In a recent Christianity Today interview of
Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House didn't mention Sarah Palin nor any other Republican woman as potential GOP leaders until prodded to do so by the interviewer. I was somewhat taken aback that when Newt was cornered and had to come up list a couple of Republican women, he tossed out the names of Linda Lingle and Kay Bailey Hutchinson. I thought it was significant that Prof. Gingrich, who recently converted to the Catholic faith, could not or would not name a pro-life woman.
At
The Confluence, Afrocity found something else of significance in Newt's answers:
Newt’s recent slight of Palin is not an isolated case. When interviews among other GOP males are examined collectively, their responses towards Palin tells a similar story. Palin’s former presidential running mate John McCain, exhibited a common air of discomfort and unresponsiveness when questioned about Palin’s political future within the Republican party. On one Jay Leno appearance McCain failed to even mention Palin’s name when asked who were the “rising stars” of the GOP.
It's not just GOP males, Afrocity. Exhibit A: Kathleen Parker. Exhibit B: Peggy Noonan. Exhibit C: Kay Bailey Hutchinson. And liberal females have been even more vicious in their attacks on Sarah Palin.
There's as much
class warfare as there is misogyny at work here. And there's too much of both to be found in the two major political parties.
Gov. Palin is the only Republican of either gender who has the ability to reunite the old Reagan coalition which was so successful in two national elections. Blue collar Democrats and libertarian conservatives trust her, but they don’t trust a GOP which has been under RINO control since The Gipper retired to his beloved ranch in California in 1988.
- JP
