Hasselbeck Campaigns for Palin: Is the Clothes Issue "Sexist?"

CitizenSugar — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:39:46 -0700

Is it the metaphoric "Emperor's New Clothes" of the campaign or just blatant sexism in disguise? The seeming wardrobe malfunction of the McCain campaign, the $150,000 spent on outfitting Gov. Palin has been elevated from campaign curiosity to full-blown talking point.

This weekend the View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck campaigned for Palin in Florida where she addressed the furor over the cash spent on costuming the family for the convention. Hasselbeck admonished the attention paid to the price saying, “Now, with everything going on in the world, seems a bit odd. But let me tell you, this is deliberately sexist.” Her point being more or less, 'Hey Joe! How much did your suit cost?'

Either ironically or pointedly, Hasselbeck continued the gendered theme as she made her case for Palin saying, “Did I mention that this woman, she’s got a real knack for cleaning. She cleaned up house in Alaska. Yup. All that corruption went out with the trash.” Hasselbeck concluded, “It’s getting hot up here, and I promise you, when it gets hot in the kitchen, she may be from Alaska, but this woman can take the heat.”

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Palin continued to address the sartorial snafu yesterday saying, "This whole thing with the wardrobe, I try to just ignore it because it's so ridiculous. Those clothes, they are not my property, just like the lighting and the staging and everything else the RNC purchased. I'm not taking them with me. I'm back to wearing my old clothes from my favorite consignment shop in Anchorage, Alaska."

Is the very fact that the issue has to be addressed on the campaign trail, clear proof that it's sexist?

Obama Gets Flirted With By The Ladies of The View

CitizenSugar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:46:06 -0700

On The View this morning, Barack Obama sat on the couch and chatted with Barbara and Company. Fending off a show of lady-style admiration perhaps harder to finesse than a barrage of tough debate questions, Obama succumbed, seeming to blush a little at the attention. Aw! He thinks Brad Pitt is better looking! Phew, I'm glad we got that cleared up. I wonder if they drew straws to see who got to sit next to him?

Barbara! Walters! Said Obama was "very sexy looking." Ack! But, the conversation went on to take a more serious turn, with resident conservative Elizabeth Hasselbeck asking Obama about his response to the Wright controversy, and if his relationship with the pastor showed a "lack of judgement." The discussion turned to race and got very heated, with Whoopi declaring, "this is a racist country."

To see Obama's Wright response from this morning and a video of Elizabeth's statements from earlier in the week, read more.

Obama responded, "I think he's saddened by what's happen, and I told him I feel badly that he has been characterized just in this way - and people haven't seen the broader aspect of him."

Here are Elizabeth's earlier Wright statements.

Oh! Check out Barbara! She makes an excellent point, there.

Did you catch Obama's big View appearance?

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Hasselbeck Campaigns for Palin: Is the Clothes Issue "Sexist?"

Obama Gets Flirted With By The Ladies of The View