That is not what I asked, SL. Was the maternity leave required by state law? No one asked if she could stay voluntarily. And I suppose the "entitlement queen" will take it again with this present pregnancy.
Late Night: Jon Stewart calls Fox's Megyn Kelly a hypocrite August 12, 2011 | 7:10 am
Late Night: Jon Stewart calls Fox's Megyn Kelly a hypocrite - latimes.com
Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart celebrated the triumphant return of his favorite Fox News personality, Megyn Kelly, after a lengthy maternity leave.
While Stewart was happy to have Kelly back, there was something a little different--and it wasn't just her new, shorter hairstyle. Upon her return to "America Live" this Monday, Kelly grilled conservative radio host Mike Gallagher, who had called her maternity leave "a racket."
For Stewart, Kelly's stance was more than a little ironic. "She was making quite a spirited argument that workers are entitled to certain benefits and that society has an interest in protecting these benefits, which is great...and really weird. Wait, 'cause that's not the Fox's Megyn Kelly that I thought I knew."
Stewart rolled the tape, which intercut Kelly's enthusiastic defense of maternity leave with her previous attacks on "entitlement" programs and mandated benefits more broadly.
Even by the standards of "The Daily Show," it was pretty devastating stuff: "New" Kelly claimed that the United States, as "the only advanced country that doesn't require paid leave," is "in the Dark Ages," while "old" Kelly was a staunch advocate of the free market who decried the "welfare state." "That's the way it works in American society," she said. (To be fair, it's not clear whether "old" Kelly was specifically talking about maternity leave in these clips, but as far as Stewart is concerned, it doesn't matter; maternity leave is an "entitlement" just like health insurance or Social Security.)