Pro-Abort Burleigh Blows Off S. Dakota: "Dirt Vista of the Frozen American Steppe"

Huffington Post/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

by Mark Finkelstein

March 8, 2006

Nina Burleigh burst on the national scene in 1998 when, as reported by MRC here, the former Time reporter famously said of Bill Clinton: "I'd be happy to give him [oral sex] just to thank him for keeping abortion legal."

Eight years later, Burleigh still has abortion on the brain. Her current column at the Huffington Post takes South Dakota to task for recently adopting legislation that bans most abortions.

But it wasn't enough for Buleigh to criticize S. Dakota's move. She had to denigrate the state's midwestern nature with such breathtaking condescension that you'd almost think it was a parody of East Coast elitism.

Excerpts:

"Is the loneliness of the prairie and the vast dirt emptiness of the Black Hills so profoundly affecting that only the idea of more brand-new babies can relieve it?"

"The land is so ungenerous, the place so jobless, that [S. Dakota] are moving away faster than they can be replaced."

Her ultimate hit on the Mount Rushmore state came in this description of Pat Buchanan supporters she saw during a 1996 campaign stop there:

"American Gothic-styled, grim-faced men in blue overalls flanked by pairs or trios of women in long floral dresses, a local polygamist sect, apparently. These glaze-eyed, pod-women had been allowed to make the trip to the airport that afternoon to see and hear Pat, in what was surely their only voyage off the dirt vista of the frozen American steppe since their last trip to the hospital delivery room."

And they call New Yorkers snobs!

[ArrogantBustard]

Ol' Nina's got nice lips

I bet Slick Willy can't stop thinkin' about 'em.

[DakotaGator]

Just for her, I'm sure SD would be happy to pass a law to make abortion specifically retroactive. But then she would actually have to travel to SD to enact her cherished abortion "right" ;-)

[AmericanChef]

-"Is the loneliness of the prairie and the vast dirt emptiness of the Black Hills so profoundly affecting that only the idea of more brand-new babies can relieve it?"-

I'd say the writer slut is the one who's lonely; the vast emptiness of her soul is there for all to see. She's angry because of her own pathetic life. *sigh* Lefties are all depressing.

[Octar]

Since it's easier to become a snob than to become knowledgable, the intellectually lazy become snobs. They think a condescending attitude hides their ignorance.

It doesn't.

[AmericaUnite]

Truly a despicable snob.

[spikeytx86]

Not only is she a snob she is full of *hit as well,

"The land is so ungenerous, the place so jobless, that [S. Dakota] are moving away faster than they can be replaced."

From CNNMONEY.com on state by state unemployment rates

SOUTH DAKOTA 3.9%
(Gosh the horror!)

Now some liberal pro-abort states,

NEW YORK 5.1%
CALIFORNIA 5.1%
ILLINOIS 5.5%
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6.0%
MICHIGAN 6.7%

Not to mention the fact that new york is going to lose congressional seats due to people fleeing the state.

If I did not love Texas as much as I do I would love to live in a place as unforgiving and jobless as south dakota.

[CovenBuster]

"The land is so ungenerous, the place so jobless, that [S. Dakota] are moving away faster than they can be replaced."

CALIFORNIA: More people now departing state than moving here (Population trend reversing course for 1st time since '98)

(Reposted with corrected link.)

[Cecily]

Nina Burleigh = Burly ninny.

[Lancey Howard]

Great thread title!
I always remember thinking that that pig Nina Burleigh would be a very busy little Monica on Capital Hill after she finished with Clinton. Surely she would want to take care of every male pro-abortion politician and staffer in Washington.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I have to admit getting a chuckle out of my own headline. Glad you enjoyed it too!

[xp38]

Tom is sad at hearing this...