Andy Card: Palin ‘Introduced Women To Participating’ In The Political Process
Andy Card: Palin ‘Introduced Women To Participating’ In The Political Process
Today in the Washington Post, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker suggests that Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) “judgment may have been clouded” by Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) good looks when he chose her for his running mate. Responding on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Andy Card, President Bush’s former White House chief of staff, said McCain had chosen Palin because she could “introduce” women to politics:
CARD: He selected her because she could motivate the base, excite people, and introduce women to participating in the process that really did not receive an invitation during the Democratic primary. So I thought it was a pretty exciting choice.
Watch it:
It is insulting for Card to suggest that Palin somehow “introduced” women to politics — as if they had not been participating before. Since 1980, “the percentage of eligible women who actually voted [has] surpassed the percentage of qualified men casting ballots.” Around the world, women are getting more involved: A recent report by the United Nations Development Fund for Women found that “[w]omen have entered politics in greater numbers than ever in the past decade, accounting for 18.4 percent of parliament members worldwide.”
In fact, the election of Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) in June “mark[ed] a milestone for women in Congress, bringing the total number of women serving in the 110th Congress to 91, including a record 75 women in the House of Representatives, and sixteen women in the Senate.”
Finally, Palin isn’t even the first woman to run for vice president, that honor being held by Geraldine Ferraro, in 1984. And of course, as Palin herself acknowledged when she accepted McCain’s pick, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) received nearly 18 million votes in her run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Card: (Palin could) introduce women to participating in the process that really did not receive an invitation during the Democratic primary
– - Andy must think all Republican women wear burkas.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:23 amCan there guys ever open their mouth without putting their foot in it? Well, I am sure the only votes they will get on Nov 4th will be the ignorant vote.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:23 amWhat a Card you are, Andy!
But what gives you any credibility to speak for women? You, Addington, Libby, Gonzales, Rove & Cheney may support Palintology but it’s only to preserve your power base; gender equality to you is as laughable as affirmative action.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:24 amDo us all a favor Andy; go crawl under a rock until 1-21-09.
You’ve got to be kidding me!
(I’ll be cut-and pasting that every time from now until January 20th. I don;t know why I didn’t think of it sooner! )
October 24th, 2008 at 10:25 amI thought strongwoman Fran Townsend was a female role model for American politics.
She and Andy fought to keep their e-mails away from a Congressional investigation on Hurricane Katrina. They claimed executive privilege.
So there was a Palin, before Palin. And Andy Card is a putz.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:28 amIf Sarah Palin had been the example of introducing women to politics when I first became interested, I would have had to run screaming in the opposite direction. She is the worst example of female politicians I have ever seen. Winking, flirting…she exemplifies all of the reich-winger males ideas of how women need to behave to get attention. All she does is pander to a caricature of a woman who know her “true value” – her sexuality.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:29 amDon’t you get it? He means real women. You know, none of those elite, ethnic, lesbian, gun-hating, baby-killing women who don’t understand their place, which is not even by their menfolks’ side but a few paces back, head down, and silent.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:29 amOh. My. God.
Ain’t it nice that she can show them ladyfolk that they can put down the apron for a minute or two and come out and do some politickin’ too. ‘Cuz we’ve never had one of them feminine types involved in politics before now.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:30 amNotice Andy has to go back to the convention to generate any excitement over Palin. What about her performance since then, huh Andy?
The narrative Sarah bubble did a Hindenberg.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:30 amCuck Fard.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:32 amSusan B Anthony: “What am I, chopped liver?”
October 24th, 2008 at 10:33 amSee, feminists are NOT Real Women. Liberals do not count as human beings, or even as American Citizens, therefore Card is correct.
Since no Real Women ever had participated before in the history of America, Palin IS the first American Woman ever in US history to be involved in politics in any way.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:34 amHow about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, 1869? How about Lucy Stone, Lucretia Mott, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth 1850s? How about the women who fought, suffered and raised hell to get women basic human rights, then continued the fight to get them the vote? Then continued the fight in business, medicine and politics? What history books is this moron reading? Or are Republicans stuck on My Pet Goat??? What alternate reality is this maniac transmitting from and how do we close the dimensional rift??
October 24th, 2008 at 10:36 amImpeach, while There’s Still Time!
Viking Says:
Don’t you get it? He means real women.
He messed up his delivery. It should have been:
and introduce women to participating in the process who really did not receive an invitation during the Democratic primary.
Women, like your typical housewife, who isn’t typical at all, but who tends to vote like her bread-winner husband – republican.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:37 amNo, you ignorant dooshbag, it was Jeannette Rankin of Montana — the first woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives in 1916.
Card is almost as smart as Palin!
October 24th, 2008 at 10:37 amHow is it that these republic mouthpieces can deliver such an insult without batting an eye? Oh yeah, I forgot. They are socially, morally and spiritually bankrupt. And totally inept.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:39 amCleopatra did OK in politics…
October 24th, 2008 at 10:40 amFurther proof that a Neocon knows nothing about the Constitution. Perhaps someone should read him the 19th amendment.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:49 amI predict that the RNC’s next expense report will show that it is buying lipstick by the vat-load.
But even that won’t be enough to slather on this pig. Failin’ Palin is now officially a millstone around McNumbNuts’ neck.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:51 amMy GOD these people are Neanderthanls. He can’t be serious? No wonder Republicans are getting slaughtered.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:54 amAndy Card’s statement is laughable. Sarah Palin’s influence on women in the political process cannot possibly be compared with the many activists who were responsible for women getting the vote, for the many women who have run for and served in elective office, and for the many women who continue to play an activist role for their political parties. Palin isn’t even the first female veep candidate on a major ticket. Women have been part of the political process for a long time, and really need no further introduction.
Sarah’s effect on “introducing women to the political process” has so far been to p!ss otherwise apathetic women (and men) off to the point where they are now actively working for Obama.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:58 amI think this was a clumsy insulting effort to convince Clinton women supporters to vote against their own interests. But I think Palin has had the exact opposite effect
October 24th, 2008 at 11:05 amAndy Card is correct that Palin has introduced many women to participating in the political process. Unfortunately for Mr. Card, they are coming out in legions in support of Senator Obama. Heckuva job Palin!
October 24th, 2008 at 11:08 amThis was the prepared talking point for when, in the GOP dream world, all the Hillary voters decided to vote for Palin because she has breasts and hips and a vagina and kids and all — you know, she’s a woman, and that MUST be the only reason all those women wanted to vote in Hillary. To continue on their divisive theme, now any woman who is not behind Palin must not be a “real woman”. Wait for it….
October 24th, 2008 at 11:08 amMy 8 year old maverick needs a Louis Vutton bag.
…Just sayin’
October 24th, 2008 at 11:10 amMr. Card is eager to make a mountain out of a ant pile. I sense he knows it’s not possible, but with GOP political capital worth less than the dollar, GOOPERS like himself no longer care. Today’s GOP electoral strategy: appeal to the LIVs, encourage them to procreate to outnumber brown people, and train the next generation GOP to be more extreme than the preceding one.
October 24th, 2008 at 11:14 amI awoke a awhile ago (or at least I thought I did) and now this. I am still trapped in this place. Why do I not recognize it? How did I get here?
October 24th, 2008 at 11:14 amWhat is this? Upside down backwards crazy world, where plants grow backwards and ice cubes make drinks warmer! – LMOTP
Scott McClellan endorses Obama
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/23/mcclellan-endorses-obama_n_137358.html
October 24th, 2008 at 11:17 amJebus – what a condescending moron.
October 24th, 2008 at 11:17 amDo you remember when Hillary Clinton was running for nomination of the democratic party and all of the effort she put in to it?
Her never quit, never say die pursuit that inspired so many and for many of the same reasons drove so many mad.
Do you remember when the idea of a woman claiming the White House became real?
The thoughts that went through your mind? Knowing the next generation of little girls could be anything they wanted – even President of the United States!
Now remember how you felt after Palin’s nomination?
October 24th, 2008 at 11:23 amOMG Andy Card is quite the leftist. Women should not be introduced to the political process, they should be cooking something delicious!!!!
October 24th, 2008 at 11:29 amShe introduced women to participating? She made everyone participate because no one wants this moron near the button!! 98% of eligible voters in Michigan are registered to vote now. Thank you Moose Lips
October 24th, 2008 at 11:31 amJust goes to show you again how the world according to Rove is the same as living in another dimension…
MAYBE, if we’re lucky, all these folks get to set up shop at the pig farm in crawford with chimpy – they create their own black hole – and POOF! They’re all gone!!
Wishful thinking….
October 24th, 2008 at 11:32 amMcRocky & BullTwinkle! Energizing moose and squirrel and russian spies daily!
October 24th, 2008 at 11:32 amAnd how many republican women hold office in either branch of congress? How many female Senators are repuglycan?
October 24th, 2008 at 11:32 amI know several women in political office that have this to say to Mr. Card: “EFF You”
Thanks.
October 24th, 2008 at 11:44 amI knew the repugNuts were stupid and Andrew Card certainly proves that point.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:22 pmAndy Card has to lie everyday of his life to stay out of jail. He was the first Presidential Press Liar for Bush the Dubya.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:23 pmThe first woman to run for president was Victoria Goodhull in 1872 – decades before she even had the right to vote! Now, I do believe that would qualify for not only being introduced to, but very involved in, the political process way before Palin.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:29 pmWow. It’s big of Republican men to finally let their women vote.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:29 pmHe was talking about “Real” women, from the “Real American” parts of America – not about Democratic women. The didn’t mean them.
snark off.
October 24th, 2008 at 1:05 pmI’ve come to the conclusion that the Republican Party, or at the very least, the ultra right-wing branch of the Party, doesn’t know how to read.
My grandmother participated in the political process, starting when she was a teenager. She even got arrested for participating in the political process, as did a lot of other women. They were called “suffragettes.”
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October 24th, 2008 at 2:24 pmopus Says:
The first woman to run for president was Victoria Woodhull in 1872 – decades before she even had the right to vote! Now, I do believe that would qualify for not only being introduced to, but very involved in, the political process way before Palin.
There. Fixed your typo.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:30 pmApparently, TP’s Ali and a lot of people here either misread the highlighted quote of Andy Card or are so biased against him that they totally can’t see his point: he’s saying that Palin (supposedly) attracted women who didn’t feel comfortable voting for a democrat during the primaries. It’s a debatable point. Is that so hard to understand? Geez.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:38 pmWow. Andy, can I take a trip back in your conservative time-machine someday?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:06 pmSo for 100 years women have been sitting around not participating in the political process. They even sat around and didn’t get involved when Elizabeth Dole ran. They didn’t even care about Hilary Clinton.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:06 pmDidn’t McCain violate Card’s marketing principles by introducing a new product in August?
October 24th, 2008 at 7:32 pmJesus H. Frigging Christ–What does Palin’s twat smell like, anyway? It must be some powerful pheromone shit because the chick is NOT that sexy.
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