Most crucially, the snobbery of it, the meanness of it, reminded the entire country, for the first time in a decade, what it is they don’t like about the left. Really, America had forgotten. Mr. Obama’s friends reminded them. Unforgettably.
Remember when actress Sally Field propounded her compelling theory on gender and international conflict in her 2007 Emmy acceptance speech? In case you forgot:
“So surely this belongs to all the mothers of the world. May they be seen, may their work be valued and praised, and especially the mothers who stand with an open heart and wait, wait for their children to come home from danger, from harms way, and from war.
I am proud to be one of those women, and lets face it: if the mothers ruled the world their would be no g*d damn wars in the first place.”
Sally Field’s remarks are worth revisiting now that Gov. Sarah Palin is on the ticket. The Alaskan governor seems suited to receive Norma Rae’s categorical acclamation. Gov. Sarah Palin is a mother; her work has been praised and valued; her son, Track, was recently deployed to Iraq; she undoubtedly stands with “an open heart” waiting for him to “come home from danger, from harms way, and from war;” and Palin may soon be in a position to partially rule the free world. Sally Field, meet your new candidate!
Now lets not kid ourselves. Sally Field is probably the last person to support Palin, despite the actress’ seemingly universal praise for mothers. Field supported Hillary Clinton in the primary, donating $2,300 to Clinton’s campaign, according to the campaign donor search engine, Newsmeat.com. Field, who also donated $500 to “Voters for Choice/Friends of Family Planning,” probably doesn’t consider Palin a real mother anyway since “real mothers” support abortion.
