Feminist Republican Sarah Palin on "Neanderthals" who "pick on petty things like whether you can or cannot work outside the home if you have small children," and why she believes they must "evolve."
Palin hopes such people (i.e. her Christian brethren who understand the Bible to encourage women to be keepers at home) will eventually “evolve.”
“And Geraldine has also been grossly attacked back in ‘84, and I remember, um, as a young college student watching what it was that you were going through and knowing that a.) and more power to you for busting that glass ceiling you know and standing on the shoulders of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, and others who had come before you, of course, so many years ago. And, then you busting through and then the opportunity that I and other woman following you have, have been able to seize. That’s just been wonderful. It’s been great for our nation, it’s been so good.
But, yeah, it kind of seems, Geraldine that some things haven’t changed. There are still the Neanderthals out there, who pick on the petty little superficial meaningless things like looks, like whether you can or can’t work outside of the home if you have small children. All those type of things where I would so hope that at some point, uh, those Neanderthals, will evolve into something a bit more, um, with it, a bit more modern, and a bit more understanding that, yeah, woman can accomplish much...”
—Sarah Palin, in a joint Fox News appearance with Geraldine Ferarro on Election Night 2010 (Nov. 2). Palin and Ferarro are the only two women to be US Vice Presidential running mates (Palin for John McCain, 2008; Ferraro for Walter Mondale, 1984).UPDATE: Christianity Today has posted a helpful blog post highlighting the divide among conservative women concerning Sarah Palin’s choice to champion feminism by speaking favorably of Geraldine Ferarro’s bid for the Vice Presidency and defending her own efforts to lead in the political arena, rather than affirm fundamental moral principles.
ALSO: I would remind readers of our position articulating the biblical illegitimacy of Sarah Palin’s bid for the Vice Presidency in 2008 in “Sarah Palin and the Complementarian Compromise” and in “But What About Deborah? Why the Example of Deborah Does not Support the Candidacy of Sarah Palin”.
ORIGINAL POST HERE
