Palin Envy

“PALIN ENVY” Mike DeNunzio According to Freud, the defining moment in psychosexual development of a female and a male child is when they learn the female does not have a penis. The female reaction is “penis envy” and the male reaction is “castration anxiety.” These metaphors characterize Sarah Palln; liberal women are jealous of her, liberal men fear her, and she is envied by both. ENVY is the sixth of the seven deadly sins; it is a sin that is not easy to commit, envy takes determination. One must resent another for possessing assets or qualities that he/she lacks, and also demean that person and enjoy seeing the person suffer. Cain killed Able in envy when God favored Able’s sacrifice over his own, and envy was the reason why Jesus was arrested: “(Pilate) knew that for envy they had delivered him, (because) more were listening to Him than them.” (Matt 27:18) In Dante’s allegorical description of Purgatory sinners of envy are punished by sewing their eyes shut with metal wire for taking pleasure in seeing another’s loss. Many people live in a purgatory of their own consumed with envy of others: The reaction to Sarah Palin is a modern parable about envy. This woman has qualities many women and men lack: She is attractive and athletic; she is a successful governor; she draws large crowds. She also is a attentive wife and mother of five who did something few do: She gave birth to a child with Down’s syndrome; ninety percent are aborted. This chromosomal disorder, Trisomy 21 impairs cognitive ability, physical growth, facial appearance and developmental abilities. Sarah Palin is grounded in the moral certitude that the unborn, the disabled and elderly have the same unalienable right to life as any other human being. She inspires millions for her opposition to abortion and euthanasia; Her critics denigrate her for this and say: ”Her primary qualification is she never had an abortion.” They also subject her to frivolous charges to consume her workday and cost her legal fees that now are $500,000 and $2 million for Alaska taxpayers. “Normal Americans do not find it difficult to understand why Sarah Palen resigned,” wrote John Dunn in the “American Thinker.” He added: Palin has a clear hierarchy of values; she knows her responsibility to serve the public, and to raise her family without distraction. Her eldest son is in Iraq; her eldest daughter is a single mother; her teen daughter is joked about and her infant has special needs. She will look at them and her husband and learn much; her critics will look at TV cameras and learn nothing. Sarah Palin is a bold 21st century woman with the courage to bring her Judeo Christian convictions to the public square. Her value judgments are not cynical calculations to win elections. She is envied, and she should be.