Posted on 11/16/2009 7:46:51 PM PST by ventanax5
Yeah, and we are constantly inundated with images of 0bama in grungy tshirts gyming it or b-balling it and he is president. But, that's COOL.
There is always this undercurrent of housewives in the conservative movement who want everyone to choose the path they chose. I think they somewhat feel belittled by women who have chosen both family and career. The beauty is we now have choice and both come with price tags.
...in the tradition of Susan Collins.
Whenever I see this bull excrement; I quit reading.
Some women just do not like other women who have a “D personality”. Sarah Palin is a “D”. I’ve been married to one for 37 years. The “Three week thing” just made me smile.
Under yet another personality assessment framework, the Type D Personality is “D for Driven,” with a very aggressive, outgoing, decisive attitude. Type D’s in this case are leaders, with firm ideas about how to get things done, and they often relish challenges and risks. They may also have a low tolerance for wasted time and what they perceive as frivolities, which can sometimes make them a bit intense, especially in already tense situations.
Are you allowed to be a Freeper a still think Palin shouldn’t be president? I like her, don’t get me wrong, but Governor of Alaska seems about right to me.
I don’t care if I get flamed, but I’ll say it anyway: children need their mothers. How many countless hours did Palin spend away from her kids? How could she think this isn’t damaging? You think if she was around a little more she could have influenced her daughter a little more about sex and/or birth control at least?
I’m married with 2 kids. My wife and I both work. I know it’s tough when you can’t have a parent home all the time. But we literally spend every second out of work with our kids. Everything we do is dedicated to them. When they’re in bed at night we have a little down time to ourselves, but not much.
We are both around our kids the same amount of time. But guess what? When the kids wake up at night a nightmare or other discomfort, who do they call for? “Mommy, mommy, mommy...”
I actually get jealous sometimes. But as I stated above, kids need their mothers.
Also, shoot me if you want, but I just don’t think she’s articulate or bright enough either. The funny thing is when you say that people on the forums jump down your throat and say “And Obama is smart enough?!”
No, he isn’t. He is just another sad example of the state of national politics. Of course he isn’t qualified. But why does that make Palin qualified?
I the 21 years I’ve been allowed to vote I’ve never voted for someone that actually inspired me or I thought was an excellent candidate. All my votes are defensive because the Democrat alternative is such a d**che bag.
I remember meeting General Norman Schwarzkopf right before I was commissioned in the Army. That guy inspired me. That guy I wanted to vote for for president. All the rest? Yeah the Republican will get my vote because the alternate just s*cks so much.
If it comes down to Palin v Obama or some other Dem *sshat, of course she’ll get my vote. But it will be cringe-worthy.
To answer your question, yes you are allowed to think Palin should not be president, but only if you think she should be Empress of the Galaxy instead.
I agree, my post was disputing the author of the piece...I thought I heard SP say she thought about abortion only after she got the medical report...the author said it was before.
Sorry roses of sharon, yep you are right! Funny, how Palin can at times not satisfy a few people on the right even though she made the right decision.
Truly amazing! :)
Here is another person I agree with.
http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/014792.html
“Laura Wood’s blog article on Sarah Palin’s appearance on Oprah Winfrey has been posted at Free Republic, and the hostility and insults directed at her by the commenters there, the Freepers, are something to behold. They would be amusing if they didn’t send the message that “conservatism” now practically means worshipful identification with Sarah of Wasilla and moronic hostility to anyone who does not share it. Which is not to say that there are not lots of people who have an irrational and wrongful hatred of Sarah Palin and seek to destroy her. And which is also not to say that one must agree with all of Laura’s assessments of Palin; I myself felt she was too tough on her in a couple of spots. But she gives reasons for her views and is not attacking Palin personally or gratuitously. By contrast, the Freepers are swinging wild, one minute comparing Laura to the liberal leaning David Frum, the next minute comparing her to Iranian mullahs, and in between calling her insulting names—as though comparing anyone to David Frum were not insult enough. The Freepers remind me of J.R. Dunn at American Thinker who has essentially demonized—essentially read out of America—all conservatives who find fault with Sarah Palin, the coming saviour of our country.”
Yes, she's a Frum-Powell Republican.
Oh please! Wood has nothing in common with those two. She is a traditionalist-conservative. She is to the right of both Frum and Powell by a good bit, and she is obviously to the right of many of the people posting here on Free Republic too.
There are other strains of Conservative thought besides RINO and Palin-Freeper, you know. I think her points are well made.
Does everyone here have unqualified support for feminism? Does no one else think that a woman with five kids, one of them a severely disabled infant, ought not to run for high office. What does "Conservative family values" mean then, exactly?
Perhaps that's why I find myself spending less time here and more over at View from the Right, where Laura Woods frequently posts.
I voted last year because Sarah was someone to vote for. NOT the cheap imitation of manhood the voters selected as their nominees. I have NO clue IF Sarah will even run. And IF she decides to run, I won't vote for her if she takes the 'spirit' of lord McCain up into her chariot.
But some people need to keep their mouths shut until there is an announcement that said person is running. And this blagger in her self righteous piousness decided she needed to hold the liberals coats when they take turns stoning Sarah.
So McCain was a “Cheap imitation of manhood”? Guess you learned that while you spent all that time with him in he Hanoi Hilton being tortured.
Are you talking about the guy who wanted to be on JFKerry pressy ticket. I DO NOT do idolatry and I do not like people who take pleasure USING the hero status at the same time poke me in the eye, year in and year OUT. And I do not like dirtworshipers, nor CAP-n-TRADERS, and I could go on and on and on.
#2489 - No woman with young children.
#2490 - Children with health problems.
#2491 - Daughter's who have sex before marriage resulting in pregnancy.
In 2008 we added divorces, age of one’s wife, religious affiliations, and more.
Please stop posting these fluff pieces on FR. It's embarrassing (to FR and you).
The "moronic hostility" is projection, windows 5.0 (ventanax5).
http://www.thinkinghousewife.com/wp/2009/11/a-confederacy-of-losers/#more-4683
At the Free Republic website, they’re calling me a loser and a jealous housewife for criticizing Palin the way I have. Look, I don’t mind others taking issue with what I’ve said and disputing the specific points. That’s to be expected. Bring it on. Let’s hash it out. But this sort of attack on my position as a housewife is so typical of the underlying disregard for traditional women. We are housewives because we lack ambition or because we are stupid or because we haven’t the ability to do other things or we’re simply lucky enough to have the money to do it. In other words, we are losers. The truth is, many of us are winners and simply worry about being forced to give it all up. Why would someone like me be jealous? I have everything an ordinary woman wants most in this world: a loving marriage, two extraordinary sons and a home I have managed and fashioned on my own. I am sovereign of my island. If I am a loser then many of the happiest women in America are losers. We make up a confederacy of contented losers.
As for whether or not a woman with five kids should be running for office -- as a conservative, I subscribe to "live and let live" and would not presume to tell you, Jack, nor anyone else, what is best for that individual family. As someone pretty observant pointed out: From the inside, no family ever seems typical.
One-size-fits-all is for liberals, not conservatives. I don't presume to tell others what's right for their family lives -- and I have high contempt for people like YOU, Jack, who would presume to tell ME what's right for mine -- because bet on it, if you feel qualified to tell Sarah what she should and shouldn't do with her life, then you feel qualified to tell me what to do with mine, too.
I know plenty of kids who grew up into wonderfully balanced, productive, moral adults whose moms always worked outside the home. That tells me that that there's a real, real good chance that you're mistaken in your assessment of causation. Which is fine -- what's NOT fine is that you presume to force your values on others in how they raise their families.
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