Women Against Sarah Palin

Yvanka sent me this link and I think it is quite amazing.


Here is their "about me." I could not say it better myself:

"We are not in the habit of criticizing women in the public sphere, as we usually feel we should support our female compatriots with as much encouragement as we can. However, Sarah Palin's record is anti-woman. Feminism is not simply about achieving the power and status typically held by men. It's about protecting and supporting the rights of women of all classes, races, cultures, and beliefs. Palin's record and beliefs do not align with this. She was chosen by John McCain specifically because he believes that American women will vote for any female candidate regardless of their qualifications. He is wrong."

He is SO WRONG.

---Cat

Does this mean that I live in the dark grey area?

Dear Saucy Cynicism:

I will start the revolution with you. Where do I sign up?


I am mostly happy to be voting for Obama, mainly just because of the fact that he is not an over-the-top, power-and-money-hungry, ancient republican. I truly feel that with Oldie McLameAss and Sarah Pee in charge, we can assure ourselves another four(+?) years of hell on earth. Electing B.O. would guarantee we'd at least be moved out of the firey pits where we are currently burning and into purgatory... waiting out judgement to either screw it up YET AGAIN, or perhaps finally make some progress in this country.

B.O. is in no way my ideal candidate. My ideal candidate would value all as equal, not just give everyone their deserved rights. (There are other reasons, mostly having to do with religion, but that's a whole other blog post.) I do think having a black man, and a woman running this year offers the people of this country a lot of hope for potential progress. But their race and gender in no way automatically make them the best possible candidates. However, right now, I'll take what I can get if it means getting the Bush family out of the white house!

So for the time being, I will continue to consider myself a democrat in the sense that I lean to the left, sometimes very far, sometimes not so far, but mostly that way, and like you said, until this two party system ceases to exist, I will continue to align myself with, and support the lesser of two evils.

---Cat

Palin! The Musical.

Fragments from Palin! The Musical.

---Cat

The truth?

(Taken from both dooce and blurbomat)


Fact Check for Sarah P.

AND!



---Cat

No, actually. I'm not kidding you.

Thank you for the inspiration for my first post, N.R.:

"Bristol Palin's pregnancy? Are you kidding me? So you want to talk about what kids do at the age of 17? Barack Obama was snorting blow at 17... Do you want proof? Read HIS book. It's in there. So Bristol gets pregnant... Is that illegal? Snorting blow is. Did you know how old Barack Obama's mom was when she gave birth to little Barry Hussein Obama? 18..."

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Bristol Palin made an unfortunate mistake five months ago. I don't care who you are, or who your parents are, a 17-year-old child is no where near psychologically developed enough to raise a child of their own. Not illegal though, no, but a teenager using drugs generally only negatively affects one person: him or herself. This situation Bristol has put herself into will not only affect her and her family, but this unborn child who has absolutely no control over the situation. If Barack was using drugs at the age of 17, he is obviously not using them now. He has grown, and moved on from that time in his life. A baby is not a situation someone can move on from. Bristol is just very fortunate that her family has vowed their support for her decisions, because otherwise her and her child could be facing a very unfortunate future.

Many other underage mothers in this country are not as lucky as Bristol.

It is unfortunate, but true, yes, that kids these days are having sex at an earlier age than ever before. Without proper education or guidance, children are oftentimes incapable of making choices to utilize contraceptive methods or even to abstain from having sex altogether. Many parents out there are scared of the implications of sex education in school, for fear that their children will, what? That they will then partake in the act that they already see so graphically portrayed by the media daily? In 2006, Sarah Palin stated, "explicit sex-ed programs will not fund my support." It seems to me that Sarah P. would rather her children be educated by movies and television, which generally support risky teenage sexual behavior.

And where exactly has that gotten her?

Did McCain know about this situation before he made this asinine decision to include her as his partner in crime? It would be very hard for me to stand behind a woman who has so much to say about her values and stances on these issues, yet she cannot even provide her own daughter with the knowledge or tools to prevent a situation like this from happening. The fact that Palin cannot even control her own children does not stand in favor of her being a great leader for our nation. If you cannot educate, help, and lead one of the most important people in your life, how would it ever be possible to do those things for a country?

---Cat