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So, I asked Mrs. Schlafly -- you don't really think she's ever called Ms. Schlafly? -- when might this country elect a woman president?
"I don't see it happening because I don't see one coming up the line in either party," she said. Democrat Hillary Clinton lost to Barack Obama because "people don't want to elect a feminist because they are not likeable. You have to be likeable to be elected." She paused a moment before musing that "the best route is probably being a governer," never mind that at this moment, "the pickings among [women] governors are very slim."
Ditto, apparently, among female ex-governors. "Sarah Palin is the total package. She's got a cute husband. She's got a lot of kids."

But is she ready to be president? "I don't think so."

Old Phyllis Schlafly (and in her case, I really mean 'old') is a legendary conservative warrior princess and the movement owes a lot to her tireless efforts, but she is dead wrong in this case. I can't think of many substantive policy issues where Schlafly would disagree with Palin.

Therefore, I suspect the differences must be petty and superficial - maybe Phylis always imagined the female trailblazer to the White House would be her, and she just can't cope with that fact as she faces the final curtain in her bitter later years.