Cintra Wilson, a San Francisco playwright relocated to New York,
perfectly expresses in Salon.com the incoherent rage of the
bicoastal elite:
Sarah Palin is a bit comical, like one of those
cutthroat Texas cheerleader stage moms. What her Down syndrome baby
and pregnant teenage daughter unequivocally prove, however, is that
her most beloved child is the antiabortion platform that ensures
her own political ambitions with the conservative right. The throat
she's so hot to cut is that of all American women. . . .
As a woman who does not believe what Palin believes, the thought of
such an opportunistic anti-female in the White House -- in the
Cheney chair, no less -- is akin to ideological brain rape. What
this Republican blowup doll does with her own insides in accord
with her own faith is her business. But, like the worst and most
terrifying of religious extremists, she seems very comfortable with
the idea of imposing her own views on everyone else.
The Sarah Palin of Wilson's imagination, of course, bears no
resemblance to the actual Sarah Palin. What is fascinating is
Wilson's radical feminist conception of true womanhood -- "I abort,
therefore I am" -- that necessarily renders Palin as an unwoman, a
"Republican blowup doll" or, as Wilson also calls her, "a Christian
Stepford wife."
topics:
Sarah Palin, Business, Abortion
