More Feminist Republicans

"Mr. Giuliani then launched an attack on people who have questioned whether Ms. Palin will have enough energy to focus on the vice presidency as the mother of five. “How dare they question whether Sarah Palin has enough time to spend with her children and be vice president,” Mr. Giuliani said. “How dare they do that? When do they ever ask a man that question?”"

I think that this move is incredibly interesting. It uses feminist arguments, but not in ways my feminist self wants to see. In most contexts, I would love to see this question raised, but "feminist" comments like that are at the head of a Republican attack to construct the media as unreliable, unamerican, out of touch, and hopelessly liberal.

So I am conflicted about this, because I think that a Republican in office again would have the opportunity to overturn Roe v Wade and would not affect the pay gap, who would simply sweep a great number of feminist concerns under the rug.

How should I feel about these co-oped feminist messages?

Clearly, supporting a message is not the same thing as supporting the messenger, but I would appreciate any input on how we might deal with supporting feminist messages that we feel are coming from conservative forces.