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All Power to the Palin

9.26.08 @ 12:01AM

NAIL ON THE HEAD
Re: Judah Friedman's Palinism's Threat to Feminism:

Thank you! You nailed it! I am so amazed at the wonderful writing that this campaign has inspired, yours being at the top of the list! Isn't it grand to get people stirred up!
-- Wanda

Thank you so much for this well thought out article. My opinion is that is truly the reason for much of the hatred shown Governor Palin. I'm emailing it to my friends.
-- cb

Wow, you hit the nail on the head with this article; it's exactly what I felt and why these left-wing women are so upset.

It exposes them for who they really are: a bunch of cackling birds bitching and moaning.

This is what gives women a bad name and makes people think "we are all alike."

Now I see the truth, we aren't all alike, we just needed someone to appear that is MORE like we really, are which is a strong, confident, able sex that can actually have it all and not bitch!

Thank you so much for this article.
-- Joni Ramm
Burbank, California

This article written by Judah Friedman is heroic. He has described what I believe most women will understand about Sarah Palin. It is true that she has some different points of view but women who have the approachable nature that she appears to have will open themselves up to debate and can change their points of view. It's well known that women will talk for hours to understand an issue. That's why Oprah is so popular.

The feminist movement during my day had an underlying theme that despised male dominance in decision-making in world affairs and on the home front. Now most of that type of confrontation has disappeared and women are more willing to engage with men as an equal. Men have also been willing to listen.

In Hollywood and the Feminist movement perhaps Sarah reminds then of the projected image of a character they aspired to and since they could not embrace that image it is frightening to them because they understand the characteristics that give women power and Sarah has all those characteristics and then has seamlessly moved into a space dominated by men.
-- Christine K.

In light of Mr. Friedman's take on Sarah Palin and L.A.'s hysterical feminists, I call attention to the agony of Ms. Michelle Cottle, a senior editor at the New Republic, a journal of ethereal political conviction. In an article published a few weeks ago, Cottle burst forth this way:

Of course, these days, the feminist mantle is claimed by pro-life conservatives and pro-choice progressives alike. Palin herself is a proud member of Feminists for Life. Feminism seems no longer to denote a particular set of values or ideological agenda; it is merely a label appropriated to proclaim that one is committed to the best interests of women -- whatever one believes those to be. Thus far, there's no reason to doubt that Palin devoutly believes her hard-core conservatism is right for women. A McCain-Palin White House, however, would spell only trouble for women's rights. [Italics added, with great delight.]

Such bluster is the sweetest aspect of Palin's presence in the race. It pours forth, day after day, from people on the verge of hysteria. They know that within the public's response to Palin lies an easy rejection of the left's chronic dishonesty. Feminism is to them merely one shade of a lipstick applied to their ideal porcin, which labors to establish a vaguely socialist, vaguely anarchist, entirely incoherent dystopia. It's refreshing to hear them fess up to it, day after day.

All power to the Palin! Write on!
-- Edmund Dantes
Coshocton, Ohio

SHOT IN THE FOOT
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s The Taranto Principle:

Franklin Roosevelt was a governor, and Al Capone was a community organizer.
-- Steve Spaay

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