winchester women

After laboriously trying to digest the latest debacles from Washington and Wall Street, I decided to thank my Supreme Being for Wasilla, Alaska  

Sarah Palin welcomed tens of thousand of her closest friends in central FL yesterday, and once again I noticed the prominence of "Winchester Women". Here's the Orlando Sentinel's  take on the event

To Jan Hatfield, a 58-year-old small businesswoman from Longwood, Palin embodies the women she sees everyday: the mothers who are also successful executives. "You can keep your faith and your family and still be a strong businesswoman," Hatfield said.

Like 'Western women'

Palin reminds George Wright of the Western women he always admired -- who can wear a skirt but shoot a gun.

"Western women have confidence in their capabilities and their femininity so that they don't have to sacrifice one to promote the other," said Wright, 68, of The Villages.
 

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/orl-palin2208sep22,0,5823576.story

This might just be our secret demographic weapon

Instapundit linked to this post showing the sudden boom in women showing an interest in shooting sports. The film clip was from a report on Denver TV, who of course attributed the increase to Governor Palin.

http://williamamos.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/sarah-palin-revives-annie-oakley-movement/

http://www.pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/archives2/024322.php

I think the liberal conventional wisdom that female voters are waiting to have their victim status confirmed by politicians is going to be dealt a rather harsh blow by the "targeted" (sorry, couldn't help it) electorate