Then and Now
To follow up on Mollie, as well as some of the comments in her thread, here in one place are a few related items dealing with Democratic attitudes toward women, work, and family. It's interesting that though these people would all tell you women have the right to make their own choices, they don't do much to hide their disdain for the choices women such as Ann Romney or Laura Bush or Barbara Bush have made.
Here's the original Hillary:
Here's Teresa Heinz a few years later:
Q: You'd be different from Laura Bush?
A: Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up. (Related story: Heinz Kerry apologizes for comments) So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things. And I'm older, and my validation of what I do and what I believe and my experience is a little bit bigger — because I'm older, and I've had different experiences. And it's not a criticism of her. It's just, you know, what life is about.
And here again is our latest Hillary:
For good measure, here's a Jonah Goldberg post detailing how, pace Ms. Rosen, Republicans are not making up Democratic accusations about a "war on women."
And finally, remember the furor at Wellesley in 1990 after a group of 150 students had protested the selection of First Lady Barbara Bush for commencement speaker, arguing that she was somehow beneath them? Here's the relevant objection from their letter of protest:
''Wellesley teaches that we will be rewarded on the basis of our own merit, not on that of a spouse. To honor Barbara Bush as a commencement speaker is to honor a woman who has gained recognition through the achievements of her husband, which contravenes what we have been taught over the last four years at Wellesley.''
And here's how the lady dealt with it:
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Jul '10
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One hesitates to comment for fear of being Derbyshired by the Ricochet powers-that-be.
Mar '11
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If one's husband is as big a philanderer as Bill Clinton, it's no wonder that one would want to find their dignity and fulfillment somewhere outside the home.
Feb '11
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Sorry, but your comment strikes me as silly.
If you have some argument or comment to make, make it well, make it poorly, or whatever, but make it. If you have venom to spew, perhaps don't bother, but this thread doesn't seem to be requiring any such. Don't blame your inability to compose 200 words on the Ricochet Overlords and their terrible powers of censorship.
Aug '10
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Sooo, all of Chelsea Clinton's cookies came from Keebler or Nabisco?
Poor girl.
Feb '12
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Thank you for reminding us of the graciousness, wit, and self-control of Republican first ladies.
Feb '11
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Misthiocracy: Sooo, all of Chelsea Clinton's cookies came from Keebler or Nabisco?
Poor girl. · 20 minutes ago
If they were all Freihofer's chocolate chip cookies, she'd be a very very lucky girl indeed, but you can't get them in Arkansas. Definitely an upstate New York thing. Mmmmmmm....
I love to bake, but I don't often bother to make chocolate chip cookies when I can buy 3 boxes of these for $5 at the Freihofer outlet store...
Mar '12
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Let's not forget this bit from the 2008 campaign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmoOBA5avMc
"Hold on one second, sweetie." Perhaps it's Mr. Obama who has a women problem? Several articles have noted that his White House sometimes seems like a boys club. And now we know that women, on average, earn less than men in the White House.
To be sure, that has probably been true of most White Houses. But didn't Mr. Obama say he would bring change?
Sometimes, however, Progressives seem to think that if one has the right "consciousness," one's actions don't really matter.
Aug '10
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Sir Edmund Hillary , RIP
Jul '10
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Mama Toad
Sorry, but your comment strikes me as silly.
If you have some argument or comment to make, make it well, make it poorly, or whatever, but make it. If you have venom to spew, perhaps don't bother, but this thread doesn't seem to be requiring any such. Don't blame your inability to compose 200 words on the Ricochet Overlords and their terrible powers of censorship. · 3 hours ago
I made so bold as to suggest a correlation between her sexual orientation -- unfairly, I now admit, in light of the fact she's a mom herself -- and her views of motherhood. But I daresay most lesbians are not mothers and don't know what is to walk the walk. Mark Steyn is right. It is increasingly the case even, alas, among people who think of themselves as conservatives that some subjects may be thought but not said aloud for fear of offending someone somewhere. This steady shrinking of the boundaries of what is permissible in public forums is the left's game