Can You Say ‘Sexist’?

"In fact, all the cries of sexism suggested that, yet again, the Republicans had underestimated the ability of women to lead; when the governor finally took center stage, it was clear that she needed no protections or excuses."

But... Wait...
So now the obvious skills of somebody you???ve just spent most of an article calling an inexperienced, affirmative action country bumpkin is proof that we???re all ???sexist??? for standing up for her when attacked by actual sexists?

"These are people who have inveighed against affirmative action, a version of which undoubtedly played a part in this selection."

But...Wait...
So Governor Palin is wholly unqualified and was only selected because of affirmative action now?

What an incredibly misogynist thing to say.

"But she could certainly help move the inevitable tide of women???s rights, the tide that has floated her own boat, by demanding that she be honored with the same tough scrutiny the guys in this race get. Which was, in case these improbable born-again friends of feminism missed it, the entire point of the exercise in the first place."

But...Wait...
So, encouraging the In-the-Tank-for-Obama Mainstream media to suggest that a candidate???s child is really the child of her daughter and that said child was actually sired by the father of said daughter....

...is "the same tough scrutiny the guys in this race get"?

Honestly - you should probably stop using words...

I do na' thenk they mean what you...thenk they mean.

Ms. Quindlen, your last sentence , "Which was, in case these improbable born-again friends of feminism missed it, the entire point of the exercise in the first place. ", says it all.....I beg permission to continue it..... and was certainly not intended for the likes of a Sarah Palin - she does not walk in lockstep with Gloria Steiman and her ilk. How dare SHE be rewarded the fruits of the TRUE feminist.
Perhaps its asking too much for you to give her a fair chance before draping her in all this baggage - oh, I forgot, she is a Republican. By the way, I'm an improbable Catholic.

I think liberal pundits ought to be more nuanced in their analysis of what's going on in the Republican Party vis a vis women - the WSJ had the most interesting article regarding the increase in working mom's in the country at large...whatever reason, probably mostly economic - women across the country are finding it increasingly necessary to work outside the home and with that comes some enlightenment about this new lifestyle. Perhaps people like Quinn who'd rather mock than empathesize with this evolving trend should take another look....and instead of being incredulous or flip...hail this as a good change for womanhood and society at large.

To say that Anna Quindlen ???just doesn???t get it??? is an epic understatement. The GOP hasn???t undergone any sort of ???metamorphosis???. It is, and has been, made up of strong, free-thinking, action-taking women???and men who have the privilege of having as our friends, bosses, wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, and nieces these wonderful people who happen to be women. The only thing that???s undergone a ???metamorphosis??????and almost overnight at that???is the conventional wisdom about what being a ???feminist??? truly means.
Gov. Palin has shattered that, hopefully for good. Her political ascendancy is not the ???direct result of the women???s movement???. Rather, Gov. Palin now stands at the brink of becoming the first woman to be Vice President of the United States because of the grand sum of all her actions and choices as an individual, not as a member of ???the women???s movement??? as previously defined and enforced by liberal conformists. That Gov. Palin???s political ascendancy up until Aug. 29 took place in Alaska, whose frontier culture is derided by some as male-dominated and chauvinist, makes it all the more remarkable.
Republicans have always known that ???women can do it all???. And now they???re especially proud that one of their own is proving it???to independents, Democrats, discouraged nonvoters, and Republicans alike.

A disgusting smear piece. The GOP's ideological roots are based on American conservatism not sexism. The author has trouble seeing them apart. Also she fails to realize that there are different ways to approach the ideas of feminism but this author views it as a dogmatic liberal faith (probably what it is to her). Many first feminists were quite pro-life and there are large organizations of pro-life feminists, but thats not mentioned.

I find these abortion supporters repulsive to sanctimoniously cry about Palin's refusal to believe in the "right" to kill your own child or support even more welfare programs than we already have. What mainstream feminism is interested in is strict adherence to liberal dogma, not the huge opportunity for women here. It is no surprise that NOW and this author refuse to support Palin, they are more interested in preserving their sick twisted and evil "right" to infanticide than in advancing women's rights.

Ms. Quinlin is perplexed that the Republicans are acting this way. This is, mainly, because the left usually argues against their straw man construction of Conservatives rather than actually trying to understand the positions and reasons for those positions of their opposition. Easier to maintain their own delusions that way.

Let'shope that they keep it up. They continue to expose their true contradictions.

Comment: As a registered Democrat for 25 years, I am disgusted by complaining going on within the party. If Obama wanted the best chance of uniting the party and winning the election, Hillary would be the VP nominee. Obama didn't think he needed her. Now he and his supporters realize how much he needed her. McCain capitalized on Obama's mistake, and the left wing of the party is furious. Sorry, this is the DNC and the party elite's fault, not the Republicans or Sarah Palins. Let's acknowledge this before November, becuase this type of complaining will ensure a McCain victory.

It is SO MUCH FUN to see Sarah's selection expose all these "know-it-alls" into the two-faced egg heads they are. If she was a Democrat pick, all their criticism would be all praise. Nice to expose their real motives which were obvious to most (expect them) all along.