Posted on 01/15/2007 9:20:14 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
It's official: Feminism is dead. And it was a liberal who killed it.
The crime scene was Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., last week.
Dr. Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. Secretary of State and perhaps the most accomplished woman in world politics today, was patiently sitting through another session of anti-war Democrats playing for the cameras.
It was Barbara Boxer's turn, the leftist Senator from California.
Boxer and Rice were talking about Iraq. They disagree on things -- that's fine. There are reasonable arguments for America to defend Iraq, and there are reasonable arguments for America to pull out. But that's not how Boxer approached it.
Boxer was flustered by Rice -- a multilingual PhD, former head of Stanford University, concert pianist and Russian expert. Out of arguments, Boxer degenerated into sneers: "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family," she said. "So who pays the price? The American military and their families."
Of all the arguments the Democrats can muster to oppose Rice, of all the facts and figures and logic, the best they can do is point out Rice is a single woman with no kids in the military.
This, from the party that claims to be feminist?
Boxer herself has no family in the armed forces. Does that disqualify her from having an opinion on the subject? Of course not; like Canada, the U.S. military is overseen by civilians. That means most political decision-makers won't be soldiers. Frankly, it's an odd complaint from a peacenik Democrat.
It was a foolish attack that said more about Boxer than it did about Rice, who brushed it off with typical calm.
"At the time, I just found it a bit confusing, frankly," Rice said. "But in retrospect, gee, I thought single women had come further than that. That the only question is are you making good decisions because you have kids?"
Now imagine, for a moment, if the roles had been reversed. Imagine if it had been a Republican who had attacked a Democrat because she was a single woman -- a black single woman, to boot.
The charges of sexism would have come fast and furious -- and, probably, charges of racism, too.
The Republican leadership would have been pressured to remove Boxer from any position of authority. She would have been forced to resign, and every other Republican would have been pressured to denounce her.
Are you skeptical? Well, that's exactly what happened to Republican Sen. Trent Lott a few years back for a much milder comment than Boxer made. The media went into a firestorm until they had claimed Lott's scalp.
Not so for Boxer. As a liberal Democrat, she can say and do anything -- even racist and sexist things -- because she gets a free pass from fellow liberals in the media. The end -- embarrassing the Republicans -- justify the means. Rudeness to conservative women and minorities is particularly vicious, since they're regarded by liberals as sex- and race-traitors for leaving the leftist plantation.
Bill Clinton was a serial sexual harasser, but America's feminist organizations kept quiet about him for eight years. Now Barbara Boxer has made a single woman's lifestyle choice a national political punching bag.
They prove the obvious: Political correctness only applies to conservatives. Next time leftists talk about standing up for women, or blacks, remember Boxer's insult.
Next story: Stick to reporting
fyi
At times, liberals appear not to have any principles, including feminist ones. It's whatever is politically expedient at the time.
I'm not holding my breath on this one. Liberals are held to ethical rules as much as the nazis were. And yes, I compare the two frequently. They're similar political movements.
No mercy for the heretics.
I thought we were all told by the libs not to question other people's lifestyles.
Single woman, Republican, serving her country, no children = BAD
Having children out of wedlock and expecting guberment to support you = GOOD
In her next act, Babs will go on the Senate floor and start crying because the right-wing media is picking on her.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The silence from NOW is deafening.
One can be exploited for political gain, one can't.
Appear??
Liberals have NO PRINCIPLES, morals or values. It is all about power and getting it at any cost, whether that would be lying, cheating, stealing, killing, back stabbing, etc.
Just yesterday Mrs. Wasp was askin, "Since Boxer has never served in the danged military, how can she be questionin anythang about what our military is doin ta carry out the Department of State's policies anywhere in the world?"
Plus she said that Boxer is settin a bad precedent for Barney "My Boy Lollipop" Frank in the other house of govermint!!!
Plus she shouldn't be beatin up blacks this close to MLK day, anaways!!!
Ya know... back in the olden days in the Senate lobby... a lobbyist would walk up to a Senator and insert an index finger in the Senators suit jacket buttonhole to kinda keep the Senator's attention and keep him from wanderin off somewheres. They called that "buttonholing" back in the day!
Nowadays, with wimmin bein Senatorial, ya cain't say stuff like that and it would be even worse to say that if Barney Frank ever makes it over into the Senate, don'tcha think???
Liberalism is a mental disorder. We don't have to prove it. They do everything they can every day to prove it.
It's a perpetual embarrassment to California that this Boxer creature is a United States Senator.
And you won't hear the NOW hags complaining about it
You beat me! You are right on the money. The big-time democrats knew when they ran Clinton the firt time what he was; the second time all democrats knew what he was. And they all voted for him early and often anyway. Just watch the show they put on with Obama.
That they don't think right has a direct connection to the reason they don't act right.
Don't tell anyone- But Gov. Arnold has his eye on
the US Senate (closer to Ted)..and will run against
Boxer... JK
To be honest, I might actually consider voting for Arnold if it means he'll send Boxer back to her Marin Co. hot tub.
After all, what does Condi Rice know about children dying from terrorism?
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