Absent the identity of the speaker, the quote about kids' and grandkids' opportunities vis a vie this nation's "freedom" would be a salient one. But considering whose lips spoke those words, it is no more meaningful than any of the other gibberish spewed at the latest Senatorial dog and pony show, which in recent times has degraded into simply a carnival for wolves and jackasses.
That Blackburn "isn't your everyday white woman" is, I suppose, a small comfort - if you mean that her views do not represent the view of the majority of that particular demographic in this country. But the alternate meaning of her being in such a position of power and influence is beyond depressing. It is shameful. But that statement has no real meaning either, I suppose, since shame seems to have ceased to exist as an influence on behavior these days.
Absent the identity of the speaker, the quote about kids' and grandkids' opportunities vis a vie this nation's "freedom" would be a salient one. But considering whose lips spoke those words, it is no more meaningful than any of the other gibberish spewed at the latest Senatorial dog and pony show, which in recent times has degraded into simply a carnival for wolves and jackasses.
That Blackburn "isn't your everyday white woman" is, I suppose, a small comfort - if you mean that her views do not represent the view of the majority of that particular demographic in this country. But the alternate meaning of her being in such a position of power and influence is beyond depressing. It is shameful. But that statement has no real meaning either, I suppose, since shame seems to have ceased to exist as an influence on behavior these days.