How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah?
When Phyllis Schlafly gives feminists a lesson in emancipation, the world is truly turned upside down—and very much for the better:
The feminist tirades against Sarah are mostly so tiresome, but one line of their complaints is really funny. After 40 years of telling wives and mothers to get out of the home (which Betty Friedan called “a comfortable concentration camp”), put their children in day care (tax-funded, of course) and join the workforce, these same feminists now tell Sarah to stay home with her children.
Sarah doesn’t need feminist approval for her lifestyle; the only person whose OK she needs for her double career as mother and politician is her husband’s, and he seems very happy with Sarah.
Sarah Palin is an exemplar of a successful, can-do woman, and the feminists simply don’t know how to deal with her. I hope she will usher in a new era where conventional wisdom recognizes that feminist negativism is ancient history and American women are so fortunate to live in the greatest country on Earth.
“The feminists simply don’t know how to deal with her”: ain’t it the truth.
Remember, when NOW recently endorsed Obama for president, they didn’t even mention Sarah Palin. His Oneness, sure; McCain, yes; even Joe Biden (who?)—but not one word about the first woman with a reasonable shot at VP (pace Ms. Ferraro). They simply ignored the 120-pound elephant with rimless glasses and a pencil skirt in the room.
What is the most common objection you hear to Sarah Palin? More common than “lack of experience” or “violent to moose”, I hear: “She scares me.”
Ring any alarm bells, feminists? How many times was Betty Friedan dismissed as scary? Or Gloria Steinem? Or Andrea Dworkin (okay, Dworkin is scary)?
Or Germaine
Greer?
Wasn’t part of the point of feminism—and every liberation movement of that time—to be scary?
And now the feminists run and hide from a woman who was born and raised more butch than they could ever hope to be?
Of course, I remember the scariest thing about feminists was their arguments. It is truly frightening to be faced with one’s own prejudice (even if one had not yet reached puberty); scarier still to have to allow for more than one way to see the world.
Your turn, NOW.
Take it from the rest of us, pretending a problem doesn’t exist is the wrong way to go. Take it from a feminist herself, Phyllis Schlafly.
ExDemocrat said,
September 21, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
All I can say is Go SARAH! Femi-nazis be damned!
Carol said,
September 21, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
It’s so embarrassing: once upon a time, I would certainly have called myself a feminist. But these women are such a bunch of wusses, I will never ever think of doing so again. Scared of Sarah indeed. Sissies.
Danney Lawler (Odanneyboy) said,
September 22, 2008 @ 2:38 am
You must understand what liberals say is never what they mean. The truth is if you are not sold out to the ideology of liberalism and need the leaders then you are tared and feathered. Feminism is only a cover because they cannot be honest about what they are really about. America rejects this flawed ideology.
julie said,
September 24, 2008 @ 12:13 am
The left is going after the wrong thing.
Sarah is a decoy. Bush is passing laws like you wouldn’t believe while the world focuses on a woman. How typical of some men and Christian women but educated men and women should not be so easily conceived.
Bush is a madman. He is seriously insane. He has spoken up many times saying it is God’s work he does when he destroys countries in war for to him he is ridding the world of evil. How many sick men will you follow to a man made end of days.
The left do not need to bring down Sarah Palin. There are enough religions and people in America who want to keep the bible in tact and the constitution. Doesn’t it make you wonder who really owns the main stream media when the truth cannot be spoken. The media is in prison if they dare speak against the Bush administration. Somewhere good must stand up against evil.
The humble will inherit the earth girls and boys. Not those with egos. You do not do God’s work if you don’t know love for your fellow man or woman.
Bush intends to destroy everything America is made from.
The left has to focus on the powers above the candidates. They need to focus on what the republicans are doing right NOW and not what they are going to do, which is nothing because the play is set in action no matter who gets in.
julie said,
September 24, 2008 @ 12:18 am
Just remember that Bush said, “My next candidate will outside of politics”.
Religion is supposed to be outside of politics.