It looks like lovely Obama campaign volunteer Volpe may be deliberately courting publicity and outrage so she can cash in on liberal hate and sexism by selling her Sarah Palin is a Cunt T-shirts.   People will do anything to make money.

While reading Shakespeare's Sister today I ran across comments that indicate Volpe is just out to make a buck.  BBE commented yesterday in my thread about these t-shirts that Volpe's profit was probably ten dollars per sale.  

Some background for context:

Shakespeare's Sister has long running threads that chronicle the sexism leveled against Senator Clinton (Over 100 posts) and Governor Palin (25 and counting).  There is a sexism/racism watch for M Obama (Approaching 15).  They also have a thread that chronicles the racism against Senator Obama (Well over 90 posts).  Plenty of hate to go around.

Evidently McEwan has been asked many times recently why the Sarah Palin is a Cunt shirts are not in the Palin sexism watch.  She explained her reasons yesterday in a blog and that explanation elicted the comments that expose the Volpe profit motive.

Here are McEwan's replies where she discusses the long running money motive.  The italicized text is what she is replying to in each instance.  Her post on the Cunt shirts and the entire comment thread to her post can be found here - For the Record.   Notice that Volpe's efforts to get publicity have been ongoing for a while:

1) I'm still having trouble figuring out why this doesn't belong as part of the sexism watch. Help?

Because my writing a big post about it just gives it more attention -- which is the whole point. They want attention. They're doing it explicitly for attention. They've been trying to generate controversy about those fucking shirts for ages, dropping links in comments threads and sending emails and putting pictures of themselves in the shirts out there. They're trying to make money off of deliberate, orchestrated sexism.

I've no interest in helping them.

And anyone who reads Shakes but doesn't already grok that "Sarah Palin is a cunt" is sexist isn't going to be convinced by anything I write, anyway.

Aside from that, I can almost guarantee you the moment I posted a picture or link, there would all sorts of new trolls who magically appear to turn the thread into a humongo controversy. The point is, I know I'm being baited. I'm not taking the bait.

That's why.

2) You are not writing about the shirts because it is coming from the left.

Hmm. That's almost as convincing as the person who has been emailing me things like "this new shirt is causing quite a stir!" without even bothering to mask his email address from the company selling the shirts.

Harangue away. I'm smarter than you and I won't take the bait. Kthxbai.

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My thoughts on this? 

If this money making scheme is true, Volpe is much worse than a garden variety shithead.  She is a full fledged asshole.  All of this makes me now wonder if the Nigger please shirt photo was just a set up to make money as well?  People from both sides cashing in. If you check Cafe Press, there are plenty of people peddling hate.

Also, not all assholes are motivated by money.  Some seek fame how ever fleeting.  What if the people yelling at the rallies and carrying curious George dolls are just chasing their fifteen minutes?  

The sad thing about all of this orchestrated sexism and racism is it leads to the possibility of real harm like the two idiots in Portland almost burning down a house while taking out a McCain yard sign with molotov cocktails.

Interesting that Kerry is soliticiting posts on how to communicate with the opposition today, no?