I’ve just read two very different and extraordinary pieces on GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin. Jill Buck’s post in the Flash Report is here and Gloria Steinem’s op-ed in the LA Times is here. Please read both and chime in about it in the comments section below. Samples from Jill and Gloria are below.
From Jill:
“I think I may have just witnessed the most defining moment in the history of the women’s liberation movement, and it happened at the RNC Convention! As long as I live, I know I will never forget this night.”
Jill credits John McCain for opening the door for all women; I guess when Walter Mondale named Geraldine Ferraro to the ticket 24 years ago, that didn’t count.
Gloria writes:
 Palin’s value to those patriarchs is clear: She opposes just about every issue that women support by a majority or plurality. She believes that creationism should be taught in public schools but disbelieves global warming; she opposes gun control but supports government control of women’s wombs; she opposes stem cell research but approves “abstinence-only” programs, which increase unwanted births, sexually transmitted diseases and abortions; she tried to use taxpayers’ millions for a state program to shoot wolves from the air but didn’t spend enough money to fix a state school system with the lowest high-school graduation rate in the nation; she runs with a candidate who opposes the Fair Pay Act but supports $500 million in subsidies for a natural gas pipeline across Alaska; she supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, though even McCain has opted for the lesser evil of offshore drilling. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger.
The link to Buck’s post is bad.
Ken — the link is fixed; thanks for the head’s up