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Call Me 'Anti-Woman'
Fox News ^ | 12/04/01 | Wendy McElroy

Posted on 12/04/2001 9:36:51 AM PST by ArGee

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:31:46 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Some feminists are dissing Laura Bush and the Bush administration's recent support of the Afghan women.

Gloria Steinem is taking potshots about the difference between the "rhetoric" and "reality" of advocacy and claiming that the Bush policies may amount to "gender apartheid." New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd calls the support "hollow."


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Siddiq's opinion of Hillary? "She cannot defend her own rights against her husband. How can she defend the rights of my country?"

Excellent analysis and a priceless quote. Why can outsiders see what's going on here better than the natives?

Shalom.

1 posted on 12/04/2001 9:36:51 AM PST by ArGee
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To: *Hillary
Bump
2 posted on 12/04/2001 9:39:11 AM PST by ArGee
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To: ArGee
It tickles me to no end that Senator Cottage Cheese Ankles is p*ssed off and jealous of the Lovely Laura Bush.

Heh-heh-heh-heh..........

3 posted on 12/04/2001 9:42:11 AM PST by RooRoobird14
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To: RooRoobird14
It tickles me to no end that Senator Cottage Cheese Ankles is p*ssed off and jealous of the Lovely Laura Bush.

It tickles me even more that she has no idea why Mrs. Bush is so well respected.

At my kids' schools there is one teacher who is very popular and one teacher who wants to be. The popular teacher is popular because she is a good teacher who really likes her students. She doesn't do anything to try to be liked other than to do her job as well as she knows how and take a natural interest in her students.

The less popular teacher (LPT) is really jealous of the popular teacher. LPT is doing everything she can to displace the popular teacher except learn to teach better and take a natural interest in the students. LPT tries to badmouth the other teacher. She tries to give the students a break. She tries to befriend them outside of class. She and Hillary just don't get it.

Before they can like you they have to respect you. And they know the difference between someone worthy of respect and a prostitute trying to sell themselves for profit.

Shalom.

4 posted on 12/04/2001 9:46:31 AM PST by ArGee
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To: ArGee
"It tickles me even more that she has no idea why Mrs. Bush is so well respected."

You'd think it would be so easy considering Hillary is the most intelligent woman on the earth wouldn't you.

5 posted on 12/04/2001 9:49:52 AM PST by marajade
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To: ArGee
The 'Thing' hate L. Bush. I`m so glad that this issue is p****** her off.
6 posted on 12/04/2001 9:54:36 AM PST by vladog
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To: ArGee
The 'Thing' hates L. Bush. I`m so glad that this issue is p****** her off.
7 posted on 12/04/2001 9:55:00 AM PST by vladog
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To: ArGee
Gloria Steinem is taking potshots about the difference between the "rhetoric" and "reality" of advocacy . . .

Sort of like the difference between the "rhetoric" and the "reality" of feminists who b!tched about sexual harassment on a daily basis for years, but disappeared into the muck of their own political agenda when Bill Clinton was faced with a very credible rape allegation.

8 posted on 12/04/2001 9:58:05 AM PST by Alberta's Child
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More seriously, Eleanor Smeal, the president of Feminist Majority, draws parallels between the Taliban and domestic violence in America.

Why are ther top FemiNAZI whores named Elenor? Roosevelt, Cliff and now Smeal. Just by her name she sounds like a whiner....ah winner!

9 posted on 12/04/2001 10:02:17 AM PST by Bommer
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To: ArGee
Excellent article in my opinion.

"The left wing of feminism is desperate to own this issue".

AND

"But feminist advocates are unwilling to share the moral high ground".

Only liberals are compassionate, don’t you know? They can’t stand it when a Conservative actually cares about women or better yet, as any influence on public thought. Their sanctimony is nauseating to me.

(Yes, I’m new. Howdy. I love Laura Bush! She’s my old governors wife).

10 posted on 12/04/2001 10:02:23 AM PST by SpookBrat
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To: ArGee
Gloria Steinem, Maureen Dowd, Hillary Clinton and oh so many others of their ilk are in a quandry now that Bill "Caligua" Clinton is no longer president.

They have no one to give "lip" service to.

These amoralist bimbos will whail, whine and moan like nymphomaniacs with homosexual husbands until another perverted "Caligula" comes to the presidency.

11 posted on 12/04/2001 10:04:00 AM PST by G.Mason
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Where were they when their favorite rapist was sexually harassing women subordinate to him? They were lining up to praise and defend the creep.
12 posted on 12/04/2001 10:05:22 AM PST by FITZ
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"Why can outsiders see what's going on here better than the natives?"

Well...shooting from the hip?
I'd have to say that'd be due to our being a good-deal more screwed-up than they are?

...just a guess.

13 posted on 12/04/2001 10:09:56 AM PST by Landru
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**Why are ther top FemiNAZI whores named Elenor? Roosevelt, Cliff and now Smeal. Just by her name she sounds like a whiner....ah winner!**

That's because if they weren't feminists, they'd go by "Ellie" or their middle name.

I find most women who go by "Judith" to be humorless feminists. Most who go by "Judy" are not....

14 posted on 12/04/2001 10:14:58 AM PST by Tall_Texan
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To: ArGee
The largest bone of contention I have with the schools now is that the teachers that I would see in the halls and classrooms were Nazi-like in demeanor and in the way they talked to and acted with the kids. They showed meanness, sarcasm, intimidation, and didn't show any respect for the kids. And then complained that the kids showed no respect for them. I think teaching civil behavior has to come from the top down. Your comments reminded me of that.

The liberal feminists don't want equality, they want to pronounce themselves as superior, if just for a little while. They do this in their magazines, and think they can increase their stature by belittling men. What's equal in that? And androgyny doesn't exist in the sense that I'm using it--as an attitude.

15 posted on 12/04/2001 11:04:54 AM PST by RJayneJ
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... and, just to be fair, ones named "Bubbles" are, perhaps, the most fun of all... ;0)

tee hee

16 posted on 12/04/2001 11:13:52 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks
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To: Alberta's Child
Sort of like the difference between the "rhetoric" and the "reality" of feminists who b!tched about sexual harassment on a daily basis for years, but disappeared into the muck of their own political agenda when Bill Clinton was faced with a very credible rape allegation.

Well, you know, as Al Gore said, people make mistakes. And even if Bill Clinton did rape her, he's done so much good, you know, that you can sort of overlook that mistake. I'm sure Gloria Steinham would agree.

Actually, that would be a good way to reduce the overcrowded conditions in our jails. We should have all the rapists do community service, then be let out of jail when the community service is over. Sounds like a good idea, don't you think? </sarcasm>

Shalom.

17 posted on 12/04/2001 11:18:03 AM PST by ArGee
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They can?t stand it when a Conservative actually cares about women or better yet, as any influence on public thought.

And it really gripes their cookies when a Conservative achieves results.

Results? What's that? Once the photo-op is over the issue is resolved, isn't it?

NOT

From a former Houston relative - welcome to FR.

Shalom.

18 posted on 12/04/2001 11:21:26 AM PST by ArGee
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To: Landru
I'd have to say that'd be due to our being a good-deal more screwed-up than they are?

And when you consider that "they" are from a so-called third-world country, that really says something, doesn't it?

Shalom.

19 posted on 12/04/2001 11:22:46 AM PST by ArGee
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To: RJayneJ
They showed meanness, sarcasm, intimidation, and didn't show any respect for the kids.

Good call. IMO: The opposite extreme is just as bad - trying to befriend the kids. You don't need to be their jailor and you don't need to be their buddy. Neither will gain respect. The students will respect someone who tries to teach them as an adult teacher to a youth student. Any attempt at any other relationship is bound to lead to grief.

Shalom.

20 posted on 12/04/2001 11:25:02 AM PST by ArGee
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