Posted by
Matthew on Saturday, September 06, 2008 5:54:02 AM
Winston Churchill said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life."
I was reading an opinion piece from the NY Times online. I apologize; I know each hit on their site just encourages them, but sometimes I can't help myself. The piece was written by Judith Warner, and was attacking (drum roll please) the nomination of Sarah Palin as insulting to women.
Hardly news, right?
I saw an entirely new reason presented for women to hate Gov. Palin. Warner says that it is shameful that the discussion of a female candidate has devolved to her childcare needs and breast pumps.
I agree that is shameful. But who was it that started that discussion? Let's rebuild the time line.
Palin is announced on Friday, August 29th, before noon.
Within the hour, the Obama campaign announces its disapproval of McCain's selection of a person whose experience is that of a "small-town mayor." Stop giggling. I know, she's a governor. I know, he should never deride anyone else on "experience."
By 8:00 that night, John Major at CNN has asked about whether she is a fit mother.
By noon on Saturday, most of the media has figured out the experience thing goes in a direction they should avoid, so they focus on the "bad mother" angle.
To be fair, some were asking legit questions about Palin's record and her stand on national-level issues. To those who focused there, thanks for doing your job.
But it was the press that made her family's recent and pending maternities an issue.
So now feminists are supposed to be mad at Palin because some members of the press are mysogynysts.
The whole thing makes me dizzy.