Video: “How can a woman run a state and bring up … five children at the same time?”
posted at 2:25 pm on September 2, 2008 by Allahpundit
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This should go a long way towards redeeming Trotta on the left for once joking about Obama being assassinated. They’re arguing at cross-purposes here: Kelly’s clearly right in principle that the argument’s sexist but Trotta’s point is that whether it is or not, some voters are going to be persuaded by it and act accordingly. Probably true, but is she sure they’re conservatives? As Goldstein notes, the “new feminism” takes a dim view of Republican women straying too far from the nursery.
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No the new “feminism” takes a dim view of both parents running hell bent for leather at their own goals over their family.
Keep firing
sven10077 on September 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Again, the ‘arguments’ fall on deaf, conservative ears.
They simply don’t ‘get’ conservatives and surely don’t understand Christians.
Religious_Zealot on September 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM
How can a woman make cracks about the murder of presidential candidates and stay on television at the same time?
MadisonConservative on September 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM
how can Barrack Hussein take care of his 6 Fathers-in-law and destitute 1/2 brother in Africa if he is President???
SDarchitect on September 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Well, there is that accessory called her husband. We do tend to play a role in the whole child-rearing thing.
Slublog on September 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Guess no one can understand the women who work their tails off to help support the family as well as raise a child.
Hmmm, I guess nannies for those who can afford them are the only ones allowed to work.
upinak on September 2, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Better question: How can McCain take care of his poor, immigrant daughter if he’s DEAD?????
jimmy the notable on September 2, 2008 at 2:30 PM
I saw this live this morning and almost barfed.
forest on September 2, 2008 at 2:30 PM
I saw this earlier and I thought that Megyn wasn’t listening and was rude.
baldilocks on September 2, 2008 at 2:30 PM
or siblings and grandparents covering down….
plus there was a future soldier in the house.
sven10077 on September 2, 2008 at 2:31 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
How can these people sleep at night? I mean, it’s got to be tough keeping it straight in their head about whether to be sanctimonious or not when discussing “working women”.
Here, I’ll make it easy for you: Liberal woman, I must use glowing praise. Conservative woman, I must use righteous indignation.
BacaDog on September 2, 2008 at 2:33 PM
To quote the great philosopher of our time, Ace: “shut up, that’s why”.
Spirit of 1776 on September 2, 2008 at 2:33 PM
I don’t know but considering three are much older, she, and Todd, probably does it the same way John Kennedy, with Jacqueline, did so when John was running the country as President!
Dusty on September 2, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Are comments about Obama being assassinated back on the table,perhaps? Because it seems very acceptable to talk about McCain dying on day 1.
MayBee on September 2, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Equal rights for me but not for thee.
-sigh-
Religious_Zealot on September 2, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Simple. He won’t.
Patrick S on September 2, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Wow Trotta is not only confused about reality, but by her own words as well!!!!
allrsn on September 2, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Another elitist liberal telling the unwashed masses what we are thinking, or should I say feeling.
KelliD on September 2, 2008 at 2:35 PM
I want to know if Palin’s daughter’s child’s father’s uncle’s former roommate’s cousin was the head of the Arian Nation. If so, why hasn’t Palin denounced that person?
CFL on September 2, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Keep talking Liz!
moxie_neanderthal on September 2, 2008 at 2:36 PM
I sure am tired of liberals telling me how Christian conservative women think and behave. I think I can figure it out, being one myself and all.
aero on September 2, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Amazing and revolting. The same leftist media that wouldn’t report on John Edwards, doesn’t want to touch the controversial relationships of Obama and doesn’t seem to have any interest in Joe Biden’s lobbyist son, chases down every whisper about Palin’s family. Disgusting.
Star20 on September 2, 2008 at 2:36 PM
My granny brought up 8 kids while teaching and helping run a farm. Or is this woman claiming that a woman can’t “run a state and bring up kids” because women are genetically incapable of doing more than 2 things at once?
mjk on September 2, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Bennett “almost lost his mind”? This woman has lost all credibility and should not be on television anymore.
Is this what we are reverting to? What happened to the Women’s Lib movement? Since when it is impossible to be a parent and a career person at the same time? This is so stupid, but I hope the Left keeps running with it. They keep shooting themselves in various body parts, at this rate there will be nothing left by the election.
“Get back in the kitchen and make me some PIE!”
cannonball on September 2, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Oh no, she di’nt!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 2, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Yeah, going with that “anecdotal” conservative double-secret inner circle quote, eh, Liz?
Yeah, get used to the notion that fewer and fewer Americans believe a word you people say anymore.
bbz123 on September 2, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Apparently Liz Trotta hasn’t heard these two words: Todd Palin
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 2, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Megan was not being rude. I thought she didn’t attack Trotta’s pathetic “conservatives are asking these questions” line enough. Megan rightly pointed out that everyone she had been talking to in St. Paul were praising the Palin decision. Who are these so-called “conservatives” that Trotta is talking about anyway. She didn’t get very specific. Therefore, she was making it up. And trying to legitimatize that the question should be asked.
JAM on September 2, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Actually I am just done. This is in a sense.. stupid. I am tired of the non-sense with this and everything else thrown about my Gov.
I am going to get some stuff done. You have a great day everyone.
upinak on September 2, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Heh.
It’s like the liberal open-minded friends of mine who are so so shocked that I’m not married but managed to travel all over the place by my little self. It’s like because of my belief system and my vagina, I’m genetically incapable of boarding a plane, taking a cab, and bartering in the souks of Jerusalem and Jordan.
mjk on September 2, 2008 at 2:39 PM
I just clicked over here from the post about the photoshopped bikini picture of Sarah Palin, and I see Megyn Kelly, and so naturally my mind immediatley goes to Megyn Kelly in a bikini and…
I’m sorry, what was the topic?
radjah shelduck on September 2, 2008 at 2:40 PM
As a fellow Christian, I am always tickled when non-Christians tell me how I should be living out my beliefs.
And this from people who think Job is in the New Testament.
Religious_Zealot on September 2, 2008 at 2:40 PM
The old lady got it right. You CANT raise 5 children…who are still at home…at be a governor or a vice president of the U.S. Something has to give. That may not be politically correct but it is correct all the same. Something HAS to give..in this case it was the surprise of finding out that they had no idea in hell what their daughter was up to.
Roger Waters on September 2, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Isn’t it amazing how they always seem to know so much more about how we think then we do?
What this is, this is insulting, and they know it.
Lawrence on September 2, 2008 at 2:41 PM
So what standard applies to Barack and Michelle? Last I heard, they both work. I don’t get the difference.
dont taze me bro on September 2, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I think this should be Sarah Palin’s theme song. Never mind the video, just focus on the song. It perfectly represents what the libs are putting her through now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCvIw7DMHXc
CFL on September 2, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Hillary was right, there still is a glass ceiling. And the left wing is fighting hard to keep it that way.
pedestrian on September 2, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Good grief Trotta. What the fuh?
The father has taken on the Mr. Mom role. Isn’t that supposed to be the liberal nirvana?
Sugar Land on September 2, 2008 at 2:43 PM
For the first time in my adult life, I’m really proud of Alaska.
Akzed on September 2, 2008 at 2:43 PM
And you know this, … because?
Something comes to mind about judge not lest one be judged, or something like that.
Lawrence on September 2, 2008 at 2:44 PM
The husband is a champion racer. I think he can handle 5 kids.
pedestrian on September 2, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Exactly.
That’s where husbands, parents and baby-sitters come into play.
Religious_Zealot on September 2, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Blame McCain.
He had some good choices but he chose a woman with zero real experience, letting B.O. off the hook for his lack of experience and didnt even bother to vett her to find out if she is in control of her family like a good parent or if she is being investigated for ethical lapses…like she is, etc etc etc.
Blame McCain
Maybe instead of that ghastly song “Raising McCain” we can rename it “Blaming McCain
Roger Waters on September 2, 2008 at 2:46 PM
I don’t know.
How can some women be on welfare and download 5 kids? Wouldn’t it humiliate them to be baby factories (brood mares according to Boortz) on the public’s dime?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 2, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Michelle is hardly a stay at home mom, and frankly I’ll make sure to keep an eye on their preggo blotter.
sven10077 on September 2, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Lawrence, they DON’T know it, which makes it even worse. They only associate with other liberal idiots who think exactly the same way they do – “of COURSE, conservatives think that women should stay home with their children! EVERYONE knows that! (At least, everyone I know knows that!)” They would be completely floored that we are insulted by such statements.
What must they think of the people of Alaska then, who elected Sarah Palin in a landslide? Are they all raging liberals? She had four children when she was elected.
rockmom on September 2, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Now Slublog, you know all you men are good for is abuse and molestation. I can’t believe you show your icky male (type)face around here.
/sigh
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Saturday wants its talking points back.
sven10077 on September 2, 2008 at 2:47 PM
All I hear from the left…………
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Sssssssssssqqquuueeeeeaaalllllll…….
Ssssssssssssssqqqqquuuueeeeeeaaaallllllllll……..!
Seven Percent Solution on September 2, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Nice talking points. Too bad for you none of it is true.
rockmom on September 2, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Really?!?!?!? You have a vagina????? Shocka!!!!
Andy in Agoura Hills on September 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM
The left has justified the slaughter of 40 million babies on the altar of the idea that children would interfere with their careers. If they let Sarah Palin become VP, then people will know that their babies were killed in vain.
pedestrian on September 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM
-sigh-
Hey Roger, being a mother, mayor and governor IS real experience.
Oh – there are much, MUCH bigger problems with Obama than his lack of experience.
Religious_Zealot on September 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM
But not democrats?
When the liberal feminists defended Bill Clinton, that told me everything I needed to know.
rockhauler on September 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Oh, yeah, in answer to the central question of the post:
With the help of her perfectly capable and very involved husband, of course.
And it will soon be down to three, by the way. Track is already off on his own, and Bristol will soon be establishing her own home and family, which leaves three. Perfectly manageable for a VP and her willing Mr. Mom husband who has put his career on hold for just this purpose. No more stressful or difficult than Michelle Obama’s job would be bringing up the Obamalettes on her own while her husband runs around being POTUS, a far more demanding and time-consuming job than VP.
aero on September 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM
“The husband is a champion racer. I think he can handle 5 kids.
”
You’re kidding right? I thought conservatives thought little children need their mothers. I know I believe that to be the case. You know, nature and all, cant fool mother nature.
Roger Waters on September 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Roger Waters -
So what do you say when a male politician’s child gets pregnant or gets someone pregnant. Did something “give” there too? Or are women politicians the only ones neglecting their brood?
It is a stupid argument. And one you cannot win. Teenagers do things that their parents don’t know about all the time. I know. I was one of them. Don’t be a misgynist putz!
JAM on September 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM
…A whole lot better than every Democrat Politician can keep their mistresses and do the job too…
kirkill on September 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Slu,
I thought, according to the uber-feminazis, that we were just sperm donors? Love ‘em and leave ‘em. Right, brother?
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Oh man- I saw this interview this morning and was screaming at Liz, “I’m a crabby old bitch” Trotta! Where and who are these, “conservatives” she was so adament about? I thought Megyn Kelly was right on to get in her face! I have YET to actually find anyone who dislikes Sarah Palin- not from work, or school, or the hairdressers. It’s pretty amazing. I LIVE in middle America- Kansas, and she is igniting people. Who knows how Nov. will shake out, but for right now, (even with all the ugly MSM and lefty kook stuff) she is the queen of the land.
anniekc on September 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Or these: Elected Governor By A Lanslide In One Of America’s Most Conservative States
rockmom on September 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM
+1 recall they offered to get in line to take Monica’s place to “save roe v wade”
sven10077 on September 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Roger Waters puts hidden cameras in his children’s cars, purses, an backpacks. In addition he puts them in their friends’/romantic interests’ belongings as well.
Ewwwwwwww. Frankly, I’d rather not know exactly what my kids do at every moment of every day. I guess I’m not a good conservative mother.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM
I hope, but doubt, we are getting to the point where people realize feminism isn’t about helping women, just as environmentalism isn’t about bettering the “environment”.
Halley on September 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM
My wife heard this and immediately ordered me to get the hell out because I obviously have zero skills at raising kids in her absence. She had no idea until now.
Anyone have a spare room?
Bishop on September 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Let me guess: Liz wanted Huck for VP ?
Maybe this is what Fred T. was referring to.
stenwin77 on September 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM
I’m sure that most of the so-called cconservatives calling in to radio talk shows that Trotta referred to were actually liberals pretending to be conservatives. It happens all the time on the radio and on the Internet. Bleh…
The end of the story has yet to be written. That’s why they play the games…
Mr_Magoo on September 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Leave it to Beaver needs you back on the set…
sven10077 on September 2, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Very good point.
A woman who just had a baby needs to be at home taking care of that baby. PERIOD!
Oh man….I’m getting this sinking feeling more and more as I’m realizing that hussein is going to win…
Nominating Sarah Palin was a HUGE mistake!
We’re going to have to force a brokered convention and start over people.
It’s our only chance!
SaintOlaf on September 2, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Volumes have been written about how boring and nearly pointless the job of veep is. Palin as VP would mean more time with the kids than she can offer them as Gov.
innominatus on September 2, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Uh, for all you bozos talking about experience, that is NOT the correct line of attack. You should be talking about ACHIEVEMENTS. Palin has many. Obama, not so much.
Andy in Agoura Hills on September 2, 2008 at 2:51 PM
I rest my case.
Hey buddy, try spending a few hours reading the other threads on this forum today. Maybe you will learn something about how conservatives actually think.
rockmom – proud conservative working mother of 2
rockmom on September 2, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Well, THERE’S your mistake – trying to think what conservatives think and believe.
Of course, I’m not totally convinced that any REAL thinking has gone into your posts.
Religious_Zealot on September 2, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Kids need a dad too. What better example for the kids to look up to than a mom who goes to work everyday as the VP of the US?
pedestrian on September 2, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Trotta’s argument is that the callers were asking these questions. Whose to say that these callers are actually conservatives themselves? There are enough callers into these shows who try to submarine the host, and that gave Trotta cover. Pathetic.
The age of reactionary liberalism has returned.
pt on September 2, 2008 at 2:52 PM
“Hillary! Iron my shirts” or run for Prez.
Remember that blast from the past?
1GooDDaDDy on September 2, 2008 at 2:52 PM
The only conservatives liberal’s actually quote are the fake conservatives that are actually undercover liberals they’ve send out to appear on talk-radio and conservative blogs as… you guessed it ‘conservatives.’ They always start each sentence with… “I’m a conservative, but…”
Griz on September 2, 2008 at 2:52 PM
and maybe because Sarah Palin has been proud of American her ENTIRE adult life.
kirkill on September 2, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Yes, yes thank God we have Huck and his pet rock on stand-by…..
sven10077 on September 2, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Hey Funky Beaver…yuck it up dude.
I have three daughters…one is in college the other two getting ready….and no suprise pregancies. Why? Cause my wife knows where the holy hell they are all the time.
owned.
Roger Waters on September 2, 2008 at 2:53 PM
MSM is apoplectic over the thought of following her on vacation back to Alaska. Look how upset they were over Crawford (Bush) and Wyoming (Cheney)! This could be fun!
UkiddenMe on September 2, 2008 at 2:54 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised if these “conservative” callers were students of hers at NYU.
pt on September 2, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Megyn Kelly is also one tough lady, can she shot?
….. Palin/Kelly
try again later on September 2, 2008 at 2:54 PM
The left: Raising Questions Since 2000. Bullshit questions.
Dr. Manhattan on September 2, 2008 at 2:54 PM
congrats…you have achieved the moral perfection that 60+% of the nation lacks….
which party is full of the preachy smarm artists?
sven10077 on September 2, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Michelle Obama should actually be very insulted by all this. The implication, by extension, is that she is no more than a glorified babysitter for her husband’s children and that he is not expected to take any meaningful role in their upbringing at all because he will be too important and busy to concern himself with family matters if he succeeds in becoming POTUS.
aero on September 2, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Last I checked one of the “kids” had joined the Army and was on his way to Iraq. The next in line is 17, pregnant, and about to be married. The next is old enough that she doesn’t need a sitter. That leaves the two youngest who will probably be with their father, who is a stay at home dad, a lot.
DerKrieger on September 2, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Doesn’t mean a thing. Have you checked them for venereal disease, HPV, HIV???? You don’t have to be preggers to get those.
Owned.
Andy in Agoura Hills on September 2, 2008 at 2:55 PM
I have heard,..
Some Women can walk and Chew Gum at the same time!!
Capt-Dax on September 2, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Ooh, I disagree. I think Trotta was grossly misrepresenting the truth of her opinion, suggesting instead that she was hearing “from conservatives” that, essentially “a woman’s place is in the home”.
To which conservatives does Liz Trotta listen to from her perch in the New School Far Left Liberal Greenwich Village Ivory Tower?
Kelly was very quick to call BS, but I don’t think she was necessarily rude, and I think she understood exactly what Trotta was saying.
Jaibones on September 2, 2008 at 2:56 PM
“which party is full of the preachy smarm artists?
I dont know but the republican party used to be the party of family values. Not the party of women who should be home watching their children so they arent getting preggers by high-school hockey players.
but the good news is …they are getting married. As you know, forced marriages of 17 year olds are always wonderful places to grow up if you are a child. Poor thing.
Roger Waters on September 2, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Sorry, but I think Liz Trotta is enunciating what is, in fact, the conservative position for many family values conservatives. And Megyn Kelly’s shrieking and getting angry over Trotta’s comments betrays her cluelessness. She comes off sounding like Gloria Steinem and trying to impose the Steinem-Friedan view on conservatives.
Debbie Schlussel on September 2, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Ross Douthat has some related thoughts on Palin’s “baby problem”:
http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/sarah_palins_baby_problem.php
Infidoll on September 2, 2008 at 2:57 PM
From what I’ve read as governor she brings the kid to the office with her. Geez. It’s not like she’s going to be dumping him at the local day care.
Disturb the Universe on September 2, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Eff this, we’re supposed to be superwomen, remember? We’re supposed to do everything men do and better. In 2 inch heels and backwards, remember?
Puh-leeze, ladies, get over yourself. Just because Sara’cuda’s a conservative and not a liberal doesn’t make her any less of a great lady.
baxtrice on September 2, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Spot on. One of those cases where you and I agree.
Debbie Schlussel on September 2, 2008 at 2:57 PM
You all weren’t listening either. I’m on Megyn’s side but she ran right over what Trotta (no liberal at all) said.
And since when are conservatives pustulating that women and men are the same?
baldilocks on September 2, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Oh Roger, Roger, glass houses are not good dwelling places.
JAM on September 2, 2008 at 2:58 PM
[Roger Waters on September 2, 2008 at 2:41 PM]
Well, partly right. But Sarah isn’t going to be raising 5 kids as VP. One will be off in Iraq. Another will be married and likely back in Wasilla.
That leaves three kids, which is only one more than the Kennedy’s had in the White House. Where was the consternation when Kennedy ran with two children under three with one born right after he was elected. Oh yeah, that was then, when a man worked and the woman stayed bare-foot and in the White House kitchen.
That’s a convenient attitude for the left to take now.
Dusty on September 2, 2008 at 2:58 PM
How about that?
baldilocks on September 2, 2008 at 2:59 PM
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