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Campbell Brown to McCain camp: Stop the sexist treatment of Palin


You go girl (I wrote about the sexist treatment of Palin by the McCain camp in my post, “FRAGILE! McCain campaign handles Palin’s exposure with care and sexism” more than two weeks ago):

Sure puts the screws to Katie Couric.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:57 am September 24th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Gender, Joe Biden, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Vice President, WCPN/SOI, Women 

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10 Responses to “Campbell Brown to McCain camp: Stop the sexist treatment of Palin”

  1. 1 Wendy on September 24th, 2008 11:08 am

    Amen, sister! Sheesh already!

  2. 2 Free on September 24th, 2008 1:20 pm

    Well, finally!

    I don’t know what bothers me most: Palin getting a free pass, or Palin ACCEPTING a free pass. I would be so proud to see a woman in one of the top 2 spots, but if Palin does make it, it will end up being hollow. Hillary’s supporters (and even non-supporters – maybe especially those) knew that if she had made it, it would have been a righteous win. I don’t think anyone supporting Mccain/Palin will be able to claim that kind of “victory.”

  3. 3 Daniel Jack Williamson on September 24th, 2008 1:29 pm

    I am sure that Sarah Palin will be doing more interviews in the near future. I’m not worried on that score.

    Campbell Brown, though has been quite egregious in singling out Sarah Palin with negative coverage ever since McCain announced her to be his running mate. Campbell Brown is definitely not an impartial journalist on the sidelines. She’s revealed herself to be in the tank for Obama a long time ago. I’ve posted entries on my blog about the coverage on CNN and MSNBC. Lou Dobbs, who is an equal opportunity annoyer of both McCain and Obama, freely acknowledges that many of the CNN personalities are in the tank for Obama.

  4. 4 Daniel Jack Williamson on September 24th, 2008 1:32 pm

    I think there will be many Palin interviews forthcoming in the near future. I’m not worried on that count.

    I’d already posted on my blog that Campbell Brown is not neutral. She’s in the tank for Obama.

  5. 5 Anthony Fossaceca on September 24th, 2008 4:00 pm

    Campbell Brown is my personal hero and I regret not naming my only daughter in her name. Obama should replace Biden with Brown. :)

  6. 6 Jill Miller Zimon on September 25th, 2008 7:14 am

    Daniel – all I can say is that if Obama pulled this stuff with Hillary being is VP, the shout outs from the press and the people would be even worse. That is the litmus test – what if it was anyone else – would the voters accept what McCain/Palin wants to force us to accept?

    It’s abusive and it’s not leadership and it’s not courageous.

  7. 7 ladalang on September 25th, 2008 9:50 am

    What’s worse pretending it’s a women’s issue when in fact its because they know she’ll fall flat on her face? You all want her to talk so she kills McCain’s chances, period.

    She’s fluff, a hood ornament and everybody knows it. If she talks, all the good ol’ boys will have their fantasy killed, they want a woman to look at but it ends there.

    And lets look at the obvious point, it wouldn’t be hard to upstage McCain. There are hundreds of old men just like him who aren’t getting visitors at the nursing home for the same reasons.

    They don’t want any snags, but you realize its already been decided…

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6757612420128645563&hl=en

  8. 8 Jason R. on September 25th, 2008 10:19 am

    Why is it that people often refer to the candidates that are male by their last names, but in Senator Clinton’s case, it always seems to be “Hillary?” That has always bothered me. That screams sexism.

  9. 9 Jill Miller Zimon on September 25th, 2008 11:07 am

    Hi Jason – I wrote about this name game thing for The Moderate Voice back in January, if you can believe – NPR had an interesting program on the topic. You can read the post here.

  10. 10 Anastasia on September 25th, 2008 1:56 pm

    Jason R-

    The “Hillary” issue was aired extensively last year when she launched her campaign. It’s not sexism. It’s how she referred to herself. It’s what she used on her website, her literature, her stickers and her signs. I assume her decision was based on instant-recognition separation from her husband. I always follow a policy of calling people what they want to be called and Hillary made it clear she wanted to be known as “Hillary,” not “Clinton” or “Mrs. Clinton.” So Hillary it is.

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