Whichever Spin Works
The Utah Republican delegation at the party's national convention couldn't be more pleased with vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and the courage she has displayed by accepting the V.P. role while caring for an infant with Down Syndrome and dealing with her teenage daughter's pregnancy.
It's a new-found feminism for Utah Republicans, apparently, who believe the problems she is dealing with make her a "real person" and they are sure she can balance her family responsibilities with the national exposure and time consumption that comes with being second-in-command of a super power.
That sure is different from what Utah Republican leaders and office holders have said in the past. I guess it depends on which circumstance best fits their political agenda.
Remember a few months ago when Republican State Chairman Stan Lockhart counseled Lisa Shepard that she should think twice about running for the Utah Legislature because she had a young family that she needed to put first?
Shepard was running for the state House of Representatives as a Republican, but against the Republican incumbent, Keith Grover, a member of the House's conservative caucus and a voucher supporter.
It seems to me that being a part-time legislator would be less time consuming and demanding on family than being vice president of the United States. But that apparently is not the case in the minds of Utah's Republican brass.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
It's a new-found feminism for Utah Republicans, apparently, who believe the problems she is dealing with make her a "real person" and they are sure she can balance her family responsibilities with the national exposure and time consumption that comes with being second-in-command of a super power.
That sure is different from what Utah Republican leaders and office holders have said in the past. I guess it depends on which circumstance best fits their political agenda.
Remember a few months ago when Republican State Chairman Stan Lockhart counseled Lisa Shepard that she should think twice about running for the Utah Legislature because she had a young family that she needed to put first?
Shepard was running for the state House of Representatives as a Republican, but against the Republican incumbent, Keith Grover, a member of the House's conservative caucus and a voucher supporter.
It seems to me that being a part-time legislator would be less time consuming and demanding on family than being vice president of the United States. But that apparently is not the case in the minds of Utah's Republican brass.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
11:26 AM
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1 Comments:
I'm enjoying that fact that a lot of R's are using the word "feminist" in a positive way for the first time. As I said in my own blog, when this election is over, there's no going back. No more bashing, shaming, or discriminating against working moms. (Gayle Ruzicka, take note.)
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