The other day I wrote about how Republicans were in a tizzy because Democratic governor's candidate in Virginia referred to a female journalist as "young lady" instead of the accepted Republican term "feminazi." That's a big no-no for the 21st century.
Next we have the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spinning out of control that Speaker Nancy Pelosi dared to realistically speak about escalating the 8 year war in Afghanistan. Such a public comment from Pelosi led the NRCC to hope that Gen. McChrystal would "put her in her place." What "place" could that be? The kitchen? At home? Breastfeeding? The place for the Speaker of the House of Representatives is to make tough decisions about endless war, despite what Republicans may think. In their world, women dare not publicly appear in charge so as not to emasculate any men that might be around.
One of the
more telling signs, though, of the mindset of the modern Republican Party is Virginia's Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell and his graduate thesis. In it, McDonnell wrote that working women, like Speaker Pelosi for instance, destroyed the family. That government should not reward things that destroys families and that contraception for "un-married" couples should be illegal. It's quite a dandy. Now, we can forgive McDonnel because surely this was written eons ago, right? Not exactly. He wrote it in 1989 when he was 34 years old.This is the opposition party in America. Women are to be put in their place. Women that work are destroying the family and sinning against God. Those who do work and demand equal treatment are "feminazis." Referring to them as young ladies is a kick in the nuts to every man that struggles daily to provide for his family like God intended. When can we start this over?
*Update:
I purposely left out John Derbyshire from my examples above of modern Republican thought. I did so because Derbyshire is a pundit and not necessarily a Republican official. Quite the opposite is the NRCC, the people running ads against Deeds and McDonnell who is currently in a GOP leadership role. I did, however, mention Derbyshire's brilliant conservative analysis the other day when highlighting leading Republican intellectualism and his very well thought-out case against women having the right to vote. I recognize the difference between pundits and political leadership if only briefly and fuzzy.
But it would be a mistake to mention the modern Republican mindset without Derbyshire's latest antics. In a radio interview yesterday trying to explain his case against women suffrage, Derbyshire admitted he thinks women should have the right to vote but granting such a right is "bad for conservatism" and ultimately "bad for society." This guy is a leading conservative/Republican "thinker." He's one of the people that spreads ideas to GOP leadership like the NRCC and their candidates. So we shouldn't be too surprised when we see men like McDonnell in Virginia that have publicly written such things like women don't belong in the workplace go on to become GOP nominees. Their whole movement is based around chauvinistic ideas expounded by people like Derbyshire. It's definitely worth a mention when we consider what "place" the NRCC wants Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be put in.
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