NARAL’S BAD CHOICE
By Pat Racimora on May 24, 2008 at 12:54 PM in Abortion, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
On May 14th, the national leadership of NARAL (National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws Pro-Choice America) made the stinging decision to endorse Senator Barack Obama for President. The state affiliates were not allowed to participate in this myopic decision, which tells us something about how NARAL does its business.
The thinking behind this endorsement is a miscarriage of reason on at least three counts:
1. Why would an organization dependent on public support, both financially and politically, purposely disenfranchise anyone? And why now, with so many millions of women passionately supporting Hillary Clinton? Endorsing any candidate at this point seems like a death wish.
2. For the first time we have a female candidate making a run for the presidency who has fought for most of her career for women and their rights, including the right to choose. Slapping such a candidate in the face is unconscionable, and Hillary supporters will not soon forget. As Emily’s List President Ellen R. Malcolm stated on NARAL’s endorsement in the Democratic presidential competition, “I think it is tremendously disrespectful to Sen. Clinton, who held up the nomination of a FDA commissioner in order to force approval of Plan B and who spoke so eloquently during the Supreme Court nomination about the importance of protecting Roe vs. Wade, to not give her the courtesy to finish the final three weeks of the primary process. It certainly must be disconcerting for elected leaders who stand up for reproductive rights and expect the choice community will stand with them.”
3. Finally, NARAL admits that a main criterion was the fact that Obama is a Black man and that such an endorsement will help ensure that the organization isn’t perceived as being just about White women. Aside from the obvious and blatant reverse racism, if NARAL has a perception problem, there are far better ways to approach messaging and outreach than putting the welfare of an entire organization in jeopardy.
Millions of women are as angry as bees whose hive has been ransacked, and rightly so. Many of these have written NARAL off as an organization they can no longer trust. It appears to me that the only way to reverse the damage is to apologize to Hillary supporters and for the NARAL President Nancy Keenan and the other national leadership make the choice to abort itself.
Thanks to my friend, Pat Bakalian, for the cartoon concept.
Once $299.98, now yours for $149.99.
As if you give a Farc.
Come on big ears, prove that thatch is real.
WTF?
Just ignore him, he’s a juvenile and an idiot.
once you reply, he has successfully hijacked the thread, and changed attention from the subject to him.
This is why first response troll comments should be removed.
There’s a troll on this thread named Chillie Pop who copied and pasted one of my comments further down about feminism.
I have no idea why and it’s pissing me off!
Fuck off troll!!!
Okay, so let’s talk about abortion.
Let’s get back to the topic here.
Great cartoon Pat, and intelligent comments from most.
Let’s use some of this energy for keeping Hillary in the race!
You are right on target again Pat.
NARAL should have just gone about their business until the democratic nominee was picked, then back the candidate. KEENAN and the political director SHIPP should be FIRED.
Reported by Katherine Seely May 16…”The nine board members of Naral’s political action committee were almost evenly divided, between Clinton and Obama backers, said Elizabeth Schipp, political director of Naral. After a conference call last Friday, they voted unanimously to endorse Mr. Obama but to wait until after the West Virginia primary on Tuesday to announce their decision.
Ms. Schipp also said there was a feeling on the board that endorsing a black man at a high-profile juncture might help Naral shed its image as an organization for white women only.”
Read the last paragraph again. This is the basis for their decision? FIRE THEM ALL. Keep working for Hillary, she will prevail.
“the fact that Obama is a Black man and that such an endorsement will help ensure that the organization isn’t perceived as being just about White women. “
This is just pure and utter bullshit. The ease with which the white liberal community is exploiting the AA community for political expedience is scandalous.
When did NARAL become so concerned with seeming like a white women only organization? Come on! They know damn well that AAs are not consumed with abortion and reproductive rights the way white women are. Young black women tend to have their babies and believe it or not there are a lot of pro-life AAs. Even if they’re pro-choice, a lot of black women don’t see this with the same passion as they are concerned with other more pressing issues like poverty, employment, housing, healthcare education, black-on-black violence, welfare, police brutality. NARAL is in for a rude awakening if they think endorsing Obama is going to bring in black $$$s. Newsflash: the black community is poor! (Another newsflash: I suspect that Obama secretly is pro-life.)
They just using this as a self-righteous excuse and they think they’ll get away with it. The women on the board who endorsed Obama and strong-armed the Hillary supporters did it purely for personal political reasons. I’d make book on it.
And yes, they all should be FIRED! Their endorsement only galvanized Hillary’s base. But the Obama campaign greedy for any high profile endorsement has yet to realize that this may have been the worse thing that could have happened to them.
Stay tuned…..
As the State provides everything for them. From free food while pregnant and afterwards; to free healthcare and childcare.
How else can HUD/Section 8 15 year-olds can have 2+ kids from multiple fathers who don’t live with them (so they can qualify for all the freebies)?
Then folks wonder how the South has a disportionate level of Blacks? It’s because the State offers them everything, as long as they remain residents of that state. It’s why you have folks living generationally in the projects. Quick votes, and a high census for federal $$$$$$$$.
And they want even mo’ money, because some White dude looks at them funny. :rolleyes:
Just a personal aside here……I’ve been far more pawed by AA men than others. *ickola*
I find them terribly sexist.
Anyway, I’ll bow out of this discussion. I know, “sweetie” is nothing compared to what I personally experienced. I’m super glad to see that’s the worst some young women are getting.
I grew up in an era where expecting me to be “available” if I wanted exit into the power structure was expected.
That’s the kind of memory that really never goes away. And I don’t expect that less than a generation to wear that off, either. Maybe after I’m dead and gone.
But the sexism I endured? It was seriously real and seriously long-term and seriously nasty.
I could trot out one story after another on a personal level.
Honestly? I’ve found ways to share that stuff. I don’t need on-line validation or need to use myself as an example.
Really, we all see Hillary going through the same drill.
I relate. It sucks. It’s real. So be it.
Anecdotal racism will be treated with the contempt it deserves.
AnninCA– You speak for SO MANY of us. Ditto.
Ah Feminism…. Funny we should be talking about that. Yesterday I spotted none other than Gloria Steinham strolling on NYC’s upper West Side.
Feminism was an abject failure. It focused too narrowly on the ideological premise of patriarchy being the sum total of all our woes. Emphasis on ALL!
I happened to be on 5th Avenue the day of that infamous march. By accident. And certainly it was inspiring to a young female like me at the time. But as time went by, I saw the immediate flaws in the Movement.
How much frivolous time was spent on trying to shut down beauty pageants and to what end? They still are alive. And what about pornography? How much luck did they have with that? Pornography keeps the Internet free and profitable, so deal with it.
Worse, feminists tried to advance the idea of a new woman that to many was simply a too unattractive, intellectually smart, but tough and manless creature. The problem with this in a word is: heterosexuality. Heterosexual women love, like and are attracted to men. They enjoy the sense of power their beauty has on heterosexual men. It’s the right-of-passage of a young girl. Too bad the feminists didn’t realize this because they lost the next generations of younger women en masse.
But men wisely did understand and the male-dominated entertainment industry has relentlessly hammered at young girl’s psyches and objectified them and oversexualized them so that now women pimp themselves in Girls Gone Wild videos and whatever other venue they can find. Any of you who have daughters surely must know that there is no talking to young women in the throes of fascination with their own self-lust.
The Feminist Movement FAILED to take in the natural instincts of the female. Some women like to cook/bake/sew/have children or whatever. Some women enjoy primping and under-reported is how much women like to do this for themselves only. By failing to address issues like this and others like female competiveness and in-fighting resulted in the perpetuation of bad blood among women. They failed to establish a positive framework for women to work together for our own vested interests. They failed pass on a guide to self-awareness and sexual empowerment for young women. Instead of condemning pornography women should have been taught how to seize control of it, at least those who wish to involve themselves in the industry. And yes there are those who do, so instead of condemning them, they needed to be empowered because pornography, prostitution, like it or not, ain’t going anywhere. We have a better chance of ridding the society of illegal drugs (and that’s a toughie too).
If anything, this Primary has pointed all of this out and then some. Does that mean that all women should have fallen lock step in line behind a woman candidate? The answer to that question is the black community certainly did. And behind an unqualified, inexperienced candidate at that.
As deep as the troubles of the AA commuity are, the problems within the female gender are much deeper.
I don’t know what happened here but I wrote that post. I have no idea who ‘chillie pop’ is.
mimi
Who the fuck is Chillie Pop? And why did you copy and paste my comment without crediting me?
Don’t do it again!
The moment I heard about NARAL’s boneheaded endorsement, I went on line and told them to take my name - and my donations - off of their lists in the future. And I have been there for them for 20 years.
I was outraged that they would diss Hillary Clinton - OR ANY OTHER WOMEN WHO HAS SO LONG SUPPORTED NARAL’S PRINCIPLES - in such a manner.
I feel the same about MoveON and The Nation and every other supposedly “progressive” group that has found it necessary to interfere in this deomcratic process.
Shame on them.
The feminist movement has been in the tank for years. Naral’s endorsement is nothing more than the reality.
They compromised.
Personally, I agree with Germaine Greer.
Boy, that dates me.
NARAL isn’t relevant. Hasn’t been for a long time. And their endorsement only woke up “echos” of when women actually counted.
The sexism has grown steadily and without much relief for the last 20 years.
Call it what you will…..backlash, whatever.
But the truth is the truth. Women still are subjected to more violence than ever in our society. A pregnant woman is still the most vulnerable to famiiy murder. Men still are given ligher sentences for murder of women than vice versa.
There’s no debate here.
Sexism is, by far, more accepted than any other ISM in society.
There’s no debate. I personally came from an age where men patted me on the butt, so the fact that they keep their paws off is my own sigh of relief. I’ll take the “sweetie” any day to what I personally had to tolerate. I stil can remember every single time a man touched me as though he had the right to do so.
I LOVE being in my 50s now to avoid them. I refuse to color my hair. I dare them to pull that crap anymore. I love the fact that they are respectful now. I’ve earned it.
Young men jump to help me. They should, and I let them. I have paid my dues to a sexist society. I have way too many stories about being objectified and “sexed up,” when it was completely inappropriate.
I have absolutely no doubt that those who say the sexims charge in this election is “whiny” are boors and uninformed idiots. They are clueless.
I get it. I got it from day 1.
And I personally don’t want to hear excuses now.
I want those who participated to own it. Totally.
They need to live with my ire. They need to know. This is the result of their behavior. I have a right to my ire. It isn’t going away.
In the meantime, on a lighter note, I love how my own “boy-child” is so cute in trying to be nice to me about politics. He’s clearly aware. I raised him by myself for 5 years. I’ve always been the “main parent.” He so knows….I’m his hero in life.
And he’s so cute in making sure he doesn’t offend me now.
But Naral? Who cares. They haven’t been relevant for 15 years.
But Naral? Who cares. They haven’t been relevant for 15 years.
The organization is very relevant. But, like the Sierra Club, they have leadership who is using the organization for inappropriate political reasons.
Maybe they’re trying to attract membership and donations from young black men–clearly they think women, of a certain ilk, are no lover relevant to their organization.
or of a certain age…
Little do they realize that we are probably their best and most loyal donors!
National Organization for Women (NOW) has been in Hillary’s corner big time! State NARAL organiztions are outraged. Emily’s List too. Do not lump this lumpheaded National NARAL absurd endorsement with other feminist organizations. They have been corrupted. The question is why and by whom.
Wow, the moment I read ‘….backlash, whatever’ I looked over at my bookshelf and saw “Backlash” by Susan Faludi! It’s all circular.
The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.
What do you mean?
Ah Feminism…. Funny we should be talking about that. Yesterday I spotted none other than Gloria Steinham strolling on NYC’s upper West Side.
Feminism was an abject failure. It focused too narrowly on the ideological premise of patriarchy being the sum total of all our woes. Emphasis on ALL!
I happened to be on 5th Avenue the day of that infamous march. By accident. And certainly it was inspiring to a young female like me at the time. But as time went by, I saw the immediate flaws in the Movement.
How much frivolous time was spent on trying to shut down beauty pageants and to what end? They still are alive. And what about pornography? How much luck did they have with that? Pornography keeps the Internet free and profitable, so deal with it.
Worse, feminists tried to advance the idea of a new woman that to many was simply a too unattractive, intellectually smart, but tough and manless creature. The problem with this in a word is: heterosexuality. Heterosexual women love, like and are attracted to men. They enjoy the sense of power their beauty has on heterosexual men. It’s the right-of-passage of a young girl. Too bad the feminists didn’t realize this because they lost the next generations of younger women en masse.
But men wisely did understand and the male-dominated entertainment industry has relentlessly hammered at young girl’s psyches and objectified them and oversexualized them so that now women pimp themselves in Girls Gone Wild videos and whatever other venue they can find. Any of you who have daughters surely must know that there is no talking to young women in the throes of fascination with their own self-lust.
The Feminist Movement FAILED to take in the natural instincts of the female. Some women like to cook/bake/sew/have children or whatever. Some women enjoy primping and under-reported is how much women like to do this for themselves only. By failing to address issues like this and others like female competiveness and in-fighting resulted in the perpetuation of bad blood among women. They failed to establish a positive framework for women to work together for our own vested interests. They failed pass on a guide to self-awareness and sexual empowerment for young women. Instead of condemning pornography women should have been taught how to seize control of it, at least those who wish to involve themselves in the industry. And yes there are those who do, so instead of condemning them, they needed to be empowered because pornography, prostitution, like it or not, ain’t going anywhere. We have a better chance of ridding the society of illegal drugs (and that’s a toughie too).
If anything, this Primary has pointed all of this out and then some. Does that mean that all women should have fallen lock step in line behind a woman candidate? The answer to that question is the black community certainly did. And behind an unqualified, inexperienced candidate at that.
As deep as the troubles of the AA commuity are, the problems within the female gender are much deeper.
OMG! I had no idea that is what this was a about. I think that it explains a lot of things. It is and if a majority of looney tunes believe that they can claim they aren’t racists is they support Obama. The concept itself is might strange to me considering that Obama had such a cozy relationship with Wright until it became politically unsavory.
Don’t these lunatics realize that Obama IS a racist? All someone has to do is read his books to understand how he looks down on white people. And when you couple this with his long association with a racist mentor it become pretty clear to those that aren’t in the Cult.
Great cartoon!
I’m too cynical (a realist) to buy that: they may “claim” that’s the reason, but I bet there’s more to it. $$$$
I agree that NARAL is moribund but still, their endorsement of BO is embarrassing. He doesn’t know shit from shinola about women’s rights.
At least NowPac has endorsed Hillary. BTW, give them some love.
http://www.nowpacs.org/
pshhhht……..it’s appropriate. And women bound in these groups need to abandon them fast.
You know what I found?
Get involved on a community level. I took teens into a program and we went to various events, camping, etc.
Those were the teens who finally came forth and shared: Granddad is molesting me. I’m pregnant. My sister is doing heroine.
I have no interest in intellectualism or groups that are overly removed.
Get down into the community.
yeah, and what about afscme? what were they thinking, endorsing hillary before she’s the nominee. what chutzpah and arrogance. more interference with the democratic process.
Nuh-uh. Not the point: NARAL should have endorsed Hillary, since she’s the superior candidate and has done more for women than anyone running for POTUS. Obama has done squat. By making endorsing BO, NARAL has made itself irrelevant to most women. Dumb mistake.
By the way, Bwana, you’re boringly predictable.
NARAL lit the fire on a growing movement against Obama.
The ‘won’t vote for Obama’ movement was just getting started and needed a catalyst like this to coalesce.
More websites have popped up in addition to petitions pledging not to vote for Obama.
The DNC and Obama have treated Hillary Clinton with amazing disrespect. Women have had it. And, their fathers, husbands, and sons agree.
There won’t be any backing off.
Hillary is ahead in the popular vote and in the electoral votes.
The delegates are based on a corrupt caucus system and are further corrupted by Obama’s thugs going in and pushing, blocking, throwing out, and threatening voters.
TX is a prime example of some of this mayhem. Hillary won the legitimate Texas primary, but “somehow” lost the delegates. Delegates are useless, corrupt, and meaningless.
If Hillary is denied the nomination we would rather put up with 4 years of McCain, who will have his hands tied by a Democratic Congress, than put up with a corrupt, lying, cult leader who has no experience whatsoever.
And, believe me, WE MEAN IT.
I agree. The disrespect, fed by Obama’s republicanism, has created a real backlash.
It’s unacceptable. We’re not going to stand for it.
THere is absolutely no excuse.
I called and talked to somebody at National Naral. They lied to me. They told me that they had hundreds of their people investigate Obama and thru investigating him, decided he eas the better candidate to endorse. They don’t even have hundreds to do this investigating. Also, if they had investigated this so carefully they might have found out an interesting piece of information. Obama was given a place at the University of Chicago to write his book. This came about by his being recommended by a very conservative, Michael McConnell, who was later appointed to a Federal Judgeship in Utah by Bush. This Conservative, Michael McConnell, met Obama when he was writing an article for the Harvard Law Review that Obama was the editor of…Vol 104. Obama and McConnell went back and forth on the article McConnell was writing for the Harvard Law Review. This article was an argument for Pro Lifers to use on how the Federal Government could legally refuse to fund abortions for Medicaid recipients, while continueing to use federal funds for religious education. It was cited a number of times subsequently. Obama had this article published in his volumn. Why did he have this article, “The Selective Funding Problem: Abortions and Religious Schools” , in his volumn? It is curious and therefore, why would NARAL endorse Obama over Hillary? I am furious. And then there is another lie they told me. NARAL said it was legally forbidden to consult with their state affiliates for their input on this matter. I am still waiting to see this citation.
Interesting.
Obama is the better candidate to endorse? I guess they have spotty memories. It was Hillary Clinton who put her political neck on the chopping block for them when she addressed their convention in 1999 as still the First Lady.
I agree it was NARAL’s desperate bid to try to be relevant and hip to a new generation of potential “donor lists” from Obama’s campaign. It back fired and rightly so.
Bombshell
http://www.bartcop.com/141-bombshell-sample.m3u
You don’t want to miss this about caucuses and delegates.
Didn’t BOzo reward his NARAL endorsers by listing it way in the back of his endorsement list - unlike other ones that he touts on the front page of his website?
That bombshell is on Windows Media Player.
If you have a problem, go to http://www.bartcop.com go halfway down the page to Preview of BCR 141 and click the AUDIO link.
You don’t want to miss this. It’s great. It’s something the super delegates should hear, too.
yep dave that fox video was a main subject here the day it was aired. And the delegates are well aware of the math of caucus vs primary. supposedly they do understand the basics of a electorl college as well if they are old enough to have voted in 2000 when it was driven into our skulls by the sledge hammer of bush vs gore.
The elected delegates should know the math and the map quite well. They shoud know democratic party history quite well also.
So what gives? Why are they supporting ob?
There’s lots of speculation and rumor as to why.
Time will tell…
I too went on-line as soon as I heard about NARAL’s endorsement and told them to take me off their mailing list and asked them to take my phone number off their calling list.
Both my husband and I have always donated to NARAL.
I’m just wondering if there is any mention out there of this hurting NARAL financially yet? If it hasn’t yet, it will. Anything on the news about it?
I wouldn’t be surprised if some of those wealthy BO benefactors (Pritzker, Soros…the same ones who personally gave millions to MoveON), have sweetened the pot. Maybe, at this point in time, they’re not hurting as badly as they will down the road (and maybe they’re hoping women will forgive and forget).
I think Obama’s treasure trove of moolah has gotten him most of his endorsements. Money talks, and in politics, it bellows.
Axelrove’s Frankenstein has a big ole piggy bank.
I think you’re right. Everything with Obama always comes down to money.
It’s absolutely shameful that NARAL would sell out their cause to a man who will only vote “present” on issues relating to choice when the other alternative is a woman who has steadfastly defended a woman’s right to choose.
What’s ironic about this endorsement is how, after the fact, a few Obama/NARAL supporters are now trying to tell us women to vote for Obama because “McCain is going to set women back years!”
I’m like…umm…maybe the dumb-asses at NARAL should have thought of that before pissing off their Hillary base.
As far as I know, they still have not apologized or admitted any fault whatsoever.
Their original endorsement, by the way, was written like it was from a teenage fan girl, gushing about her favorite boy band. “I AM SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE!!!”
I mean, geez oh pete, at least have some basic common sense and ACKNOWLEDGE Hillary in all that.
I have no idea how these women got to the top of that organization, but it wasn’t because of their savvy, that’s for sure.
For such a betrayal of this kind to a woman who has done so much for NARAL, and for them to endorse Obama, who has done NOTHING for them, I suspect money is involved.
Soros money, combined with the bundlers supporting Obama’s campaign, which goes far beyond the borders of the U.S., provide an endless supply of money for him to do whatever he can to destroy Hillary.
Obama’s camp even tried to buy off Hillary with an offer to pay her campaign debt. She refused and held her ground. So am I. I will stand with Hillary all the way to the Convention and beyond.
If the power elite manage to totally destroy the will of the people and get their boy nominated, I will work just as hard to help Hillaryt pay her debts and regroup to fight along side her another day.
Until then, this ain’t over by a long shot!
Until then, the lady is still in this to win it and so am I.
She is a national treasure.
I certainly hope Ellen Malcolm et al. are paying attention to this site. There is an abundance of support to be garnered if they are. I, for one, will be a contributor as soon as I am able. I just hope they will be very judicious in who they back from this point forward. Some of the women who have benefited from this organization are supporting Obama. Hopefully, that will not stand.
LOL White Guilt.
The National NARAL president said that the reason the state affiliates weren’t consulted is that that would be against the law. Does anyone know if this is true? It sounds kind of lame. But even if the national NARAL couldn’t consult with the state chapters, it could at least have sent them a memo that it was going to happen. I read that one of the state NARAL presidents, I think maybe from New York, actually, didn’t know about the endorsement until a reporter called to ask her about it.
GREAT cartoon! I think that ALL the leadership of NARAL should be fired. I will never give them any more money and wish I never have.
You’ve been warned.
Of the three major Democratic candidates (Clinton, Edwards, and Obama), NARAL selects the only one who doesn’t have a “Women’s Issues” page on his website. Tells you a lot. Of course, they also endorsed “Rape Gurney” Joe Lieberman over Lamont, so I tend to agree with AnninCA–NARAL is no longer relevant.
If you are just supporting Obama because his black, then I will ask you to have head examine.
neral endorses Obama>Obama wins nomination>McCain becomes president>Neral is reduced to giving out condoms and wire hangers.
Another great cartoon and supporting document. Yes, they should fire the NARAL officials for a poorly reasoned, stupid decision. They are backing an unelectable candidate and helping to assure a Republican victory in November. They should not have endorsed anyone and they certainly threw their support behind the wrong candidate! Please, NARAL, take me off your mailing list!
There’s a good chance whoever gets elected will be able to appoint 1 probably 2 Supreme Court Justices, for this reason I doubt seriously any of you will really vote for McCain in November. Row v Wade is unlikely to ever be completely over turned, however it could easily be eviscerated over time. Old school feminism is well entrenched in the Hillary movement so the Dem Party is counting on the issue of “Choice” to unite even if Obama is the nominee.
Guess what? You underestimate women. We vote with our heads not our uterus’. Or is it our uteri?
Can’t hold Roe as blackmail, it isn’t as if whomever McCain selects as a potential nominee for SCOTUS just marches into a seat.
You can bet there will be plenty of women to stop it as there always has been… or if not, so what.
It is up to the new generation to support somebody like Hillary who will fight for them. If they are stupid enough to want a faux rock halting stupid teleprompter reading sexist like that sham ob, then the hell with them, let them fight for their rights.
cute cartoon.
Like so many others, I’ll never give to NARAL again, and will picket their fundraisers!
Although, there are still many eloquent and articulate posts on the Naral Blog in response to the betrayal of Hillary Clinton, there are also countless pro Obama postings written by trolls. On May 14th starting at about 5pm the blog became adulterated and many pro Clinton posts were shortened or deleted altogether. Many of the trolls use the same name, and are men making blatantly sexists comments about “hysteria” and ” ladies, ladies, let’s settle down and get behind the annointed etc.” I have much of the original commentary and am saving it in an archive. If there are any pro-Hilary blogs that would like to host some of this text, do let me know.
I am asking myself at what point does overzealous and ruthless campaigning become conspiracy and intend to circumvent a democratic process?
Way too clever!! I think the kool-aid drinkers have gone too far and did not realize the fatal flaw in their plan — women. I say to the “barry” lovers - call me what you want, I have endured your childish behavior for months and have a long memory.
I do believe Hillary will be the nominee because the democratic party is going to wake up and realize 2 things. 1) the electoral map doesn’t pan out for barry 2) there are no caucus states in a general election
I emailed all of NARAL’s affiliates and let them have it.
Now I will RE-write them, and send along a link to this article in the email.
Wow, they really suffered a serious backlash.
GOOD. I hope that president of NARAL loses her throne. Obviously they were promised something from Obama’s camp, because there is no other reason to endorse HIM only a few weeks before everyone has voted, and Hillary OBVIOUSLY has the better record for women’s rights and reproductive rights, and she VOTES as such. Obama does not.
Obama is a fraud.
Abortion is handy for ridding society of future crims. I am all for it but smart women these days ought not need abortions- well at least after ONe they should be wiser.
If NARALS position of supporting Obama is because of his pigment is blatantly racist to me. And for them to be used by Obama is inexcusable. They all need to be FIRED!
Yup.
NARAL has been making a lot of screwy endorsements — they endorsed Lieberman over Lamont even after hearing Lieberman’s boneheaded support of pharmacists who refuse to supply the morning-after pill, and despite Lamont’s strong pro-choice statements. They’ve made other, equally weird, endorsements. I stopped giving to them years ago.
Interestingly, when they endorsed Lieberman and another suspect candidate, the Orange Site and other Bloggers went APE SHIT, screaming from the rooftops about their stupidity and boneheadedness. I wonder if they did the same this time around…I won’t go to those sites anymore so I don’t know but somehow…I doubt it…
Just another reason the rings of “BUT ROE!” ring hollow to me. I am basically a two-issue voter, reproductive rights and the environment are my two immovables, yet I see nothing that indicates BO would be better on either issue than McCain. I am so pro-choice I think abortion should be free and on demand and handed out like lollipops, so Obamabots, you can stuff it with trying to scare me on that issue.
“smart women these days ought not need abortions”
Smart men ought to refrain from making bullshit sexist statements. There, fixed your typo.