The Attempted Destruction of a Self Made Woman

by Chuck Ness

I have never been a big fan of the Huffington Post, but I do believe in watching the enemy, so you can just imagine my shock when I read this article that took the left to task for attacking Sarah Palin as savagely as the left has.

Heather Robinson writes that in the aftermath of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s announcement last weekend that she plans to resign from office, pundits have been scrambling for an explanation. Personally, the whole matter has left me feeling a little like I did at the end of seventh grade, after a year spent passively watching bullies ostracize and pick on one of the only black girls in the school: sick, and embarrassed for all of us.

Whatever your passionate opinions, whatever your disagreements with her views, this woman and her family were savaged in a manner that went beyond any reasonable standard. She is a public figure, but her husband and children are not. That did not stop certain members of the media and blogosphere from ridiculing them in vicious fashion, even long after the election was decided. President Obama, to his credit, spoke out against it. Would that more of his supporters had shown the same level of decency. You can read the whole article here called, “The Savaging of Sarah Palin“.

Personally I knew the day would come when more and more women would wake up to what has been happening. And yes, even liberal women are coming around to the fact that the overwhelming savage treatment of Palin and her family is just plain wrong.

The very things liberal feminists have cried about for decades- objectification and beautification- are the very things they are now using as sticks to beat a woman, who if she had a D behind her name, would be hailed as an historic feminist icon. Women writers, both liberal and alleged conservatives, have done nothing more than reveal bitter jealousy over Palin’s looks, and quite possible, her happily married life. Sure, they’ll scoff at that notion. But Palin represents everything they preach about but can never attain due to self-inflicted lack of self-worth and shrew-like self-loathing.

Strong women, who still disagree with her politically, know that Palin has been treated unfairly. And as I predicted not too long ago, they will start looking at her as a seriously icon for women, and quite possibly as a candidate for President.

It sounds ridiculous, but the person to thank for this is Hillary Clinton. The way she was treated by her own party opened the eyes of many women and revealed the dirty secret of Democrats- women are only good for EOE and diversity statistics, but certainly not for President. The borderline misogyny from Democrats left many liberal feminist’s jaws on the floor. The part ‘for women’ had become the party that used women, just like it uses blacks, gays and everyone else it needs to appeal tolerant and inclusive.

From a strategic standpoint, these continued attacks are also proving to have the reverse effect and are making Sarah a sympathetic figure. When Bob Beckel not only admits on Fox the treatment of Sarah has been over the top, but that having been a part of it, he now realizes it was wrong, you know liberals are scared because their plan of marginalizing Palin has backfired badly.

I am not saying I totally agree with all her points, but just a cursory look will show that the alliances on the left that joined forces in an attempt to destroy Sarah are beginning to fall apart. As I look around at the many feminist blogs I watch I can see the handwriting on the wall already. One such place site is called the “Reclusive Leftist, and it is a pro feminist blog, but the July 4th article called Feminists and the mystery of Sarah Palin , is an article that was devoted to trying to figure out why feminists have such a rabid hatred for Palin.

Even since then they have softened up to Sarah and are beginning to like her. The lady in charge over there seems genuinely confused as to why feminists are attacking another woman who is strong, accomplished, smart, and holds a position of power. Many of the comments are in the same vein, and ask why are they trashing this woman and repeating lies that have been proven false or could be with a bit of research? why the vitriol? Many of the commenters say they would not vote for Palin due to political ideology, but they are giving her the benefit of the doubt and researching the facts. I find it interesting the way feminist women are beginning to wake up and smell the Marxism, misogynist racist mentality and anti-Americanism of the left.