SubscribeIf Palin were a Democrat
Nothing demonstrates the internal inconsistency of the left like the treatment of Sarah Palin. Four years ago the most important qualification for a president was having served in Vietnam. Where are those people?
This election its ok to question whether a woman can do her job if she has kids.
Of course, things would be the other way around if Palin were on the left.
I have been asking myself, What if Sarah Palin was a Democrat?” How would the media be treating her? Would they like her? Would she be treated like an outcast by the National Organization of Women?
“A similar blind spot toward the political ‘other’ explains much of the contempt for Palin. If she were a Democrat, her unusual life would be spun into a compelling narrative that would make her the darling of the coastal elite.
How she’s raising that lovely brood of kids, her care for that severely handicapped baby, her relationship with that rugged hubby who often cares for the kids and is part native, her unlikely rise through the political minefields, her tough knocks and gutsy performance on the national stage - all would be testament to a breakthrough of historic proportions we would be ordered to celebrate in the name of diversity and equality…
