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February 2009 
Sit, Stay, Vote....
Posted on May 16th, 2008
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wrensis
wrensis
I got out my Susan B. Anthony coin today and tucked it into the "Chi" bag I carry around. I need all of the karma I can muster right now. I reviewed the impact that women of great wisdom had on my life and vowed to take the lessons learned from Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer and Susan Faludi and refuse to sit down, shut up and vote.
Yet again the boys get to play their way. Geraldine Ferraro had it right. If Barak Obama was not black and a man he would not be where he is today. No way would a one term white female Senator get catapulted to the nomination with little or no qualifications other than charm and looking good in jeans. Would not happen...ever. I am still reeling from the reporter who was told "I will get to you in a minute SWEETIE".
I am told that if I bolt the party or stay away from the polls I will only be hurting myself with SCOTUS appointments that will take away my rights. WHAT RIGHTS? I think the men have quite successfully taken away my rights for a long time now. I will spare you the list of inequalities.
We point and snicker at the FLDS (thank Maggie for the awesome correction in her comment) women in the long dresses and funny hairdos that affirm their subservience to men who tell them what to wear, how to wear it and when to bend over and get fucked, and who will be doing the honors. Today they don't look quite so pitiful. Looking at the John Edwards endorsement we can all hear the words. Sit down, shut up and Vote for the boys who know what they are doing.
Women are a vast power in this country and they refuse to take the responsibility to make that power known. This is not about Hillary Clinton, this is about the sexist tone that has determined the nomination of the Democratic party. If Senator Obama had been depicted in the same racial tones the uproar would have been heard on Mars. Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy all could have stopped the insults at any time by denouncing sexist remarks. Funny that Nancy "CZAR" Pelosi is among the silent. Pulling the ladder up behind her she gives the perfect example of why women are treated like second class citizens. Women hate to see a woman cut loose from the control of men.
. "We have met the enemy and the enemy is us"
Want to start a new party anyone?
Yet again the boys get to play their way. Geraldine Ferraro had it right. If Barak Obama was not black and a man he would not be where he is today. No way would a one term white female Senator get catapulted to the nomination with little or no qualifications other than charm and looking good in jeans. Would not happen...ever. I am still reeling from the reporter who was told "I will get to you in a minute SWEETIE".
I am told that if I bolt the party or stay away from the polls I will only be hurting myself with SCOTUS appointments that will take away my rights. WHAT RIGHTS? I think the men have quite successfully taken away my rights for a long time now. I will spare you the list of inequalities.
We point and snicker at the FLDS (thank Maggie for the awesome correction in her comment) women in the long dresses and funny hairdos that affirm their subservience to men who tell them what to wear, how to wear it and when to bend over and get fucked, and who will be doing the honors. Today they don't look quite so pitiful. Looking at the John Edwards endorsement we can all hear the words. Sit down, shut up and Vote for the boys who know what they are doing.
Women are a vast power in this country and they refuse to take the responsibility to make that power known. This is not about Hillary Clinton, this is about the sexist tone that has determined the nomination of the Democratic party. If Senator Obama had been depicted in the same racial tones the uproar would have been heard on Mars. Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy all could have stopped the insults at any time by denouncing sexist remarks. Funny that Nancy "CZAR" Pelosi is among the silent. Pulling the ladder up behind her she gives the perfect example of why women are treated like second class citizens. Women hate to see a woman cut loose from the control of men.
. "We have met the enemy and the enemy is us"
Want to start a new party anyone?
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Love your post! But I want to point out that you mean the FLDS women. I am LDS and there is a major difference. :) I know a lot of people see us LDS women as bieng subserviant but that's just not always the case (of course every bunch has it's bad apples…)
-Maggie