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Sarah Palin Has Mobilized A Movement Of Conservative Women

By Kleinheider Posted on October 5, 2009 at 7:12 pm

So says Adrienne Royer:

Because women on the right don’t seperate the issues of being a woman and being a conservative, we’ve only organized in response to specifc legislative issues (abortion and ERA). Occassionally, some efforts have been made to harness the power of conservative women. Phyllis Schafly probably had the most successful run in the 70s and 80s in defeating the ERA. Later in the early 90s, the Independent Women’s Forum was created in response to Justice Thomas’ confirmation hearings.

Until Sarah Palin entered the picture last year, conservative women were disjointed. We were involved politically, but didn’t single out women’s issues as a major platform.

If Betty Friedan gave a voice to the problem with no name, Sarah Palin forced the political and social movement with no cohesion to the forefront of American politics. Regardless of how you feel about Palin, she was the lightening rod that spurred women to organize on the right. We’re now seeing that.

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47 Responses to “Sarah Palin Has Mobilized A Movement Of Conservative Women”

  1. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 5th, 2009 7:26 pm

    Yep.. Conservitism is winning over the “moms” that is not good for the Democrats..

    If Mom becomes votes conservitive. The Democrats are eyeball deep in poop the next elections

  2. dontcallmemikey writes
    October 5th, 2009 8:41 pm

    I think the problem is that Democrats don’t have those snappy names, like ‘Defending the American Dream Summit,’ or tea parties, or any of those really nifty things like that. Man, makes me wanna go to the ‘Defending the American Dream Summit’ - who could be against that? Not me, you betcha!

    Alas, when you get to the party, it’s all stale cookies and curdled milk … and a whole lot of what they’re not for … very little new seeps into a ‘Defend’ party … just a lot of scary monsters coming into the refrigerator and eating up the good cholesterol and exterminators who are really CIA agents planting bugs in your house on direct orders from the White House …

    I love what Mike Murphy said on Meet the Press Sunday. He said he was gonna buy Palin’s book - he was gonna wait until it was spell-checked, but then he was going to buy it.

    Why anyone takes anything about Palin seriously is amazing … well, except for TNVol73. Then it makes perfect sense. After all, she knows who makes up budgets and sends people to war - you betcha!

  3. Southern Beale writes
    October 5th, 2009 8:46 pm

    Apparently women on the right can’t spell “seperate” …

  4. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 5th, 2009 8:57 pm

    DontCallme Mikey.

    Why should we take Palin Seriously.

    1. She has Grown an economy

    2. Obama has Distroyed and economy

    3. She has Balanced a Budget, (In Alaska the Budget is balaned by the Executive Branch via Line Item Veto)

    4. Obama has Given us As SNL said NOTHING.

    5. Palin has Turned Defict into Surplus before she left office.

    6. Obama gave us Cash For Clunkers. Maybe we can Trade The Clunker of the Obama Economy in for something.

    7. Obama is the Bush 41 Third Term. Which is more of the Same no Change.

  5. Adrienne writes
    October 5th, 2009 8:59 pm

    Nope Southern Beale. They can’t. Admittedly, that’s one of those words I always misspell.

    I’m so glad you expressed your thoughtful and articulate opinion on that. Thanks!

  6. dontcallmemikey writes
    October 5th, 2009 9:26 pm

    See, perfectly amazing sense when you read merely one (1) of TNVol73’s posts, you understand the appeal of the Palin-ator. You betcha!

  7. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 5th, 2009 9:52 pm

    Dont Call me Mikey

    At least I did not vote for a do nothing NOBAMA

    He lost the Olympics

    He bankrupted GM and Crysler

    He has lost more jobs in 9 months than were lost during, 8 years of his Mentor the Bushinator.

    ROFLMBO.. the only thing Dumber than a Liberal, is a Liberal that Cannot see anything other that “D” after someone’s name.

  8. Davy writes
    October 5th, 2009 10:02 pm

    “He bankrupted GM and Crysler”

    You don’t ever have to label stuff in the lab where you’re a technician at, do you?

    By the way, we know Presidents don’t pass deficits or debt, but you never answered my question:

    Do Presidents sign spending bills into law?

    I’ll wait while you look it up on wikipedia.

  9. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 5th, 2009 10:08 pm

    Davy ROFLMBO PSST. the Defits are GOVERNMENT DEBT.

    So, Yes, I know that But… Crysler and GM are not the Federal Government… they are PRIVATE COMPANIES.

    OH Wait.. you are so out of touch that you think GM means GOVERNMENT MOTORS..

    That is Why I am A Technologist. Because you see, I pay attention to the Details.

  10. Davy writes
    October 5th, 2009 10:14 pm

    “Davy ROFLMBO PSST. the Defits are GOVERNMENT DEBT.

    So, Yes, I know that But… Crysler and GM are not the Federal Government… they are PRIVATE COMPANIES.

    OH Wait.. you are so out of touch that you think GM means GOVERNMENT MOTORS..

    That is Why I am A Technologist. Because you see, I pay attention to the Details.”

    Pay attention to details?

    You didn’t answer my question.

    Try again.

  11. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 5th, 2009 10:25 pm

    DAVY yes I answered your question,

    No, Presidents do not sign spending bills into law.

    The President signs PROJECTED SPENDING BILLS into law.

    You see. Budgets and the Spending bills in teh Budgeets are PROJECTED SPENDING.

    Deficts are caused by REAL SPENDING, (Adjusted spending), which the president DOES NOT SIGN.

    you See all you have to do is look back about 14 Years to the Conservitive movment in the 1990s that Balanced the Budgets.

    When the Republicans took over congress, the Democrats congress passed PROJECTED SPENDING FOR 1995 into law, The President Signed in September 1994

    In Feb. 1995 the Congress REFUSED to spend the PROJECTED EXPENSES, thus did not BORROW 110 billion dollars, which reduced the 1995 Defict by ~46% cutting the Defict in 1995 From 250 Billion to 140 Billion, Then did the same in 1996, which caused the Governmetn to shut down in early 1996…. Which Created a 2 billion dollar suplus in 1996, instead of a 120 Billion defict.

    AND THE PRESIDENT HAD NO POWER TO STOP THE FISCAL ACTIONS OF CONGRESS.

    So to answer your question… Take a Civics Class… You would know the answer,.

    Still, Obama appointed the CEO of GM which BANKRUPTED the Car Company.

  12. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 5th, 2009 10:25 pm

    Davy next time you try to enter a battle of wits with a Conservitive I suggest you don’t come unarmed.

  13. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 5th, 2009 10:30 pm

    Dont call me Mikey

    Democrats have Snappy names like Bernie Maddoff, which was a nice donor to the Democrat party and Obama’s Presidental Campain.

    and ACORN, SEIU, NEA, UAW… Wait all these got Stimulus Money

    Those are REAL Snappy…

    SNAP!

  14. idgaf writes
    October 5th, 2009 10:34 pm

    When Palin comes out and campaigns for herself the dems are going to be shocked and awed.

    barry won’t stand a chance against her if they are stupid enough to run him again.

  15. Eleanor A writes
    October 6th, 2009 12:06 am

    What “women’s issues” does Palin champion, exactly?

    She’s anti-choice and pro-abstinence; she promoted cutting city funds for rape kits as mayor; there’s nothing on record vis a vis her discussing increasing women’s participation in politics, doing anything to help with child care or equal pay for equal work; and worst of all, she’s no towering intellect.

    “She’s really done a lot of work on oil and gas, but when it comes to violence against women and children … we haven’t been on her radar as a priority,” said Peggy Brown, executive director of the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. (link: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/15/Palin-record-on-womens-issues-questioned/UPI-76701221527590/)

    I guess I can see GOP women getting that warm cuddly feeling that there’s a woman on the national scene in their party, but I don’t really see how she’s such an inspiration vis a vis good policy.

  16. Davy writes
    October 6th, 2009 6:41 am

    “you See all you have to do is look back about 14 Years to the Conservitive movment in the 1990s that Balanced the Budgets.”

    You mean because Democrat President Bill Clinton raised taxes.

    I’m glad you put party over everything else. I hope it takes care of you when you get old.

    But don’t expect it to get you through the Pearly Gates.

  17. Davy writes
    October 6th, 2009 6:47 am

    “Take a Civics Class”

    I think you should have taken more than one because Limbo and the Beck Girl aren’t civics classes.

    “Still, Obama appointed the CEO of GM which BANKRUPTED the Car Company.”

    Yeah, before Obama took office, GM was just a thriving, profitable, expanding business. LMACO

    If you’re the main representative of what counts as conservative thought these days, the liberals have absolutely nothing to fear.

  18. Memphis Man writes
    October 6th, 2009 7:16 am

    OMG! I can’t remember when I’ve seen a bigger example of serial stereotyping and misspelling of words.

    Sarah Palin can try her best to be a female conservative leader but women will follow only if she addresses true bread and butter issues that primarily affect women. You have to remember that Phyllis Schafly never captured the allegiance of most women and that most women voted against Sarah Palin last year.

    Surveys have shown that being for or against abortion has little affect but economics bring female voters. Time will tell if Obama’s efforts will repair bush’s devastation of the economy but I can’t see where keeping massive tax breaks for the rich, retaining a failing healthcare system, and advocating the failed Reagan philosophy of trickle down economics will bring woman to Sarah or anyone else.

  19. dontcallmemikey writes
    October 6th, 2009 7:21 am

    Davy - its why TNVol73 is the perfect example of a Palin voter - just enough basic knowledge to be dangerous, but unable to piece anything together into anything coherent as far as policy … just a mish-mash of slogans, scrambled facts, a few useless statistics and a seventh grade civics class.

  20. idgaf writes
    October 6th, 2009 7:57 am

    Lets see who would I vote for?

    Barry the marxist/socialist/communist that surrounds himself with radicals or an All Americxan girl that has a track record of reduceing taxes/wasteful spending and corruption.

    Might be a hard decision for those that drink the nector from the picther with the smiley face, not for the rest of us.

  21. sueyyyy writes
    October 6th, 2009 8:26 am

    Some of these posts remind me of second graders learning to spell phonetically and regurgitate the info the teacher has them read in the book.

  22. Mack writes
    October 6th, 2009 8:36 am

    All Americxan girl

    Subtle.

  23. idgaf writes
    October 6th, 2009 8:40 am

    Common thread through the leftys post are to attack the posters not make a positive argument for their “guy” who was thought to be the big “O” but turned out he is really the big “ZERO”.

    That is understandabl when you consider government indoctranation centers where they are taught what to think not how to think for themselves.

    Lugic and deductive reasoning is not taught anymore in most schools by the union activist teachers.

    ummmmmm, ummmmmmmm, ummmmmmm barrack hussein obama. lol

  24. idgaf writes
    October 6th, 2009 8:43 am

    lmao at the typos. They really need an edit feature or a way to delete the posts and do it again.

    Bet sueyyyy got all “excited” with that post.

    (sounds like a pig call dosn’t it?)

    sueyyy here pig,pig,pig

  25. Interested Citizen writes
    October 6th, 2009 9:03 am

    “Theoretically, conservative philosophy views everyone having equal rights. This is why identity politics rarely gain traction on the right.”

    The key word here is “theoretically”. We’re talking about a philosophy that kicked and screamed through both the civil rights movement and women’s suffrage. Even today they oppose extending equal rights to those in the gay community. Any attempt to establish equality under the law is viewed by conservatives as establishing “special rights”.

    Today’s conservatives are completely bound up by identity politics. They are the white suburban/rural middle class. Conservatism has become a tool used by this group to justify their existence.

    This isn’t an attack on Cosmo Con by the way. I actually enjoy a lot of the stuff I read over there. I don’t necessarily agree with all of it, but it’s still a good read and thought-provoking.

  26. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 6th, 2009 9:06 am

    LOL.. Liberalism has told African Americans they are to stupid to make it on their own without the Big liberal whites…

    Thus the Liberals have enslaved african americans again.

  27. Davy writes
    October 6th, 2009 9:08 am

    Sarah Palin is for conservative and GOP male voters the equivalent of a trophy wife:

    A lot to look at and lust for, but not much else.

    So they have to build her up into something she’s clearly not, and she tries to do the same.

    A 400 page tome? Bet the ghost writer was well paid.

  28. DEO writes
    October 6th, 2009 9:47 am

    Scarah’s base is old fat white men…ONLY!

    Sarah Palin/Tonya Harding 2012!

  29. frankj writes
    October 6th, 2009 11:12 am

    What “women’s issues” does Palin champion, exactly?
    She’s anti-choice and pro-abstinence

    Agreed, there is no more powerful indicia of womanhood than getting an abortion. I had a female co-worker or two who have seemed out of sorts on occasion, I told them to cheer up! go get pregnant and get an abortion! That puts a smile on their face everytime and shows that I support them as women.

  30. Davy writes
    October 6th, 2009 11:43 am

    “Agreed, there is no more powerful indicia of womanhood than getting an abortion. I had a female co-worker or two who have seemed out of sorts on occasion, I told them to cheer up! go get pregnant and get an abortion! That puts a smile on their face everytime and shows that I support them as women.”

    No, it has to do with the implied right of privacy.

    And not wanting the male-dominated legislating assemblies to be able to tell them what to do with their own bodies.

  31. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 6th, 2009 11:51 am

    Davy.. I dont know, So Far, everything that Palin said would happen once obama was elected, Has happened.

    She even Predicted that Biden would be the Vice Idiot.

  32. TNVolunteer73 writes
    October 6th, 2009 11:58 am

    Even the sexual harassment Network has to admit Palin is very popular among Independets and conservitive Democrats (Bad news for Liberals)

    http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/wendy_davis/2009/07/these-new-palin-poll-numbers-a.php

    A new USA Today/Gallup poll (post resignation presser-by-the-lake) shows a whopping 71% of Republicans polled say they would vote for Palin in 2012! Also scary, 51% of Independents polled say they would vote for her For President!

    Zogby poll: Regarding the future of the party, 46% of unaffiliated voters say follow Sarah Palin,

  33. frankj writes
    October 6th, 2009 12:14 pm

    “No, it has to do with the implied right of privacy.

    And not wanting the male-dominated legislating assemblies to be able to tell them what to do with their own bodies.”

    their is nothing implied about it, rather it emanates. secondly, there is no better passage to womanhood than getting an abortion. as a man, i wouldn’t expect you to understand that.

  34. Andy Axel writes
    October 6th, 2009 12:17 pm

    Even the sexual harassment Network has to admit Palin is very popular among Independets and conservitive Democrats

    Seh’s sespecilyl ppoular (eleventy jillion percent!!one!) wit h teh mraginally liturit, and iwth peolpe hwo cnat’ sue a fcuking pellscehker.

  35. Davy writes
    October 6th, 2009 1:07 pm

    “whopping 71% of Republicans polled say they would vote for Palin in 2012!”

    And I guarantee you that’s from a smaller pool of people who considered themselves Republican in 2004 and 2006.

    A larger percentage of a smaller group means nothing in a general election.

  36. Slartibartfast writes
    October 6th, 2009 5:33 pm

    If Palin and her supporters are so vapid, so uneducated and stupid, you should be able to dispatch all of their arguments in short order.

    Yet, all I see here are ad hominems.

    Why, oh you-who-consider-yourselves-my-betters? Why are your logical inconsistencies so obvious, if you’re so damn smarter than the rest of us?

    Jackasses. Pick on someone your own size. If you have any arguments besides insults, bring it.

  37. Katrina writes
    October 8th, 2009 12:56 am

    To Memphis Man:
    “OMG! I can’t remember when I’ve seen a bigger example of serial stereotyping and misspelling of words…
    Surveys have shown that being for or against abortion has little affect but economics bring female voters..

    The irony. It’s effect not affect. You should probably worry a little more about your own command of the English language.

  38. Katrina writes
    October 8th, 2009 1:38 am

    Many conservative feminists, Christian humanists and others have concluded that pro-abstinence and limitations on abortion are the more ethical and beneficial public policies for women, and society.

    That the prominent liberal position sides differently on these matters does not automatically negate the alternative feminist viewpoint; nor does it render the politicians, whom represent this line of thought, as antithetical to women’s issues.

  39. Mack writes
    October 8th, 2009 7:52 am

    Oh, Slarti, I didn’t see any “arguments” made in the post. Just assertions that Palin is this or that. What would care to debate? Her grasp on global issues? Her indifference to women’s issues? Her anti-gay agenda? Her milking every dollar out of her position and then quitting?

    Bring it. Please.

  40. Number9 writes
    October 8th, 2009 8:52 am

    People sure are afraid of this woman. Makes you wonder why?

  41. dontcallmemikey writes
    October 8th, 2009 9:11 am

    Number9 - not afraid of Palin, afraid of the Cheney she’d actually have running the government. it isn’t the idiot you have to be afraid of, its the opportunists and ideologues shoving her forward

  42. Dweeb writes
    October 8th, 2009 9:26 am

    “People sure are afraid of this woman. Makes you wonder why?”

    I’m not afraid of her, but what she represents. She is a reminder that our fragile democracy is dependent upon a well-informed and educated population. When a clueless idiot like that is elevated to a position of prominence just because she can (barely) express some mean-spirited platitudes, it shows how we as a nation are falling short.

    But no, not scared of her ever gaining power. I still have at least that much faith in my country.

  43. Number9 writes
    October 8th, 2009 9:52 am

    Let me see if I understand, both of you are not afraid of Palin but what she stands for.

    How do you feel about Obama?

    You might want to consider this:

    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100012027/barack-obama%E2%80%99s-top-five-embarrassing-speeches-on-the-world-stage/

    What is the difference? Some of that makes Palin seem quite tame.

    Considering the people Obama has placed in government like Van Jones are you a little concerned that Obama has placed opportunists and ideologues in power?

  44. Raymond writes
    October 10th, 2009 6:44 am

    Sarah Palin is similar to Julius Caesar of the once mighty Roman Empire. When Julius Caesar left Rome to fight against the Gauls, he has small legions. When people and the rest of Roman legions learned about his effective leadership and how he won the wars, his legions grew three folds. That’s why when Caesar had crossed the Rubicon, his enemies of liberal elites like Cato and his cohorts were defeated. Sarah Palin for now just finished the book and she has not yet crossed the Rubicon. By 2011 and 2012, you will experience a dangerous Hurricane Sarah coming from the north slope…it is unstoppable!!

  45. Sueyyyy writes
    October 10th, 2009 8:04 am

    Like Jim Eastland of Mississippi was, Sarah Palin is as common as pig tracks.

  46. Angelo writes
    October 10th, 2009 9:30 am

    Common sense conservatism is what we need now to rebuild our country AMERICA. Enough is enough to elite liberalism! Always learned from past history:
    The mighty Roman Empire was not destroyed from the outside force until it was destroyed from within…due to corrupt liberal elite senators and liberal corrupted Emperor Commodus. It is not Romney nor Huckabee has this common sense conservatism because both of them are TRAPOS (traditional politics) and do not have moral conviction. Sarah Palin maybe our last hope and a true change. She has the only one who has common sense conservatism and the only governor who can stand against good old boys and against corruption. She is what America needs now!!

  47. Elains writes
    October 10th, 2009 12:14 pm

    Right on target, Angelo!!
    Look at Singapore, how it has become right now!! Way back in 1960, Singapore was almost destroyed by radical left (both Christians and Muslims), then Lee Kuan Yew , a conservative ruler took over and ruled with an iron fist telling the world that in order to put law & order and discipline, he will not mind executing half of its population. The United nations and human rights activist hated him so much. Lee Kuan Yew has justified his authoritarian rule by Making Singapore as the cleanest and most stable country in the world in terms of economy and its political system. Now, even united nations and human rights group embraced him, making him role model leader and he won a Nobel prize.
    Where are far left Singaporeans right now? THEY ARE DEAD AND FORGOTTEN!! And Lee Kuan Yew?? He is still loved by Singapore and the rest of the peace loving people in the world that value democracy and capitalism!!

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