Posted by
Ed Lilly on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:32:05 PM
I have had the opportunity to listen to some of the Townhall radio broadcasters such as Dennis Prager and Hugh Hewitt during the GOP convention. A lot of the talk the past two days has been on the treatment Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has received at the hands of the Democrats and their friends in the media. Dennis Prager played some comments made by Sally Quinn, apparently a columnist with the Washington Post. Prager and many of his listeners were rightly and understandably very upset at the questions asked by Quinn in relation to Governor Palin and her decision to seek the vice presidency even though she happens to have several small children and a teenage daughter who is now expecting a child.
But in listening to the clip, the part that stood out to me was Ms. Quinn's matter-of-fact statement along the lines of, "look, we all know men and women are different." Really?! Liberals have known all along, and still know, that men and women are different? Someone better get that printed in 50 point font and make sure the faculty at Harvard are apprised so they can get to work on apologizing to former Harvard President Larry Summers, and bringing him back.
Another aspect of the discussion of the media's treatment of Governor Palin involved an editorial, I think, whose theme was that "Average isn't good enough" in picking a vice president. Apparently we need someone who is outstanding and exceptional to fill such a position.
After having had the message beaten into me over the past 15 years that we should not let children's athletic teams keep score so no one's feelings get hurt, that every team and team member in children's sports leagues get trophies so they can all be winners, and that having valedictorians, salutatorians, etc., is wrong, I found it refreshing to see that the liberals have finally gotten on board with the notion that some people do in fact achieve more than others in some areas.
Liberals still have a long way to go in overcoming their belief in government as the solution to all life's problems, but perhaps we're making progress somehow.