The Feminist Agenda

A-ha! [Norwegian pop plays in the background.] This is what has Jessica Valenti's panties in a bunch.

If you recall, I went through Valenti's Washington Post Opinion article on Sunday. Valenti was mortified that Palin was using the language of feminism to push an anti-feminist agenda. As proof of the anti-feminism of the Palin agenda, Valenti pointed to positions on abortion (not a legislative issue), the opposition of undefined steps to address the salary gap, and gay rights (not a women's issue). It was not an ironclad argument.

Valenti may not be a statistical titan, but she certainly can't miss numbers like this. Obama wooed votes from married women by 3 points and single women by a whopping 39 points. The rise of Palin and the entire stable of solid GOP female candidates bring out Valenti's real fear: that women will defect from the Democrats in a way that undermines the DNC's coalition of disparate minority interests. The two highest-profile Republicans are still in primary races. Meg Whitman, former e-Bay CEO and Carly Fiorina, former HP CEO currently lead Republican races for California Governor and California Senator, respectively.

With so many high-profile Republican women rising through the ranks and a groundswell of conservative power rising up, Barack Obama may face a female challenger in 2012. How can any modern right-bashing feminist remain relevant when the first female occupant of the Oval Office hails from the GOP?

Here you have it, the real feminist agenda: destroy Republican women.