BARBRA STREISAND SLAMS MCCAIN'S CHOICE FOR VP
Barbra Streisand lashed out at Sen. John McCain's Vice Presidential pick of Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin on her website (barbastreisand.com) by calling it, "a transparent and irresponsible decision." On Saturday (August 29th), Streisand, a longtime Democrat and vocal critic of the Bush administration, posted a long rant against what she feels is McCain blatant attempt at luring Sen. Hillary Clinton's disenfranchised female voters away from democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama.
Streisand's post, called "McCain Doesn't Get It: Women Are Not That Stupid," reads in part: "John McCain's... Vice Presidential pick Governor Sarah Palin sent a very clear message to America about how he views female voters. Women, he thinks, will vote another woman into office regardless of the candidate's values, experience and political positions. No one can dispute that this decision was micro-targeted to the small percentage of Independent and Democratic women residing in the Rocky Mountain West, who strongly supported Hillary Clinton in the primary and still find themselves undecided as we move into the general election."
Streisand's post continued, "For months, John McCain and the Republicans went after Barack Obama for lacking the experience they felt was necessary in order to be commander in chief. Yet, on this day, an aging John McCain, who is the oldest Presidential nominee in history, chose a running mate -- a person that is just a heartbeat away from the Presidency -- that has no foreign policy experience, no national experience and limited state government experience... a virtual unknown who has only been Governor for a less than 2 years of a state with a population of fewer than 680,000 people... a woman who condemns a woman's right to choose."
She went on to say, "I believe John McCain chose Gov. Palin because he truly believes that women who supported Hillary -- an experienced, brilliant, life-long public servant -- would vote for him because his Vice President has two x chromosomes. McCain's selection of Governor Palin is a transparent and irresponsible decision all in the name of trying to win this election... His selection of Governor Palin has demonstrated that he is willing to put his desperation to win this election above the welfare of the American people."
Streisand closed her post by stating, "As someone who has spent over 40 years advocating on behalf of women both politically and philanthropically, as someone who was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton and as someone who cares deeply about the health and welfare of all women, hear me Senator McCain: "This calculated, cynical ploy to pull away a small percentage of Hillary's women voters from Barack Obama will not work. We are not that stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
In February 2007, Streisand, who has a personal friendship with former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton, donated $2,300, the maximum amount allowed in the primaries, to Senators Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama.
Streisand's post, called "McCain Doesn't Get It: Women Are Not That Stupid," reads in part: "John McCain's... Vice Presidential pick Governor Sarah Palin sent a very clear message to America about how he views female voters. Women, he thinks, will vote another woman into office regardless of the candidate's values, experience and political positions. No one can dispute that this decision was micro-targeted to the small percentage of Independent and Democratic women residing in the Rocky Mountain West, who strongly supported Hillary Clinton in the primary and still find themselves undecided as we move into the general election."
Streisand's post continued, "For months, John McCain and the Republicans went after Barack Obama for lacking the experience they felt was necessary in order to be commander in chief. Yet, on this day, an aging John McCain, who is the oldest Presidential nominee in history, chose a running mate -- a person that is just a heartbeat away from the Presidency -- that has no foreign policy experience, no national experience and limited state government experience... a virtual unknown who has only been Governor for a less than 2 years of a state with a population of fewer than 680,000 people... a woman who condemns a woman's right to choose."
She went on to say, "I believe John McCain chose Gov. Palin because he truly believes that women who supported Hillary -- an experienced, brilliant, life-long public servant -- would vote for him because his Vice President has two x chromosomes. McCain's selection of Governor Palin is a transparent and irresponsible decision all in the name of trying to win this election... His selection of Governor Palin has demonstrated that he is willing to put his desperation to win this election above the welfare of the American people."
Streisand closed her post by stating, "As someone who has spent over 40 years advocating on behalf of women both politically and philanthropically, as someone who was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton and as someone who cares deeply about the health and welfare of all women, hear me Senator McCain: "This calculated, cynical ploy to pull away a small percentage of Hillary's women voters from Barack Obama will not work. We are not that stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
In February 2007, Streisand, who has a personal friendship with former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton, donated $2,300, the maximum amount allowed in the primaries, to Senators Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama.
posted by Pamela Furr at
12:39 PM
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Sarah Palin is not a "Liberal" woman, so that disqualifies her in Barbara's eyes.
Sorry, but I was at the convention and the place was absolutely electric in support of Sarah. I had my eye on her early on as a potential VP even though I kind of wanted Mike Huckabee to be selected. However, I am very happy with Sarah. Yes, McCain made a bold move here. In doing so he unified the party and put a spark in the campaign. I'm very impressed.
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