Childless Spinster Hates Children, Enjoys Cats

Did you know California was insane? All those fruits and nuts running around with their freaky liberal ideas like banning perfume and forcing government down our throats. That's pretty much the viewpoint (with a few notable exceptions) about the proposed anti-spanking legislation by Assemblywoman Sally Lieber. She is invariably described as a "childless" cat owner, therefore ignorant of the importance of hitting small children.

• "Cat Lady" Sally Lieber Offers Child-Rearing Tips. (OK, this is clearly satire, but it nicely sums up what's going on.) From TheNoseOnYourFace.com.



• "Who is going to care for all those kids in California while their parents serve their one-year term in jail for spanking?" Barbara Minze. Mexia, Texas, columnist.



• "Childless lawmaker classifies corporal punishment alongside beatings." WorldNet Daily.



• "Out of control and clueless Nanny State." The parents will be put in prison for a year and the kids will be put in foster care. Jennifer Roback Morse.



• "Never mind that Assemblyperson Lieber has no children of her own. She does have a cat named Snoop, and her vet told her it should never be spanked. ... This is the thing that grates on me with some liberals." Live Fire Ministries.



• "You shouldn't make the rules if you don't play the game. Sally Lieber, who is proposing this silly bit of nannism, is childless. Yes, it does matter." Ride Fast and Shoot Straight.



• A poll in the Courier-Journal in Kentucky asked readers what they thought of the proposed ban and included the question: "It's California, what do you expect?" Tampa Bay street doesn't really like it either.



• "If California seems permanently trapped in a 'silly season,' there are growing signs the rest of the country is becoming subject to ever-lengthening seasons of a similar stripe." Bob Barr in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution (registration required).

Lieber responded to The Times about the "childless" charge: "Every time I've run for political office, the term 'childless' gets used, and I just think it's a little bit ridiculous. We legislate on a lot of different topics, like domestic violence, although I'm not in an abusive relationship; classroom teaching, although I'm not a teacher and I'm not in a classroom any longer."

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