Posted by: Or Date posted: Sat Sep 6 4:26:41 2008
Message: Very interesting. I have to say, though - most men gave better reasons as to why she's not the right person than the woman (except the one who said she's just too right-wing for her - at least she refered to the issues!)
The rest of the women - "She's a mother so it's a negetive" "Her instinct is to protect her children, not her country"
We are our own worse enemy sometimes.
There were two thing in particular that struck me. One was the reluctance of people to use the ''E'' word. They'd describe their feelings about Palin's lack of experience but without using the actual word. Finally, one woman said, ''I'm just going to say it -- experience.'' The other was an interesting point I hadn't heard raised before. A woman said she didn't feel Palin had ''met enough people'' having spent most of her life in an isloated place like Alaska. I hadn't really thought about diversity in that sense as an issue pertaining to the election, but she may have a point there.
One other thing: I noticed a lot of the questions were loaded (i.e., suggestive of an answer) and the analyst often shook his head ''yes'' or ''no'' almost as if to either suggest an answer or to suggest approval or agreement with the response being given.
Posted by: faysie Date posted: Fri Sep 5 21:11:42 2008
Message: Glad to see that I'm in good company. :)
Posted by: Sierra Date posted: Fri Sep 5 21:03:17 2008
Message: I am positive that Palin will eventually be exposed behind the smoke and mirrors and will not help McCain as much as they think she going to. The Republican party will never get back on track as long as the Christian Coalition holds them hostage.
