Posted on 01/27/2013 10:31:11 AM PST by jazusamo
This week, the administration that rode to a second term decrying a fictitious war on women by the opposition, opened real fronts on the war on women, perpetuating feminism's worst inconsistencies through its contradictory programs and in the words and deeds of the avatar of these inconsistencies, Hillary Clinton, the "Athena" of low information women voters. Only CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson by her persistence and competence keeps me from burying my head in shame.
As the Weekly Standard's Daniel Halper noticed, there was a serious disconnect this week in the administration's approach to women.
On the one hand, the president's close aide, Valerie Jarrett tweeted:
"If there's one thing we should all agree on, it's protecting women from violence. Congress needs to pass the Violence Against Women Act."
At almost the same moment, as Jarrett was tweeting her plea for legislative embodiment of the notion of women's need for special protections, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced -- without any consultation with Congress -- that he was removing the ban on women in combat positions.
The disconnect between the two positions seems irreconcilable except for James Taranto's sage analysis:
One way of defining feminism is as the pursuit of the mutually irreconcilable goals of sexual equality and sensitive treatment of women. You'd think that contradiction would be a weakness, but it's actually strength: Every advance for equality creates a demand for more measures to promote sensitivity, and vice versa. Feminism's failures perpetuate feminism, at the expense of other goals such as defending the country.
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Thanks Smooth, you did in a few minutes what I couldn’t do in probably a total of two hours. :-)
Thanks for that insight on Attkisson, smooth.
I’m glad you got me curious, Jaz.
I had no idea she holds a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She’s currently working on a fourth degree! Very impressive. Nobody is gonna mess with that lady! :)
Valerie Jarrett is not his lordships aide, she’s his handler.
She was also involved with investigating Fast and Furious. We need more reporters of her caliber. Sadly, there are few.
LOL! If anyone does they'll wish they hadn't.
She’s very good. I first noticed her back when she was reporting on the “King of Pork”, John Murtha. She went after him when no one else in the MSM would.
I did not know that. I respect her even more, then!
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