the liberal women are obviously showing their dementia. Sarah is everything they have been screaming about for decades. a mother, with a successful career. a successful woman in a male dominated profession. oh wait I forgot, she is a conservative. that disqualifies her. silly me. my bad.
On Sep 11, 6:50 am, mike532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Goebbels and Prescott Bush's friend Hitler would have been proud of > you for posting this rather obvious propoganda piece > > On Sep 11, 6:04 am, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro > Why Feminists Fear > Strong Women > > By James Lewis > > > "I assume John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential partner > > in a fit of pique because the Republican money men refused to let him have > > the stuffed male shirt he really wanted. She added nothing to the ticket > > that the Republicans didn't already have sewn up, the white trash vote, the > > demographic that sullies America's name ... yet has such a curious appeal > > for the right." > > > That delicious tidbit comes from a Canadian feminist named Heather Mallick, > > who writes for the tax-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Mallick is > > a career "journalist" for the CBC and other major Canadian media. She has > > decided to blame Governor Sarah Palin on "the white trash vote" -- because > > it's obvious that trash attracts trash. > > > This just another little tribute from sneering, caterwauling, > > traditional-woman-hating feminists all over the Western world. (With the > > wonderful exception of Camille Paglia.) > > > Aye, 'tis a grand sight to behold. > > > Governor Sarah Palin is Everywoman -- she is your mother, your sister or > > your wife; even your grandmothers and great-grandmothers, going back > > generations. She is a normal strong, healthy woman. Just as in Lake > > Woebegon, in reality all normal women are strong. > > > For decades we've been told that half the human population -- the female > > half -- are somehow weak, oppressed victims, who cannot handle the normal > > challenges of life. Those are not the women you or I know. Normal women > > are incredibly strong; that's how evolution, or if you prefer God, made > > them; they are hardly pushovers or pitiable weaklings. Weaklings perish > > over the generations. The strong survive. > > > All too often modern women have been suckered and bamboozled by a lifetime > > of Leftist agitprop, which has turned their strengths into weaknesses. But > > it's 100% hogwash. > > > Hillary Clinton has based her whole political career on the Myth of the > > Victimized Woman. Feminists who run our schools and colleges are always > > trying to push that story to naive students, just like the young Hillary of > > forty years ago, who was indoctrinated at Wellesley College. Even perfectly > > normal women have come to believe it. > > > But ask yourself: How many weakling women have you ever known? I've known > > very few, and I suspect those few learned to behave that way for sympathy. > > Just put them on a jungle island and soon they'd be swinging through the > > trees like Jane of the Jungle. > > > "Weak" women are a figment of the Left, just like "weak" black people or > > "weak" poor people. Those folks never used to be weaklings, until the media > > made them think they were. With the unanimous help of mainstream radio and > > TV you can talk yourself into feeling you're a victim of circumstances, > > just as under better influences you can talk yourself into feeling strong. > > > But the media don't celebrate winners in life. (Wonder why?) > > > Comes along Sarah Palin, a strong, joyous, normal woman, who doesn't mind > > it if the world knows who she is, and shatters the weakling stereotype just > > by being herself. What a blast! And the voters, who know from personal > > experience exactly how strong women really are, are just recognizing their > > mothers and sisters and aunts in Governor Palin. > > > That's not "white trash." It's not "lipstick on a pig," as Obama wittily > > told his adoring audience a few days ago. It's normal, healthy behavior --- > > in fact, it's pretty much like Michelle Obama, who is also a strong woman > > (but bitterly angry, for some unfathomable reason). > > > So why do Leftist feminists fear Sarah Palin? Because their personal > > ego-trips and their political power depend upon The Big Lie. Like all > > Leftists, feminists desperately need to feel superior to the rest of us. > > That makes them feel good about themselves. For some Lesbian feminists I've > > known there is another, even more personal feeling: An intense sense of > > sexual competition with men. If you believe that all men are evil abusers, > > Lesbians are the logical refuge for women. The edge of manic rage that > > marks a lot of feminism seems to owe quite a lot to sexual jealousy, one of > > the most destructive of human emotions. > > > So there's a lot riding on the Myth of Female Weakness, from ego, to sexual > > passions, to deliberately cultivated group rage, to money and career > > ambitions. Without the Myth a rage-driven feminist like Heather Mallick > > would not have a high-paid career with the government-own broadcaster in > > socialist Canada. All the feminist professors who were hired to create > > "gender balance" in our schools and colleges, all the Ms. Magazine writers, > > all the media ladies, the affirmative action bureaucrats and victimology > > peddlers would lose the only career they know. A huge amount of money, > > prestige, snobbery, influence, ego, rage and sexual passion rides on the > > feminist myth. > > > Sarah Palin shatters their reasons for being. > > > Once a majority of normal women decide they are not victims at all, Leftist > > feminism is a goner. Which would be a good thing, overall, because the > > important thing is not some "ism" -- particularly not a destructive one -- > > but human beings, regardless of gender, race and all the other incidentals. > > Humanity is greater than feminism. It's greater than any race, creed, > > color, and any of those other cut and paste categories beloved of the Left. > > > One of my favorite books is Mario Puzo's The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965). > > (Yes, that Mario Puzo.) It's the story of his Neapolitan mother, and many > > another woman of her generation. The book's heroine is named Lucia Santa. > > Mamma Santa's life is incredibly touching because she is not 'fortunate' at > > all -- not to our way of thinking. But she is a stout pilgrim through life, > > in so many senses of that word. Lucia Santa was not as well-to-do as we > > are; she was not well-educated; she was an Italian immigrant along with her > > husband, who became psychotic and lived rest of his life in an asylum. Her > > immigrant experience is like that of many first-generation Americans, > > including today's Hispanics and Asians. > > > As Wikipedia notes, > > > "(The Fortunate Pilgrim) deals with the Angeluzzi-Corbos family, a > > family of immigrants living an adopted life in New York City. The head of > > the family is Lucia Santa, a wife, widow and mother of two families. It is > > her formidable will that steers them through the Great Depression and the > > early years of World War II. But she cannot prevent the conflict between > > Italian and American values, or the violence and bloodshed which must > > surely follow." > > ... > > > "The Fortunate Pilgrim is the real birthplace of The Godfather. As Puzo > > says, the book's hero, Lucia Santa, is based on his own mother: > > > "Whenever the Godfather opened his mouth, in my own mind I heard the > > voice of my mother. I heard her wisdom, her ruthlessness, and her > > unconquerable love for her family and for life itself. ... The Don's > > courage and loyalty came from her; his humanity came from her...and so, I > > know now, without Lucia Santa, I could not have written The Godfather." > > > Lucia Santa lived a life of immense suffering and joy, loss and triumph. > > Her pilgrimage was to carry on in the new land with her children, to deal > > with their troubles and triumphs, and to be a tower of strength to her > > family and neighbors. Her son Mario became a great success as a novelist. > > But we become who we are from our parents and grandparents, aunts and > > uncles and brothers and sisters; yes, and our friends and teachers; > > sometimes we do it consciously, and more often not. > > > That's the traditional woman -- who we are told, on great feminist > > authority -- was always a "weakling" before feminist ideologues came along > > to rescue her. That is your grandmother and mine, down the generations, > > just as it is your grandfather and mine. > > > Nobody told them they were weaklings. So they never knew it. > > > "We stand on the shoulders of giants," as a more grateful age used to say. > > > Maybe it's time to bring back that old truth. > > > James Lewis occasionally blogs at dangeroustimes.wordpress.com > > > Page Printed > > from:http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/why_feminists_fear_strong_wome... > > at September 11, 2008 - 06:02:08 AM EDT --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
