Posted on 10/07/2008 1:31:24 AM PDT by markomalley
"If Sarah Palin is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, so am I!"
These words spoken by my friend Janet were true. But Janet hasn't put herself in Palin's position by running for office. She's made films and renovated houses, cushioned by inherited money. And since she doesn't have any kids, it's hard to say what would have gotten in the way if she'd wanted to be in politics. She didn't, though, any more than 99% of my women friends and acquaintances; she believes in cultivating one's own garden.
Most women I've talked with about Palin--all certified members of either the media elite or the just plain elite--take her nomination personally. Their animus isn't explained just by her politics; none of them hate Condoleezza Rice, though they disagree with most everything she's done. Nor, for that matter, do they even dislike John McCain. Typically they "respect" McCain but find him too old or too erratic or simply adore Obama.
It's as though Palin were an average girl from their boarding school class--or, frankly, from the public school down the road--who unexpectedly won a big prize. "Why not me?" is the subtext, and it's one I've never heard from men talking about male politicians. Many New Yorkers hate George Bush, for instance, and say similar things about his and Palin's lack of intellectual capability and curiosity about the wider world. But they don't view him as a personal rival.
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The lesson of Sarah Palin for privileged women is to try harder. And that may be the hardest one to hear.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
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Writers, intellectuals, artists.....elitist code for non-producers. They view themselves as the intelligentsia who know what is best for us rubes. And I find them decidedly self-obsessed and boring.
Nah, they were 4 games under .500 this year.
Great observation.
> Nah, they were 4 games under .500 this year.
(big grin!) Don’t let Chuck Norris hear you say that!
Notice this, in general,
that wealthy libs (”elite”) didn’t have to work very hard for what they have.
Again, I’ll state - wealthy libs haven’t had to work hard for what they have. Otherwise, they’d be conservatives.
Sarah’s life is a living indictment of these “elites’” petty little existance.
She doesn’t have to say a word of condemnation, she just has to BE.
My ability and premier accomplishment was raising two children who love their country. Are the first to help a friend in desperate straits, who give their best in every situation.
Son served in the US military and continues to take the time to visit the old veterans.
Both do community service and are the first to offer a hand up when needed.
Please don’t speak for me.
Women are their own worst enemies.
Now I'm confused. Since you say that your original statement didn't apply to you, how can there possibly be any "we" to whom it applies? "We" is generally understood to mean "myself and others."
Congratulations on successful child-rearing. There is no more important accomplishment.
Proof of your point, from the comments to the article on Forbes.com:
"Sarah Palin's governorship only demeans Alaska and all the hunters, inebriated fisher-folk and Inuit who elected her to that office."
Time for hair cut ..............yuck
She could use a visit to Sarah Palin’s hairdresser :-).
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