I had no idea it was 1973 all over again!
Has it not been passed into US law that a woman has the right to choose? When Mills lamented in 1869 about the subjection of women, little did I think that to-date society would still act in the same way. It gives me great pain to see that our men are actually taking us back to 1800s. What is the difference with the laws then and now? Did women not win rightfully, and did US Congress not recognize a woman’s right to choose after it came down from the highest court in the land? And why are we debating abortion in the first place? What a shame! That a Democratically controlled Congress should even consider putting into law, the legal subjection of women in this 21st century. What the House did on Saturday, and what I now hear that some members of the Senate are proposing against women’s heath is appalling, if not downright abomination! They wish to put into law that which will put women down, will women 10 steps back, and that which Mills called “… a legal subjection of women…” with total disregard of women’s input as if we don’t even exist! I hear these Senators and Representatives say that women will have to purchase a separate healthcare insurance for abortion! This is ridiculous! And as Mills lamented then, and I second him today, the act of legally stopping a woman from choosing for herself is a major hindrance to human development and progress. By allowing this so called Stupak Amendment, the society will have admitted to some unmentioned laws… ‘That some animals are more equal than others, admitting power and privilege on the one side’, and subjecting the other side to disability and incapacity. This is plainly wrong. Needless to mention, that the same women that you now trample on, are the same ones that brought you to power and prominence. How could you allow the Republican Party to manipulate your brains? Can’t you just be normal representatives who act consciously and for once putting your constituents first before politics?
I hear that in Congress it’s about arm-twisting and deal-cutting, but in my view, some deals are better left uncut. You my dear men, are not going to cut deals at the expense of women’s health. This is a battle that I am afraid you are going to lose. What was the Hyde Amendment all about then? Why is it that every time somebody has to loose in this society it has to be a woman? Do we not live in a democracy? Are both sees not entitled to the same human rights? Health rights?
I say, Go for it Barack! For those Americans who do not want their children to hear the President's address - should turn off their tvs at the time of the address. For the rest of us - the address goes on. How petty have the conservatives become? Is this the same America I longed for just a few years ago? What is so wrong with our President giving a little stratight talk to our upcoming/ future leaders? I am so disappointed at the right-wing of the Republican Party. Where are the Republican Congressional leaders anyway? Why are they leeting a few angry people take their Party under siege? I am equally disappointed at the "so-called bluedog Democrats" What is the point of calling them Democrats if they cant even defend the Party's principles? Did we campaign for them for nothing? I would them to know that we too are Americans, even though we don't go out and yell in townhalls.
I was very pleased at the way Sen. Warner (VA) handled a few rude people at his healthcare town hall yesterday. It was very clear that these "townhall crazies" choose not to follow the truth about healthcare - that they choose to follow the lies told by those right-wing extremists who have hijacked the Republican Party. It's people like these that indoctrinate the minds of young people with hate! Why are they so full of hate? Elections have consequences, and this time the Republicans lost - accepting this is the essence of our democracy.
So Mr. President, go ahead with your planned education talk - do not blink/ burge! For single parents like me and many others are counting on American leaders like you to be role models and the guiding light to our youngstars! We have your back Sir.
May the Almighty God bless you and our beautiful country.
Barack, you are a wonderful debater. Be decisive in your answers. Leave the professor at home. Stop McCain, he has a tendency to drag on and on for no apparent reason. Tie McCain to this crisis that we have now. Remind McCain to stop playing politics with our lives, and tell him to stop flip-flopping, yes, u can still use that phrase, although I don't like it. Whatever it is, don't let McCain dominate the FP stuff, I think ur better qualified to debate him on FP issues, be confident and decisive in your answers. Dont allow McCain any room to claim that he is the one with solutions, and u r the talker. This must not happen. McCain is annoyingly repetitive, I think it's becoz he's old (that's just my opinion). Even though the debate will be on FP, find a way to feel our pain now, tie it to the current crisis (just imagine what we could be doing back here with $10 billion/ month!).
God bless you and God bless all of us.
Now, I have always called myself an eternal optimist. However, for the first time today, I panicked, having woken up to the news headlines of the economy taking its worst turn ever in my life. I though about the rest of the world, what happens to them if America gets gloomy all of a sudden? Since when did we cease to be the last best hope on earth? and suddenly, I hated to lose this status.
Like sombody once said, "We are at a crossroads, one path leads to to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the courage to choose wisely!
This is why we can't let McCain, who has no idea of the economy, to take charge of our country at this moment in time. Remember, "McCain has NO IDEA, OUT of TOUCH with the economy."
Why are we letting him go free with the lies? That sex ed. stuff is a blatant lie! Barack, you should let outsiders respond. What about your surrogates, what are they doing? You should come up with an emotional ad debunking McCain's lies about this sex ed. stuff. We have NO time to waste, you can't wait until the debates! You must act now.
I always thought McCain was an HONEST man, He is NOT! McCain has failed to keep his word about "refusing dirty/ Carl Rove politics" In fact, Rove is now openly working for McCain. And Sarah Palin, she has her own luggage that will bring her down immediately... all her claims are turning out to be lies too.
We have no time to waste. We have to act NOW.
Palin is no different than any other Republican operative such as Rove. I thought McCain was a marverick? why did he give in to the conservative extreme? We got this treatment 8 years ago, and Im not going for it this time... McCain has gladly welcomed Palin to start another cultural war.
Barack, you own the CHANGE issue... don't let McCain have it! You must hit hard! and immediately! You have to make short sound-bites such as "8 years is enough!" ask if "our lives are better off than it was 8 years ago?" Make sure you ask loud enough and often. We have no time to waste.
Watch this from last night. Republicans cannot cry foul!
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card
Does this erase McCain's long record of voting against women??? Should McCain suddenly become incapacitated, can Sarah Palin run the country? NO!! Keep reading...
Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background:
She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage.1
Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.2
She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. 3
Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.4
She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.5
She's solidly in line with John McCain's "Big Oil first" energy policy. She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won't be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.6
This is information the American people need to see. Please take a moment to forward this email to your friends and family.We also asked Alaska MoveOn members what the rest of us should know about their governor. The response was striking. Here's a sample:She is really just a mayor from a small town outside Anchorage who has been a governor for only 1.5 years, and has ZERO national and international experience. I shudder to think that she could be the person taking that 3AM call on the White House hotline, and the one who could potentially be charged with leading the US in the volatile international scene that exists today. —Rose M., Fairbanks, AKShe is VERY, VERY conservative, and far from perfect. She's a hunter and fisherwoman, but votes against the environment again and again. She ran on ethics reform, but is currently under investigation for several charges involving hiring and firing of state officials. She has NO experience beyond Alaska. —Christine B., Denali Park, AKAs an Alaskan and a feminist, I am beyond words at this announcement. Palin is not a feminist, and she is not the reformer she claims to be. —Karen L., Anchorage, AKAlaskans, collectively, are just as stunned as the rest of the nation. She is doing well running our State, but is totally inexperienced on the national level, and very much unequipped to run the nation, if it came to that. She is as far right as one can get, which has already been communicated on the news. In our office of thirty employees (dems, republicans, and nonpartisans), not one person feels she is ready for the V.P. position.—Sherry C., Anchorage, AKShe's vehemently anti-choice and doesn't care about protecting our natural resources, even though she has worked as a fisherman. McCain chose her to pick up the Hillary voters, but Palin is no Hillary. —Marina L., Juneau, AKI think she's far too inexperienced to be in this position. I'm all for a woman in the White House, but not one who hasn't done anything to deserve it. There are far many other women who have worked their way up and have much more experience that would have been better choices. This is a patronizing decision on John McCain's part- and insulting to females everywhere that he would assume he'll get our vote by putting "A Woman" in that position.—Jennifer M., Anchorage, AKSo Governor Palin is a staunch anti-choice religious conservative. She's a global warming denier who shares John McCain's commitment to Big Oil. And she's dramatically inexperienced.In picking Sarah Palin, John McCain has made the religious right very happy. And he's made a very dangerous decision for our country.In the next few days, many Americans will be wondering what McCain's vice-presidential choice means. Please pass this information along to your friends and family.Thanks for all you do.–Ilyse, Noah, Justin, Karin and the rest of the teamSources:
1. "Sarah Palin," Wikipedia, Accessed August 29, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin2. "McCain Selects Anti-Choice Sarah Palin as Running Mate," NARAL Pro-Choice America, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17515&id=13648-10207575-ywAKCyx&t=13. "Sarah Palin, Buchananite," The Nation, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17736&id=13648-10207575-ywAKCyx&t=2
4. "'Creation science' enters the race," Anchorage Daily News, October 27, 2006 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17737&id=13648-10207575-ywAKCyx&t=35. "Palin buys climate denial PR spin—ignores science," Huffington Post, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17517&id=13648-10207575-ywAKCyx&t=46. "McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy," Sierra Club, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17518&id=13648-10207575-ywAKCyx&t=5"Choice of Palin Promises Failed Energy Policies of the Past," League of Conservation Voters, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17519&id=13648-10207575-ywAKCyx&t=6"Protecting polar bears gets in way of drilling for oil, says governor," The Times of London, May 23, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17520&id=13648-10207575-ywAKCyx&t=7
If somebody told me just a few years ago that this day would come... I would have responded, "Dream on, Pal!" Never in my wildest dreams, did I see a black man and a white man, standing shoulder to shoulder ready to take on the leadership of the free world. It's a momentous occassion, it's a feeling I cannot describe. Obama and Biden in the White House reminds me of another era that I wish I lived in - It was Jefferson's and Adam's, our forefathers. You see, I can imagine these two (Obama/Biden) sitting around a table until the wee hours of the morning, discussing over coffee/ tea, the future of America, the safety of America, the best that America has to offer its citizens and the rest of the world. I can see them engaged in a heated, but friendly and mutual debate, like real philosophers! I can see them agreeing to disagree - and I can see young people glued around corners, listening keenly and absorbing every word, I can see them leaving the debate room with smiley faces, and calling their friends all over the world, bragging about American beauty! and of course among them will be my son! You are your mother's son, and like Biden would say, you have a steel backbone. To me, you are a big brother, and big brothers never want to disappoint the rest of the siblings.
I can see all the single mothers out there looking with pride and joy and blessing America over and over again! But you are also the son of my ancestors and the son of my fathers. You are a born fighter! We have your back, don't let anyone scare you, not even John McCain. Trust in the Lord, always. Your forefathers will be blessing you from beyond! Together with Joe Biden, your love for America will shape this country and shape the world. So, Go get one for us all!
God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
I hope this letter finds you in good moods as we await the formal nomination of our Party's candidate. I understand that some of you guys would want to suport McCain in the general election; I would strongly urge you not to. People, look at it this way: We are first, Democrats. We are not Clinton Democrats or Obama Democrats - We are simply Democrats.
Together, we must, and we will fight for the heart of America. Republicans have no monopoly in any constituency in America. We have the same values in America, and as Democrats, we adhere to certain unparalleled principles too. Therefore, it grieves me greatly when some of you say they will sacrifice Dmocratic principles and vote for McCain. Please, don't let your emotions take the better control of yourselves, don't be consumed in anger. Can't you see? the Right-wing extremists are using your emotions to control you, the right-wing, hating bastards are using your enthusiam for Hillary to divide our Party - don't give in to whims of the extremists.
Do you remember how McCain laughed out loud when a woman in his rally called Hillary a "bitch?" McCain doesn't respect women, not even Hillary! and yet he is using you guys now for his own selfish ambitions. Please open your eyes to these deceitful ways of McCain. Do you recall when McCain, in the 1990s, called Chelsea Clinton, "UGLY because..." What kind of man does this to a woman.
McCain doesn't respect the Clinton women, why should you Clinton supporters give him an audience?
McCain doesn't believe in equal pay for men and women, why should you guys follow him?
McCain doesn't believe that women have enough sense to make their own decisions regarding their reproductive health, why should you guys allow him any room?
Hillary Clinton believes in all of these things, and so does Barack Obama. Please, forget about the primaries, it's time to fight for the heart of the United States of America. Vote for Barack, he has your values at heart, and he respects you more than you know.
God bless all of you, and God bless the USA.
Can somebody please send this note to Camp McCain. McCain shames my conscious, I mean it. He disappoints me greatly. I am embarrased that McCain, a man my grandfather's age would willingly chose to utter these uncouth words against Obama. How could he do this? Surely, has American old papa really lost his moral campus? Surely, Sen. McCain, do you really believe that your opponent is not patriotic as you report? Have you no shame left, Sir? My grandfather is turning in his grave right now!
Sen. McCain, are you not man enough to take charge of your campaign?
Please Sen. McCain, STOP this shameless, repeated accusation against your opponent. Can't you be civil, even for a day? I truly believe that Sen. Obama is as patriotic as you are, Sir. You must cease and desist at once on your nefarious ridicules against Obama. Just becoz you're older than him doesn't mean that you're wiser than him.
Sen. McCain, if you have any nerves left, then debate Sen. Obama on policy/ issues as opposed to character assasination that you are now engaged. Be a real man, Senator, and try to be a gentleman as well.
Is anybody paying attention? How long are we going to tolerate this Lieberman nonsense? Is this the true man, or he's still in disguise? No wonder he couldn't deliver eight years ago. If he had any influence, Joe should have delivered to the Democrats! Why is Lieberman now negatively attacking Obama, for McCain? Some things are better left untold, but Lieberman doesn't have the shame! What a shame Joe! Lieberman actually delivered those nasty and questionable words against Barack yesterday! This is unacceptable!
And by the way, what are you guys doing sitting there while McCain is going all NEGATIVE? I've worked so hard for Barack, and I won't accept anything else! McCain has broken his word of running a clean campaign... why should we standby and let him have his cake while eating it? I say, we go all out. If McCain's word is his honor, then he has lost that honor in my view. People, we're not going to lose this one becoz of Lieberman and McCain - two Senators who cannot be gentlemen enough to honor their words and run clean!
If you won't do it, then God help me, I will.
Ok. buddy. I am hoping that when you said this, "off-shore drilling" stuff, you meant the idle land that has been given to the oil people, but that they are not yet drilling. Period. That's what you meant, ight?
Who in their right mind thinks that making jokes about women being raped is funny? No. Not funny at all! McCain made this joke in 1986 - he was old enough to know that RAPE against any woman/ girl is NOT a joke. And what is so funny about making crude comments about Chelsea Clinton when the girl was only 18!
McCain clearly has a problem with women, he should be vetted on this! How long are we going to stand here and watch this man berate us like this? He even refered to his own wife as a "C&*nt! How nasty is this man? He is the most arrogant person I've seen in a long time. This negative attitude by McCain against women is UNACCEPTABLE!
Given that McCain has consistently voted against any bills for women i.e. equal pay, choice, etc. We cannot let this go free. This is a disturbing pattern!
