August 12, 2005
The Left Discovers Katherine Harris has Boobs
Like Michelle Malkin I too have been marveling at the dismissal of Katherine Harris by the left over her appearance. I can understand it in an offhanded sense but this is to the exclusion of all else. Back in 2000 during the recount it was over her makeup, today it's all about her boobs. At this point I have no real idea what her political positions are because her website is woefully lacking in details. Rumor is she is a staunch conservative in a race against RINOs. If so I wish her well. That said I am not going to pretend to be outraged by the response on the left. The left has always been more about winning then principle.
The left will rant and rave about the evil objectification of women but they don't really believe it or stand by it. The men on the left are sexist pigs objectifying women and the women on the left are jealous shrews ripping and shredding any competition. When the fight gets tough the tough get dirty.
Hillary took a beating about being fat and the left cried foul. But discussions about Hillary’s policies were never far behind (no pun intended). Harris on the other hand draws a special kind of ridicule. The kind usually reserved for Linda Tripp. Arguably these two have done more damage to the democratic faithful then anyone else. My guess is when talking about them the left leaning mind fills with so much rage they can't come up with an intelligent criticism so they go into a sort of third grade insult mode and attack appearances. It's just a shame that this behavior totally undermines their feminist orthodoxy and makes them look and act like drunken patrons of a strip bar.
Michelle has an excellent collection of examples here.
Posted by Sid at August 12, 2005 08:42 PM | Sexuality
