A liberal voice in the minority
At the moment, anyway, very few liberals are willing to voice any concerns whatsoever over Barack Obama…if, indeed, they even have any.
Camille Paglia does, and she is. Jill Stanek helps…
Pro-abort columnist Camille Paglia wrote a great piece in liberal Salon magazine yesterday, joining the growing list of Obama-supporting journalists writing morning after confessionals.
Paglia admires Obama. But…
In the closing weeks of the election, however, I became increasingly disturbed by the mainstream media’s avoidance of forthright dealing with several controversies that had been dogging Obama — even as every flimsy rumor about Sarah Palin was being trumpeted as if it were engraved in stone on Mount Sinai.
And after quite a rundown of specific issues that disturb her about those controversies, she turns to the subject of Palin.
Paglia’s bold, brave thoughts on Palin, who “as a pro-life wife, mother and ambitious professional represents the next big shift in feminism,” come near the end.
She sees Palin as a “populist phenomenon.” Read the whole piece. We haven’t heard such forthright commentary out of just about any observer, especially liberal celebrities.
Or such intellectual honesty.
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Intellectual honesty? If Ms.Paglia had these concerns and observations prior to the election, why didn’t she share them then? In my mind THAT would have been the intellectually honest thing to do. Perhaps she did not want to do anything that could in any way help derail the Obama express? Like others who covered Obama during the campaign and are just now sharing their reservations about the man, Ms. Paglia is a day late and a dollar short.