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posted at 10:40 pm on September 11, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“Her greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she is a woman. The Republican party’s cynical calculation that because she has a womb and makes lots and lots of babies (and drives them to school! wow!) she speaks for the women of America, and will capture their hearts and their votes, has driven thousands of real women to take to their computers in outrage. She does not speak for women; she has no sympathy for the problems of other women, particularly working class women.”
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These hellhound hags can’t put out their hair fires. I am lovin’ it.
rhodeymark on September 11, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Abortion today, Abortion tomorrow, Abortion Forever G. Wallace channeling G. Steinam.
mred on September 11, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Wishful thinking by liberals.
Which, come to think about it, represents their whole plan for the country: Wishful Thinking.
A wish in one hand and bullsh&t in the other; see which one fills up first.
Montana on September 11, 2008 at 10:46 PM
And you haven’t even seen Hillary start unloading on her yet. Maybe she’s been lying in wait for the interviews to start… but you know that the H bomb is coming.
bayam on September 11, 2008 at 10:46 PM
I realize this makes me a sexist but……meh….so be it. That gal is fugly.
D0WNT0WN on September 11, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Yeah, that’s it. She’s not really a woman. That’ll fly.
Splunge on September 11, 2008 at 10:46 PM
As Austin Powers would say, “That’s a man, baby!”
mwdiver on September 11, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Do these people really think they’re helping their cause?
Mattpat11 on September 11, 2008 at 10:47 PM
The (figuratively, GOP) elephant in the room here is that everyone knows Palin is Presidential material, and that’s the real vetting going on here, and the real, if unstated fear among those on the left. That’s why the left is so nuts right now. It’s not just that she could cost Obama the election. They know they have a nascent Reagan-in-heels who could conceivably keep the WH in GOP hands for the next 12 years.
They’re in a deranged panic.
Purple Fury on September 11, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Evidently, Miss Doniger thinks “real” icons of womanhood should behave like the Code Pinko cows who tried to stampede the the stage at the Republican Convention in St. Paul.
And positing Joe Biden as the model of a devout Catholic politician?
Newsweek needs to put Miss Doniger out to pasture.
Mike LaRoche on September 11, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Lieberal vomit. Palin has not imposed her religious views on the people of Alaska. Do Lieberals lie out of malice or disgraceful ignorance?
FreeThinkerNYC on September 11, 2008 at 10:48 PM
I guarantee she has hair in every crevice of her body.
aquaviva on September 11, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Newsflash for this nut. Whether or not one is a “real” woman is not determined by your political ideology, but rather by your biological status. If you were born with a vagina you are a real woman. Although this loon demeans it appropriate to call a biological woman, “not a real woman”, I would bet everything I own she is totally at ease bestowing the title of “real woman” on any biological male who claims to be a woman trapped in a man’s body even if he/she is not concerned with reproductive rights, because let’s face it that is the liberal politically correct worldview.
church on September 11, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Nice picture Wendy, its ok I do understand!
dmann on September 11, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Um…
…duplicate post, allah.
Religious_Zealot on September 11, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Wendy Doniger is a chick? Couldn’t tell it by the picture. She’s the kind of “working gal” who hates the Sarah Palins of the world for having it all. Palin has a family and a life. Just guessing here but my money is on the idea that Doniger has cats she gives cute names and dresses up for parties.
highhopes on September 11, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Wendy Doniger:
Professor of the History of Religions, University of Chicago’s Divinity School
Sarah Palin:
PTA, commercial fisherwoman, mother of five, small town gal
Wendy, go get a real job, and then come back and give us your stupid dissertation on working class women.
Saltysam on September 11, 2008 at 10:50 PM
So only Democrats are real women then?
We always knew they thought that, but for them to actually say it is actually surprising.
Esthier on September 11, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Since when does a fat old hippie dyke dictate who has met the standard of femininity?
leetpriest on September 11, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Pure evil. That is what she is. And I don’t say that lightly. And she teaches at a Divinity school. Satan shows up everywhere, doesn’t he?
Rightwingsparkle on September 11, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Ahh, what the heck, I’ll repeat what I said on the other post.
Hmmm….
…so Ms. Doniger, what are you views on Jesus who was a person with political power, took His theology out in public and ‘inflicted’ his private religious views on other people?
BTW – I’m not trying to compare Gov. Palin with Jesus, just showing the complete absence of logical rational thought from a professor from a divinity school.
BBTW – Isn’t Ms. Doniger, by writing this column, a person with ‘political power’ who is taking her theology out in public and ‘inflicting’ her private religious views on others?
BBBTW – Pointing out the hypocrisy, illogical arguments and outright dementia in articles like this is akin to shooting fish in a barrel.
Religious_Zealot on September 11, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Most of the points she makes to claim that Palin is not a “real woman” have been debunked, and yet they still manage to make it into the WaPo. Amazing. Utterly and completely amazing.
pullingmyhairout on September 11, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Satan shows up everywhere, doesn’t he?
Rightwingsparkle on September 11, 2008 at 10:51 PM
I thought Satan was suppose to beguile humans with his beauty. This hag doesn’t measure up to Satan.
church on September 11, 2008 at 10:53 PM
I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV but um er uh uhm I am fairly certain that having a womb, and bearing children is a pretty good indicator she is either a woman or the world’s ultimate Transgender….
I’ll bank on the former.
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Oh Lord! Looking at that picture, it tells me everything I needed to know.
Jealousy…
jencab on September 11, 2008 at 10:53 PM
I left this hack a comment this morning. Negative reactions to her “opinion” are running about 537 – 0.
Not that I care to give her any attention, but if you feel inclined, head on over and giver a piece of your mind so she can apply a convenient label to us all and get on with her life.
Mr_Magoo on September 11, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Wendy Doniger has got it backwards, it is she that doesn’t speak for women. The real point is Sarah Palin isn’t just speaking for women, she is speaking for all of us men and women alike. Her message and ideas are what is important. Not if she has a womb. The real problem is, is that her ideas are so different from Wendy Donigers and all the other women who think they are so relevant just because they are liberal. The fact that she is a woman is of no importance, it’s who she is and what she’s done that are important. Sarah Palin has real ideas, real accomplishments and a real family. These are not reasons to hate her. They are reasons to love her.
Tommy_G on September 11, 2008 at 10:54 PM
This is after when he shows his true colors.
Mr_Magoo on September 11, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Added something for you.
I just think Ms. Doniger is jealous.
pullingmyhairout on September 11, 2008 at 10:55 PM
ROFL. Skip the article and read the comments. Priceless.
“OH, please take a shave and change your picture on your site.”
Vigilante on September 11, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Guys, its a well-known fact that fugly women are extremely jealeous of beautiful and powerful women who exude feminity. Wendy is a case in point.
Andy in Agoura Hills on September 11, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Ms. Doniger is a shining example of the complete spiritual and intellectual bankruptcy of many on the ‘religious left.’
Religious_Zealot on September 11, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Spoken just like a mean-faced, clip-haired, hairy-legged lesbian.
packsoldier on September 11, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Yes, they do. They hang out with liberals all day & bounce their goofy ideas off each other, approvingly.
That’s why I want alphie & Rywall to hang around, keeping us on our toes.
jgapinoy on September 11, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I believe I understand the rage now. America has been forcefully married to these feminists as the standard bearer for women vis a vis the media. The N.O.W. types realize this marriage is tenuous at best. Sarah Palin is the dreaded “other woman” with whom America is having an affair in the minds of these man-hating N.O.W. types. These N.O.W. types believe they have done all the work, but Sarah is getting all the attention.
SouthernGent on September 11, 2008 at 10:57 PM
This is after when he shows his true colors.
Mr_Magoo on September 11, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Thanks for the clarification. Makes total sense now.
church on September 11, 2008 at 10:57 PM
oooohhhh you mean “alice” and “Drywall”…..
FiveWays on September 11, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Now that’s funny.
capitalist piglet on September 11, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Anyone else feel the anger of her self lothing>maybe is was lonlieness>or maybe it is her own limited sexuality???
Somthing is wrong (missing?) in the attitude ‘behind’ that article.
allrsn on September 11, 2008 at 11:00 PM
“Real” woman?…so let me get this straight…I also have a womb, but I guess I am also not a woman, because I don’t believe in the liberal ideas of abortion, and am also a Republican. I wonder if the “real” women of the democratic party could tell me what I am , surely not a man…an “it” maybe? Give me a break, what a ridiculous argument.
Trtle2001 on September 11, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Hate much?
She does not speak for women
No, but NOW does, all 900 members.
Tony737 on September 11, 2008 at 11:01 PM
In a nation of 325,000,000 people more than half of which are female, “thousands” sounds about right. Like that part about taking to their computers, too. Their outrage generates just enough energy for them to put down the remote, get up from the couch, and walk over to their keyboards. Just like me, I suppose, but it doesn’t sound like a very impressive expression of “outrage.” Well, thank goodness she and her ilk have a nice online outlet for their rage, otherwise they’d be out blocking traffic with their papier mache puppet parades. I can’t believe the Post printed it. Well, it is in their “religion” section, which maybe 5 people read when it isn’t being linked for its outrageousness.
shazbat on September 11, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Guys, its a well-known fact that fugly women are extremely jealeous of beautiful and powerful women who exude feminity. Wendy is a case in point.
Andy in Agoura Hills on September 11, 2008 at 10:56 PM
As a woman, and not Fugly, I just love that word. I have to say I know of many unattractive female friends of mine who despise attractive women. Not to mention the working environment with other women and how alliances break down along lines of attractiveness. I don’t know if it is instinctual or what, but the hostility is always simmering under the surface.
church on September 11, 2008 at 11:03 PM
She isn’t going to do that, she wants to run again in 2012. That ain’t happening if Obama wins. Hill will say the bare minimum that she’s obliged to say, but she isn’t going to go out of her way to knock down Palin.
doubleplusundead on September 11, 2008 at 11:03 PM
From the author’s bio on the University of Chicago Div School site:
Wendy Doniger’s research and teaching interests revolve around two basic areas, Hinduism and mythology. Her courses in mythology address themes in cross-cultural expanses; her courses in Hinduism cover a broad spectrum that, in addition to mythology, considers literature, law, gender, and psychology. Cross-cultural offerings have included courses about death, dreams, evil, horses, sex, and women.
Yep, I’d say that qualifies her to be the judge of who is a “real woman” /sarc off. Where do they find these people?
jerseygirl on September 11, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Yes, she does. And she even thinks it reflects well on her liberal religious beliefs.
A fiction writer could never make up such a complete idiot.
Channeling Darth Vader: “The farce is strong in this one.”
Right_of_Attila on September 11, 2008 at 11:06 PM
She isn’t going to do that, she wants to run again in 2012. That ain’t happening if Obama wins. Hill will say the bare minimum that she’s obliged to say, but she isn’t going to go out of her way to knock down Palin.
doubleplusundead on September 11, 2008 at 11:03 PM
I agree with this. Also on MSNBC they were all psyched about Clinton saying Obama was going to win. Yeah, I wouldn’t uncork the champage yet. He also said that about Gore and Kerry.
church on September 11, 2008 at 11:07 PM
There is no right to an abortion in the Constitution! There is a sCOTUS ruling, and state laws allowing and not allowing the procedure, but there is nothing in the COTUS about ABORTION!
Pam on September 11, 2008 at 11:07 PM
As I recall, the feminist term of pro-choice, meant that a woman had a real choice. Suddenly, however, there is no choice involved; a real feminist must by definition be pro-abortion.
Ladies, to excuse the analogy, you’re being hoist upon your own petard (dare I mention the penis/petard angle?).
Special Forces Grunt on September 11, 2008 at 11:07 PM
The Shiite-Sunnification of American politics. So sad.
MB4 on September 11, 2008 at 11:07 PM
From her wiki page:
Born 1940
Does she look 68 in the pic?
aquaviva on September 11, 2008 at 11:08 PM
The case for euthanasia.
My God what an incredibly disgusting human being.
Sapwolf on September 11, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Get some beer and pretzels, you have a very long wait.
allrsn on September 11, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Evidently Wendy Doniger doesn’t read the polls. And I would say if it were only a few points, then she could ignore it… but when you see a 20+ point swing, I mean, come on!
RightWinged on September 11, 2008 at 11:08 PM
That is just plumb scary. The hatred from the left is a sight to behold.
Sue on September 11, 2008 at 11:09 PM
When did she pretend? So far that I know she’s proud to be a woman.
I don’t think Mircea Eliade approves.
Ah Pam, you beat me to the constitutional item. Great!
Entelechy on September 11, 2008 at 11:09 PM
It’s like the idiots who say there is no such thing as a gay republican. Log Cabin Republicans beg to differ.
Blake on September 11, 2008 at 11:09 PM
I can live with that.
Bob's Kid on September 11, 2008 at 11:09 PM
in addition to mythology, considers literature, law, gender, and psychology. Cross-cultural offerings have included courses about death, dreams, evil, horses, sex, and women.
Yep, I’d say that qualifies her to be the judge of who is a “real woman” /sarc off. Where do they find these people?
jerseygirl on September 11, 2008 at 11:05 PM
There are people taking courses on sex from this hag? I wouldn’t imagine she has much first hand experience in that arena. You know what they say, those who can do those who can’t teach.
church on September 11, 2008 at 11:09 PM
I’m a woman, and with all the moral authority this gives me, I declare that Sarah Palin is, in fact, a woman.
I also hereby declare that Wendy Doniger is not a woman.
So there.
juliesa on September 11, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Yes…but he has a special fondness for liberal colleges and theology schools, apparently. Nuance, don’t you know.
You can almost taste the hatred she spews.
Jaibones on September 11, 2008 at 11:11 PM
She’s a post-modern, fiercely proud and independent feminist….who uses a 20 year old pic on her blog.
aquaviva on September 11, 2008 at 11:11 PM
The Angry Lesbian is just pissed because Palin has shattered her liberal twisted image of what a modern woman should be.
pullingmyhairout on September 11, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Imagine if god wants her side to lose. November will be impossible for her and hers.
Entelechy on September 11, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Most of the leftie hatred about Palin is her ability to be feminine and strong, at once, when their view of strong women was Hillary, or the likes.
Entelechy on September 11, 2008 at 11:16 PM
There sure are a lot of stupid professors in America.
SoulGlo on September 11, 2008 at 11:16 PM
So now the femi-nazis are to be the arbiters of who’s a woman?
Sorry, you pitiful hags. Such a call is “above your paygrade”.
SuperCool on September 11, 2008 at 11:16 PM
My point exactly. But as usual, you said it better!
pullingmyhairout on September 11, 2008 at 11:17 PM
No she doesn’t speak for the leftist, abortion loving, man hating, bra burning, code pink libbers. But she does speak for a large population of women in this country.
Stick it in your ear lady . . . or the orifice of your choice.
rplat on September 11, 2008 at 11:17 PM
She probably wishes SHE had a vagina.
Slimm on September 11, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Jesus does not approve.
The Ugly American on September 11, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Let’s try this: I personally believe in high taxes, but I wouldn’t dream of imposing my belief on others. Do Democrats ever say that? Do they say it about any issue besides abortion?
zmdavid on September 11, 2008 at 11:19 PM
You know something odd.
As a middle-age middle class white male; I’ve never been accused of being a traitor to my gender/class/race/age. And if I held the exact opposite views, I still wouldn’t be…
Man, I got lucky there, because it seems I’m in the only group in America who has this amazing perk.
And the people who claim to want to “empower” everyone else is hell-bent to keep them from getting this benefit. Weird.
I think it is a nice benefit; trust me I’m happy to have it. And I’d be ticked if someone took it from me.
gekkobear on September 11, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Can we bury the term “feminist” in re: Palin now?
Connie on September 11, 2008 at 11:20 PM
WOW Wendy,.you come across as a chic who rolls her own tampons and kick starts her vibrator! Gov Sarah Palin is a woman,..jut not your type of woman.
christene on September 11, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Who outed the teenage pregnancy? I don’t think it was Palin. Who hid her own pregnancy? I don’t think it was Palin.
This woman has some serious anger management issues… maybe if she’d spend more time with people outside of the educational world and less time with her battery powered best friend she might develop a different viewpoint.
cannonball on September 11, 2008 at 11:20 PM
The comments that follow the article are almost unanimously negative, and insulting to the author. Wow.
capitalist piglet on September 11, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Palin strikes fear in the heart of feminist because she is representative of the up until now, silent majority of working women, mothers, and wives in this country. The only reason the feminist storm troopers have been able to establish any base of power is because normal American women were to busy taking care of business to pay attention to the fact that they weren’t representing our values, aspirations, and concerns. NOw that Palin has shaken us from our slumber, they fear a takeover of the tag feminist which will totally negate the man hating,raise your sons like they are girls, kill your baby anytime, anywhere agenda they have been pushing for 40 years.
church on September 11, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Well she sure speaks for me, and almost all of the women I know, including my left-leaning Hillary-loving sister.
And she IS a working-class woman, that’s what really gets all of these elitist, moonbat “womyn”
Common Sense on September 11, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Would someone please direct me the person — the one, undisputed person — who has to power to decide who is and who isn’t a woman?
It’s like having the power to decide which life has and doesn’t have worth, is or isn’t convenient to bring into this world.
Apparently, the person quoted above thinks that they are that person.
If that is the case, I apologize. You’re powerful, and should not be questioned. If, as is more likely, you’re not that person, woe betide you.
Puritan1648 on September 11, 2008 at 11:22 PM
Damn it AP, I was about to go to bed. Seeing that woman’s? picture, now I’ll have night terrors.
PappaMac on September 11, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Hangin’ out with Barack and Bill Ayers at faculty meetings, eh?
Another unbiased opinion.
thirtypundit on September 11, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Your typical Obama supporter. That explains alot. When she updates her picture, she should use a satellite photo.
Hog Wild on September 11, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Actually, Hillary’s role in this will be interesting.
If she is an ideologue she will sacrifice her own interests and really try to rip into Palin.
If she is more self interested, she’ll make a minimal effort, that might even be *designed* to backfire against Obama.
Stay tuned for which is the real Hillary Clinton…
18-1 on September 11, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Yeah what all ‘working-class’ women think about everyday is “when can I abort that next fetus inside me”. Stupid liberal fascists.
justinok on September 11, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Off Topic: I thought for sure AP would’ve been blogging on this tonight.
“Time to face the hole”
Best.Tagline.Ever.
The Ugly American on September 11, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Me too:
tru2tx on September 11, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Bah, she actually lied about Baracky’s “above my paygrade” goof:
–And he was right to remark (of the religious implications of abortion), “I don’t presume to be able to answer these kinds of theological questions”.–
Ack.
Bishop on September 11, 2008 at 11:32 PM
My mother in law is an Obamaton. She was reading his book Dreams from my Father and started talking to me about him saying, white men’s greed runs a world in need. Then she said she had never read a truer statement. I said really? You believe that. She said you don’t? Then she went on to say not just white men but all men oppress women and on and on. I want to know where all these oppressive men are. It’s not like I haven’t been exposed to men. I mean my Dad was man, my husband is man and my son is a man. Not to mention the thousands of men I have run into over the course of my life. Not a one ever tried to oppress me. As far as I know no man has ever oppressed her seeing as she was a successful engineer with GE. Can anybody tell me where these horrible men reside. I want to make sure I don’t stumble into that neighborhood.
church on September 11, 2008 at 11:32 PM
It started out with BDS.
And now they’re having PDS.
There’ll be centuries to get through yet
If they have to do the alphabet.
Loxodonta on September 11, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Barf.
mikeyboss on September 11, 2008 at 11:32 PM
It’ll make Bush Derangement Syndrome look like a headcold.
Purple Fury on September 11, 2008 at 11:32 PM
I don’t think that’s off topic at all
aquaviva on September 11, 2008 at 11:32 PM
The first 15 out of 23 words on her blog are capitalized – but not God? History of Religions at a Divinity School? And she doesn’t capitalize God? I don’t think I need to read anymore of this sad woman.
What is with Chicago? Maybe she is upset about not being chosen for VP.
JeffinOrlando on September 11, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Did you see this comment??? I almost peed myself with I read it.
“Wendy, Harry Caray called, he wants his glasses back. Thanks.”
reshas1 on September 11, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Excellent point.
pedestrian on September 11, 2008 at 11:33 PM
LOL….touche!
The Ugly American on September 11, 2008 at 11:34 PM
If you would have waited Allah this would have been the quote of the day…
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzJlNDRlYjY0OWMzMjRjYWU4MTM4NjhkY2E5NmExNDU=
ninjapirate on September 11, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Headlines stories often migrate to the blog.
OneGyT on September 11, 2008 at 11:35 PM
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