A year after she became an overnight celebrity in America, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin still confounds journalists.You would think that the national media, which spends lots of money to uncover political trends from every nook and truck stop between Portland, Maine, and Portland, Ore., would understand Palin's appeal by now. After all, she rose to prominence as John McCain's running mate last year and helped bolster the disaffected, conservative wing of the Republican Party.
You also might assume journalists could grudgingly appreciate Palin's appeal to conservative voters -- especially the potentially influential "soccer-mom" demographic.
Though Palin could well seek the presidency, she remains something of an American punch line. But even Tina Fey, the incisive comedian who brilliantly lampooned Palin on "Saturday Night Live" during the campaign, has moved on by now.
Palin is "a huge fundraising tool," noted veteran journalist Melinda Henneberger. "People love to read about her. She is very attractive -- and we don't have a surplus of that in American politics. People love to love her and they love to hate her."
My take? Liberal media outlets loathe Sarah Palin (call her Ms. California squared). Why? Because everything about Sarah Palin doesn't fit the media paradigm about feminism in America.
See, Sarah Palin is supposed to be the trophy wife of some caveman in Alaska. Instead she rose to power not on the coattails of some father, husband, brother but on her own merits.
Sarah Palin's not supposed to have a supportive husband who loves her. She's supposed to have Bill Clinton, some dog who's all about getting laid with some skank.
But most of all, when Sarah Palin actually exercised her "choice", she chose to have a special needs child. That child nor that "choice" ended her career ambition(s).
Sarah Palin is a mirror to all those feminists who "chose" to end a pregnancy because it was going to be "inconvenient" or "difficult".
She represents to every woman that you don't have to let your principles slide to "have it all". She is a very real threat to the feminist paradigm being sold to our society. As a result, they really have no choice but to kill her off.
I personally know of eight women who have had abortions. Four of them are open about it, the other four, not so much.
The four who are open about it would tell you that it was the biggest mistake of their lives. The other four have major substance abuse issues. While that's anecdotal, I'd be willing to bet that substance abuse among women who have had abortions is higher than the population.
That's the dirty little secret that the abortion movement doesn't want a young woman to know.
I'd bet my life savings that Sarah Palin has no regrets about her child's life.
And we can't have that story out and about can we?
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