Dr. Laura SLAMS Palin!

[LuckyTheDog]

http://www.drlaurablog.com/2008/09/02/sarah-palin-and-motherhood/

I am extremely disappointed in the choice of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Republican Party. I will still vote for Senator McCain, because I am very concerned about having a fundamental leftist, especially one who is a marvelous orator, as President.

At first, I thought it amusing that McCain picked a pretty, smart, and tough female to counter the racist/sexist accusations going back and forth between parties. I remember how Oprah Winfrey got caught in the cross-fire as she stepped up to the political table to support Obama with pride that a black man could rise to such heights in the USA, only to get slammed by feminists who told her it was gender, not race, that she should back. Understandably, Ms. Winfrey pulled back from it all.

Forget gender and race. I’m frankly and sadly caught in the dilemma of having to balance policy versus example in touting a candidate for the office of the First Family. I was ferociously attacked (what’s new?) when I spoke out strongly against Bill Clinton’s dalliances in the Oval Office. That situation quickly turned into a debate whether “private has anything to do with public.” Nonsense. Role models are very important. Children and young adults look to those who are visible and successful as a road map of what is acceptable behavior and emulate those actions over the morals and values their parents and churches have taught and tried to reinforce. It’s a tough go these days, when the “bad that men or women do” is used for entertainment purposes without judgment, or is excused because of political or financial considerations.

I’m stunned - couldn’t the Republican Party find one competent female with adult children to run for Vice President with McCain? I realize his advisors probably didn’t want a “mature” woman, as the Democrats keep harping on his age. But really, what kind of role model is a woman whose fifth child was recently born with a serious issue, Down Syndrome, and then goes back to the job of Governor within days of the birth?

(more at link)

[annabanana]

1. my my my

All is not lovey dovey in nut job land. . .

[lost-in-nj]

2. Personally.... this is not a good thing

Dr. Laura

is

an ass


:shrug:

lost

[Erin Elizabeth]

3. But she'll vote for him, note.

Because she's an asshole. And assholes are strongly attracted to other assholes. It's assholemagnetism.

[LuckyTheDog]

10. She had to say that

But she gives a lot of women permission to openly share the concerns raised in the article.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. But like a good little 'puke, she's still voting for McLame. n/t

[Catch22Dem]

5. This coming from the woman with nude photos floating around the internet

:puke:

[greguganus]

9. Link? lol n/t

[BadgerKid]

13. Link LOL

:P

[greguganus]

15. Which one's Dr. Laura? I wanna make sure I drool over the right one. n/t

[Quixote1818]

6. She had to take this stance or she woulden't have any credibility. nt

[Raine]

7. "fundamentalist left"?? What exactly is that,

I thought fundamentalist referred to religion and I can't think of the Democratics having anything that compares with the RW evangilicals. :shrug:

Plus I notice she will still vote for them like a good little soldier.

[Coexist]

8. oh, this is not good.

[Statistical]

11. I also am confused by the term "fundamentalist leftist".

I also am confused by the term "fundamentalist leftist".
Generally left = liberal = democrat. Right?

Not really sure how how Palin is a leftist?
Maybe I am missing something.

[mtnsnake]

12. Dr Laura is as big an asshole as there is, but this IS good

She's got a monstrous sized following of people with peanut-sized brains, and to have an egotistical rightwing blowhard like her dissing one of her own, well that is NICE, but to have a FEMALE egotistical rightwing bloward like her doing it, well that is PRICELESS!

[Nikki Stone1]

14. I wondered how she was going to come down on this.

At least she's consistent. Except she was working at radio studios when her kid was little and she took him with her. He used to annoy other radio employees at the station.

[kwenu]

16. Dr. Laura was taken off the air where I live due to bad ratings. Not sure I miss her though.

[bevoette]

17. i listen to her regularly...the only thing she hates worse than working mothers...

are irresponsible teenagers that get pregnant and then refuse to give the baby up for adoption (abortion being out of the question, of course)

as soon as i 'knew' about Palin, i knew Dr. Laura was gonna be pissed, LOL