The Bitter Maureen Dowd

I read an article today that Ms. Dowd wrote about the Governor of Alsaka, Sarah Palin. She tries to tear the Governor down by commenting she is "...an underqualified candidate in go-go boots."

She goes on stating that she has a thin resume & lacks on foreign policy. I found a website that has a side by side comparison of Sarah Palin to Obama & let me tell you this women's resume is pretty impressive. What people don't realize is that she is the a Governor that boarders two foreign countries, Canada & Russia.


"But that crazy maverick and gambler McCain does it, and conservatives and evangelicals rally around him in admiration of his refreshingly cynical choice of Sarah, an evangelical Protestant and anti-abortion crusader who became a hero when she decided to have her baby, who has Down syndrome...." I say cheers to Sarah & Todd for their decision not to abort. God has a plan for everyone & this loving family was blessed to a Child with Down's.

Ms. Dowd continues, with "Palinistas, as they are called, love Sarah's spunky, relentlessly quirky "Northern Exposure" story from being a Miss Alaska runner-up, and winning Miss Congeniality, to being mayor and hockey mom in Wasilla, a rural Alaskan town of 6,715, to being governor for two years to being the first woman ever to run on a national Republican ticket. (Why do men only pick women as running mates when they need a Hail Mary pass? It's a little insulting.)" Do I sense a bite of jealousy? What can I say the Governor has a personality. And what is wrong with being a hockey mom, or a soccer mom? It is part of the traditional American Family. But Ms. Dowd doesn't have a family.

"Sarah is a zealot, but she's a fun zealot. She has a beehive and sexy shoes, and the day she's named she goes shopping with McCain in Ohio for a cheerleader outfit for her daughter. " as Dowd continues to criticize. So what is wrong with buying her daughter a cheerleading outfit? She was helping to stimulate the economy in Ohio. And are you making fun of all the cheerleaders & their parents out there?

..." the two-year governor of an oversized igloo becomes commander in chief after the president-elect chokes on a pretzel on day one." Tell the people of Alasaka that they live in oversized igloos. I'm sure that they would really appreciate it.

She concludes her article with, "The movie ends with the former beauty queen shaking out her pinned-up hair, taking off her glasses, slipping on ruby red peep-toe platform heels that reveal a pink French-style pedicure, and facing down Vladimir Putin in an island in the Bering Strait. Putting away her breast pump, she points her rifle and informs him frostily that she has some expertise in Russia because it's close to Alaska. "Back off, Commie dude," she says. "I'm a much better shot than Cheney."

Then she takes off in her seaplane and lands on the White House lawn, near the new ice fishing hole and hockey rink. The "First Dude," as she calls the hunky Eskimo in the East Wing, waits on his snowmobile with the kids -- Track (named after high school track meets), Bristol (after Bristol Bay where they did commercial fishing), Willow (after a community in Alaska), Piper (just a cool name) and Trig (Norse for "strength").
"The PTA is great preparation for dealing with the KGB," President Palin murmurs to Todd, as they kiss in the final scene while she changes Trig's diaper. "Now that Georgia's safe, how 'bout I cook you up some caribou hot dogs and moose stew for dinner, babe?"

If this article doesn't make a hard working wife & mother mad, then I don't know what does.

For a side by side comparison go to:http://www.justsaynodeal.com/

To read the complete article by Ms. Dowd go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/opinion/31dowd.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

It looks like she's all glamed up in her picture.