Sarah Palin

DanaC · 10-03-2008, 05:39 AM

Well. She wasn't as bad as i was anticipating. Not particularly impressive for someone seeking one of the highest offices in the most powerful nation on earth...but probably better than I could have done :P

I stil don't like her. I still think she's a bitch. But she's not quite the thick-as-pigshit waste of a brain that I thought she was...

On Thatcher: yeah, in some ways she did break down barriers. Unfortunately once in office she set about implementing policies which were extremely detrimental to women in particular. The anti-single mum attitudes hardened up considerably. The idea that if a woman wants to claim benefits she must name the father of her children came from this time. Many of the job protections which were removed (as we all moved to a more flexible working style) were those which mainly affected women (part-time work for example). Froze child benefit for years. Presided over a government that made traditional (patriarchal) family values the cornerstone of their most oppressive legislation (such a the anti-gay stuff) thereby shifting the debate in directions that I consider to be a serious step backwards in terms of gender politics.

Left a legacy that makes it very hard to imagine that this country would be comfortable with a woman PM for a long time to come.

Oh, don't get me wrong, much as I hate her (and I still do) I also admire her.

Sundae · 10-03-2008, 07:06 AM

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Left a legacy that makes it very hard to imagine that this country would be comfortable with a woman PM for a long time to come.

I respectfully disagree. I am sure we have more sense than that. Those on the knee-jerk right (who I have to hear when I work in the pub) think she was amazing. Those on the left would rather drink poisoned Kool Aid than deny a politician because of gender.

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Oh, don't get me wrong, much as I hate her (and I still do) I also admire her.

So we have a date in Trafalgar Square then?

DanaC · 10-03-2008, 07:07 AM

Yes....but I'll be armed with purple flour.

richlevy · 10-03-2008, 07:41 PM

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Yes....but I'll be armed with purple flour.

Does any group besides fathers for justice use purple flour to symbolize equality?

10-03-2008, 05:39 AM	#1
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Well. She wasn't as bad as i was anticipating. Not particularly impressive for someone seeking one of the highest offices in the most powerful nation on earth...but probably better than I could have done :P I stil don't like her. I still think she's a bitch. But she's not quite the thick-as-pigshit waste of a brain that I thought she was... On Thatcher: yeah, in some ways she did break down barriers. Unfortunately once in office she set about implementing policies which were extremely detrimental to women in particular. The anti-single mum attitudes hardened up considerably. The idea that if a woman wants to claim benefits she must name the father of her children came from this time. Many of the job protections which were removed (as we all moved to a more flexible working style) were those which mainly affected women (part-time work for example). Froze child benefit for years. Presided over a government that made traditional (patriarchal) family values the cornerstone of their most oppressive legislation (such a the anti-gay stuff) thereby shifting the debate in directions that I consider to be a serious step backwards in terms of gender politics. Left a legacy that makes it very hard to imagine that this country would be comfortable with a woman PM for a long time to come. Oh, don't get me wrong, much as I hate her (and I still do) I also admire her.

10-03-2008, 07:07 AM	#3
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Yes....but I'll be armed with purple flour.

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