Posted on 03/25/2020 5:50:44 AM PDT by Kaslin
Our eyes have become accustomed to the visual clichés of the media. The male news anchor is a man of expertise and experience paired with a promising young woman who is smart but not yet accomplished. He has the gravitas of a person at the pinnacle of his career and she has the sex appeal of a vibrant young woman who has potential and promise, but is not yet proven. He is in his 60s and she is in her early to mid-30s. Around the conference table are men who are immediately recognizable; they are male leaders known for their experience and position. The two or three women are beautiful young aspiring leaders who obviously have the potential of “going somewhere” in their careers, but, alas, they are not yet seasoned by experience; they haven’t yet really earned their place at the table! We’ve all rejoiced at the sight of a few women around the President at the famous Resolute desk in the Oval Office and at the increasing visibility of colorful dresses among the dark suits, but the disparity of gravitas between the women and men has become more and more glaring.
Then, along comes the coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Deborah L. Birx. At 63 years-of-age, Dr. Birx has earned significant credentials and she carries herself as a woman of distinction and expertise. She exudes gravitas – effortlessly, simply as part and parcel of what her years of diligence and hard work have shaped her to be.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
...and then cite the site, so we can go there too.
Stifle yourself.
Reminds me of Peggy Noonan with the wardrobe.
She’s a very accomplished woman. Penn State Hershey, Colonel, Walter Reed, NIH. From Pa.;-). All good.
Pfffft! Some YouTube dipsht is your source? Sorry, not buying it. What’s that thing about “lying eyes”?
It's always nice to see competent career women performing at the highest level. In entrepreneurial high tech firms, where the rise to the top is based on merit, the women I've seen rise to the top are impressive.
It’s neither feminine nor masculine. It is intellectual gravitas.
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Yes, Birx and Trump have intellectual gravitas.
Biden has intellectual malarkey-tas.
Gravitas is important.
I was a bit disappointed in the new Surgeon General.......his lack of gravitas is noticeable.
FWIW, Amazing Polly has about as much credibility on the Q boards as Mitt Romney does here. Beware of “Paytriots” is the general theme. My god the slide arguments over her there...might as well cite Austin whats-his-face.
When Dr. Birx was introduced at a press conference it was right after the Left was bitching and moaning about lack of diversity. Mrs. jimfree and I just laughed. Not only had PDJT placed a woman on the team, he got the most qualified woman in the damned world!
Trump has had pressers where the stage included 2 women, 2 black Americans and one Hispanic. The people bitching about this haven’t been watching.
Hope you're having a nice time in quarantine as the world reads about the truth.
Let's all watch as the Hollywood elites AGE before our very eyes. What larks!
Either a brilliant insight or complete BS. You will need to defend your assertion in order for your readers to decide.
Diligence and hard work puts fear in the hearts of the democrats it’s a kill switch for free lunch agenda.
She is a fine example of diligence and hard work.
I urge you to do the same.
sartorial serenity
Oooooh, I’ve been looking for a term to describe
how I dress...
She’s from Pennsylvania not Bayou La Batre
She’s in her “early to mid-30’s” ?
BTW what kind of shoes is she wearing?
I ‘reread’ the opening as I also thought ‘they’ were trying to ‘convince’ us she (Birx) was in her mid 30s...(she has frown lines older than that)
ANYHOW, what the article is referring to-early on-is the ‘typical news anchor & anchorette....
(that is ‘advising’ us and telling US what the person just spent an hour telling us...)
Got to fill up that air time when one is a 24/7/365(6) news outlet....
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