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The RIGHT woman for the job...
I have been sitting here for the last two days thinking about the election and our candidates. And something occurred to me while I was getting my daughter ready for school and packing my bag for work... there are a lot of reasons I dont like Sarah Palin. All of the obvious reasons aside, i want to address the "republican machine" and how they accuse anyone who doesnt like Sarah as hating women.
Its not that I dont want to see a woman in the White House. In my lifetime I would love to see it and believe I will. But I would like to see the RIGHT woman in the role. I think that it takes guts, and conviction to try for the second highest office. But I think that it takes a coward to be snarky and sarcastic. I dont want this big opprotunity to make it harder for women to take office in the future.
Dont get me wrong, Strong is good, being able to tell other people your story and why you are a better choice than your opponent, great. But using sarcasm and snarky remarks doesnt make you look like you know what you are doing and it certainly doesnt make you look like a leader. And I truly believe that it makes a person look like they lack substance. (ok, no cheap shots here, it is way too easy)
I guess what really hit me, is that I dont want to talk bad about her because she is not my candidate. I want to talk about the issues and what the resolutions are. I dont want to leave an election feeling like a jr. high student fighting the mean, popular girl.
Just my thoughts tonight.
Where Does She Stand?
Ask Gov. Palin how she'll support mothers and families, today!
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Dear MomsRising.org member,
The nomination of Gov. Palin, a self-proclaimed hockey mom, has set off a firestorm of media commentary across the political spectrum and in the mom world. We want your help making sure that this commentary focuses on the issues.
The media commentary shouldn't be about Gov. Palin's children, which is essentially unchecked gender bias, it should be about the issues--and where she stands on them. After all, we've had fathers in the White House for a couple hundred of years and their parental roles have yet to be an election issue.
Last week we asked our members to sign on to a letter to Gov. Palin asking her where she stands on key issues that mothers care about and deal with each and every day--and so many of you clicked the link at the same time that our website crashed. We fixed it, and now have over 10,000 signatures. Let's double that number and get to 20,000 by next week when we'll deliver the letter to Gov. Palin's office!
*Ask Gov. Palin where she stands on critically important issues to mothers. See and sign the letter at:
http://www.momsrising.org/WhereDoesSheStand
So far Gov. Palin has been silent on the issues which are important to mothers. We want to hear about how she and Sen. McCain will deal with the fact that over 40 million people in our nation don't have healthcare; about how they'll address the fact that too few parents have access to affordable early learning/child care for their children. We want to know what they are going to do to make sure mothers stop getting paid less for the same work as men just because they have children.
Remind the press and pundits that we need to know where Gov. Palin, and her running mate Sen. John McCain, stand on issues which impact our families every day.
Share this email with as many friends as possible so that we can deliver a letter with a huge number of signatures. Let's underscore the real issues for both the candidates and the media. We want them to hear loud and clear that the issues are at the top of our list when we vote (And, we do vote: More than 50% of the electorate are women).
Don't forget to ask Gov. Palin where she stands on critically important issues to mothers. See and sign the letter at:
http://www.momsrising.org/WhereDoesSheStand
Thanks for joining us and using your outside voice!
Joan, Kristin, Mary, Roz, Anita, Katie, Donna, Ashley, Nanette, and the MomsRising Team
P.S. Check out the blogs about MomsRising members in Denver and St. Paul showing up to remind all candidates that supporting families is good politics on our homepage at www.momsrising.org. Also check out the MomsRising BINGO tallies. How did the candidates do? Find out at www.momsrising.org/candidatesbingo
- Palin is a rovian distraction. McCain is the candidate NOT Palin. She is there to raise funds for the RNC's candidates. 'When Barack's berserkers lost the plot'
By Susan Rowe on Sep 9, 2008 2:06 AM EDT
My colleagues in the American liberal press had little to fear at the start of the week. Their charismatic candidate was ahead in virtually every poll. George W Bush was so unpopular that conservatives were scrambling around for reasons not to invite the Republican President to the Republican convention. Democrats had only to maintain their composure and the White House would be theirs. During the 1997 British general election, the late Lord Jenkins said that Tony Blair was like a man walking down a shiny corridor carrying a precious vase. He was the favourite and held his fate in his hands. If he could just reach the end of the hall without a slip, a Labour victory was assured. The same could have been said of the American Democrats last week. But instead of protecting their precious advantage, they succumbed to a spasm of hatred and threw the vase, the crockery, the cutlery and the kitchen sink at an obscure politician from Alaska. ...full article
Associated Press: For Palin, fundraising as usual in Calif. In focus: "Palin is headlining a GOP fundraiser later this month at the home of a California billionaire where the asking price for a snapshot with her and a seat at the headtable is $50,000."
PolitickerCA: Sacramento strategists with ties to Andal campaign launch anti-Obama 527 group. In focus: "GOP strategists who support Sen. John McCain, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and CA-11 Republican challenger Dean Andal, have formed an independent expense organization whose apparent mission it is to sway independents and undecided voters from supporting Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama."
- British commentator Nick Cohen is attacking Obama's supporters ...
By * rdorgan on Sep 9, 2008 8:06 AM EDT... where have I seen that before ? :
Barack Obama knows it. All last week, he was warning American liberals to stay away from the Palin family. He understands better than his supporters that it is not a politician's enemies who lose elections, but his friends.
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Ahem, in Providence, RI, during the primaries, Hillary attacked Obama's supporters. In the end, that backfired on Hillary.
Funny that -- if you can't attack an opponent, you go after their supporters.
Check out this YouTube video. The women of Rochester continue to be just as amazing as Susan B. Anthony!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Ybtmf2iP4
What was she doing in Teaxas nine months preg.?
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By Susan Rowe on Sep 9, 2008 1:36 AM EDT----- Original Message -----
From: DNC Women
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 12:24 PM
Subject: The change women need
Women voters have a chance to make the crucial difference in this year's election. On issue after issue, the choice is clear.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden have fought for Equal Pay for Equal Work, comprehensive health care, expansion of child care and family leave, and a woman's right to choose.
John McCain and Sarah Palin have actively worked and voted against these important issues. This year's Republican platform is so extreme it proposes a constitutional amendment banning abortion -- regardless of rape, incest, or the mother's health. It also makes absolutely no mention of Equal Pay for Equal Work.
It's time for us to get organized, reach out to other voters, and elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
There are less than eight weeks until Election Day. Sign up today and get started on bringing the change we need.
Instead of an agenda to help the American people, John McCain is offering the same old Republican politics of divisiveness and distortion. It's a desperate attempt to distract voters from eight years of failed Bush-Cheney policies -- policies that John McCain voted for 90 percent of the time.
We can't afford a third Bush term. We need your help right now to help elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Sign up today:
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There is a lot to do in the next eight weeks to bring the change we need.
We are counting on you!
Warm regards,
Lottie Shackelford, DNC Vice Chair of Voter Registration & Participation
Linda Chavez-Thompson, DNC Vice Chair
Susan W. Turnbull, DNC Vice Chair
Alice Germond, DNC Secretary
Mame Reiley, Chair, DNC Women's Caucus
Bel Leong Hong, Chair, DNC Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus
Ramona Martinez, Chair, DNC Hispanic Caucus
Virgie Rollins, Chair, DNC African American Caucus
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http://my.barackobama.com/sidebyside