Wednesday, July 8, 2009

No Job Lined Up = Palin Quitting?!


By Theosebes

The Great American Panel was heated tonight on Hannity’s America as Bob Beckel opened his mouth and dripped sarcastic anger all over Sarah Palin’s decision to step down. His logic was because Sarah Palin didn’t have a job lined up, she quit on the people of Alaska. Beckel’s response angered me as I sat thinking to myself, “What if Sarah Palin decided to dedicate the next few years to her husband and family? What if she gave it all up because she knew her family needed her to be a full time mom? Is that not a job?” My ire was up when the illusion of joblessness was equated with quitting, the job of motherhood was relegated to non-work.


“How sad that Washington and the media will never understand -- it's about country," she (Palin) said. “Though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make. But every American understands what it takes to make a decision because it's right for all -- including your family." http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/world/07/05/09/love-family-country-alaska-led-her-resign-palin

The Washington Post reported, “Palin offered few clues about her ambitions but said she arrived at her decision in part to protect her family, which has faced withering criticism and occasional mockery, and to escape ethics probes that have drained her family's finances and hampered her ability to govern. She said leaving office is in the best interest of the state and will allow her to more effectively advocate for issues of importance to her, including energy independence and national security.”


In a speech given by President Roosevelt in Washington on March 13, 1905, before the National Congress of Mothers, he shared, “No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children; for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night. She may have to get up night after night to take care of a sick child, and yet must by day continue to do all her household duties as well; and if the family means are scant she must usually enjoy even her rare holidays taking her whole brood of children with her. The birth pangs make all men the debtors of all women. Above all our sympathy and regard are due to the struggling wives among those whom Abraham Lincoln called the plain people, and whom he so loved and trusted; for the lives of these women are often led on the lonely heights of quiet, self-sacrificing heroism.” http://www.nationalcenter.org/TRooseveltMotherhood.html


No other woman in America has endured such a firestorm of hatred aimed at her and her children as Sarah has and yet she has demonstrated an inner strength, integrity and fortitude that every woman in America should honor, on both sides of the aisle. Quitter is not an adjective with which I would label Sarah Palin. Starter, achiever and doer are more in line with her character and the track record of her life. They are qualities that have helped her raise her family, love and support her husband, care for her newest baby Trig, and walk her daughter through an unexpected pregnancy, all while effectively governing Alaska.


Shame on the media and the bloggers like Shannon Moore for the visceral hate reporting they repeatedly practice. According to Newsmax.com, “Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s attorney, Thomas Van Flein, issued a four-page warning to mainstream news organizations over the weekend that he will sue on behalf of his client if 'defamatory material' relating to her or her family finds its way from Internet blogs to print.”

It is truly a shame when grown men and woman must have their tongues and typewriters muzzled by the threat of a defamation lawsuit in order to attain humane behavior.

The speculations won’t stop and the hate will not quit until Sarah Palin and all that she represents is silenced. The only reason for this kind of animosity is the fear of what a person or ideology represents to the one spewing the hate. Governor Palin may have stepped down from her job as Alaska’s executive, but she has never quit on that which is most important, and that is her family.








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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

While there are a number of "news" outlets that have been unkind to Gov. Palin, the vast majority have just reported the news. So I think it is a bit unfair to categorize the entire industry over the misdeeds of some. Nor should we overlook the many gaffes committed by the governor and those around her, in the last six months.

Furthermore, if Gov. Palin is indeed stepping down to support her family as stated then I sincerely wish her and her family well.

Peace.
Rick Beagle

Swilliams said...

Rick- Maybe you missed the incessant chatter re: Gov. Palin over the past weekend only surpassed by the all-Michael-Jackson-all-the-time coverage. Then of course there was the remarkable piece on HuffPo ...
It's not just the vile cattiness of the leftist news babes who hate a good looking smart woman who loves her husband and children and actually accomplished more in her life than their false messiah, it's the race to the camera by the Repub pundits who wanted to be first to pass judgment.

And, I also wish her well, she deserves it. She is a truly genuine and lovely person and that at the very least is a reason why we conservative women love her.

Anonymous said...

You know, decrying the poor behavior of some leftist outlets while spewing your own right winged hateful rhetoric seems somewhat hypocritical, don't you think? Do you really need to keep calling him a false prophet? ;-)

Regardless, the thing that you needs to be talked about is not the Left winged assault, but the continued battering this woman has received and is still receiving at the hands of the Right winged media. It is surprising that people on this site don't have a few choice words to hurl at Fox, and some of the pundits there over their treatment of Gov. Palin. I am not trying to defend the left, but we are the left - you kind of expect this stuff from our fringes. But from your own? Ugh, that is truly discouraging....

But you and I agree, it needs to end. Did you see that article in the WSJ opinion today? Pretty nice article on the matter, and kind of put things in perspective for me.

Peace.
Rick Beagle

Rebekah said...

um... Rick, this article was definitely NOT right winged hateful rhetoric...It was basically just stating the facts of how Sarah Palin has been treated.

I thought the article was very well written. Thanks Smart Girl Politics! :)

Anonymous said...

Rebekah,

My comments were directed to Right4US, and locate immediately preceding my comment.

Peace.
Rick Beagle

Swilliams said...

Yea, my comment was a spewing of right wing hateful rhetoric.

What is the flavor of your kool-aid Rick?

Anonymous said...

Fruit Punch is good! It is a nice mixture, and it suits me well?

I'm guessing you are a prune juice drinker?


Just a guess....

Swilliams said...

Nope, tea.

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