Here is a read for you "Red State Feminism"... Palin and the Democratic establishment's reaction to Palin is a signiture event much as Katrina was for the Democrats... Or as 9/11 for America... I understand that many LW Democrats ARE CLUELESS concerning this fact, but you will learn...
http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0908kh.html >>> Of course, the feminist commentariat, primarily coastal and >>> upper-middle-class, has been quick to deny that Palin is any sort of >>> feminist at all. Yes, Palin can boast political success, activism, >>> authority, and self-confidence in front of an audience of 37 million, and, >>> though less widely discussed (perhaps because so profoundly envied), an >>> egalitarian marriage of the sort that has become the foundational principle >>> of feminist utopia. But in most other respects, especially her position on >>> abortion, she has struck female media types as something more like the >>> Anti-Feminist. She is a “humiliation for America’s women” (Judith Warner >>> for the New York Times) and a tool of the “patriarchs” (Gloria Steinem for >>> the Los Angeles Times). But the crucial point here is that Palin never wanted to be part of Steinem’s club, and in that respect she speaks for many of her sex. The large majority of women—surveys have put the number at somewhere around 75 percent—shy away from calling themselves feminists, even while supporting some movement goals like equal pay. The primary reason for their coyness: feminism’s ambivalence at best, and hostility at worst, toward motherhood and marriage. The refuseniks may or may not remember that Betty Friedan described full-time motherhood as a “waste of human self” and home as a “comfortable concentration camp.” They may or may not be able to quote Steinem on fish and bicycles. But on some level they understand that the framework of establishment feminism has motherhood, and often marriage, as the menacing 300-pound security guard whom men have hired to stand in the way of women’s achievement. Palin represents a red-state version of feminism that completely deconstructs this framework. Sure, part of the red staters’ identification with Palin is a matter of lifestyle. Blue-state feminists live in big cities and suburbs; Palin lives in South Podunk. Blue staters’ kids play soccer; Palin’s play hockey. They have WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER bumper stickers; she’s a member of the NRA. They dine on sushi; she eats salmon that she caught and gutted. If you’re an Iowa toll collector married to a refrigerator repairman, Palin may well be your gal by reason of her origin and leisure activities alone. But central to Palin’s red-state appeal is her earthy embrace of motherhood. She differs from mainstream feminists in that her sexuality and fecundity are not in tension with her achievement and power. If anything, they rise out of them. Instead of holding her back, her five children embody her energy, competence, authority, and optimism. On Sep 9, 4:03 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jgg, > > Yeah, so? > > I imagine there are a few people who oppose her because she wear > glasses, or any of 100 goofy fucking reasons. So? > > "Stirred a considerable anti-Palin passion in the Democratic ranks". > Well duuuuuh, she's the REPUBLICAN VP nominee. You expected the > Democrats to say "Oh wow, what a great choice, sure wish we had her?" > OF COURSE she's seen as a political threat. Why would you think > otherwise? > > You are all as emotional as a bunch of little girls. The "momma bears" > will get over the passion of the moment and remember the Republican > party has never done jack-shit for the average American woman, working > or not. > > On Sep 9, 2:03 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It seem SOME oppose Palin BECAUSE of her motherhood status... NOT > > ALL, some... The fact is the Palin nomination has stirred a > > considerable anti-Palin passion in the Democratic ranks... Why the > > passion I must ask if they do not see Palin as a political threat??? > > Or an Ideological threat... > > > What the Palin Trashing has done is stirred to the boiling point the > > resentment the feelings of many non-LW folks towards the LW of the > > Democratic Party... If the party was tolerant, there would be no rage > > against Palin by the Democratic LW... The Left Hollywood has stirred > > a very agitated mommy bear whose memory is of decades of slurs and > > slander... The simple fact is, much of the Left that you are a part > > "Just does not get it"... I assure you the Democrats are about to > > learn once again the lesson of 1972... > > > On Sep 9, 2:19 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > jgg, > > > > Yeah, so? > > > Just what are you trying to say? That to oppose Gov. Palin is to > > > oppose motherhood, children, the great outdoors, mom amd apple pie? > > > Think you boys could be just a little bit less simplistic and simple- > > > minded? > > > > On Sep 9, 1:09 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > All one has to do Hollywood is just look at the tone and content of > > > > MSM journalists when reporting on Palin... One NPR reporter boasted > > > > that they would find a scandal motherlode on Palin in Alaska... To > > > > date the scandal has been journalistic lack of professionalism... > > > > > On Sep 9, 1:44 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > jgg, > > > > > > You get all of that from some guy saying he saw a journalist wrinkle > > > > > his nose "in disgust"? That is one hell of an imagination you have. > > > > > > On Sep 9, 12:05 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > If so, this will be a very long political fight > > > > > > >http://rightcoast.typepad.com/rightcoast/2008/09/maybe-its-all-a.html > > > > > > > Maybe there are two Americas: one likes kids, the other doesn't. > > > > > > Maybe > > > > > > it's just that simple. > > > > > > > Check out the "noses wrinkled in disgust" in this Instapundit link. > > > > > > You can see the little Palin giving her baby brother a kitty lick to > > > > > > fix his hair. Is that cute enuff for ya? But apparently, NY Times > > > > > > reporters reacted with a collective ick, according to another Times > > > > > > reporter, no less. Yes, they are from a different planet. > > > > > > > I'm not sure how this came about or what to do about it, but I > > > > > > believe > > > > > > it may be true. Some people like kids. I do, for example, especially > > > > > > my own. They are cute, for several years of their life span they > > > > > > think > > > > > > you are some sort of hero, and after the phase passes they can at > > > > > > least be disciplined into remaining silent about the fact. When > > > > > > small > > > > > > you can snuggle with them, and they make the perfect companions for > > > > > > watching TV with. It is true they can be noisy and smelly, and they > > > > > > are quite astonishingly expensive. Still, all and all, most kid > > > > > > lovers, such as myself, would be quite happy to see the NY Times, > > > > > > the > > > > > > Met, all decent NYC restaurants and the entire fashion industry fall > > > > > > into a wormhole rather than give up one of the good hours with one > > > > > > of > > > > > > our kids. We are cool with kids, and we don't care that much about > > > > > > all > > > > > > the big city stuff. > > > > > > > On the other side are people who don't like kids. Don't ask me why. > > > > > > They like blackberries and sometimes little rat dogs. The noise and > > > > > > smell associated with kids disgust them. Some of them probably have > > > > > > meticulously organized closets. They probably worry about > > > > > > relationships. I don't have any relationships. I'm married and I > > > > > > have > > > > > > a few friends, and my kids of course. And careers. I suppose careers > > > > > > must fill up a lot of the space left by not liking kids. > > > > > > > I don't know. This is a gap so wide I can't even see across it. I > > > > > > can't even imagine what it would be like to think a little girl > > > > > > taking > > > > > > care of her baby brother is not cute. I honestly don't know who > > > > > > these > > > > > > people are. > > > > > > > But I'll tell you one thing. 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