Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet for Tuesday
Sarah Palin isn't saying yet if she is running for President in 2012, but she just bought a house in Scottsdale, Arizona. In the meantime the LA Times notes fewer women running for office. Given the sexist attacks on Palin in 2008 - many by other so called "feminist" women - one wonders why any woman would run these day.
The recession put on hold a massive transit oriented development in NoHo at the Metro Red Line terminus. The billion dollar NoHo Art Wave - featuring scores of residential, office and commercial space - may be back on as financing appears more likely.
The LA Can't Drive Blog has a good one: a tailgater tailgating a tailgater.
Labels: john perez, la can't drive, noho art wave, sarah palin, uc berkeley
Posted by Michael Higby @ 5/24/2011 12:01:00 AM
13 Comments:
Higby, you are posting the John Perez story SIX DAYS after the Times posted it.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/05/a-california-news-website-is-reporting-that-some-biographies-of-state-assembly-speaker-john-a-perez-d-los-angeles-put-out.html
What is the deal with your blog?
There's no adult supervision for Red Spot, who is clearly in need of some.
You don't have to read Joe B's posts in order to know what his conclusions will be.
And you're posting six day old stories from the Times.
Maybe it's time for you to once again shut down the blog. Except this time, maybe you'll be better off not coming back.
Six days, dude. You're SIX DAYS behind the LA Times. Think about that. What's the point in having a blog if you're doing that?
It's obvious you hate being a blogger anymore.
My point exactly 4:45am.
Hey Joe B, Benjamin Netanyahu is SCHOOLING OBAMA on Capitol Hill today.
Ha ha ha
Lol
Good one!
Higby, is your reader drinking again?
Let's see:
John Perez didn't graduate but said that he did;
Antonio changed his name to include his wife's but then never stopped cheating on her;
Mary Lou Villar went from workers comp commissioner to being appointed by Ahhnold to Superior Court Judge;
You guys see the trend here on this family?
With Trump apparently not running, Obama must sit up nights hoping that his opponent will be Palin.
She's toast. According to the Washington Post/ABC polling, and I'm sure everyone else's polls, the only area where her numbers are increasing are in the "strongly unfavorable" category.
She's up to 17% among Republicans, and 28% among GOP-leaning independents.
In Iowa, her strongly unfav numbers have gone from 5% to 10% among GOPers. In New Hampshire, it's worse having gone from 33% to 50%. Face-to-face in Arizona Obama beats her 49-41%.
Her books aren't selling, and people are realizing that there is no substance behind her. She has no solutions and continues to display her ignorance about anything important.
She ran from the governor's job when the job got difficult, and now she may be running from the state itself.
"Given the sexist attacks on Palin in 2008 - many by other so called "feminist" women - one wonders why any woman would run these day."
Higby, this comment is a bit disappointing, coming from you.
I usually agree with your opinions and reflections. But, really, where was your mind when you wrote this?
10:38pm = Joe B., while preparing for Wednesday Hot Sheet.
1:57
What sexists attacks are you talking about by "feminists"?
Are you talking about Couric? Tina Fey? Cher?
Since when is attacking a women's lack of intelligence a sexist attack? And it seems that those tall all books by former staffers are confirming what all these "feminists" were alluding to abouit Palin, that she is a shallow, dimwitted, money grubbing whore.
God I hope she wins the Rep nomination - but she'll just settle for the AZ Senate seat in a safe, racist state.
Palin was never subjected to any racist attacks. She was criticized for being incredible stupid. Clearly she was unprepared for the VP campaign, and probably wasn't smart enough to be prepared under any circumstances.
9:03 AM - Ask Higby, not me.
"Given the sexist attacks on Palin in 2008 - many by other so called "feminist" women - one wonders why any woman would run these day."
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Is being called a bimbo, when you are a bimbo considered a sexist attack ??
My issue with Michael's speculation on "feminists" attacking Palin and, possibly, discouraging any woman to run is it's shallow and ignorant. It would be sexist for a woman and/or feminist to blindly support a candidate just because she's a woman--even if they would like to see more women in office. In essence, it would not further a feminist cause.
Does this mean that any man attacking any male candidate's lifestyle or political platform should discourage men to run for office? And, because Palin is a woman, she should be blindly supported by all feminists and women, regardless of her qualifications (or lack thereof) and campaign platform? Does any woman who believes in all or some of the "feminist" platform qualify them as a feminist? Or, does the mere desire to see women in office make them a feminist?
The fact that many women cringed at the idea of Palin in office - even those who would have supported McCain had he picked a more qualified woman or man - should only be testimony that those women considered what that candidate represented, regardless of gender. Her ethics, intelligence and political beliefs were what they considered. His move to select a women VP contender could have been good, had it been the right woman. Palin was just not that person.
Deep down, I feel Michael knows this and, possibly, just stepped out of the wrong side of bed that day.
For the record-I didn't like either candidate.
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