Who hasn't wondered, during this election cycle and possibly many others, "What is in it for these women and men, minorities and people of color, to stand with the Republican ticket and put themselves on national television advocating for policies and politicians whose platforms work against the very things that Democrats would uphold to protect them?"
As a woman I am always amazed to see other women argue openly for people who would reduce them to chattel, if given free reign to do so. As a mere spectator I marvel at the way non-white men have gone to bat for McCain and Palin, over and over again, arguing on behalf of a campaign who would not advance the mission of equality, and I ask myself what they have been told to believe this is for the betterment of all Americans, for all of us.
Lest I be accused of insinuating that these people are "sell-outs" or whatever sexist or racially [ed. note: I believe "race" is an artificial construct] explosive turn of phrase my question my lend to, I must ask, am I alone in wondering why people who have been victimized by Republican policies would advocate for them? Is it some kind of Stockholm Syndrome, or the thought that if one aligns him or herself with his or her victimizers they too can somehow become re-empowered?
Surely it must be for the same reason that those living in poverty might vote for their oppressors. Heck, I can see this same psychology working on people like David Gregory, who wants nothing more than to be in with the it-crowd, probably a kid who was picked on in high school. A need to be associated with the masculine Fatherland of America and the structure of power its media and government tries desperately to project.
If this question or my delivery thereof is offensive, I absolutely did not mean it to be so, and I will delete if it is. I just really wonder what other Kossacks make of this phenomenon, and we can start with the likes of Michelle Malkin if necessary.
But I'd rather not. How in the hell does anyone explain that?