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Turn Your Back On Palin … You’d Best ‘Watch Your Rear-End’: O Globo of Brazil

September 6th, 2008
By WILLIAM KERN

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It seems that Sarah Palin’s reputation for being a ‘barracuda’ has captured the attention of the planet. Now William Waack, O Globo of Brazil’s chief foreign columnist, has weighed in - warning U.S. Democrats in part:

“Attack a woman like Palin, and the result is to make her a victim of machismo, sexism, prejudice, etc. Turn your back to her and you’ll be left with a nice bite on your rear end. And Obama’s must be hurting now: Palin attacked him in a way that not even Hillary Clinton had the audacity to do. She didn’t even spare Obama’s wife Michelle.”

So will the choice of Palin do the trick for McCain? Waack adds:

“Irony, sarcasm and good humor are components of a well-organized speech to a chosen public when one is playing at home (as is the case for the Republican convention). It’s difficult to calculate how well Palin will be able handle the pace of the next nine weeks, especially when she’s no longer a novelty. The election isn’t lost for the Democrats, but Obama-Biden is still far from a guaranteed victory on Nov. 4.”

By William Waack

Translated By Brandi Miller

September 4, 2008

Brazil - O Globo - Original Article (Portuguese)

You don’t have to agree with what Sarah Palin says to admit that the Republican candidate for the vice presidency of the United States has been a great sensation for the Republican convention. At the moment this text was sent for publication, the candidate for president, John McCain, has not yet spoken - so I’m taking a risk by saying that his speech will have less of an impact than the words expressed the night before by his companion on the ticket.

The question that has continued being asked since last Friday, is whether Sarah will add votes or get in the way of the Republican campaign, which seems much less organized and aggressive than the Democrats, at least until now. My opinion is that she will add votes, and a lot, simply because I believe she has shuffled the cards in a way that is irreversible.

READ ON AT WORLDMEETS.US, along with continuing translated and English-language foreign press coverage of the U.S. election.



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    I am a woman and as a feminist here is my take.
    If you want to be taken seriously as an equal then you gotta take your lumps the same as a man. If you want to play in the rough and tumble of politics and go and attack a rival then, the rival has every right to go right back at you.
    No one has to be sexist about it. But, the rival has every right to go after you and to treat you the same as a man.
    This crap about kid glove treatment needs to go out the window and women everywhere better get real and stop complaining when a woman pol is running. We want to be taken seriously and treated as equals. Well, that means no more of this whining when a rival treats his female opponet the same as if it were a male. and that means tough hardball politics.
    Palin is a mouthy and nasty little piece and a far right wacko. If she wants to attack Obama then she should expect the same right back and women need to grow up and stop saying it's unfair.
    All is fair in politics.
 
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