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September 4, 2008

Victor Davis Hanson: 'Target Palin'

Topics: Political News and commentaries

Victor Davis Hanson's "Target Palin," on the unhingement of the Left, is today's 'absolutely- must-read'. Here's a few excerpts to stir your interest for the rest:

[...] If the post-Speech reaction of the talking heads at CNN, PBS and MSBNC, or the op-ed ravings of Gloria Steinem, Maureen Dowd, Eleanor Clift or Sally Quinn are any indication, the Secret Service better enlist the Alaskan National Guard for help ensuring the Alaskan Governor's safety.

A beautiful, confident, articulate, independent, accomplished--and conservative--woman apparently has enraged Team Obama, the mainstream media, and the entire American intelligentsia, as if they were collectively hit by a cruise missile aimed from Middle America.

[...] When Palin talks about her present life it sounds as authentic as Biden's showy populism came off as false. Enraged feminists are apparently the gatekeepers for less well-educated American women, who are supposed to have 0-1.5 children not 5! Their husbands must be professors, lawyers, CEOs, editors--not snowmobile champions, union members, oil workers, and fishermen--or, worse, all in one! And unlike a Pelosi, Quinn, or Clinton, Palin, God forbid, did not rely on a powerful, wealthy husband or father to energize her career. Worse still, she took no women's studies class, never attended the Ivy League, and shoots moose. The danger is not just that Sarah Palin could win McCain the election, but she could expose the entire flimsy structure of doctrinaire liberalism as the hypocrisy--and chauvinism--it has become.

Dumb and dumber

At about the time that the Republicans were making the case that liberals were hyperpartisan, a little unhinged, and out of touch, hundreds of nutty demonstrators were outside the convention screaming in the usual street theater mode about war crimes et al.--even as Joe Biden announced that when elected, he and Obama may well seek out Bush administration officials to try them for crimes!

Two nations....

The Geraldine Ferraro Democratic Vice Presidential nominee appointment was an inspired stroke of genius that advanced the cause of feminism; Palin's was tawdry tokenism.

Edwards was a social reformer brought down by the tabloids; Palin's 17-year-old daughter is white trash and fair game.

Insulting "small town mayors" and "good looking" women is funny; suggesting that "community organizing" is often a farce is a felony.

Obama's violation of drug laws with a "little blow" was youthful exuberance; Palin's husband's DUI was more proof of a working-class messy family.

Joe Biden bravely continued as Senator after the tragic death of his wife and daughter left his injured young sons with a single parent; Sarah Palin selfishly shorted her children by running for VP and endangered her infants by flying while pregnant.

Read it all ....

Posted by Abdul at September 4, 2008 4:40 PM

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