GOP women come to Palin’s defense
By RYAN GRIM
The Politico
9/3/08ST. PAUL, Minn. — As the culture war surrounding Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin escalates, a group of leading Republican women accused the media Wednesday of sexist “smears” against John McCain’s running mate.
“The Republican Party will not stand by while Gov. Palin is subjected to sexist attacks,” said Carly Fiorina, a McCain aide who formerly headed Hewlett-Packard. “I don’t believe American women are going to stand for it either.”
“We want to call attention to the outrageous smear campaign against Sarah Palin,” said former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift. Pressed after the event to single out specific smears driven by the mainstream media, she said that there “were lots of folks chasing that story” ignited by rumors on liberal blogs about whether Palin had faked her most recent pregnancy. Swift called media inquiries about the rumors “out of bounds.”
The GOP women spoke often and respectfully of Hillary Clinton — a Democrat who has been bitterly opposed over the years by Republican faithful — repeatedly accusing the media of sexist attacks against her and faulting Democrats for failing to defend her.
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Renee Amore, the deputy chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party, was the most blunt. “The Democrats will let you [in the media] talk about Hillary as you did in a very demeaning way, but . . . we’re not going to allow you to do that,” she said, warning reporters to stop “messing with us.”Print This Post
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