Posted on 09/02/2008 10:26:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Forget about Gov. Sarah Palin.
Seventeen-year-old Bristol Palin is better qualified than Barack Obama to be president of the United States in at least one respect: Figuring out when a baby gets human rights is apparently not above her pay grade.
For better or for worse, John McCain's gutsy appointment of Sarah Palin, a 44-year-old mother of five signals a new era for women in America and perhaps the world.
Being a powerful woman poses special difficulties: Americans may pretend to enjoy (or aspire to) racial blindness, but not gender blindness. Women leaders must forge personal strategies for combining "feminine" with "powerful" even while living in a society like ours that pays lip service to the idea that gender doesn't matter anymore.
Newsflash: Of course it does. Sex is one of the more consistently powerful forces in the human psyche, and both men and women notice whether someone is female or male.
Generally, powerful female politicians fall into one of two archetypes: They are either Margaret Thatchers or Indira Gandhis.
Indira Ghandis come to power through their female family role, not in spite of it. They rise as daughters or wives in powerful political families to become mother figures -- playing off the "lady bountiful" ideal in traditional societies.
Margaret Thatchers are post-sexual figures. They're tough old biddies whose days as wives and mothers seem well behind them. Schoolmarms, crones -- they are classic female authority figures who can be trusted to exercise power "like men" because their disturbing and complicating female sexual persona has largely dissipated.
Hillary Clinton, as a pathbreaking female presidential candidate, struggled to combine both archetypes, and I think largely successfully. Hillary forged a way for a woman to appear tough and powerful enough to be president without altogether losing her female "brand."
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
“Bristol Palin for President” wth?
Any person that has bought a condom can tell you when life begins.
“Any person that has bought a condom can tell you when life begins.”
I like that... Did you make it up?
Sarah Palin’s youngest child has the exact same amount of executive experience as Joe Biden and Barack Obama combined.
I pray that the living hell the Dems have put this family through, will blow up in their ugly faces.
But feel free to spread it as far as you can.
Tuck that killer line away for the debates. Whoa...
And is cuter than both of them combined as well!
the infowarrior
A pioneer woman is a traditional figure. She stands beside her man -- not at war with him. She takes care of her home and her community. If her man is around, maybe she lets him kill the bear. But if he falls, or fails, she picks up the rifle and gets the job done, whatever the job is that needs to be done.
Is THIS why they are so frightened of her, and trying to destroy her? In this "new" archetype, modern feminism is cast aside by classical feminism. A major perceived dependency supposedly filled by the Democrat Party is debunked. Women can again be women.
Wasn’t it originally a Peggy Noonan quote?
It's priceless, prescient, and spot on no matter who said it.
Im just waiting for the post game mudslinging after the Dems lose. Its going to be hilarious... “If I dont win, everyone in America is a racist” - Barakh Hussein Obama
Khan Noonien Singh?
Bristol for President, 2028 ... I think I can dig that.
God help us..
If I had to make the choice between her and Obama I’d actually go with Bristol Palin.
I sure hope that Bristol comes through this mess alright....it sure is a rough break for the poor girl. And it would be terrible if her mom lost and she blamed herself for it....we can’t let that happen!
McCain/Palin !! Contribute, take people to the polls, crawl over broken glass...do whatever it takes.
From her August 22nd WSJ column:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121935481067161515.html?mod=todays_columnists
Great line. That cannot be said enough.
Let’s not get carried away here. What Bristol and her “fiance” did was wrong. Maggie Gallagher shouldn’t be celebrating. These things happen, they made the right decision on the baby, but frankly if I were in the Palins shoes I would leave both Bristol and her fiance at home for the convention.
The contrast between how the Palins handle this and Obama who has stated that he would not his girls burdened with a baby is crystal clear. Heck, he would allow it to be killed even after it was delivered.
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