Does Liberalism Really Mean Feminism?

By Matt:

John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and even the chosen one, Barrack Obama, have all run for the nations highest office with one thing in common - they all had or have had children still living at home during the election. But unlike Sarah Palin, none of them ever had to face the questions and accusations on the topic of parenthood that she has had to face over the last 4 days. One CNN reporter even went so far as to say: "it really makes you wonder if Palin can handle the responsibility of having a five month old with the duties that come along with being the Vice President”. Come on!!!! I have never looked at comments from the media - or anyone for that matter - with a suspicious eye that is on the look out for racism, ageism or sexism but you do not have to look to0 deep to clearly see this quote is blatant sexism.

And who do we call when women are not being treated fairly? The ACLU? But, the ACLU will not touch this with a 10 foot pool because of its legitimacy. Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton? Whoops, Palin is white - they’re not going to help. We need to go grassroots-we need to go to the feminists. Well we’ve called - no one is answering!

I am no expert on feminism but at its core I'm fairly confident that it strives for equality in all spectrums from politics to economics between the sexes. Equality is at the doorstep. There is a woman on the presidential ticket. I would think that feminists would be thrilled that a woman (and I hate to quote Obama) “is a heartbeat away from being president”.

I know the feminists were thrilled when Hillary was up there last week speaking about how proud she was of being a mother and a daughter. Hell, she was so sincere that she made the ultimate womanizer himself tear up and mouth the words I love you. Scary how not even two days after Hillary’s speech Palin said how proud she was to be a woman and a mother, but it was not received nearly as well from the feminist groups or Hillary Clinton for that matter!

My God, attack her all you want for her experience - McCain basically threw you all a meat ball on that one. But, how dare you attack her for being a mother, a wife and a WOMAN. Where’s the sudden absence of the movement for equality? It makes me wonder which it really is... feminism or liberalism?

More from the DNC!

By Mark:

Once again it was a great night to be an Obama/Biden supporter and a not so good night to be a McCain/Overmatched supporter Wednesday. In case you can’t tell, I’m a huge Joe Biden fan. When the Democratic Primaries began, Biden was who I wanted to get the nomination.

Bill Clinton followed up Hillary’s speech the previous night with another Clinton home run Wednesday night. It’s fair to say the Clinton’s owned the Pepsi Center – now we’ll see if Barack Obama can rock Invesco Field the way he said Hillary rocked the crowd inside the Pepsi Center.

President Clinton was asked to speak and warm up the crowd for Biden Wednesday, however Biden’s son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, didn’t need any help setting the tone for his dad as he delivered an incredible introduction.

Beau Biden is an interesting story. As he mentioned last night, he won’t be able to see his dad become Vice President in November because he will be fighting in Iraq as he is a Captain with the Delaware Army National Guard. Though he won’t be in the U.S. for the election, I say Beau did a fine job helping his dad’s election efforts last night. It’s not easy to upstage Bill Clinton, but I thought Beau Biden did.

Matt I think you may agree with me on this one but one thing that constantly annoys the heck out of me watching the convention is the overabundance of media “experts” drawing their own conclusions about the night playing towards their own agenda.

People should watch the conventions, and in the coming months the debates, and draw their own conclusions, not adopt the conclusions the media “experts” come up with for you. After all, this is a Presidential Election, not American Idol, so I don’t think we need judges weighing in after the performances to sway the votes. No record contract at stake here, no this is for being the leader of the free world, so please make your own judgments rather than accepting Wolf Blitzer’s as your own.