Clinton's "whining.")

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Comments

[bobdevo]

Send Hillary Clinton out as the attack dog on the perky ditz John McCain has plucked from tundral obscurity. I'm so positive her experience as part-time mayor of Freezybuns Alaska has prepared her to stand up to Hillary.

[renatam]

The "perky ditz" is as cunning as Hillary Clinton -- and will put our Senator back into her kitten boots by using her OWN words/actions validating John McCain and -- her hypocrisy in saying we should ALL support her to "break the glass ceiling" via her "18 million."

A comedic cat fight -- which, when Gerry Ferraro joins in, even more ridiculously -- will guarantee no woman will be taken seriously for another generation. That was Gerry's gift, when it would found out she misrepresented her husband's business dealings during the vetting. Now, we are watching Hillary's.

Senator Clinton should never have morphed her Campaign into a faux feminist whine. Now, we are seeing the results.

[KiwisCanFly]

Dammit you're right renatam.

[PumaAnn]

I love it. So now Hill is responsible for a Republican VP who is a woman?

I just love it.

Where's Biden? Inconsequential?

You guys need to move on. Hill isn't a part of this story.

[LemonMeringue]

I wish Hillary would go after her but I don't think she will.

Hillary's response was lame and disappointing. I expected better out of her. I guess she spoke her piece at the convention and that will be that.

[renatam]

Why? Hillary laid the foundation for this comedy. She CAN'T make any other statement because she knows she did -- and it is backfiring.

[PumaAnn]

Biden is the VP. Not Hill

[Vige]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFdHnkQ9GPA&feature=related
Please, make sure you digg this. Help spread the word.

[barackobama4prez]

Listen, this strategy is going to backfire because the dude at the top of the ticket is out of touch with america. i predict an electoral landslide victory for the king of gimmickery, John M c shame

[Truthmeter]

Hmmm I think this was after the debate with "THE CHOSEN ONE" where Clinton said that she was being picked on because she was a woman...remember that? Everyone on this site called her a whiner...then she was a b$tch because she came out tough again against "THE CHOSEN ONE". You guys have very short memories..scary.

[barackobama4prez]

Your ticket is against the middle class and american values. All I need to know. Conservatism is out of touch with the rest of the mainstream. The middle and left are in...the right is slowly going out!

[lorla]

We are not running for V P.

[Fabienne]

No, we don't have short memories. We are not a candidate attempting to appeal to Hillary supporters. I can think whatever I want about Senator Clinton as my opinions get no publicity, which is fine with me.

[LemonMeringue]

A person in a visible elected position is supposed to be more diplomatic than the rest of us who are just the rabble and speak only for ourselves.

Calling Hillary a whiner on national TV should rule her out. It was a ditzy thing to do. She's not tactful, savvy or diplomatic. Not presidential material.

[flymic]

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A Creationist Cheerleader with No Foreign policy or National Security experience who was ardent campaigner for the anti-semitic Pat Buchanann in 1996 should NOT be heartbeat from presidency.

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[Ajegunle]

WHY NOT?
THEY ASKED HER IF SHE WAS READY, AND SHE SAID "YIP, YIP".

[NotBeatenYet]

More accurately, it was "Yup, yup." What a riot!

[barackobama4prez]

Hillary has been upstaged by Sarah. What will she do?

[renatam]

Upstaged and USED, making a comedy out of women candidates for our highest Office -- and the Office itself. Hillary's words and actions -- as well as Bill's -- are being leveraged as a baton pass by McCain and Palin, appropriately. Hillary deliberately laid the foundation for this COMEDY by acting irresponsibly and proffering a false PR narrative that the "18 million" were voting for her simply because she was a woman and trying to break "the glass ceiling."

So, ANY WOMAN WILL DO and should be validated, lauded and offered up...based upon gender.

Karma.

[LemonMeringue]

They are shamefully USING Palin's infant. This child will grow up someday, having been paraded around and shown off like so much evangelical bait. As a mother she should protect him, not exploit him.

[renatam]

If you make voting for a woman A CAUSE CELEBRE - and make gender the defining proposition -- as Hillary Clinton did after NH -- and rally the troops around another Bosnia-delusion ("18 million cracks in the glass ceiling" - whatever that is/means) -- and use THAT as some kind of faux feminist PLATFORM -- than ANY WOMAN can run from that platform and, by default we should ALL vote for Gov. Palin based upon the baton pass from Senator Clinton.

If we thought the fused Clinton/Bush dynasties couldn't stoop any lower, playing on the desire of all women to justly want a female to be taken seriously as a Presidential/VP Candidate -- and manipulate us -- is the lowest.

However, it must be noted -- Gerry Ferraro and Hillary Clinton have played along and laid the foundation for this perverse comedy we are about to see play out. Women on the R ight and Left should be outraged. But, our outrage should not solely be laid at McCain's feet. Hillary Clinton proffered the rationale, the numbers ("18 million cracks") and the false narrative he is leveraging as his case to women in his advertising and Hillary's brother's meetings with women.

Our august Senator is the architect of this madness -- and history will validate this.

[PumaAnn]

Mac took a bold step. Good for him. It's time Republican women get their due.

[fdavidm]

I sincerely hope that the Obama camp uses this Sarah Palin sound bite about Hillary's "whinning" and juxtaposes it in an attack ad with her acceptance speech in which she talks of the accomplishments of Hillary Clinton. What a load of crap!

[Ibackobama]

With Palin's whining comment, I am interested to see how she will react to the debate btwn her and Biden. I' ve read several comments on Biden going easy on her so that he is not seen to be beating up on a woman but as a woman I do feel offended by that statement because as Hillary said 'if you cant stand the heat....'

On a side note, I find it very odd that Palin agreed to this job, I cannot picture a mom with a child less than a year, campaigning from one hotel room to another, with a baby. Let alone a baby with downs syndrome. I have a 10 month old and cannot begin to imagine living in hotel rooms let along running a hard campaign. If most mothers are like me, it takes some super human energy just to work regular hours and have a baby. Then to have strength for all those campaigns.... but I guess she can afford help. And on that as well, isn't she the same one who made a show of nursing her baby in public. I guess her parenting/family values fall short of her ambition.

[nhplanner]

Absolutely insulting! An ex-beauty queen half term governor (of the nation's least populated state) calling Hillary Clinton a whiner? McCain's blatant pander to Hillary supporters will backfire. His selection of a pretty, young, trophy VP has eerie parallels to the story of his failed first marriage. McCain has no respect for women.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.html

[breakingpoint]

Barack dissed Hillary. That was a huge mistake and very poor judgment.

[barackobama4prez]

He did no such thing. When Hill couldn't be PROMISED the spot she and her husband wouldn't agree to the vetting process.

[PumaAnn]

Yes, he did. Yes, it was. I'm voting Republican as a result.

I do not agree with her stance on women's issues, but other than that, I like Palin already. A bold move on Mac's part.....and one that gives me a reason to switch parties.

What's funny to me is that Pelosi said much, much worse to women of the Democratic Party.

[LemonMeringue]

Hillary burned her bridges with her scorched earth campaign. She made it impossible for him to choose her. It took great character for him to overlook what she said about him and how she helped the Republicans again him, and show her affection and respect at the convention. I respect the hell out of him for that. He's a great man.

[UnknownSoldier]

Bump

[djasavjac]

I watched the Karen Breslau interview of Palin currently posted on YouTube. So Palin is supporting the idea of never fighting an injustice? She will sit back and take it because THAT'S THE WAY women are treated? Whoa...be VERY AFRAID of that conservative republican way of thinking. Be VERY afraid.
see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEUG0XZ9OpY

[TGCNY]

I didnt vote for HRC but i respected the clintons throught the yrs and if my candiate wasnt in the race there would be no reason for me to vote for no one else but her. With that said I Am Insulted for her with her expericence of sitting in a white house for 8 yrs seeing first hand how the business is run and being a senator for 2 terms how dear they try to compar this woman the HRC thats more than a slap in the face it is a slap and some spit.


I'll post again for anyone who keeps asking the questio:

[PumaAnn]

I don't really understand the comparisons. O didn't even consider Hill. She's irrelevant to this race now.

It's sexist to think that the two are comparable.

[barackobama4prez]

She was considered but refused to be vetted unless she was promised a spot. There are rules, and unless she was at the top of the ticket, she has to follow O's rules. It really is a shame that you feel the need to keep lying, even after such a lovely convention.

[GravitonX]

You do a pretty poor impersonation of a woman. Do you cross-dress also, dude?

[LemonMeringue]

Surely even you can see that this is a huge act of pandering - to women, and to the hard-right radical evangelical base.

It's so screamingly obvious even you should be able to see it.

[JamieJay]

Gov. Sarah Palin has the nerve to attack Hillary, already, and called her a "whiner"?!! Well at least, Gov. Palin, Hillary isn't involved in a legislative ethics investigation called "trooper gate", and isn't linked to (the bridge to nowhere) Senator Ted Stevens. Gov. Sarah Palin, you and your far right-wing pro-life movement called "Feminists For Life" is going down! We know that Feminists For Life's overall goal is to overturn Roe V Wade!!

[JackND]

The C'lintons, if they're wise, will transition from dutiful, going-through-the-motions campaigning to genuine, aggressive campaigning, because if the Mc'Cain-Palin ticket wins, Palin becomes H'illary's chief rival to becoming the next president of the United States. Joe Biden will be 74 by the time the winner of the 2016 election is inaugurated, so I doubt he'll be a likely rival in 2016. If Mc'Cain wins, a VP Sarah Palin becomes a chief rival to Hi'llary in 2016, or even 2012.

On the other hand, in an O'bama administration, H'illary would be a good candidate for Secretary of State (if she were interested). In the early years of the nation's history, in the Jefferson-Madison-Monroe era, the State Department was a stepping stone to the presidency. An administration in which the threesome of O'bama, B'iden, and C'linton are the three highest ranking executives in the nation sure sounds like an appealing team to me.

But a Mc'Cain victory in 2008 pretty much ensures that H'illary C'linton will never be president of the United States.

[DrDave51]

With any luck at all , the Clintons will just fade away. Why would a Obama administration want someone as divisive as Hillary Clinton in in?

[LemonMeringue]

If she behaves like she did during the convention, yes. She won me back .

She can be a force for the Republicans to reckon with in the Senate. I hope she will be Obama's ally in the Senate. I will give her all the credit for what Congress accomplishes during his administration.

Obama and Clinton will become allies in the White House and Senate. She will make us proud.

[LemonMeringue]

If Clinton behaves like she did during the convention, yes. She won me back .

She can be a force for the Republicans to reckon with in the Senate. I hope she will be Obama's ally in the Senate. I will give her all the credit for what Congress accomplishes during his administration.

Obama and Clinton will become allies in the White House and Senate. She will make us proud.

[loyldem]

Obama, Biden, and C'linton looks like the MOD SQUAD tv show of the '70's.

[ebanks84]

It seems that Rove has us exactly where he wants us. After reading all of your posts, I see exactly what he has done...............DIVIDE AND CONQUER...........one more time.

We should NOT allow him to keep doing this to us. JM's candidacy is as fake as he is. We should know it, believe it, and leave it alone. We definitely should NOT "feed it". That's what they want. A monster only becomes a bigger monster if it's constantly fed.

Please stop feeding this monster. Let it starve and disappear like it should.

[JerseyGirl4Obama]

Rove doesn't have us. We are smarter than that. We must talk aboiut it so others can gain information. We are at a very important juncture. We cannot afford and will not stand for another 4 years of Bush-McSame.

[BGDiNLV]

Exactly,Thursday night scared the hell out of them.They succeeded in getting the SPEECH out of the headlines. Game on!!

[motherfather]

Last night before I fell asleep, I marvelled at the devilish genius that is the Karl Rove strategy. Less than one day after this historic democratic convention, he has managed to take our total attention away from that and has the whole media cadre following the antics of John Mccain and the beauty queen. America is F*&^ked. We do not have the attention span to pay attention to the issues. They throw us a distracting bone and here we go following it like the sleeping puppies we are. SAD!!! I am going to stick with Senator O and Senator Biden and pay attentiont to what they are doing. In the end , the news cycle will only strive to confuse you.

[barackobama4prez]

It was not genius. Real Americans are not falling for this tactic. We know what's at stake. We may pay attention to Palin for a minute, but the lights will go out on stage and the beauty queen will have to compete against Jo'Biden.

[estreya]

"Real Americans" have no greater voting power than the ersatz ones who are so easily manipulated by these tactics. It shames me to admit it, but I ACTUALLY found myself thinking last night, "how can we keep stupid people from voting?"

[blaqntelligence]

It pains me to say you're right, but you are.....

Another blogger refused to allow a mccain story change his intended piece. His reason was the EXACT same. Thank you for that reminder.

[JerseyGirl4Obama]

Please don't be so condescending. Those of us who believe in Obama-Biden 2008 will not be swayed by this nonsense. Ther are millions of us who intend to do our part just like you.

To think that americans are willing to chance this woman being thrust in the role of President if something happens to McCain is appalling. And do you really think it woudn't be men like Rove and Cheney behind her pulling the strings. The Republican party doesn't care about the common man, never has, never will. They court the common man when they need them.

[mairs]

I think it's ok actually. We have Obama's speech still echoing in our heads. In contrast is this ham-handed totally bizarre VP pick. I think the contrast is stark.

[GravitonX]

If you thnk Karl "Your Math" Rove is a genius, you're easily impressed.

[SpoxLogic]

Here's the perfect ad:

Picture and audio of Palin claiming she is breaking the glass ceiling. With her mentioning Sen Clinton. Then Sen Clinton comes on and states:
"Gov Palin is against everything I stand for. She is against women's rights. She's against Universal Healthcare. She's against equal pay for equal work.
Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton."

[mjc]

Spox.., she is no Hillary Clinton but she isn't trash either. She's very articulate, very conservative and I despise her for her attitude about wildlife and the environment. But there may not be many who agree with me, as I discovered yesterday. Many Clinton Democrats believe she is the answer to the dissing of Clinton by the Obama campaign and Obama.

[PumaAnn]

I agree. She's a conservative, but a darn feisty one.

[mairs]

And many Clinton Democrats who are insulted by the idea of an unqualified woman who wasn't even interested in the job getting there ahead of Clinton. So who's to know how she will affect the final outcome. We can argue about it until we're blue in the face, but we can only wait and see.

[Lemeritus]

The problem with Sarah Palin is... I like her. She has not a whit of national political experience, no advanced degrees, supports an agenda that would put women back in whale-bone corsets, the environment back to the industrial revolution, and education back to flat-earth theology, but... she's likeable and fresh and she will appeal to people who are looking for NOT-Washington. (Only an Alaskan -- or ex-Alaskan in my case -- could truly appreciate the story of her giving a speech in Dallas and flying home rather than having a baby born in Texas.)

She's attractive on a lot of a levels, but she's only one layer of make-up away from being another Katherine Harris -- and, you could argue, Katherine Harris is more qualified. One thing she is not, however, is an antidote to the disappointment Clinton supporters might still feel. That's like saying a bottle of tequila is an antidote to a broken heart -- your heart will still be broken th day after, and you'll have a terrible hangover. This particular hangover could last for over a decade.

[Zhonni]

McCain MISCALCULATED big time!!!

Hillary supporters were already coming home as soon as the convention started and they ran to the Dems after Hillary and Bill spoke. Somebody should have told McCain that the numbers just went from 50% of them against Obama to less than 10%.

Hillary Clinton supporters can see through this and will NEVER vote for McCain just because he picked a woman. McCain is against equal pay, was not for the sufferage bill, called his wife names and now wants to be elected President by females.

Take it from Hillary "NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN!".