The Four Stages of Conservative Female Abuse
My syndicated column today takes a broader view of those suffering from Palin Derangement Syndrome and assesses the longtime signs and symptoms of progressive Conservative Female Abuse by the Left. Yes, I speak from personal experience. Been there, done that. See also: Unhinged. See-Dubya blogged over the weekend about the Palin-haters’ fake bikini photo mania. Again: Been there, done that. Now, those fake photos of the governor are spreading like kudzu. See here, here, and here. It’s all coming soon to a Democrat rag-masquerading-as-a-tabloid or a Democrat tabloid-masquerading-as-a-manstream newspaper near you.
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The Four Stages of Conservative Female Abuse
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2008
There’s something about outspoken conservative women that drives the Left mad. It’s a peculiar pathology I’ve reported on for more than 15 years, both as a witness and a target. Thus, the onset of Palin Derangement Syndrome in the media, Democrat circles, and the cesspools of the blogosphere came as no surprise. They just can’t help themselves.
Liberals hold a special animus for constituencies they deem traitors. Minorities who identify as social and economic conservatives have left the plantation and sold out their people. Women who put an “R” by their name have abandoned their ovaries and betrayed their gender. As Republican officeholders and conservative public figures who are women have grown in number and visibility, the progression of Conservative Female Abuse has worsened. The astonishing vitriol and virulent hatred directed at GOP Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the most severe manifestation to date.
The first stage of Conservative Female Abuse by the Left is infantilization. Right-wing women can’t possibly believe what they believe about the sanctity of life, self-defense, free markets, or foreign policy. They must be submissive little dolls of the White Male Hierarchy. Or, as a far Left (is there any other kind of Left in San Francisco?) San Francisco Chronicle columnist wrote of First Lady Laura Bush, they must be put in their place as “docile doormats” with no brains of their own. True to form, no sooner had John McCain announced Gov. Palin as his veep pick than jeers of “Palin = neocon puppet” sprouted across the Internet.
The second stage of CFA is sexualization. A conservative woman is not merely a sellout. She is an intellectual prostitute. Unable or unwilling to argue with them on the merits, detractors resort to mocking the physical appearance of their ideological opponents in skirts and denigrating them with vulgar epithets. MSNBC hosts insulted former GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson’s accomplished wife and mother of two, Jeri Thompson, as working the stripper pole. Newspaper cartoonists Ted Rall, Pat Oliphant, and Jeff Danziger caricatured Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a mammy, thick-lipped parrot, and Bush “House Nigga” armed with “hair straightener.” New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd derided former GOP Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris for applying “her makeup with a trowel.”
True to form, Dowd was first out of the box to snicker at Gov. Palin’s beauty pageant past, ridicule her “beehive and sexy shoes,” and compare her path to the vice presidential nomination as a “hokey chick flick.” Joe Biden backhandedly praised her as “good looking.” And left-wing bloggers worked overtime on lurid photoshops of Palin as a bikini model and porn star. At the Democratic Underground, a highly trafficked liberal website raising money for Barack Obama, members held a contest to come up with nicknames and posters to slime GOP Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — and then to “spread [them] all over the ‘net.” Among the “nicer” entries: “Cruella,” “Gidget,” “Governor Jesus Camp,” “VPILF,” “Fertilla the Huntress,” “Iditabroad,” and “KILLER PYSCHO FUNDIE BITCH FROM HELL!!”
The third stage of CFA is demonization. When the Left tires of hurling whore insults, it turns conservative women in the public eye into nefarious creatures. Bill Maher called Laura Bush “Hitler’s dog.” George Carlin attacked Barbara Bush as “the Silver douchebag.” A Huffington Post website member wrote of Nancy Reagan: “Like her evil husband, she has lived far too long. Here’s hoping the hag suffers for several weeks, then croaks in the tub.” Another added: “I feel no pity for the bitch who took delight in watching thousands die of a horrible disease and watching the poor having to eat out of dumpsters because of her husband’s political beliefs.”
True to form, rumors of Palin being a crypto-Nazi surfaced on the Internet and the fringe media. And liberal critics used her gun-rights record to smear her as bloodthirsty.
And the final stage of CFA is dehumanization. Conservative women aren’t real women according to the liberal feminist establishment’s definition. Remember when Gloria Steinem called Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison a “female impersonator?” Or when curdled NOW leader Patricia Ireland instructed Democrats to vote only for “authentic” female political candidates? Or when Al Gore’s fashion consultant Naomi Wolf described the foreign-policy analysis of Jeane Kirkpatrick as being “uninflected by the experiences of the female body?”
Echoing the bottom-feeders in the liberal blogosphere, mainstream journalists and Obama water-carriers now question Palin’s commitment to motherhood and even challenged her pre-natal care decisions in an effort to destroy her. Forget about questioning their patriotism. I question their sanity.
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You are correct.
It reminds me of the leadership of the Democratic party giggling gleefully over the prospect of a killer hurricane during the RNC convention.
Your party is thoroughly depraved. I’m not a Republican. I’m not voting McCain. But the Republicans on a bad day are not as disgusting and depraved as the Democrats on a good day.
Nicely put. However, to these types, Bristol is fair game.
Wrong! Fox News irresponsibly reported it last year, then retracted the next day. Barack Obama went to a public school that did not focus on religion. This is completely fabricated, and if people still believe it, then it’s high time for the conservative smear media to set the record straight.
Here’s a link to John McCain’s outrageous poor humor, and I certainly think the public would like to know what a crude SOB it may be electing.
The democratic party…Nastiness you can believe in!
Simply if the media held the left to the same standard they hold the right then some of the outright hate would go away but the MSM actually encourages the emotional vitriol by purposeful omission of utterly despicable acts, writing and cartoons or liberal bias outlets reward ugly behavior with validation and friendly air time.
But then liberal is as liberal does and an emotional response is basically all they’ve got, they just should be exposed to the light of day honestly for the religion of hate party they really are.
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Image: Governor Palin Knocking the socks off American’s tonight.
I don’t begrudge McCain or Limbaugh making one joke. An orchestrated campaign to destroy a family is a whole ‘nother thing.
You selectively edited, I said that if her keeping the baby could be used as an example of the family’s strong values, then….
Baby Palin is either in play or not. You can’t have it both ways.
And now, to paraphrase Homer Simpson, let us never speak of her again.
What we are seeing is that the RADICAL left is not the extreme wing of the Democratic Party. They ARE the Democratic Party.
Not exactly a right-wing, smear machine, that Clinton campaign.
Actually, I didn’t hear it on Fox, so don’t pretend they are the only ones who reported it. Personally, it means nothing to me, so you’re barking up the wrong tree.
You mean in countries that don’t separate religion from the state?
That’s how you justify the nastiness and hatred in your party? My conscience would not allow me to do that. I wonder about yours.
BemusedLib I’m sorry if my response was taken as name calling. Words are a difficult media to express emotions. I enjoy your posts although I don’t agree with them.
Convoluted dialectic detergency is a very old college debating term. I think my age is showing. Next time I will respond with language that is more mutually compatible.
Wow, I guess you’ve never told any crude jokes? I guess we could go back and investigate all the previous presidents and vice presidents to see if they told any offensive jokes. Heck, let’s make sure that anyone who has ever told an offensive and crude joke never gets elected. BTW, the link didn’t provide the joke, so I still don’t know what it is and at this point, I don’t really care.
So, are you saying that none of the candidates should talk about their experience? That no one should bother to discuss what they’ve accomplished/failed at in the past?
I guess that goes to Obama’s kids as well? Photo ops, magazines, TV shows, DNC convention?
“So these kids could be used as an examle of the Obama family’s strong values”….
familyman,
If you are still around, I’d like to correct some mis-information I gave you the other day.
The McCain campaign contributions are now being split between the RNC, some state committees, and the McCain compliance fund.
According to the person I just spoke to at McCain – Palin, after he is officially nominated and the general election begins, the donations will once again go to the campaign.
That woman also said the fundraising is going very well.
Nah, I didn’t notice name calling. I just figured that this was a euphamism for…God knows what, and was curious. Or maybe a typo. At least you’re nor resorting to emoticons and multiple exclamation points!!!!!;-)
And, had it been name calling, it would at least have been a change of pace from the names I’m usually called.
Cheers
I don’t really understand you. That is the most ignorant statement I have ever read from you. The “baby” doesn’t have jack to do with this election and you’re only digging yourself a hole. That has absolutely nothing to do with the family’s strong values. Kids make mistakes and I don’t know any conservative who thinks they or their families are perfect. We just have different views. None of us are proud that the daughter is pregnant, but proud that she is being responsible. You don’t know if she was on the pill or not. I was and got pregnant. But somehow, this is reasoning for why it’s an issue (birth control/ sex ed). Keep on being tacky and slimey and see where it gets you. D.W.Y.
Bemused Lib, maybe you should lay off Palin’s family, like your messiah has asked you to. If you still feel the need to be nasty, maybe you and Dan Fowler can fly to Baton Rouge and laugh at hurricane victims.
Wow, the MSM wants paternity tests for Trig. What say you now, trolls?
Michelle,
Is this another stage in Conservative Female Abuse?
yup.
Put on your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy night.
Got a link for that yet, Navy? I would like a read of it.
I heard it on Fox news and on Rush. Steve Schmidt, McCain representative stated that she has had many MSM outlets contacting him and requesting DNA. I think the memo, ad or press conference later today will answer the questions. Let me see if I can find something in the way of a link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073475/posts
try this.
How can we question their sanity? We can’t question something the Left has never had.
Hey, REDSTATE! I thought Mr. Kos denounced this crap!
The hole is getting deeper.
Thanks, Navy.
The MSM, Kos, and their minions can get bent! This is just totally disgraceful. Non-biased media my foot.
Tell them they can have their DNA test when we get a copy of Obama’s birth certificate.
This just makes me wonder aloud…
Why is it the left always loses the moral and ethics issues in every election?
This is a little OT, but Rush just played clips from Sally Quinn, noted feminist. She said Bristol is going to need her mother in the next few months (because she’s pregnant), so she doesn’t need to be running for VP. This is so funny because I’m going to go out on a limb and say she is against parental notification for an abortion, in which case she doesn’t need her mother. Can you say hypocrisy????
It’s so funny to listen to a feminist refer to children as a distraction.
Witch.
Because as Rusty, lgm, DerangedLib, and RedStarSkeptic demonstrate, the left has neither morals nor ethics.
Morals and ethics get in the way of things like allowing them to have a “choice” in pregnancy.
Leftist Lauren Sandler attacked my wife in her book, “Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement.” Oh well…
So Joe Biden is “change” and Sarah Palin is not?
BemusedLib: I sometimes will use !!!!!!!! or Strong to try to convey emotions. It all depends on the opponent. We may have a common language , but our political views must come totally different backgrounds. I normally prefer to argue my point using constitutional perspectives. The language is more precise by necessity.
They didn’t say that for Nancy Pelosi. The MSMs are going after Palin for being a politician and having 5 kids. Anyone care to take a shot at how many kids Pelosi has?
You know that if you tried to post this on DU, you’d be deleted.
VP Palin, will you please write a boot to my daughter for me. You can name it “Know Your Power- a Message to America’s Daughter.” since a book has never be sold under that title.
Thank you!
I love watching supposed “feminists” dig themselves into a deeper and deeper hole when they try to attack a woman who doesn’t believe the same as they do.
I don’t see what Bristol’s pregnancy has to do with her running for VP. Neither should anyone else — they extended this courtesy to the Clintons and Gores when they were in office. The same rules should apply if it is a Republican over a Democrat.
Ha! Why would I waste my brain cells over there?
Besides, liberals don’t like facts. Facts get in the way of their agendas.
Same could have been said about President Clinton.
I imagine Queen Nan of Botoxia is pretty scared sh-tless at the prospect of being the second most powerful woman in Washington. Do you think her mummy-like fingerprints might be on some of the Palin smears?
I offer up Socky at #239 as evidence that the buffoons on both the extreme right and the extreme left are guilty of ugly ad hominem attacks. The irony and hypocrisy around here and the lefty sites never fails to entertain.
Sure, but you’re not saying this is “executive experience” are you?
The Left wants only one thing and that’s power. It will do anything to get it and destroy anything in its path.
There was a time months ago when I got an upset stomach at the idea of having to choose between McAmnesty and the Hildebeast. Now, for all of McCain’s flaws, even if Sarah Palin wasn’t the VP candidate, this is about something bigger than any one issue. WE CANNOT LET OBAMA AND HIS THUGGERY TAKE CHARGE OF THIS COUNTRY! If you thought Filegate, Travelgate, and IRS audits of prominent Republicans/conservatives were bad under the Clintons, you haven’t seen anything yet. People are going to be destroyed if they so much as look at Obama funny. Not only will the Fairness Doctrine put Rush and Co. off the air, they’ll probably get put in jail under trumped up charges. Wait until you guys lose your jobs because you visit “hate sites.” Wait until your cable company is pressured by the government into dropping FoxNews.
See those pieces of crap in the streets of St. Paul lobbing feces and bleach at Republicans? Those are going to be the people in charge of your country very soon.
True, but have we asked her for DNA of her kids to compare against her husband?
I offer up dakine at #240 as evidence that cousins shouldn’t marry.
Quick! Who is being described here?
A. Liberals
B. Al Qaeda
C. NYT Editorial staff
Isn’t that really three of the same thing?
Amen. Well said, Michelle.
The vicious attacks are great! Shows who they really are. Does it really surprise you that Maureeen Dowd got snarky about somene who didn’t agree with her? She’s funny and pathetic at the same time because she can’t make a point any other way. Take heart, this nonsense it a good thing.
C’mon Socky, you can do better than that. My 6 year old comes up with better schoolyard stuff than that.
AG, I can’t give you a contra example off the top of my head, but I view the extremes on both the left and the right in pretty much the same way. Rigid unthinking ideologues. An inability to move off of locked in views that seem to come out of some sort of manual. Constant use of hyperbole and demagoguery. Misrepresenting and cherry picking facts to suit a particular agenda. Constant use of mean-spirited personal attacks on those with whom they disagree. Both extremes are the same to me, and I view them as dangerous and entertaining at the same time. One of the reasons I drop in here and dKos most days.
This whole event reminds me of Al Sharpton when he screams racism
Are you this vocal and demanding over at HuffPo and Kos? How are you equivalent to Michelle or any other conservative blogger in stature?
Michelle, read this article this AM on Jewish World Review – without doubt, one of your finest yet. You just get better and better…thank you.
That was many years ago, but as I recall, it wasn’t a comment on her appearance, it was the way the Clintons used her as a prop, like Nixon (and FDR, I believe), among others,used his dog.
The worst you can say about the AIP is that Sarah Palin had a tangential (at most) relationship with them, and their furthest objective was to get the Federal government to back off so that people could manage their own affairs.
Trinity United and Reverend Wright, on the other hand, had an intimate and influential relationship with Barack Obama, and their furthest objective would be to use the power of the government to enact retribution against those who had “wronged” them, and enforce their Marxist worldview on everybody through the power of government.
That, in a nutshell, is the difference between the extreme right and the extreme left.
Rush Limbaugh ad McCain made a joke… that is a completely different thing than using the collective might of the mainstream media to try and destroy a family.
The desperate lengths trolls have to go to to make moral equivalence is mind-boggling. I wonder if they have any capacity for honest debate at all.
Since the MSM vetted BO…oh..wait….they haven’t vetted BO. It just seems to me to be
fair to dig as deeply into Bo’s background as they are Gov Palin’s. You cannot. If
anyone tries to dig into BO’s background ugly things start happening to you don’t they?
I know dems who are decent people, who deplore what is happening with Gov Palin’s
family. Fortunately, I don’t know the other kind. If I did, they would get an earful
about what is going on here. All I can say is what so many others have said before
me. Boy Are They Running Scared!!!!
They thought BO was going to waltz into the White House without opposition. Now,
it’s a real life fight for the Presidency. Now we hear, “It’s not fair!!! It’s our turn!!!”
If the various websites and sleaze mags respect and admire Obambi as much as they claim, they’d pull in the reins on the Palin family. If they don’t they won’t vote for him anyways. The last option is that it’s being orchestrated with deniability by the campaign. Down the road, it’ll be the Annointed One that takes the brunt of criticism, no matter which way the wind blows. It simply takes too many votes to put him in office and his base doesn’t weild that many. Have you ever seen a presidential candidate run against the VP nominee? All McCain has to do is sit back and let her rip the Obamamaniacs. I’ve no fear she won’t/can’t do it either.
Liberals won’t be satisfied until they totally destroy Sarah Palin. They may congratulate her to her face, and make empty gestures of “good for you!,” while behind her back the long knives come out.
Now I know how Caesar felt before he died.
I completely agree with you, Gladyz. I actually lost friends when I married my military husband. I thought these were lasting friendships (especially from college) and they turned out not to be.
It’s even worse with family. I married into a passel of liberals. My parents-in-law are conservative like me but my husband’s siblings are another story. As I’ve said in other threads, I have two sisters-in-law who are one issue voters: gun control and abortion.
All conservative females can do is band together and support each other when the chips are down and liberals cut us dead. That’s okay though, I’ve gotten used to it both from friends I thought I knew, to in-laws, to even close personal family.
emjem24, I know what you’ve gone through with liberal inlaws, even though I am a guy.
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‘Neo-Liberalism’ is a mental disease. Conservative women are HOTter! But it’s not hard to imagine the justified ‘Liberal’ outrage if say, Hustler Magazine ran a disgusting parody where Rush, Hannity, Beck, Savage and Ann Coulter gang-rape and tickle-torture Katie Couric, the PIAPS, and then Nancy Pelosi.
Imagine. The outrage would last for months in the MSM. There would be calls for firings and boycotts. NOW would be apoplectic. Poor little outraged, hypocritical Libs.
absurd thought –
God of the Universe says
joke about raping women
if they are conservative
EVIL freedom lovers…
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absurd thought –
God of the Universe says
sex is the height of evil
so is photography
but not pornography
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
always rape women…
who are conservative
they’re just gender traitors
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