This has to be said - the sexual obsession that some here have with Sarah Palin is downright creepy

[KitchenWitch]

It is pretty much, IMHO, on par with Kenneth Starr's obsession with whether or not Bill Clinton was having sex with Monica Lewinsky or not.

[cliffordu]

1. I agree.

[TaffyMoon]

Excuse me, is she the Virgin Mother?

Every other woman on the web gets slagged - she'll have to take the disrespect too/

[cliffordu]

12. No.

[KitchenWitch]

16. Oh that I could live in a time when women would be treated as equals

and not as sex objects.

x(

No, she does not deserve this. I may not like her, I may disagree vehemently with her, but she does NOT deserve the "I'd hit it" attitude.

[helderheid]

58. THANK YOU. Same her. My poor daughter.

[moodforaday]

71. She only has McCain

to thank.

[Gormy Cuss]

52. "Slagged".. interesting choice of terms.

Rather than defending it by saying every other woman gets that disrespect, how about no women need to take that disrespect instead?

[LeftishBrit]

54. ITA!!!

[Teaser]

2. Welcome to the internet

The internet is the worlds biggest library, built entirely for the storage and distribution of sex, porn, and licentiousness.
DU has its role to play in this grand purpose as well.

[madeline_con]

13. built entirely for the storage and distribution of sex, porn, and licentiousness

Bullshit

[Teaser]

18. Yes, that is one fetish that is very popular online

The bandwidth consumed by coprophiliac pornography surpasses, in large measure, that utilized by all the students in all the world researching all the term papers ever written every day forever.

It is a very good thing we designed the internet to handle this massive flow of lust.

[madeline_con]

30. That was not the original design intention.

The porn producers and consumers just seized on a vehicle.

[Teaser]

32. Do you have to be told when someone

is jerking your chain? Or do you usually figure it out?

[madeline_con]

31. Dupe

[mike_c]

3. but-- but-- this is DIFFERENT....

Not. This really hasn't been DU's finest hour. But then again, there haven't been many finest hours around here lately.

[KitchenWitch]

5. I hear ya!

:eyes:

[Bonobo]

4. What "sexual obsession"?

Seriously. What do you mean by that?

[KitchenWitch]

6. I have seen more "I'd hit it" type comments regarding Ms. Palin in the past 36 hours

It is obnoxious.

[NNN0LHI]

8. Think you could provide a link to some of those "I'd hit it" type comments?

I can't hardly believe someone would say that.

Thanks in advance.

Don

[KitchenWitch]

14. Here for one

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8061672

[Bonobo]

20. Come on, it's the Lounge! Aren't things a bit looser there? nt

[KitchenWitch]

22. I saw similar right here in GD yesterday

I do not have time to look it up right at the moment.

[Bonobo]

24. I believe you.

I remember you from way back, KW.

Genki?

[Teaser]

23. "I'd hit it" is a very popular internet meme

deployed appropriately, it's a throwaway line.

Reading too much more into it is probably a mistake.

[Bonobo]

11. That is gross. On a number of levels, yes. nt

[AZCat]

26. It may be obnoxious, it may be inappropriate...

but how is it "sexual obsession"?

[mwb970]

55. I haven't seen anything like that yet.

I've read a lot of Palin threads, but I somehow missed this ubiquitous remark. I'm still waiting for my first one, not that it matters to me. People say all kinds of things on this and other boards, for goodness' sake. If you're offended, put the offender on "Ignore". That's so much more helpful (for you and us) than whining.

[liberalmuse]

7. If I were a conspiracy theorist...

I'd believe this shit was being planted on the blogs.

[Cerridwen]

10. I AM a "conspiracy theorist" and this is just "business as usual"

on these here internets tubes. (sic and sic)

[liberalmuse]

19. Then that's sad, really.

And I hate the 'I'd hit it' line. It's disgusting, demeaning (whether or not it's being used by a man or woman) and reduces a human being to a 'fuck object'.

[Teaser]

Most of internet culture is about objectifying someone

The internet, for all its information content, is still about selling a stripped down reality to people, delivering that medium in digestible chunks. Chain emails, blog posts, what have you, all distill certain facts about reality, and leave out other facts.
When you do that to a person, it's objectification. People on the internet become objects for consumption.

It's just the way it works. Good, bad, whatever. Nature of the medium.

[tigereye]

33. this is a progressive message-board

some of the comments I have read are not progressive in the least.

[Cerridwen]

29. It's called the FQ...(not fit for subject line)

FQ=fuckability quotient.

It's a phrase from hollywood; that haven of human rights and objectivity; if you mean objectivity as making people objects.

In MY, and I mean MY experience (others' experience will differ), Democratic/liberal men and women are just as likely to view women using the FQ as are repubs and conservatives; the only difference being that Democrats and liberals are more covert in their presentation of and justification for the FQ.

Note: I used generalizations for the purpose of length of post, not for inclusiveness.

[Bonobo]

21. There is this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6841507&mesg_id=6841507

[1]

9. i agree. but it did introduce a new phrase to the "parlance of our time"...

vpilf.

i'm not saying i agree with it.

it just made me lol...


:)

[Teaser]

25. Just say you did it for the lulz

that justifies anything.

[KitchenWitch]

48. That is akin to bashing "political correctness" to justify being offensive.

[lonestarnot]

15. Is!

And she's creepy too! Ick! :puke:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

17. The more important thing is that Sarah Palin, herself, is downright creepy.

She belongs to an organization called Feminists For Life, a group that is unabashed in its belief that both abortion AND most forms of contraception should be criminalized. I think the rumor about the daughter and the baby is so much spurious bullshit, but I do happen to think that Sarah Palin should be asked to explain how McCain's bullshit health care plan is going to help women - without a fraction her resources - take care of the babies she wants the government to compel them to have. I want to know how she justifies embracing a regressive and reactionary agenda, while enjoying the benefits of feminism in her own privileged life. I want to know how she can go around the country touting Republican Family Values, including their embracing of rigid Patriarchal gender role, while letting others raise her own children and advocating for policies that make it more difficult for her fellow women to raise their own. Who the FUCK does she think she is??

[AZCat]

28. She's fucking bonkers.

Whether or not I (or anyone else) would fuck her is quite irrelevant - her membership in a nutjob organization (and its implications regarding health care policy) is.

[judasdisney]

75. She's creepy AND bonkers, and I wouldn't hit it

Only idiots have sex with Republicans.

[jedr]

27. OK, you're right;

She's hot and we men are dogs.....time to focus on politics. But a few snide comments did add a chuckle to it all.:beer:

[Chovexani]

34. I certainly wasn't chuckling.

Nor were most of the women here.

[jedr]

40. After all the lying sexist and raciest B.S. that has been said;

About our candidates by the repbubs,and you're defending this woman? If it too hot in the kitchen.....(love ya' Harry) then get out. This is only the beginning . Better put on the rubber boots 'cause it's going to get deep. If you're offended now, you'll be in enraged by the time it's over. This woman is going to go through the grinder in the next few days.

[EFerrari]

43. So, let me get this straight. We hate those freeper tactics

so we better use them -- is that the idea?

It's not about defending that corrupt hypocritical hack in any way. That's bullshit. It's about living in a civil society were people can enjoy a measure of privacy even if they're evil @ssholes.

There's no need to go down this road or to make fucked up remarks about "doing" this woman when she has given us a buffet of screw ups in her public life to feast on.

That's just an excuse to indulge in prurience, low rent thrills. I guess some people on this board are too cheap or too chicken to go to porn sites.

[jedr]

61. !0 yrs from now, tell your daughter/grand daughter;

Honey you know at one time you and reproductive rights and rights in the work place, and civil rights. but that was the old world, we took the high road and didn't politically destroy this person when we had the chance.....but isn't our new world better? This is the age of Karl Rove , which one of us is fighting for Womans rights? (Please don't reply to this ,as I don't want to get into "tit for tat" battle. I understand your point, perhaps you can understand mine.And by the way, if this is a troller, you're not going to change any opinions here )

[EFerrari]

63. Bullshit. You can politically destroy this person without sinking

to her level.

[KitchenWitch]

37. Last time I checked, I was not laughing.

Not funny to me at all.

[emilyg]

45. It did not make me chuckle.

[Bluenorthwest]

51. We men are men

Those who are not men may be dogs, but you sure don't speak for 'men'. Many are male but few are men. You are male. As are infants and small boys.

[jedr]

57. You don't know me, but let me give you a few notes

I'm 61. I've been married for 37 yrs. I've raised three children and put them through college and they're all doing well. I served my country for 4yrs in the USN had my own business for 25 yrs (working 12 to 16 hrs a day , 7 days a week). I'm liberal , and I hope they destroy this piece of right wing trash. and you my Friend can KMA.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

62. All that and you're still a sexist jerk.

As if rattling off your resume gives you a free pass. :eyes:

Reminds me of someone else - you know, the guy who likes to tell everyone he's a POW.

[EFerrari]

35. I know. And adding her daughter to the story is even worse. n/t

[Name removed]

36. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[KitchenWitch]

39. Welcome to my buddy list.

I would say welcome to DU, but somehow I think you will find this community not to your liking.

[Quantess]

38. I'm a straight woman, but I have to admit she's hot. Look at her!

But that's beside the point. She was chosen at least partly, because of her appearance.

And her choices of clothing and makeup give me the idea that she doesn't mind being seen as "sexy", which can be seen as unprofessional . I saw a photo of her in her office wearing high-heeled flip-flops with a short skirt. A short skirt on a hot day is one thing, but, those shoes! They were fuck-me shoes, and wildly inappropriate for her line of work, no matter how hot it gets in Alaska. Hey- I own several pairs of fuck me shoes, and I wear them whenever the situation deems them to be appropriate. However, I don't wear them to work. Violating these simple rules of professional demeanor shows that she has poor judgment, and is unprepared to lead the country.

[struggle4progress]

41. It's the trolls trolls trolls trolls

[KitchenWitch]

42. Unfortunetely, it has not all been trolls.

x(

[struggle4progress]

44. I wouldn't know. I tend to back away quickly, nodding and smiling, til I'm safely out of the thread

[lunatica]

46. It never works to push morality

People just don't like being told how to act. So the behavior gets worse because they must make a point about free speech, etc. Really, if you object you'll be far less frustrated if you just skip the thread or ignore the manners.

[KitchenWitch]

47. I am not so much "pushing morality" as I am expressing an opinion.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

64. There's no such thing as "free speech" on a private message board

Though some people here will throw fits about it whenever the standards of DU are enforced. You can only ignore so much sexist asswaddery before it takes over and makes a discussion board intolerable for many of its members.

[riverdeep]

49. Can I just say how much I hate the word 'MILF'.

What a stunningly obnoxious term. The fact that it's an acronym makes it all mysterious and you're on the inside track of hipness using it, so the story goes. But it's really just 'porn-creep': the increasing influence of pornography on everyday reality.

[Edweird]

50. That's RIGHT!!! S. E. X. is BAD BAD BAD!!!!!! Repress it!!! Deny it!!!! NEVER EVER speak of it!!!

We should all wear grey full body burkas with voice disguisers and be assigned numbers instead of names to fully conceal our S.E.X. thus ensuring equality and never ending bliss for all forever and ever until jesus comes and takes us all to heaven....

:eyes:

Or, maybe you could get over the fact that some people find her attractive.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

65. Or you could behave like a respectable human being, not a rutting pig.

Can it with the overreaction. No one is putting you in a burka. :eyes:

[Edweird]

67. I haven't expressed an opinion either way about that woman's appearance.

Others have stated that they find her attractive. Male and female. Maybe we should call the waaaambulance for those that are so fragile they can't bear to see that.

[KitchenWitch]

74. Hyperbolic much?

I am quite comfortable in my own skin, thank you very much.

And yet, I can still be disgusted that any discussion concerning any woman that many find attractive devolves into some frat boy piggish talk about how many ways and how much fun it would be to "hit it".

:eyes:

[rug]

53. The obsession with her teenage daughter's belly is creepier.

[Beausoir]

56. Yep. Downright perverted. And what about the lactation questions posted yesterday?

The nutjobs were actually pondering Palin's lactation.

[cobalt1999]

59. She IS sexually attractive.

What's the problem with people admitting that?

There are many male politicians that women would rate as sexually attractive too. So what?

[dlovato]

66. Yeah - so what?

She is "pretty" - so what.

Dems can't use that as a argument for voters to not vote for her. Some humans think Obama is attractive.

This is a waste of everyones time.

[ToddRodd]

60. Well....

Yes I do agree that Palin IS pretty. BUT..... some people are out to make her hotter than she really is. LOL

A point to ponder......

Isn't Cindy McCain a former beauty queen as well as Sarah Palin?

Kinda makes you wonder......

[TrogL]

68. If she hasn't been properly vetted (or she lied or deluded herself)

...a Paris Hilton-type shot would make her (and McDrain) unelectable.

[RadiationTherapy]

69. Totally. It reminds me of the Patrick Fitzgerald gush-a-thon. nt

[cabbage08]

70. K&R

[DutchLiberal]

72. I agree. She isn't even hot.

[treestar]

73. the obsession with her period is getting old

Why give her so much airtime on DU?

We have Biden!

We have Obama!

Why are we even talking about this nothing and nobody?