Posted by
Tzimisce on Monday, September 01, 2008 11:58:38 PM
There is a lot of confusion amongst libs over the selection of Sarah Palin’s nomination of VP. The results run the gamete from outright shock to indignation. A lot of the criticisms have been downright mean and outrageous. It won’t surprise anyone to hear that I’m on some pretty extreme Conservative boards. But I’ve yet to see any stories or articles suggesting that Michelle Obama should stay home with her kids or hateful tirades about all the sex that Obama’s kids are having or suggestions that they’re doing illicit things or so on. (Just because BO’s kids are prepubescent and in private school, that doesn’t mean they don’t have access to drugs, sex and alcohol.)
McCain was a genius in selecting Palin because he’s successfully splitting the feminist/disgruntled Hillary supporters vote. Most libs are truly unaware of this fact simply because one of the first things a lot of their boards did when Obama was informally nominated was kick out everyone who disagreed with his coronation. Seeking the disgruntled Hillary voters on a liberal blog is like looking for a conservative professor at a University: it’s just not there. Even the press is ignoring the tidal wave of women mad that they’re getting passed over for a man. Stories about PUMA are hard to find at best.
I don’t understand how on one side liberals demand “free speech” and on the other their boards are amongst some of the most heavily censored. More ironic still are their demands for “truth” in political advertising after some of the wild rumors about Governor Palin’s youngest being the real mother of Trig. The media is even getting involved in this one. Remember all those loud, proud pledges the media made about keeping Chelsea Clinton out of it? Interesting how all those feel good statements don’t seem to apply anymore.
But in order to be a truly good leftist you have to lie to yourself on a fairly regular basis.
The feminists are an excellent example of this. A few months ago while Hillary was still a viable contender for Democrat nomination, anyone voting or speaking against her was automatically called a sexist. Me and others laid out points of disagreement with Mrs. Clinton on several issues. None of it mattered to feminists. We were all condemned as unreasonable sexist pigs.
Flash forward to today. Suddenly in their examination of Palin feminists can’t stop talking about the issues. I’m actually reading feminists themselves and their sympathizers openly wondering why Palin decided to go back to work rather than stay home with her four month old. The institution of motherhood, something they’ve spat on and looked down on for decades is suddenly all encompassing.
None of these things make them sexist, of course because…um…well…uh…they’re libs, they don’t to explain themselves to people like us.
Isn’t it funny that they accuse Sarah Palin of being anti-woman simply because she disagrees with them? This would also seem to fly in the face of the other left wing axiom of thinking for oneself. I guess “thinking for yourself” is lib-speak for “agreeing with everything we say and want”.
Palin herself is a member of Feminists For Life. In fact, she is so pro life that she is against the practice even in cases of rape and incest – a pretty extreme position even for a pro lifer. None of this independence has won her any quarter with “real” feminists. So much for women being able to do and think anything they want.
Instead the “real” feminists are looking to support a candidate who the establishment installed in the ultimate job pass over. “Real” feminists are supporting a candidate who (as far as I can tell, our media didn’t seem to think the story should be reported) was nominated by a secret vote in hotel rooms in Denver. What happened to all of those liberal calls for “sunshine” in our government? Bizarre that the media which loves giving away our military secrets didn’t demand to be let in. But I guess since it was done for “the people” it’s okay to ignore a few principles.
And despite all of these indignities, the “real” feminists still back the old boys. The wonders never cease. The same bunch pledging not to vote for the same “old white man” are now going to give their support to Biden. It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.