Hold on to your seats, everyone, because this one is going to blow your mind. Bill Maher, the liberal atheist who hosts HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," launched another unprovoked, inappropriate, disgusting attack on Sarah Palin. Can you believe it? Shocking, I know.
It never ceases to amaze me how obsessed the left is with denigrating Governor Palin. I still don't understand the assaults on her intellect, considering that this is a woman who served as mayor of her town, took on corruption single-handedly within her own party, and ultimately won the battle, marching all the way to victory in her campaign to be Governor of Alaska. Maybe it's just me, but in my experience, people who really are stupid tend not to accomplish such endeavors.
Yes, I know that she has had a tendency to misspeak on occasion. But is she the first politician in U.S. history to stumble with her words? The media sure treats her as if she is. Someone may want to tell them that other leaders have made similar mistakes throughout the years, including the current resident of the White House, who remarked during his campaign that he was visiting all 57 states.
The only way for me to make sense of it all is to say that the left is deathly afraid of Sarah Palin. And I mean DEATHLY. They don't just despise her for her conservative views. They loathe her for her good looks, likable personality, and immense popularity. They perceive her as the ultimate threat, and for that reason they will do anything and everything to bring her down.
On just about any given day, you can go on a website for one of the liberal news networks and find another story attempting to depict Governor Palin in a negative way. Whether it's another outrageous rant from Kathy Griffin or Bill Maher, a poll that shows a semblance of hope that her popularity is diminishing, a scene from one of her book signings...the media is quick to jump on anything they can use to belittle her. Even the headlines of such stories are spun in a way so as to make her look bad.
While this has been going on over the past two years, Governor Palin has managed to acquire one strong ally in her battle with the media. That ally of course is Fox News Channel. Fox has called out the liberal media time and time again for their bias against her, and continuously asked a very relevant question, "Where is the National Organization for Women?" One would be hard pressed to deny that the backlash against Governor Palin isn't at least somewhat rooted in sexism. So then, why is it that NOW never came to her defense?
The answer is quite simple. Governor Palin's platform is not in line with the views of NOW. Although NOW likes to proclaim itself as the universal vanguard for all women in the never-ending battle against sexism, they are anything but. They have their own agenda, and will only look out for those women whose views are in line with their own. Hypocrisy? Sure seems that way to me. Needless to say, NOW never responded to Fox News on this issue.
That is, until now. You see, Bill Maher has since crossed a line that no else had crossed. As a white male, Maher attacking Sarah Palin is a lot different than Kathy Griffin attacking Sarah Palin. That's one part of it. The other part has to do with Maher's choice of words. Recently, he referred to Governor Palin as a "dumb tw*t," and the outrage incited by his comments has opened up another whole can of worms.
As you would expect, Fox News immediately rushed to Governor Palin's defense and called out NOW for not issuing a statement condemning Maher's remarks. At first, the call was ignored, just like all previous calls that have been made for NOW to stop the insane attacks on Sarah Palin. A NOW rep told Fox News, "It is a known fact that NOW does not correspond with Fox News." Wow! Well, I guess that explains why they hadn't responded to FNC over the previous two years. Thanks for clearing that one up.
But something changed later that day. We can only guess what it was, but I certainly have my own theory. Someone at NOW finally came to realize that things had gone way too far, and that failing to step in would not only lead to an escalation in the use of slurs against women, but perhaps even damage NOW's credibility. Hence, NOW communications director Lisa Bennett issued the following statement:
“Listen, supposedly progressive men (ok, and women, too): Cut the crap! Stop degrading women with whom you disagree and/or don’t like by using female body terms or other gender-associated slurs."
Well it's about time! Thank you, NOW, for finally doing the right thing, even if it took you two years too long and you're only doing it to salvage your own image. Of course, they couldn't just leave it at that. NOW had to attempt to justify their previous actions (or lack thereof) and take a dig at the right by saying:
"You’re trying to take up our time getting us to defend your friend, Sarah Palin. If you keep us busy defending her, we have less time to defend women’s bodies from the onslaught of reproductive rights attacks and other threats to our freedom, safety, livelihood, etc. Sorry, but we can’t defend Palin or even Hillary Clinton from every sexist insult hurled at them in the media. That task would be impossible, and it would consume us. You know this would not be a productive way to fight for women’s equal rights, which is why you want us stuck in this morass.”
Interesting. So the 5-10 minutes that it takes to issue a 3-4 sentence statement defending women like Sarah Palin from sexist attacks would "consume you?" It would take up so much time that you couldn't focus on the rest of your agenda? Ha, ha. Thanks for the laugh, ladies. We appreciate it.
Anyone with a shred of common sense knows that it killed the NOW brass to issue that statement. And that makes me H-A-P-P-Y. I love it when an organization that claims to be something it's not is forced to live up to that claim in order to remain relevant. I call that "justice."
As for Maher, he must be really desperate for viewers if he's resorting to these types of tactics. Like NOW, he is on a quest to remain relevant, though I would say that his chances of succeeding are far less than theirs. Good luck, Maher. You're going to need it.
Through it all, the one who emerges victorious from this debacle is none other than Governor Palin herself. She gains public sympathy as a result of Maher's attack, and a vote of support from a national organization that is diametrically opposed to her agenda. I love it. Few things give me more joy than seeing attacks from the left blow up in their faces, and this one did. Big time.
While Maher's face is left blackened with ash, the folks at NOW are grinding and gnashing their teeth behind closed doors, and Governor Palin...well, she's doing what she's always done throughout these constant assaults. Holding her head high, smiling brightly, and marching on gracefully and triumphantly. I wonder if those on the left will ever learn their lesson. In a way, I hope they never do.
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