Back in the good ol' days, the crazy elements of the American political right trotted out women like Phyllis Schlafly to help reinforce the notion of male superiority and female subservience.
I always wondered: Why is a woman in public office if she feels that she should be under a man? I guess others have asked the same question.
Now, it seems that the Republicans have seen the error of that strategy. Instead of letting this generation's equivalents of Schlafly and Anita Bryant (if they indeed exist) preach about "a woman's place", they have women like Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann who, on their good days, rise to level of ignorance found in the kinds of men who don't realize how much privilege they have.
If the religious right is still trying to show that women aren't fit for public life, they could hardly do better than to have Palin and Bachmann on their side.
Now we can add another not-ready-for-Mensa woman to the list. Dana Perino, who is now a Faux (I mean Fox) News "analyst" served up this gem:
“Also when a president speaks, it’s to multiple audiences,” she added. “If you think of the young mother whose 2-year-old son was shot in the face by the two black teens that approached her in Atlanta and that baby had died, why do presidents choose to speak about one case and not the other? That’s why it’s better maybe not to talk about any of them.”
David Edwards astutely and succinctly translated her blather: "Where's Obama's speech on blacks shooting white babies in the face?"
She was referring specifically to a the thirteen-month-old baby in Atlanta who was fatally shot by two teens who demanded money of his mother early this year. How she can connect that crime to the death of Trayvon Martin is beyond me:
(Rhetorical question du jour: Where are the "pro-life" people--who are supposedly so concerned that an abortion is the killing of a baby--now?)
To think that Ms. Perino was the White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush! Her present job is, as best as I can tell, the only one that's right for her.
I must say, though, she really "took one for the team" when she was the White House Press Secretary!
I always wondered: Why is a woman in public office if she feels that she should be under a man? I guess others have asked the same question.
Now, it seems that the Republicans have seen the error of that strategy. Instead of letting this generation's equivalents of Schlafly and Anita Bryant (if they indeed exist) preach about "a woman's place", they have women like Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann who, on their good days, rise to level of ignorance found in the kinds of men who don't realize how much privilege they have.
If the religious right is still trying to show that women aren't fit for public life, they could hardly do better than to have Palin and Bachmann on their side.
Now we can add another not-ready-for-Mensa woman to the list. Dana Perino, who is now a Faux (I mean Fox) News "analyst" served up this gem:
“Also when a president speaks, it’s to multiple audiences,” she added. “If you think of the young mother whose 2-year-old son was shot in the face by the two black teens that approached her in Atlanta and that baby had died, why do presidents choose to speak about one case and not the other? That’s why it’s better maybe not to talk about any of them.”
David Edwards astutely and succinctly translated her blather: "Where's Obama's speech on blacks shooting white babies in the face?"
She was referring specifically to a the thirteen-month-old baby in Atlanta who was fatally shot by two teens who demanded money of his mother early this year. How she can connect that crime to the death of Trayvon Martin is beyond me:
- The shooters--17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins and 15-year-old Dominique Lang--were charged with first-degree murder about a day after the crime.
- Nobody profiled the baby as a criminal or blamed him for his own death.
(Rhetorical question du jour: Where are the "pro-life" people--who are supposedly so concerned that an abortion is the killing of a baby--now?)
To think that Ms. Perino was the White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush! Her present job is, as best as I can tell, the only one that's right for her.
I must say, though, she really "took one for the team" when she was the White House Press Secretary!
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