[Marxism] (fwd) Obama v Palin : A Story Of Two Americas

[Shane Mage]

On Sep 27, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Les Schaffer wrote:

> Shane Mage wrote:
>>
>> Note the heading and the repeated use of the word "Palin."  It seems
>> that I'm the only one here who recognizes how sexist it is to refer  
>> to
>> a woman in public life by her *husband's* name instead of by her own.
>
>
> Shane: you didn't even have the courage to talk directly to Kathleen  
> de
> la Peña McCook when she raised the issues squarely to the list.


I usually "talk" directly to people who write to me off list, but  
indirectly on list.
I replied on list yesterday (see thread "female candidates").  What I  
wrote above
(plus the unquoted section) is an extension of that reply.

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to  
be called Zeus."

Herakleitos of Ephesos