Palin's Sudden Popularity Has Feminists In A Snit
By Bonnie Chernin Rogoff
September 8, 2008
Page 2 of 2
If the media had shown reticence regarding Gov. Palin that would have been enough. However, the vicious attacks continued. Baltimore Sun columnist Susan Reimer penned an outrageous piece (web site) slamming Palin three times for her choice to bring her baby to term. "You want to look good to the evangelicals? Choose a running mate with a Down syndrome child." Later: "I don't know what I'll do if she trots out the story of her 5-month-old baby to shore up the Republican base." Reimer then sketches Palin as "a woman who made the decision to carry to term a baby she knew to be developmentally disabled."
Reimer's contempt for Gov. Palin turned to pathetic pre-teen jealousy: "She won't be able to hold her own against Joe Biden in a vice presidential debate. But wait until the swimsuit portion of the competition." (Italics added by me.)
In a follow-up article, (web site) Susan Reimer admitted she received thousands of angry comments. She never offered any apology to Palin. Instead, Reimer concludes:
"The things that were said about me, my personal appearance and my children - as well as Barack Obama - were beyond the bounds of decency, and many were said in language that might only be seen in a bathroom stall. So much pent-up anger, so much barely concealed hate was released in those e-mails and those postings. I wonder where next they will find a vent."
As if Reimer's 'swimsuit competition' jab was not personal. As if all those comments about Palin's infant son Trig were not personal. No pent-up anger there.
For the first time I find myself in agreement with the pro-choicers. Apparently life does not begin at conception. In Susan Reimer's case, it doesn't even begin at the ripe old age of menopause.
---
Copyright 2008 by Bonnie Rogoff. Article may be reprinted with original content and authorship intact.
--------------------
Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA. >> Back -- Page 1 2
++ Discuss this topic in The Forum
Current rating:  4.9 out of 5.0 (149 total votes)
| 
