tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post8899458845668391875..comments2023-08-28T05:35:23.205-07:00Comments on Crabmommy: The Right To Choose?Crabmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06167006707545335140noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-60807014263983120872008-10-25T22:44:00.000-07:002008-10-25T22:44:00.000-07:00I really, really, really need to reproduce Alan Al...I really, really, really need to reproduce Alan Alda's <I>Ms.</I> magazine essay about testosterone poisoning.<BR/><BR/>If hormonal issues are enough to disqualify someone from high public office, men should automatically be barred from running.<BR/><BR/>I mean, <I>look</I> at what all their T-surging has <I>done</I> to the world, would ya?<BR/><BR/>Palin isn't unqualified because she's had kids, is a new mom, picks bad baby names, or breastfeeds. She's unqualified because she's a fundamentalist wacko who is helping wage yet another right-wing-backlashy assault on feminism. The co-opting of feminist rhetoric by the Religious Reich ever since her nomination has been well nigh enough to make me reach for the Phenergan. From the same high-handed hoity-toities who spend all their waking hours working at their careers while telling every other mother she should stay home, unless of course she qualifies for welfare and is black.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and there is nothing emasculating about staying home and taking care of kids, or about having your wife support you, because there is nothing masculine about having a career and making a living. But thanks for being a walking stereotype for all the false arguments made about the feminist movement. If feminism is not at least partly about making men care more about home life and less about proving the size and heft of their masculinity through antisocial and violent behavior, I don't wanna be a feminist. Husbands and boyfriends are cheaper than daycare. Usually lots more fun too.Dana Seilhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749354913843954242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-12147759537667083012008-09-18T15:25:00.000-07:002008-09-18T15:25:00.000-07:00Bravely said, anonymous.Bravely said, anonymous.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829207348618699058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-56824515196756603062008-09-18T14:11:00.000-07:002008-09-18T14:11:00.000-07:00What a sad group (most of) you are.What a sad group (most of) you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-39072647775501342152008-09-13T15:33:00.000-07:002008-09-13T15:33:00.000-07:00I'd wait until after October 14th before you serio...I'd wait until after October 14th before you seriously consider Canada.Fall From Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10891766244609300145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-58516437295121414012008-09-13T00:39:00.000-07:002008-09-13T00:39:00.000-07:00Thanks for "telling it like it is!"I've tried tell...Thanks for "telling it like it is!"<BR/><BR/>I've tried telling it that way too but keep running up against some truly media brainwashed "hop on the bandwagon" women - and men - who seem to think that it's great that we have Palin to choose.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking into Canada and Guadalahara - which I didn't spell correctly - in case we have to leave the country - rather than face another 4 years of Republican madness!grannybabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640154807725541703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-36424932836695557352008-09-12T08:43:00.000-07:002008-09-12T08:43:00.000-07:00Crabmom,though j'adore vous, I do wonder about thi...Crabmom,though j'adore vous, I do wonder about this position you've taken. Following through, any woman of childbearing age who wants to run for pres. (or vp or representative, etc...) should promise to not get pregnant? Or just promise there will be no nursing should it happen? Or maybe she'll need to swear upfront that she'll chose country over babe?<BR/><BR/>And what about the men? In your logic (where one can't be a great parent if one is running the country), aren't they shirking their fatherly responsibilities? Aren't their families getting the shaft too? One thing I think we all admire about Obama is what a great family he has and what a great dad he seems to be but now I can't help but wonder, is he? Maybe I should change my vote to McCain since he's past the little kid stage. (Except I won't because this is all a little silly, non?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-72455486173314634502008-09-11T13:12:00.000-07:002008-09-11T13:12:00.000-07:00And another thing... Just because I'm stupid becau...And another thing... Just because I'm stupid because I pushed out my brains with the afterbirth, doesn't mean that every mother is. However, Sarah Palin seems to be stupid for a host of other reasons, most notably (for the record I can't spell notably. Or maybe I can. I used to be very bright, I swear.) Most notably for the fact that she wants to push her agenda on other people. And she seems to be a liar as well, which has nothing to do with breastfeeding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-81451190779105622872008-09-11T12:19:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:19:00.000-07:00At two months post-partum I'm not sure I should be...At two months post-partum I'm not sure I should be in charge of my own baby, let alone the country. And I'm not depressed. I'm just... stupid. There. I said it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-69835440066369251782008-09-10T17:06:00.000-07:002008-09-10T17:06:00.000-07:00hey andrea, thanks for your comment...but I disagr...hey andrea, thanks for your comment...but I disagree with you on the Obama comment: my questions for him would not be AT ALL the same if he had an infant because he wouldn't be breastfeeding it as Palin is. And if he were the primary caregiver of said infant, then I might find it questionable that he'd be running for president and I'd wonder who would get shafted. <BR/><BR/>I'm sorry, but this woman pitches herself as ubermommy, with a large brood and a pro-life stance on procreation in general; but she's not walking the talk of good mother to me, while at the same time using her role as mother to boost her politics--not cool. <BR/><BR/>I find it utterly stupid that people act as though Dad and Mom's roles are the same when it comes to small children. To those who suggest we should ask the same questions of McCain and Obama that we do of Palin is complete PC nonsense. Obama, for one, isn't grandstanding about family values nor will he ever reverse a woman's right to choose whether she wants a family at all. He's not a mom and he's not running as a Supermom, so I'm not asking him to show me if he can handle being one and running the country at the same time.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829207348618699058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-90180824431350368922008-09-10T16:34:00.000-07:002008-09-10T16:34:00.000-07:00Thank you for saying this. Please let me add that...Thank you for saying this. Please let me add that if Obama had an infant my feelings for him would be exactly the same.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094246433421191803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-20401272648050183372008-09-09T10:22:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:22:00.000-07:00Way too many typos in my last comment, so THAT'S W...Way too many typos in my last comment, so THAT'S WHY I DELETED IT!<BR/><BR/>let me try again:<BR/><BR/>karlee! Welcome. Indeed fallfromgrace had reason to allude to Mormons in a cheeky way because I have done so many times on this blog. But for a long time now I have steered clear of any mention of John Krakauer or insouciant questions about Mountain Dew sodas...these sorts of things used to occupy a fair bit of time on this blog while I lived in the many-Mormon belt of the Rocky Mountain West, but you will be pleased to know that these days I am more interested in poking fun at the types that proliferate here in the Pacific Northwest--militant ecomommies and the sort of well-behaved fascists one finds in the Teva-sandal belt of the NW!<BR/><BR/>Actually it's been a while since I've poked fun at any of these peeps. But I do plan to. Oh yes, indeed.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829207348618699058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-46973901021104135092008-09-09T10:17:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:17:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829207348618699058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-48261087682144177472008-09-09T05:20:00.000-07:002008-09-09T05:20:00.000-07:00Sorry, Karleewinters. I do know the difference. In...Sorry, Karleewinters. <BR/><BR/>I do know the difference. In fact, I have known and loved Mormon women in my time as wonderful supportive friends (and one gave me the best peanut butter-oatmeal-chocolate chip cookie recipe I've ever tried), and unless they had a second family stashed in the basement, they were pretty well regular, mainstream family units. But what's 'regular' nowadays? <BR/><BR/>I was exaggerating to make a point - that her forcing her young daughter to marry is... well. Not right by me. And hey, if Sarah can have a say in whether or not I have another child, I can offer an opinion on whether or not her child should marry at what I consider 'under age'. Sarah's 'Me! Me! Mimi-ness' her decision to grab what she wants regardless of whether or not it's best for her family irritates me. It's uncool. It's childish. And it irks me. So I exaggerated. <BR/><BR/>And, as is my way, I was bringing the whole Crabmommy experience back around to Mormon...baiting? poking? <BR/><BR/>But in retrospect it was insulting and I apologize.Fall From Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10891766244609300145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-51362491980922025722008-09-09T04:45:00.000-07:002008-09-09T04:45:00.000-07:00Oops. I meant inaccuracy. How embarrassing.Oops. I meant inaccuracy. How embarrassing.Karleewintershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707026277671167020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-83809597521844637622008-09-09T04:37:00.000-07:002008-09-09T04:37:00.000-07:00This is a little off topic, but could we (like the...This is a little off topic, but could we (like the educated, well-informed people that we are) distinguish between mainstream, non-polygamist Mormons (LDS) and the polygamist practicing FLDS? I'm really tired of people believing that I (a Mormon) am a polygamist because of the perpetuation of this innaccuracy.Karleewintershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707026277671167020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-77922704469663032562008-09-08T11:56:00.000-07:002008-09-08T11:56:00.000-07:00Elke! If I'm not mistaken I think you just called ...Elke! If I'm not mistaken I think you just called me stupid. But I won't hit you. :) <BR/><BR/>Palin: It amazes me that we're all meant to get excited by the empowering sky's the-limit-for-mommies role model that is this woman. A woman who believes in the right to make her own choices about her own family but who will gladly set us back to 1908 when it comes to our repro rights, should she come into power, and she very well might. <BR/><BR/>To all those who are stewing over mombloggers such as me who are supposedly setting ourselves back a decades with our critique of Mommy Palin: presidential elections ought not be about motherhood--true; they ought to be about governing a country. If Palin were a serious candidate worth investigating, we wouldn't be talking about her as a mom, we'd be talking about her as a candidate. <BR/><BR/>That this woman should be the only one since Hill Clinton close to the White House is an indictment and a joke. She parades her children around as though they are a political achievement. She makes them front and center of her ridiculous set of political values that include forcing women to have babies they don't want. And I'm supposed to respect her and champion her ascent to power? <BR/><BR/>Not my kind of mommy.crabmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126119863662468820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-64654562741926057812008-09-08T10:23:00.000-07:002008-09-08T10:23:00.000-07:00I am appalled.So appalled.I'd like to direct anyon...I am appalled.<BR/><BR/>So appalled.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to direct anyone not living in 1908 to my most recent blog post.<BR/><BR/>elkerushton.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah-palin-and-mixed-up-world.html<BR/><BR/>Do you women really believe that you are that stupid? Who told you that? Why didn't you hit them?Elkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088000027208586201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-8995503633820132642008-09-07T08:57:00.000-07:002008-09-07T08:57:00.000-07:00Yay for Crabmommy. You took the words right out o...Yay for Crabmommy. You took the words right out of my mouth. Scary Sarah is frightening in so many ways, raging hormones may be the least of it. She was chosen for the women's vote, but she is so anti-woman, it's downright freaky.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06033542177792333853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-89916422393131399652008-09-05T15:01:00.000-07:002008-09-05T15:01:00.000-07:00I realize I'm late to the party but it took me all...I realize I'm late to the party but it took me all week to remember my password. Nope, not breastfeeding, but I am a SAHM (gag that I know and use those initials)of three and I can barely keep it together as we gear up to home school. HOW Sarah Palin can even imagine she can get through the campaign and hold down the VP job is beyond me. And I'm fairly smart.<BR/><BR/>A few random thoughts... and I've just gone over em and taken out the more inflammatory bits. <BR/><BR/>Forcing your 17 year old to marry because she's pregnant (announcing it to the world and dragging the boyfriend onstage is forcing her)is akin to child abuse. I wasn't aware that marriage was the cure for teen pregnancy crisis in America. Whadya know?<BR/><BR/>One of my kids shares a name with a lil' Palin and another name was on my list so I shouldn't snicker at what anyone chooses to name their kid. Even though I do. <BR/><BR/>Exposing your 17 year old pregnant daughter to this kind of media scrutiny is ...well...akin to child abuse.<BR/><BR/>If her husband were running, the kids wouldn't even be an issue. More's the pity. <BR/><BR/>If she were Mormon and living in Texas, and her 17 year old daughter were already married and pregnant, you can bet her three younger children would have been taken away from her.<BR/><BR/>Is it just me or does this whole thing smack of desperation by the party? <BR/><BR/>... hmm. I guess it's still a bit inflammatory.Fall From Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10891766244609300145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-39709326751939987082008-09-04T12:51:00.000-07:002008-09-04T12:51:00.000-07:00As one who is more "middle of the road" and becaus...As one who is more "middle of the road" and because I consider myself now more independent than REP or DEM... I think you make some valid points here... especially about her being a new mom.<BR/><BR/>I will be interested to see how this all pans out.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00738617011472273035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-7368929300907629022008-09-04T10:56:00.000-07:002008-09-04T10:56:00.000-07:00Right, is this a feminist blog?! Shoot, I thought ...Right, is this a feminist blog?! <BR/><BR/>Shoot, I thought that it was for witchy women to complain to one another! <BR/><BR/>PS Love the anonymous comment with the phrase "you people"! How unique! How inclusive! How Ross Perot! ( When he addressed the NAACP. But I guess you're not THAT kind of feminist...)Emily L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01764543245763369975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-56524418314983137532008-09-03T13:43:00.000-07:002008-09-03T13:43:00.000-07:00Yes, the idea that someone who until very recently...Yes, the idea that someone who until very recently was the mayor a small town in Alaska could become the leader of the free world should something happen to the (elderly and unstable) president is chilling indeed.<BR/>PS Bristol is a truly heinous name.Alexishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308921020458811204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-25672559889233171052008-09-03T11:36:00.000-07:002008-09-03T11:36:00.000-07:00Crabmommy, I understand your point about hormones...Crabmommy, I understand your point about hormones, but it is an argument that men have been using to keep us out of power for a long, long time. It seems to be that the job of VP is not that demanding (I mean Dan Quayle did just fine, didn't he?). On the other hand, the possibility of Palin taking over the Presidency is chilling. Not because of her gender or family responsibilities, but because of her appalling political views.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-56118398702655835122008-09-03T11:12:00.000-07:002008-09-03T11:12:00.000-07:00She may not have had the same reaction to breastfe...She may not have had the same reaction to breastfeeding as many of us do. We're all different. In fact I doubt she is still doing the 3 or 4 hourly feeding. In fact, she is probably feeling great, that post breastfeeding spring.<BR/>But what makes her think that global warming has nothing to do with human activity? If it's not the hormones, it must be her intellect...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-51823057037232658962008-09-03T08:36:00.000-07:002008-09-03T08:36:00.000-07:00Hadn't thought about the misty minded breastfeedin...Hadn't thought about the misty minded breastfeeding angle on Sarah Palin. I certainly wasn't able to run my family well during breastfeeding, how on earth will she run the world? There are so many reasons for Americans not to want her as a veep. She's dangerously strange, and will give Obama a run for his polls I believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com