Bless Your Heart, Ladies
Hillary Clinton is not the last real chance we have of seeing a woman in the White House, she's the first. (If you're 90 years old, I apologize...yes, it's probably your last chance.) Your repeated assertions that Clinton is our only hope is sexist and damaging to young women. The message of Clinton's campaign should be that the door is open and women, both young and old, should start taking themselves and the role they can play in their country much more seriously. You are ruining that message.
If you want to do something positive with your voice, join The White House Project and train to be a leader, then encourage other women to do the same. Visit Wellstone.org and find a progressive training program that's right for you. Do something, don't just saber-rattle.
Democrats need to come together to elect Barack Obama and then, even more importantly, hold him accountable once he gets to the White House. Getting a candidate elected is not the ends. I'm not voting for Barack Obama because I've waited my whole life to see a black man in the White House. I'm voting for Barack Obama because I want this country to change and he has assured me he will do everything he can to make that happen. And I assure him, that if he falters, he will hear from me.
Voting for John McCain will not advance your message and it will not move this country in the right direction. It will simply validate the stereotype that women are too hysterical and impractical to be in a position of power.
Need I remind you, McCain and the rest of the Senate Republicans recently killed a bill that sought equal pay for women "because it would lead to more lawsuits." You are threatening to vote for a man that has no interest in your issues. If your ultimate goal is to set us all back, then you're on the right path.
I'm not asking you to shut up. I'm asking you to shout something that makes sense.
(Sorry for the soapbox, next post will have some comedic value. Of course, I've been told that women aren't funny. Guess I better chuck it all in and vote for Dane Cook.)
If you want to do something positive with your voice, join The White House Project and train to be a leader, then encourage other women to do the same. Visit Wellstone.org and find a progressive training program that's right for you. Do something, don't just saber-rattle.
Democrats need to come together to elect Barack Obama and then, even more importantly, hold him accountable once he gets to the White House. Getting a candidate elected is not the ends. I'm not voting for Barack Obama because I've waited my whole life to see a black man in the White House. I'm voting for Barack Obama because I want this country to change and he has assured me he will do everything he can to make that happen. And I assure him, that if he falters, he will hear from me.
Voting for John McCain will not advance your message and it will not move this country in the right direction. It will simply validate the stereotype that women are too hysterical and impractical to be in a position of power.
Need I remind you, McCain and the rest of the Senate Republicans recently killed a bill that sought equal pay for women "because it would lead to more lawsuits." You are threatening to vote for a man that has no interest in your issues. If your ultimate goal is to set us all back, then you're on the right path.
I'm not asking you to shut up. I'm asking you to shout something that makes sense.
(Sorry for the soapbox, next post will have some comedic value. Of course, I've been told that women aren't funny. Guess I better chuck it all in and vote for Dane Cook.)
posted by Carol at 11:55 AM
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