Gayle Plato-Besley

Gayle Plato-Besley (born August 2, 1964) is an American columnist, who writes political analysis featured at Townhall.com. Plato-Besley may also be found at SonoranAlliance.com, with contributions at BlogNetnews.com, the Arizona Republic, The Sonoran News, AzNet News, and the Foothills Focus. Plato-Besley holds a Masters in Education - Counseling from Northern Arizona University. She is a certified social studies teacher, and counselor with over 20 years experience working with children and families. Her experience includes work as a school counselor in Arizona and Washington school districts, private practice, and a secondary level teacher of U.S. Government, Economics, and History.

Plato-Besley develops a point of view using a prose style to offer opinion and analysis citing pop culture and classic literature. Reference to "The Simpsons" or "South Park" are highlighted in turn with political newsmakers of the Middle East like Benjamin Netanyahu or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Recent controversy over her editorial regarding U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama crystallized as the media covered Hillary Clinton's reference to Robert Kennedy being assassinated on the campaign trail:quote
"Do any remember Le Morte d'Arthur? Sir Thomas Malory did not pull punches. Arthur's reign goes down in defeat, death--to Avalon, legend taking back the boy-king to live another day. Everyone betrays Arthur. I wince when I see the John F. Kennedy comparisons for Barack Obama. Running for President can be inherently dangerous; just ask Bobby Kennedy's kids.." [ [http://therightwoman.blogtownhall.com/2008/03/12/disenfrancised_voters_and_le_morte_darthur.thtml Townhall.com - The Right Woman ] ]
KKNT consistently ranks Ms. Plato-Besley's political blog, "The Right Woman", in the Top Ten Blogs of Arizona. Recent articles noted as in the Townhall.com national rankings of "What's Hot".

"Arizona Political Heat" editorial staff recently wrote about the author: quote
"Gayle Plato-Besley, who blogs for both Sonoran Alliance and townhall.com, has a great article refuting the Catholic Sun's recent piece which implied that Catholics are opposed to laws against illegal immigration. The Catholic Sun refused to print her letter to the editor responding to its article. Probably because Gayle Plato-Besley made some compelling points." [http://arizonapoliticalheat.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-catholics-feel-about-illegal.html]

With Republican Party Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain's Vice Presidential running mate, Sarah Palin , Plato-Besley instrumentally placed her in to the Internet blogging dialogue, and coined the phrase, 'Sarah Palin is the Elizabeth Cady Stanton of the 21st century'. Referring to the original feminist and suffrage leader [http://www.nps.gov/archive/wori/ecs.htm]

External links

* [http://therightwoman.blogtownhall.com/ The Right Woman] , Gayle Plato-Besley's blog
* [http://www.sonorannews.com/ The Sonoran News]
* [http://www.thefoothillsfocus.com/ The Foothills Focus]
* [http://kknt960.townhall.com/ KKNT]
* [http://www.catholicsun.org/ The Catholic Sun]

Recent Articles and Features

* Education and Faith Related Articles
** "The Arizona Republic" (quoted source) [http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0711PopeSays0711.html]
** "Dysart School District Site Informative" [http://schoolweb.dysart.org/schoolSites/uploads/210/Newsletter%20September.pdf]

* at The Sonoran News
** "The conservative woman today" [http://www.sonorannews.com/archives/2008/080227-09/GuestEditorial.html]
** "Abortion and Environment Equals a Liberal Fallacy" [http://www.sonorannews.com/archives/2008/080227-09/GuestEditorial.html]

* at Townhall.com
** "US/Mexico Borderland - Gaza Strip Bound?" [http://therightwoman.blogtownhall.com/2008/04/11/usmexico_borderland-_gaza_strip_bound.thtml]
** "Mac Attack: Make it an Extra-Value Meal" [ranked top five Nationally at Townhall.com via What's Hot List] [http://therightwoman.blogtownhall.com/2008/02/07/mac_attack_make_it_an_extra-value_meal.thtml] Plato-Besley Aced Palin Pick for McCain VP [http://therightwoman.blogtownhall.com/2008/08/29/plato-besley_aced_palin_pick_for_mccain_vp.thtml]

* at SonoranAlliance.com
** "National Security and the South Park Conservative: The Milton-Bradley Paradox Plagues the Candidates" [http://therightwoman.blogtownhall.com/2008/01/07/national_security_and_the_south_park_conservative_the_milton-bradley_paradox_plagues_the_candidates.thtml]
** "444 Days That 'Jimmy-Rigged' the Future in an Obama-nation" [http://sonoranalliance.com/?p=2355]
** "Revolution of School Choice Capitalizes on Current Trends" [http://sonoranalliance.com/?p=2218] McCain v. Obama 2008 The Ceteris Paribus Assumption Fallacy [http://sonoranalliance.com/?p=2718]

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