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When Laura Ingraham covered hosting duties for Bill O’Reilly on the O’Reilly Factor last week, she sought out to answer the age-old question: Why do feminists hate Sarah Palin so much? Hmm—-I can think of a few reasons. The resulting discussion between Ingraham, Washington Post columnist Sally Quinn, and Republican pollster KellyAnne Conway produced some pretty interesting theories. Let’s check them out:
Theory #1: We hate her because we’re childless spinsters.
CONWAY: I think of some of the spinster childless columnists who have attacked this woman for her right to choose . . .
INGRAHAM: Can you name names?
CONWAY: . . . and have five children. There are too many to name and then it would make them relevant on such a great show.
INGRAHAM: Spinster columnists, OK.
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Theory #2: We hate her because Todd is cute.
CONWAY: . . . I think she makes some women feel inadequate because she has five children, no household help. Not only is she not anti-man, but she has, as we could tell, a supportive husband and father.
INGRAHAM: And cute, too. He’s real cute.
CONWAY: . . . the extended family. He’s cute to go.
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Theory #3: We hate her because Palin lost weight after having the 5th baby we never had because we were too busy being childless spinster abortionists without cute husbands:
CONWAY: . . . And look, she lost all her baby weight. It makes some women crazy. They’ve got 1.3 children and a Pilates schedule they have to keep, and it makes some of them crazy.
QUINN: . . . Well, let me just say first that she has a point about people being jealous about her losing her baby weight. I have to say.
NGRAHAM: OK, we’ve gotten that out of the way.
CONWAY: But you did too, Sally.
INGRAHAM: I got that.
QUINN: No, I’m crazed about that.
INGRAHAM: Right.
QUINN: And I have to admit it right here.
INGRAHAM: You’ve always been fit.
QUINN: Yeah.
INGRAHAM: So we’re not going to hear that from you.
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Theory #4: We hate her because she’s a woman:
CONWAY: And look, I just want to say this, that with Palin, she looks so feminine. She acts like a woman, but governed like a man.
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Theory #5: We hate her because we’re jealous that she’s pro-life:
INGRAHAM: Admit it right now. Palin is hot. She is pro-life. She shoots. She hunts. She has a big family. And all these feminists are like just seething with jealousy about it.
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Theory #6: We hate her because she is against everything that we stand for:
QUINN: . . . I have to say that of all the people I know, I don’t know a single person who feels jealous about her. I think that most of the people I know who are not Sarah Palin fans just don’t like what she has to say.
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