Fallbrookisms 27 May 2010
On California’s senatorial race
Feminist 1 (but not Sarah Palin, newly self-proclaimed feminist): Carly Fiorina is playing the breast cancer card.
Feminist 2 (nope, not Sarah Palin either): Maybe Barbara Boxer could have an iffy mammogram.
On aging ears
Feminist 3 (still not Sarah Palin): He can’t hear anything anymore.
Feminist 4 (maybe Sarah’s not really a feminist?): Sounds like paradise.
The beach is warming up on Camp Pendleton, Camp Del Mar
May 27th, 2010 in
2010 Campaign, Culture, Fallbrook, Feminism | tags: Barbara Boxer, Camp Pendleton, Carly Fiorina, Del Mar Beach, Sarah Palin
Wow. I have a hard time believing that a true Feminist would make jokes about breast cancer. Women had to work hard to get that illness out in front of the public eye so that we could finally get funding for research for a “female illness.”
As to these accomplished women, Boxer and Fiorina, having to play any card, please. They are self made politos who have come up through the ranks and whether you believe in their individual politics, they deserve respect for their accomplishments.
As for Sarah Palin, it is an embarassment to call her a feminist. It is clear it is another spin the Repubicans put on their brown haired Barbie Doll hoping she can revive a party that is tired and out of fresh ideas.
During the campaign she was Pretty Palin, born again Mother Earth. Now that Hillary Clinton has shown just what a true feminist can do, we are watching the spin doctors try to put another con past the American people. As a life long Feminist, with a sense of humor, I love that this party has finally seen that maybe a woman with a brain could be a good thing for the country. I suggest that the party go out a find a real one.
Hi, Kate!
Yep, it’s as challenging a thought as Fiorina’s pitching her campaign for governor amidst a breast cancer research fund-raising request — unbelievable but dismayingly true. But Palin’s claim to feminism is at least entertaining (if you’ve had enough caffeine). What is not so amusing is the scramble by some feminists to endorse Palin’s claim as though challenging it would somehow run counter to feminism. Nitwits.
Nice to see your name this morning!
K-B
I am sure that, like Russia, Ms. Palin can see feminists from her house. Therefore she must be one!
I REALLY want to see you perform in a comedy club — what a gem, you and your line!
Hi Kit,
On a lighter note, late spring here, really the reason I moved. My little mountain town is filling up with seasonal folks in RV’s and jeeps in tow; it’s (almost) Memorial Day, and summer is right around the corner.
My dear Fallbrook friend, who I have to call today, has finished radiation and reconstruction for breast cancer.
Be well, I’ll see you in September, good lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise…