America by Heart, by Sarah Palin: on Civil Rights
Barack Obama:
Constitution stained by nation's original sin of slavery
Our Founders began the painful process, in the adoption of the Constitution, of ending the evil practice of slavery. Barack Obama himself acknowledged as much in his widely hailed speech on race during the 2008 campaign. Here's an excerpt:"The documen
they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. It was stained by this nation's original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow slave trade to
continue for at least twenty more years, and to leave any final resolution to future generations. Of course, the answer to the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution--a Constitution that had at its very
core the ideal of equal citizenship under the law; a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time."
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p. 30-31
Nov 23, 2010
Eric Holder:
Only a nation of cowards won't come to grips with racism
The charge of racism is leveled at patriotic Americans so often because the people making the charge actually believe it. They think America--at least America as it currently exists--is a fundamentally unjust and unequal country. Barack
Obama seems to believe this, too. Certainly his wife expressed this view when she said during the 2008 campaign that she had never felt proud of her country until her husband started winning elections. In retrospect,
I guess this shouldn't surprise us, since both of them spent almost two decades in the pews of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's church listening to rants against America and white people. It also makes sense, then, that the man President
Obama made his attorney general, Eric Holder, would call us a "nation of cowards" for failing to come to grips with what he described as the persistence of racism.
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p. 26
Nov 23, 2010
Sarah Palin:
America follows faith in how we treat special needs kids
What our culture does when it translates religious values into secular terms and applies them to useful ends isn't about brainwashing or converting--quite the opposite. It's a way of conferring a rich moral heritage while respecting everyone's religious
freedom.All the great religions call on us to follow the Golden Rule: to treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves. One of the best ways America follows this faith in a secular way is in the treatment we give to individuals with special
needs. Without so much as mentioning religion, we strive to treat these most vulnerable members of our society the way we ourselves would like to be treated.
We could always do more, but America says a lot about itself in the way we support these
amazing families. Not just with laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, but in our private lives; in countless individual gestures in countless communities, our faith-rooted values are put to work to help special kids and adults.
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p. 240-241
Nov 23, 2010
Sarah Palin:
Slavery in Constitution was a lasting shame for a century
To our great and lasting shame, slavery continued in the US for almost a century following the adoption of the Constitution. Although the controversy never went away, in the end it took the bloodiest war in our nation's history to end the evil practice.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans died, but slavery finally died with them. And in an important and overlooked way, our Founders began this painful process.
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p. 30-31
Nov 23, 2010
Sarah Palin:
Women's movement was "seat at table"; now "control table"
When I was tapped for the V.P. nomination, I got a lot of, quite frankly, sexist criticism. Some of it came from conservatives who didn't think a woman had any business being on the campaign trail with young children. I'm used to that; I've heard it
since I first entered politics two decades ago. But most of it came from liberals who claimed to believe that women should pursue careers outside the home. They said I was being hypocritical about running for office while I had small children because
conservatives supposedly had rules about that kind of thing. Problem was, there was nothing in anything I advocated then (or since) that isn't empowering to women and doesn't encourage them to be all they can be.Americans understand that the rise
of the mama grizzlies is a healthy development, not just for women but for our country. It's the women's movement coming full circle, from demanding a seat at the table to sharing control of the table to provide a better future for our kids.
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p.130-131
Nov 23, 2010
Sarah Palin:
I am a feminist, and grateful beneficiary of Title IX
It surprises some people to hear that I consider myself a feminist. I believe both women and men have God-given rights that haven't always been honored by our country's politicians. I believe women and men have important differences, but those
differences don't include the ability of women to work just as hard as men (if not harder) and to be just as effective as men (if not more so). I also consider myself a grateful beneficiary of the movement for female equality, particularly
Title IX, the federal law that mandates equal opportunity for women in high school and college sports. So I proudly call myself a conservative feminist.
One question liberal feminists would do well to ask themselves is why most American women today reject the label "feminist."
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p.139-140
Nov 23, 2010
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