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Sep. 16th, 2008 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sparklypoof**helping spread the good news that leli sent me this morning**
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The National Organization for Women (NOW) has endorsed Barack Obama for President.
This is unprecedented - they do not endorse candidates.
They stated in an interview with NPR this morning, however, that Pallin is an "anathema" to everything their organization champions and they could not stand idly by and watch her being touted as a "woman's rights" candidate.
Link to the interview:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94658965
Link to NOW:
http://www.now.org
I'd pass this on to as many women as you feel comfortable passing it on to - we need to vote.
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PS: this shirt is awesome
PPS: why you should vote for mccain
PPPS: ALSO!! count the lies
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The National Organization for Women (NOW) has endorsed Barack Obama for President.
This is unprecedented - they do not endorse candidates.
They stated in an interview with NPR this morning, however, that Pallin is an "anathema" to everything their organization champions and they could not stand idly by and watch her being touted as a "woman's rights" candidate.
Link to the interview:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94658965
Link to NOW:
http://www.now.org
I'd pass this on to as many women as you feel comfortable passing it on to - we need to vote.
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PS: this shirt is awesome
PPS: why you should vote for mccain
PPPS: ALSO!! count the lies
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Re: pass it on.
Date: 2008-09-16 07:08 pm (UTC)Re: pass it on.
Date: 2008-09-17 05:25 am (UTC)"We don't think it's much to break a glass ceiling for one woman and leave millions of women behind," said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
Re: pass it on.
Date: 2008-09-17 01:17 pm (UTC)I would also like to mention here, though it will probably go un-read by everyone but you - that even if you're a single mom raising kids on your own and thus you can relate somewhat to palin on a personal level - THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR HER BAESD SOLELY ON THAT! we don't have to LIKE the people we elect into office (though that certainly helps) - but we DO need to agree w/them on the issues that are important to us.
THAT is where the dumbed-down political games come in to play. they get all emotional and folk-y w/people who're ignorant of the issues, and get them on "their side" by being relatable, vs. being up front about where they stand on the issues (which, in palin's case, is a stance that would set women's rights back 30+ years).
buh! this is why I dont post about politics much - it just gets me riled up! (but I guess thats a good thing?)