Comments on: Today’s Must Read

By: Shy Guy

Shy Guy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:38:20 +0000

"I do not by any means defend or support everything Palin stands for or has ever done. But I do know a witch-hunt when I see one – and when people scream that legitimate and indeed urgent questions about Obama’s extensive radical profile are ‘deranged’ and ‘racist’ smears, while they themselves describe Palin herself as ‘a cancer’ and even spread the calumny that she is not the mother of her own son, you can be sure that profoundly irrational forces are at work." - Excerpt, Melanie Phillips, http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/244702...target="_blank">The culture war for the White House

By: Shy Guy

Shy Guy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:37:25 +0000

"The moral relativists — most viciously embedded on the left but represented in conservative circles too under the ambiguous banner of libertarianism which prevents such circles from grasping the threat being posed to real liberty — understand very well indeed that, as the first culture warrior from the opposing camp to stand on the threshold of power, Palin poses a threat to the established amoral order which must be resisted with all the ferocity they can summon. That is why she has been the target of this astonishing campaign of lies and smears — most of which have been uncritically accepted by large numbers of people who play no role in the culture wars at all, but believe that if the media say something is so with one voice, then it must indeed be so." (continued next post)

By: Shy Guy

Shy Guy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:36:36 +0000

"I don’t much care whether Palin believes in a hundred ridiculous things before breakfast — because what she stands for is a defence of bedrock western moral values against the nihilistic onslaught. Although like many others I do not like the way she has used her family on public platforms, the fact remains that the reason the image of her cradling her Down’s Syndrome baby Trig was so electrifying was that she was making the most explicit statement possible that, in a society which has so lost its respect for human life that it believes it is actually a progressive act to destroy unborn lives 'on demand' (and Obama actually opposed anti-infanticide legislation in the Illinois state senate) she stands for a culture of life against our culture of death, which sees no innate value in human life and will destroy it with increasing abandon if it is not deemed to be ‘useful’ enough. (continued next post)

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:08:54 +0000

Stan– First of all, none of those things are true about either Sarah Palin or the people you call "the Christian Right." If they were, these people would be addressing the issues, rather than making personal attacks. This is sheer hatred, and it does not come from some lunatic fringe, but from those who are at the heart of the feminist movement. There is no real excuse for this, from anyone, and no excuse for us to make excuses for it.

By: israellycool

israellycool — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:09:16 +0000

I think the points made in the article are valid whether or not Palin would make a good Vice President or President.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:47:57 +0000

The article takes some statements by fringe feminists and attempts to fit any feminist that is against Palin into that group. It is good political technique, but has no real place in a rational discussion of whether a person is capable of being president. And, we must strongly consider the fact that she might be president.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:46:54 +0000

It is not a question of hatred of Palin. There are some people (women and men that are prone to the kinds of statements quoted). Most people should be very wary of her views and associations. She associates with and supports the Christian right. What are some of the views of this group? I'll name a few. 1. Dinosaurs lived at the same time as people. 2. The U.S. is a Christian country and needs to return to its Christian roots. 2a. There should be prayer (Christian) in U.S. school systems. 3. Creationism should be taught as a science in the public shcool system. 4. Homosexuality is a disease. 5. There should be certain books banned from libraries and schools (the banned book lists the Christian Right has circulated include Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut). 6. They are for laws banning abortion (not just late term as the article tries to make us believe) all abortion for any reason including rape and health of the mother. Stan