The Palin Hate Is Coming From Everywhere

I'm taking a brief break from my blog to blog about politics. Now don't run away! I'll get back to the ever vital sex stuff and erotic writing in a moment. I just had to say something about American politics as of late.

Hillary Clinton put up with a lot of hate and vitriol, and quite a bit of it came from other Dems and progressives. I saw the Hillary Clinton nutcracker and watched the YouTube of those idiots shouting at her to "iron my shirt!" It didn't help that she not only did not get the Dem nomination for President (with 14 million popular votes), she wasn't even vetted for Vice President. Joe Biden - who trashed Anita Hill and whose brother has hedge fund "problems" - got the nod. Yes, I know that Clinton has urged her supporters to support the Obama/Biden ticket because the last thing we need is a McCain/Palin presidency/VP. While I agree with her that McCain would be a disaster and more of The Same (Read "Bush, Chapter 3"), I'm not thrilled with Obama/Biden. I do have an Obama '08 graphic on my sidebar so that anyone who clicks on it can get a percentage off for sex toys. Now there is a great use for a presidential election!

The hate continues, this time against Sarah Palin. I'm not a Palin supporter. I can't stand her politics, and I don't think she should be one heartbeat away from the Presidency. That doesn't mean that I can't speak out against the misogyny directed towards her. I recently learned of the "Sarah Palin Is A C***" t-shirts worn by some Democrats. Those shirts are sickening. The hate is coming from everywhere, though. I just learned that some conservatives are trashing her by calling her by that age-old slur - "diva". As in she's a prima donna Queen Bee who wrecks havoc wherever she goes.

Here is the page about the "diva" business - from the conservative American Spectator:

Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for the White House, have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election. "Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012," says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin. "The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney. He's in charge on November 5th."

Romney has kept a low profile nationally since being denied the vice presidential nomination. He is currently traveling for the National Republican Congressional Committee in support of some House members, and has attended events for a handful of other House members who have sought his support, but he has traveled little for the McCain-Palin ticket. "He said the only time he'd travel for us is if we assured him that national cameras would be there," says a McCain campaign communications aide. "He's traveled to Nevada and a couple other states for us. That's about it."

Should McCain-Palin not win next week, Romney is expected to mount another presidential run, though it isn't clear that he has handled himself particularly well since losing the nomination. He failed to support or espouse conservative positions on the economic bailout bill in an effective or meaningful way, and he has turned down opportunities to endorse and work for conservative candidates in House or Senate seats unless they were assured of winning.

The most glaring oversight was Romney's refusal to do a phone recording for Massachusetts Republican Jeff Beatty, who is challenging Sen. John Kerry. "Mitt supposedly cares about Massachusetts, but won't even return phone calls asking for help," says a conservative working for Beatty in Boston. "It's a tough race, but the least he could do is help. He's showing his true colors."

Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a "diva" and was going off message intentionally. The former and current Romney supporters further are pushing Romney supporters for key Republican jobs, including head of the Republican National Committee.

I do not want to see McCain/Palin get elected to President/Vice President because I think that would be an unmitigated disaster. While I'm no fan of Sarah Palin, I can condemn the misogyny and sexism directed at her. But she (and McCain) do nothing for me. I'm not thrilled with Obama/Biden, either. Yes, there has been lots of racism directed towards Obama, but the overt sexism has not gotten the attention it deserves, especially from the feminist establishment. Third parties are out for me because they are a waste of time. I do plan to vote for Obama/Biden in November, though. The neo-con gravy train of the past eight years has got to stop.