Eighty-Eight Years
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on August 26, 2008 at 2:00 PM in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, DNC, DNC idiocy, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Hillary Clinton, Sexism, U.S. Constitution, Women's Suffrage
Yes, today is the 88th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment “giving” women the right to vote. And to celebrate this auspicious occasion, Barack Obama chose to have two men, one who is anti-choice (that is, does not believe a woman has the right to choose what to do with her own body), to speak at today’s UnDemocratic Convention. Oh, and one of those men is the KEYNOTE speaker. Woo - Happy Anniversary, Ladies!! Ahem.
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It reminded me of the following article, which I m reprinting fully here because, well, it deserves it: Casting The Vote Of A Lifetime: Dying woman realizes a dream in marking ballot for Hillary, then Bill Clinton sends her a kiss.
By Kevin Woster, Journal staff Sunday, May 11, 2008
They figure the next best thing came April 29 for the 88-year-old Rapid City woman, when she rallied long enough in her bed at Rapid City Regional Auxiliary Hospice House to cast her vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
To a woman born seven months before her gender won the right to vote in August 1920, seeing Clinton’s name on a presidential ballot and marking her vote nearby was a dream realized, Steen’s daughter, Kathy Krause, said.
“She was just very happy that day,” Krause said. “She really rallied and was sitting up in bed talking to people. That was the best day we’ve had.”
There haven’t been many good days lately for Steen, who is suffering from congestive heart failure a year after a stroke began her downhill slide toward hospice. But even sliding hour by hour toward the inevitable, Steen found the strength to study and mark the absentee ballot that her daughter brought to her room.
“I had asked her if she wanted to vote, and she said, ‘Yes, I really would like to vote for Hillary,’” Krause said. “So I filled out the papers. She signed them, and I went to the courthouse and got the ballot.”
To add an air of patriotic celebration to the occasion, family friend Louise Engelstad brought a United States flag from her garden, and she and Kruase draped it behind Steen’s bed.
“Then I got mother her glasses, and she sat up. She was very alert, very serious in studying the ballot,” Krause said. “And when she marked it, she just kept circling and circling that mark with her pencil. I thought she was going to mark a hole in it.”
Krause, who had already voted for Clinton by absentee ballot, said her mother’s health has deteriorated sharply since the day she voted.
But the vote set in motion a warm response from both Bill and Hillary Clinton.
When informed of Steen’s condition and vote by the Journal, Clinton’s campaign staff provided a comment from the New York senator, who appeared in Sioux Falls Thursday.
“I’m so flattered to have the support of Florence and so many like her,” Clinton said. “I have met so many women from my mother’s generation who come up to me and say they were born before women could vote and now want to see a woman in the White House.”
Then, family friends and campaign staffers informed Bill Clinton of Steen’s vote, and on Saturday, he sent word that he wanted to meet Krause and her husband, who were at Stevens High School for his speech.
“They called my husband and said the president wanted to meet us,” Krause said.
When they went to meet him, “He expressed his sympathy for my mother’s failing health,” she said. “He said he was really sorry and he understood our loss. He really appreciated that my mom had made an effort to get out and vote for Hillary by absentee ballot. He has great respect for women of my mother’s generation.”
Krause said Clinton had tears in his eyes when he spoke to her and told her to go and give her mother a kiss for him.
She did just that, though she isn’t sure if her mother understands that she met Clinton.
Sitting by her bed every day, Krause remembers a mother who was both comforting and inspirational.
“I suppose everyone who is losing their mother thinks the same thing: She was always there,” Krause said. “She taught me to excel in everything I did. She always wanted my daughter and me to be able to take care of ourselves and have an assertive role in our own lives.”
Krause said her mother was a survivor, a quality that Clinton has shown in her life and in the presidential campaign.
“I think there are a lot of similarities between them,” Krause said. “My mother certainly doesn’t have the wealth or notoriety or reputation. But she’s been a survivor, just like Hillary. And whether you like her (Clinton) or not, she’s a survivor. You have to respect her for that.”
Yes. You do.
And so today, on our 88th anniversary, our Congress has only 17% women in it. SEVENTEEN percent. Conversely, Rwanda, you know, the country which is just coming out of a horrendous, horrifying period of massive genocide, in which women were routinely raped, gang raped, tortured, and mutilated, has in their 2003 Constitution that women MUST constitute 30% of the official representatives. In fact, their numbers are closer to 50% (figures taken from the linked article written by Cindy McCain. I know - I was as surprised as you are. It is a very good editorial, actually, about women in Rwanda. Who knew?!?). That number is the highest for any country.
Here we are - 88 years later, and the first major woman candidate, who received more votes than any other primary candidate EVER, is not the Democratic presidential nominee. Despite her years of experience, and legislative accomplishments, she is not the one selected by the DNC. No, she was passed over by the Party Elite for a younger man with no real accomplishments to his name. May we not have to wait another 88 years before we can have equal representation in Congress. May we not have to wait to have the candidate who garners the most votes not be denigrated mercilessly by the Media and Party Elites because she is a woman. May we have the most qualified candidate as our nominee “even though” she is a woman. May we not lose hope. May we not lose faith. May we see these changes in our lifetime. Happy Anniversary, Sisters.
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By Sarah Palin (Release date: November 17. 2009)
Nor ws she seriously vetted for the number two job. Instead, we got a guy whose “choice” credentials are about twenty years old. Gee. I guess I forget to send a thank you note!
And he trashed Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings!
Remember the credentials committee and how they went into their secret hiding spot and decided what was going to happen when they came out?
Well, guess what - it’s happening again - this time with the ROLL CALL vote. That’s right! They want to hold it behind closed doors at the hotel. WTF?
and
Go figure! (Alegre).
It is a sad, sad day. The Democratic Party is, as we suspected, no longer democratic.
It’s very sad that this nation is still so male-dominated - even Great Britain had Margaret Thatcher for Prime Minister. India had Indira Ghandi. Other countries - third world nations - have had women leaders and the two major political parties still can’t bring themselves to put a woman on the Presidential Ballot.
Must mean that we’re not as civilized as all those countries - I love this country, but I could believe that!
-MS
Not the nation, just the DNC. After all, a woman recieved more votes for nomination this year than any canidate in history.
And she should be the one getting nominated! Why isn’t she? Because the DNC is just a male-dominated as the GOP! They love their good old boy system!
Oh, and let’s not forget the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel.
We waited 88 years for a woman to have a realistic chance to be president, and she was turned away at the door.
A few weeks ago, MO told a story about a little AA girl, who she said can now look forward to being anything she wants, including president. She also made reference to her own girls having that opportunity.
My thought was, if a woman can’t be elected to the presidency after 88 years of voting rights, what makes her think that her girls will have a better chance in 30 years? We haven’t even managed to elect a woman VP yet.
Yes, it’s tragic that our politics are male-dominated. But the Pumas can bring, at least, an end to Jack McCafferty’s sexist commentary.
Chris Matthews of MSNBC and Keith Olbermann were both unspeakably cruel to Hillary.
Jack McCafferty, the misogynist of CNN said during the primary that:
“Hillary was like a Scolding Mother”……
Well, today Hillary said “I am a Mother first..”
McCafferty and the rest of his “journalist” wolfpack get their on-the-job training chasing bimbos out of rehab. They have degraded Journalism–and that’s why the Iraq war was uncheched and all we saw were sanitized army guys politely knocking doors!
Thousands of Iraqui women were raped and 2 million homeless in Iraq and another 2 million in Syria and Jordan! guess what? About 200,000 Iraqi refugee women are “working” as prostitutes for the fat Kuwait princes in Jordanian ‘enttertainment’ bars!
thank you Pres. Bush for this holocaust on the women of Iraq.
Thank you Obamyopia for “giving Hillary the finger” and treating her with not an ounce of respect!
Nobama ‘08
McCafferty should apologize to Hillary for calling her “A SCOLDING MOTHER” — What’s wrong with being a mother, moron?~! SHAME ON YOU, JACK! RESIGN FORM CNN!!
99 problems
and the bitch ain’t one….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4
Not Your Sweetie:
Having in the background sexist JayZ rapper music lyrics aint’ half as bad as seeing Sweetie Obambi boy star in this youtube mega-hit:
“Obama Gives Hillary the Finger” - he went on stage in N.C. day after his pathetic performance at the Pa. ABC Debate and ‘dusted off’ and ’scraped off’ his shoes…Hillary…doing a well-researsed ‘flip-off’ JayZ rapper wannabe act, smirking till audience got clued in!
Obama is an immature teenager, who’s vindictive and insecure. He should go back to the political sewers of Chicago to steal some more elections, cause he sure is not going to win this one!
Nobama ‘08
MCCAIN IS AHEAD IN GALLUP POLL BY 2% TODAY…….GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MCCAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!
Great blog Rev Amy.
I will never get over though that the woman was not Senator Hillary Clinton for nominee. She deserved it, not another woman to come in the future, not Obama’s daughters’ generation of women.
Hillary Clinton is the woman with the accomplishments, the hard work and the popular vote.
Damn it RRR Amy, you just made a 56 year old biker cry. That was an amazing story you have posted. Almost as amazing as is the collective insanity of the “New” Democratic Party. I am so sad for this nation for what could have been a transendential presidency. It really takes a Clinton to clean-up after a Bush, but we’re stuck with Barky, who expects others to do the hard work for him; it’s a damned shame.
Sorry, Rob!
I hear ya, though - it made me cry, too…
Agreed abt the collective insanity..AND abt a Clinton needing to clean up after a Bush.
Rob from Chicago,
Rev. Amy’s story is great and needed to be said.
Rob’s right “Barky expects others to do the hard work for him”. Without the teleprompter Obambi is a stutteringly pathetic fool.
The country lost a chance at a transendent presidency that would heal the world, Hillary being the Healing Force that she is!
And Obama lost another chance to have the best V-P but he was too insecure and scared to have Hillary beside Him!
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, THANK YOU!
Pumas are roaring!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !!!
Women power is once again in question by the Boys Club, led by Obama.
Let us not disappoint this guys & DNC “jealous sisters”.
Senator Hillary Clinton, a former First Lady,the most qualified presidential candidate, cracked the glass ceilings for us and the generations to come.
For the patriotic men and women, we will show the force of truth prevails, come election day.
Vote Senator John McCain ! He serves the country valiantly. Where was Obama when McCain was in Hotel Hanoi?
HillMcCain ‘08
God Save America !!!
Well Hillary broke the glass ceiling only DNC will not acknowledge it.
“99 problems
and the bitch ain’t one….”
Barack has way more than 99 problems and they will not sit quietly and be “good little girl team players”.
Sometimes, being a bitch is all a woman has to hang on to.* Especially being a female Democrat in the election year of ‘08.
*(Thank you, Vera, for delivering that line in Delores Claiborne).
PENIS ENVY is DEAD unless you”re an Obamabot!
Rise Women RISE!!
John McCain is one of only a few Senators to earn a Zero percent lifetime rating from Planned Parenthood’s Action Fund.
He voted against requiring health care plans to cover birth control (3/22/03).
He voted against comprehensive, medically accurate sex education (7/25/06).
He voted against international family planning funding (3/14/96).
He voted against funding to prevent teen and unintended pregnancies (3/17/05).
He voted against public education for emergency contraception (3/17/05).
And he voted against restoring Medicaid funding that could be used for family planning for low-income women (3/17/05).
So you better really get out and work for those downticket dems, since you care so much.
The issue is not whether John McCain is better/worse than Obama. The issue is that Obama does not deserve the Democratic nomination. The one who DOES, who earned it, who is qualified for it, who has the experience for it, is Hillary Clinton.
Moreover - compare Obama’s record, including IL (or ESPECIALLY, since he has done very little since being in the US Senate) on women’s rights. “Present” doesn’t cut it. Just sayin’.
yes lets compare them:
ANTI-VIOLENCE
Obama Passed Law to Help Combat Violence Against Women. Obama co-sponsored a bill that would authorize increased appropriations for FY2006-FY2010 for grants to combat violent crimes against women, revise provisions specifying purposes for grants to include use for under served populations and for forensic medical exams of sex offense victims, increase set aside amounts for grants to Indian tribal governments and U.S. territories and possessions, prohibit law enforcement officers, prosecutors, or other government officials from requiring sex offense victims to submit to a polygraph examination as a condition for proceeding with an investigation or prosecution of a sex offense. The bill would establish a sexual assault services program, directing the Attorney General to make grants to states, territories, and tribal entities for rape crisis centers or other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault, culturally specific community-based organizations for various services on behalf of sexual assault victims, and state, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions. The bill would also award grants to accredited schools of medicine to develop interdisciplinary training and education programs that provide health professions students with an understanding of, and clinical skills pertinent to, domestic violence, sexual assault, and dating violence. [109th, HR 3402 (S. 1197), Passed by Unanimous Consent, 12/16/05; PL 109-162, 1/5/06]
Obama Passed A Law To Create The Victims Economic Security And Safety Act (VESSA), Which Helps Victims Of Abuse Seek Treatment Without Losing Their Job. Obama was the chief sponsor and voted to created the Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act. The bill provided that an employee who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence, or who has a family or household member who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence, may take leave from work to address domestic or sexual violence by seeking medical attention or obtaining health or legal services. The Chicago Tribune reported, “But VESSA, as it is known, allows time off for personal issues not covered by the FMLA and is designed to help victims keep their jobs.” Obama said he sponsored the bill after being approached by several advocacy group for battered women. “They came to me and indicated how difficult it is for victims of physical and sexual abuse to deal with the repercussions of an assault and then try to balance it with work and everything else.” [93rd GA; HB 3486; 3R P 58-0-0, 5/20/03; Signed into law 8/25/03, PA 93-0591; Chicago Tribune, 8/20/03; University Wire, 8/22/03]
Obama Passed Law To Increase Penalties For Repeat Domestic Offenders. Obama was the chief co-sponsor and voted for House bill providing that domestic battery or a violation of an order of protection is a Class 4 felony if the defendant had a prior conviction for certain enumerated offenses, including first degree murder, aggravated domestic battery, and criminal sexual assault. A person commits stalking if he or she has been previously convicted of stalking another person and knowingly (on one occasion) follows that same person or commits certain threatening acts against that person or that person’s family. [92nd GA; HB 4081; 2002; Signed into law 8/22/02, PA 92-0827]
Obama Passed Law To Increase Penalties For Committing Battery In Or Near A Domestic Violence Shelter. Obama was the chief co-sponsor of and voted for bill providing that a person commits aggravated battery if he or she (or the person battered) is in a domestic violence shelter, or if the person battered is within 500 feet going to or from the shelter. [92nd GA, SB 0175, 3/29/01, 3R P; 55-0-0; P.A. 92-0516, 1/1/02; 91st GA, SB 1406, Session Sine Die, 1/9/01]
Obama Passed Law Improving “No Contact” Court Procedures in Domestic Abuse Petitions. Obama helped amend the Civil No Contact Order Act, including simplifying the forms for filing a petition. The law allows for the court to appoint counsel to represent the petitioner if the respondent is represented by counsel and changes what a civil no contact order may contain. [93rd, HB4395, 3R: 57-0-0, 5/5/04; PA 93-0811, 7/26/04]
Obama Passed Law Requiring Clear Language be Included in Emergency Orders of Protection. Obama co-sponsored and helped pass a law that requires the government be specific about the restrictions placed on the recipient of an emergency order of protection. This legislation prevents perpetrators of domestic violence from claiming ignorance of the law. [93rd GA, SB2495, 3R: 57-0-0, 3/25/04; Concurrence: 53-0-0, 5/26/04 PA 93-0944, 8/17/04]
Obama Passed Law Raising Standards Related to Domestic Violence. Obama sponsored a bill and voted to amend the Nursing Home Care Act and the Hospital Licensing Act to require licensees under those Acts to comply with standards relating to domestic violence established by the Joint Committee on Accreditation or other accrediting organizations approved by the Department of Public Health. [91st GA, SB0850, 1999, PA 91-0163, 99-07-16]
PROTECTION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
Obama Passed The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Database Act of 2005. Obama co-sponsored a bill that would require the Attorney General to make publicly available in a registry via the Internet, from information contained in the National Sex Offender Registry or in state sex offender websites, specified information about sexually violent predators and persons convicted of a sexually violent offense or a criminal offense against a minor, who are required to register with a minimally sufficient state sexual offender registration program; and allow registry users to identify offenders who are currently residing within a specified radius of a given location. Requires registry information to include the offender’s name, address, date of birth, physical description, and photograph, the nature and date of commission of the offense, and the date on which the offender is released from prison or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation. Linda Walker, Dru Sjodin’s mother, said that Dru’s Law “is a step in the right direction, but more work needs to be done to protect women and children. ‘I think it has to stay in the forefront of our nation’s agenda.’ she said.” [109th, S. 792, Passed by Unanimous Consent, 7/28/05; Referred to House Subcommittee, 9/19/05; Aberdeen American News, 10/6/06]
Obama Passed A Bill To Protect Children From Known Sex Offenders. Obama co-sponsored a bill to improve the national program to register and monitor individuals who commit crimes against children or sex offenses. The bill would require the Attorney General to maintain a National Sex Offender Registry at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as a National Sex Offender Public Registry. The bill would also require adults or juveniles who are convicted as adults of sexually violent offenses, certain offenses against minors, or other specified crimes (covered individuals) to provide specified information to designated persons in their domicile, work, or school states for the rest of their lives (with specified exceptions). The bill would require such an individual, initially and thereafter as specified, to register with and appear before such designated persons to provide identification, home, work, school, and vehicle information and to have a photograph and fingerprints taken. [109th, S. 1086, Passed by Unanimous Consent, 5/4/06; Held at desk, 5/8/06]
Obama Passed Law Expanding Rights Of Alleged Victims of Sexual Assault. Obama sponsored a bill and voted to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 to eliminate the 48 hour time requirement after the collection of the sample in which an alleged sexual assault survivor must return to the hospital performing the sample analysis of all controlled substances and alcohol ingested by the alleged victim a signed written authorization in order to have the sample analysis performed. [93rd, HB4771, 2004, Third Reading: 5/19/2004, PA 93-0958 8/20/2004]
Obama Passed A Law To Make Administering A Date Rape Drug Aggravated Battery As Well As An Aggravating Offense To Criminal Sexual Assault. Obama sponsored a bill and voted to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 to provide that administering a controlled substance to a person without his or her consent for nonmedical purposes constitutes aggravated battery. The bill provided that delivering a controlled substance to a victim without his or her consent as part of the same course of conduct as the commission of criminal sexual assault or criminal sexual abuse is an aggravating circumstance that enhances these offenses to aggravated criminal sexual assault or aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961. [90th GA, SB 1224, 3R P 54-0-0, 3/24/98; HA 1 Concur P 55-0-1, 5/20/98; PA 90-0735, 8/11/98]
Obama Passed A Law to Expand the Definitions of “Sex Offender” and “Sex Offense” and Mandate Offender Disclosure. Obama sponsored a bill and voted to amend the Sex Offender Registration Act to include in the definition of “sex offender” a person who is convicted or adjudicated for a sex offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The bill included in the definition of a “sex offense”, a 3rd or subsequent conviction for public indecency or a conviction for custodial sexual misconduct or permitting sexual abuse of a child if these offenses are committed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. The bill provided that the sheriff shall disclose sex offender information to the boards of institutions of higher education or other appropriate administrative offices of each non-public institution of higher education located in the county where the sex offender is required to register, resides, or is attending an institution of higher education. [92nd GA, HB 5874, 3R P 55-0-0, 5/7/02; Adopt CC Report P 54-0-1, 5/31/03; PA 92- 0828, 8/22/02]
Obama Passed Law to Require EMS For Sexual Assault Survivors To Include Coverage For Emergency Contraception. Obama was the chief co-sponsor and voted for adding, as an additional criterion for IDPH approval for a hospital’s plan for emergency services for sexual assault survivors, that the plan must provide sufficient protections from the risk of pregnancy by the sexual assault survivor. Bill requires that hospitals providing such services develop and implement protocol that ensures that each sexual assault survivor receives medically and factually accurate information about emergency contraception. [92nd GA; SB 0114; 2001; Signed into law 7/25/01, PA 92-0156]
Obama Passed a Bill Eliminating Good Behavior Time For Sex Offenders. Obama sponsored and passed a bill to amend the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act by stipulating that any convict may not receive time off for good behavior if he has been incarcerated for sexual assault or aggravated sexual abuse. [91st GA, SB 0485, 3/11/99, 3R P; 54-1-2; P.A. 91-0117, 7/15/99; Senate Floor Transcript, 3/11/99, p. 74]
Obama Passed Law to Extend Statute Of Limitations On Certain Sexual Offenses. Obama was the chief co-sponsor and voted for bill extending the statute of limitations for several criminal sexual offenses, including aggravated criminal sexual assault. [91st GA; HB 0329; 1999; Signed into law 8/11/99, PA 91-0475]
Obama Sponsored Illinois Senate Version Of The Bill That Would Seal Sexual Assault Victim’s Records. Obama sponsored a bill that would amend the Criminal Identification Act to provide that the victim of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, may request that the State’s Attorney file a petition with the trial judge to have the court records of the case sealed. The bill provided that, upon order of the court for good cause shown, the records may be made available for public inspection. [91st GA, SB 943, 1999, 3R P 58-0-0, 3/23/99, Total Veto Stands, 11/18/99]
SB 943 Was Amended To Include The Exact Bill Language Of HB 854 Before Obama Signed On As A Sponsor. Obama was the chief co-sponsor of and voted for SB 943, which would amend the Criminal Identification Act to provide that the victim of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, may request that the State’s Attorney file a petition with the trial judge to have the court records of the case sealed. The bill provided that, upon order of the court for good cause shown, the records may be made available for public inspection. Obama signed onto the bill after the original language was amended to include the same language of HB 854. [91st GA, SB 943, 1999, 3R P 58-0-0, 3/23/99, Total Veto Stands, 11/18/99]
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Obama Passed Equal Pay Act In Illinois To Give 330,000 More Women Protection From Pay Discrimination. Obama co-sponsored and voted for the Equal Pay Act which provided that no employer may discriminate between employees on the basis of sex by paying ages solely on the basis of the employee’s gender. According to the AP, the “Illinois Equal Pay Act expands the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 to give about 330,000 more women in the state protection from gender-based discrimination in pay” by applying the law to companies that employee 4 or more people, rather than the federal standard of fifteen. Obama attended the bill signing on Mother’s Day of 2003. [93rd GA; SB 0002; 2003; Signed into law, 5/11/03, PA 93-0006; AP, 5/11/03; Chicago Tribune, 5/8/03; Chicago Tribune, 5/12/03]
Obama Passed A Law To Create The Victims Economic Security And Safety Act (VESSA), Which Would Help Victims Of Abuse Seek Treatment Without Losing Their Job. Obama was the chief sponsor and voted to created the Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act. The bill provided that an employee who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence, or who has a family or household member who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence whose interests are not adverse to the employee, may take leave from work to address domestic or sexual violence by: seeking medical attention for, or recovering from, physical or psychological injuries caused by domestic or sexual violence to the employee or the employee’s family or household member; obtaining services from a victim services organization for the employee or the employee’s family or household member; obtaining psychological or other counseling for the employee or the employee’s family or household member; participating in safety planning, temporarily or permanently relocating, or taking other actions to increase the safety of the employee or the employee’s family or household member from future domestic or sexual violence or ensure economic security; or seeking legal assistance or remedies to ensure the health and safety of the employee or the employee’s family or household member, including preparing for or participating in any civil or criminal legal proceeding related to or derived from domestic or sexual violence. The Chicago Tribune reported, “But VESSA, as it is known, allows time off for personal issues not covered by the FMLA and is designed to help victims keep their jobs.” Obama said he sponsored the bill after being approached by several advocacy group for battered women. “They came to me and indicated how difficult it is for victims of physical and sexual abuse to deal with the repercussions of an assault and then try to balance it with work and everything else.” [93rd GA; HB 3486; 3R P 58-0-0, 5/20/03; Signed into law 8/25/03, PA 93-0591; Chicago Tribune, 8/20/03; University Wire, 8/22/03]
Obama Passed Into Law a Requirement that Women And Minority Scientists/Engineers Be Represented And Consulted on Specific Technology and Science Efforts. In 2007, Obama sponsored an amendment, which became law, to the America Competes Act requiring that minorities and females be represented and consulted during the development of innovation/competitiveness strategies at the National Science and Technology Summit (NSTS), on the President’s Council on Innovation and Competitiveness, and elsewhere. [S.Amdts. 923, Agreed to by unanimous consent, 4/25/07; S. 761, Incorporated into H.R. 2272, which became P.L. 110-289, 8/9/07]
Obama Passed Into Law An Amendment Creating A Mentoring Program For Women And Underrepresented Groups At DOE. In 2007, Obama sponsored an amendment, which became law, to the America Competes Act that established a mentoring program to support women and underrepresented groups as they progress through education programs proposed by the Department of Energy. The amendment was included in the final version of the bill that passed Congress and was signed into law. [S.Amdts. 905, Agreed to by unanimous consent, 4/25/07, S. 761, Incorporated into H.R. 2272, which became P.L. 110-289, 8/9/07]
forgot to add…
im just sayn’
which is why he smashed Hillary and wiped her face in racebaiting.
yes, he truly “supports women”
http://mediamatters.org/items/200801130004
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/12/obama-camps-memo-on-clin_n_81205.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQY_9ZcsjpQ&feature=related%3cbr
What makes you think that someone who doesn’t give a shit about American rights as evidenced with the FISA vote, and someone willing to open up old wounds such as racism just to gain votes is better than mccain?
YOU LOSE
Obama has never passed anything but the check. Perhaps the idiot troll meant to write he “voted for.” And why would anyone believe anything such a nasty little tool wrote anyway. What a puke of a human/robot/program– whatever that thing is posting here.
Voted present then took credit.
ALL I need to do is compare how McCain pays his female staffers and how Obama/Soetoro pays his female staffers.
Obama/Soetoro pays females LESS than he pays males.
McCain pays his female staffers a comparable wage the the male staffers — in fact the highest paid staffers happen to be FEMALE — McCain practices WAGE equality.
The copy and paste BS from the Obamabot — is just that — useless filler
Obama/Soetoro has not WRITTEN major (or minor) legislation — he just stole bills written by others and put his name on the bills to build his resume for his planned run for US Senator.
Obama/Soetoro is LAZY — the only legislation he’ll bother to push through are bills that help his rich friends get richer by stealing from the poor.
One of Obama/Soetoro’s rich friends is in jail — Rezko for crimes that Obama/Soetoro participated in.
Obamabots your guy is a lying jerk.
But thanks for working so hard to remind us that Obamabots are idiots.
Passed all by himself, huh? How many of these bills were drafted and introduced (not co-sponsored, or simply supported/voted on) by Senator Obama ?
Oh crap, that’s the hard part for the Obots. The truth behind the talking points.
So I’ll ask the same.
Tick…tick…tick…
come on little obots.
Obama hasn’t “passed” any of these bills you maroon. The only thing he passes is arugula scented gas.
Just sayin’ what? Prove that he did the work for those amendments and laws… He takes credit for work that is not his and has piggy backed on several bills.
Prove that he did the work on those you named…
How does he pass into law anything BTW? He can vote, but his vote is not the law of the land.
Passed into law… really? Only the “one” can do such momentous work. You are a card, really, you are.
I love the EQUAL PAY part, what a hypocrite he is. Look no further than the disparity of pay of his own staff…
Michelle 0bama said that she would have to “think about” supporting Hillary if she is the nominee.
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/2/4/124123/6787
That is exactly what I am doing in considering Michelle’s husband. I’m just doing what Michelle Obama said she would do. Exactly what she would do.
Of course she said that- Hillary has yet to “prove” that she has ever accomplished anything her entire life- except screw so bad that her husband had to find a fat intern to blow him…
wow. totally not necessary. get yourself some help.
This above post of Fraudbama’s “passed into lae” is a bunch of lies. I pity you poster. You have been punked.
This above post of Fraudbama’s “passed into law” is a bunch of lies. I pity you poster. You have been punked.
Yep - All these so-called “accomplishments” are part and parcel of obama’s FAIRY TALE life.
Oops! I hear that’s RACIST! lol!
And don’t forget his banking committee experience. Hahahahahahaha. They, like Minister Obama put out the standard lies thinking we’ll go for it. Amazing that he could accomplish this in 143 days…and how many as a part timer in Illinois?
He has no accomplishment, remember?
“….attempts to understate Clinton’s accomplishments by citing the number of bills she authored and passed into law. And then it attempts to over-inflate Obama’s record by citing the total number of bills he sponsored (BOTH in state and federal congress).
If you look up the information for yourself (http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/110search.html) you can compare apples to apples:
- In the 109th Congress Obama sponsored 152 bills (26 were signed into law) and co-sponsored 427 (12 were signed into law). Clinton sponsored 177 (21 were signed into law) and co-sponsored 720 (19 were signed into law).
- In the 110th Congress Obama sponsored 113 (0 signed into law) and co-sponsored 375 (3 signed into law). Clinton sponsored 150 (0 signed into law) and co-sponsored 477 (4 signed into law).
- Grand Total Authored - Clinton 327 sponsored / 1197 co-sponsored vs. Obama 265 sponsored / 802 co-sponsored
- Grand Total Passed – Clinton 44 vs. Obama 41
THE FACT - During the time that Obama and Clinton were in Senate together, Clinton authored 23% more bills and co-sponsored 49% more bills. Clinton helped to pass 7% more bills than Obama. In addition, Clinton sponsored 299 bills and co-sponsored 1183 from 2001-2004 while Obama was not involved in national politics. ”
Further, there’s a huge difference between a “state” senator, and a national senator”
“THE FACT - During the time that Obama and Clinton were in Senate together, Clinton authored 23% more bills and co-sponsored 49% more bills.”
That makes absolutely no sense- all of the other posts here claim Obama never sponsored a single bill that passed- 23% more bills than 0 is still 0…
Um, Obama didn’t “pass” anything. You might want to review how the legislative branch of the government works.
That’s the trouble with Obama trolls…can’t process information properly. But, their cut and paste talking points sure work well - that I’ll give them.
Can someone remove this bullcrap post of “Obama passed into law” –this long list of lies is deeply offensive. Thanks
Yeah Right, “Obama Passed Into Law”. That’s right children. Obama does not need the rest of congress or the president to sign the bill making a law to “Pass Into Law” he can do it all by his lonely –thank you so much. Keep on trolling worms and a big fish may eventually find you .
except that obama did nothing of these himself, yet claimed credit for it.
he is an asshole who has psychological problems with white women. And he is too proud to admit that.
He is a hateful, petty man. None of what you wrote I would consider anything other than spam.
Oh, dear - you seem to be buying into Obama’s claims that he is responsible for all kinds of amendments and laws on which he has barely worked, if he worked at all. Like all of the committees on which he allegedly serves. Just because he VOTES on it does not mean he crafted the language or initiated the amendment/bill.
In IL, his “accomplishments” were the result of a kingmaking effort by Emily Jones, which has been documented numerous times. Obama’s name was slapped on legislation on which he did little, if any, work to the detriment of those who had spent YEARS working on the issues. And, all of his alleged “accomplishments” happened in just one year.
SO, nice try. But those who frequent NQ are actually pretty well informed abt Obama and his “record,” such as it is. Just sayin’.
These Bills were handed to him by that Uncle Tom calling Emil Jones. I know for sure that the Act against Violence was not his bill. It was Ricky Headon’s bill and came out of a women in his district being denied FMLA after being attached by her husband. We worked on the fiscal impact it would have on employers and sent all the info to Ricky Headon’s office. I was shocked when the bill was signed with obama as the sponsor. Look at who werre the cosponsor on his bills, they were most likely the orginal sponsors of the bill.
An Added note, just like when he go into the US Senate, he ran for the next highest office. This is the same pattern he did in the State.
Golly gee, Whitaker!! He did all of this by himself???
I love Dave Barry’s take on BO:
“But in the end, the forcus will be on Barack Obama, who on Thursday night will receive the nomination in long-overdue recognition of a distinguished career of seeking the nomination” .
LOL! WOW. …”distinguised career of seeking nomination”…haahhahahahaha
HA!
barky thinks we should throw babies that survive abortions in the trashcan. Change to believe in.
Yes and they even put the live aborted baby in the sink and slam it’s head with a hammer..no lie. There are pictures of the bloody sink too vile to post.
Which is why we need Hillary!
Nice try Otto, but your logic is wasted on PUMAs. It doesn’t matter. Even if McCain made getting an abortion punishable by death, they would rather see him get elected, just to spite Obama.
thank you for clarifying that.
When you display the logic and a prepubescent boy, you are correct, it will be wasted time to share your logic with anyone with a fully developed frontal lobe.
PUMAs exist because they love Democracy and they can think for themselves. Go sell your propaganda elsewhere or stop drinking that which arrests development.
“When you display the logic and a prepubescent boy ”
I displayed the logic alright. The prepubescent boy…not so much. lol
Explain this logically.
Why is Barack Obama behind in the polls during the Dem. Convention?
Why can’t Obama gain over 50% of voters?
Why is there a lawsuit to have a TRO to prevent Obama from running for president filed by another DEMOCRAT?
Why was Obama named in the Rezko trial as a player in the corruption by Patrick Fitzgerald’s team?
People need to stop confusing women’s rights with abortion rights. I’m not a talking uterus for christ sake. Plus, I’m well done with mine and wouldn’t mind having it removed! John McCain is not anti-women and neither is the GOP. If they were, they would n’t have so many intelligent women working with them. Have you ever sat and listened to the brainless female Dem pundits compared to the republican female pundits? Worlds apart. I’ve noticed the difference and would rather be associated with the intelligence rather than the teeny bopper body parts you see on MSM. I do think Obama is anti-women. In his books, there is very seldom discussion about women in his past. Alot of men though. I’ve also seen few women in his campaign and the ones I know of get little air time.
Sorry, kids, it ain’t all about abortion! Plus, if you want to keep those rights, you get off your ass and work for it! Everything women worked so hard for for all people, you damn idiots are tying to erase.
Dumbasses!
Then the Dem majority in Congress better get busy and do something about these issues.
A president can’t act without the complicity of the House & Senate.
BO makes a big mistake on his pro life speakers choice for today and VP pick. Bad choices are being reflected in the polls. Today’s gallup 46% for mac and 44% for BO.
Some bounce, huh? That’s what sending out the last of the Kennedys, crazy Caroline and I’m-really-nice-like -you-and-love-my-country aka Extreme Made Over MEchille, out to stump for you.
Keep it up. After the sham tonight with Hillary held hostage, it should be down another 4 pts. There’s no way to gloss over what has happened. Reports now sound as if the “roll call” will not happen from the floor. Lynn Forrester on Fox now saying 15% of democrats have already made the jump to McCain. Doesn’t sound like good news for Barry and the Haters.
How will anyone not see how Presidential Hillary is tonight? That is all I see now when I watch her and I am disgusted that she wasn’t good enough compared to some talking POS. I would imagine McCain getss the big bump after tonight. What the DNC should do to save itself is have a poll and ask if you want Obama to be the nominee or dump him and go with clinton. They’d be stunned. I know many who voted Obama, but now do not want him!
At the convention, Greta Van Sustren from FOX has been noticing anger amongst the delegates, she writes on her blog Gretawire that there is anger over how Hill has been treated:
The women in the elevator - Democratic delegates no doubt - are extremely unhappy with the manner in which Senator Clinton has been treated by the Senator Obama campaign and the media. By the time I got to my floor and got out, it was plain how these women feel in the privacy of the elevator (privacy of the polling booth?) Of course the elevator at my hotel, like my work email inbox is not a scientific study by any means …but I sure hear lots of anger about the treatment of women and Senator Clinton in particular.
Hillary,
Einstein developed one of his most important ideas after he awakened from an intense and memorable dream. Paul McCartney is reported to have said that he didn’t consciously write the tune of Yesterday, he just woke up in the morning humming it. Can you remember any of your recent dreams? They may have more to tell you - or to offer you - than you think. You are dealing with a situation now that your conscious mind is not entirely sure how to cope with. So, involve your unconscious mind! - Tues.Aug 26 Scorpio
Two weeks ago I had this dream that was soo real I swear..Hill in the Hotel hallway stopped me and was asking me for something..she wanted us to do something..what I don’t know..it scared me. I’ll spare you the details..
OMG!!! She asked you to vote for the ONE! You weren’t kidding. This is a nightmare of biblical proportions.
Eight-eight years is not very long. I’m still dumbfounded that ERA didn’t pass in the 70’s. I guess we have many laws and social expectations that make it met but I’m still thinking that it might be a nice statement of closure. That, plus electing Clinton or another woman as president.
BTW, I’m tending to think that McCain might choose a woman as VP (but who). More than any other choice, this would clearly steal any momentum Obama might fantasize should be his after his coronation this week.
Kay Bailey Hutchinson
Yes, one person I’ve thought of several times. She’s about the only one with national stature. I just don’t know much about her.
Neither do I with the exception that she’s an elegant lady and does have political experience.
ERA was first proposed in 1923. It is shocking that it has yet to pass.
Good point abt McCain - I’ve been thinking that, too. The Republicans actually have a few women they could choose. Olympia Snowe from ME is a pretty liberal Republican, and I am pretty sure she is pro-choice. Or if they want to go for a conservative woman, they have Kay Bailey Hutchinson from Texas. Both have been in the Senate a LONG time, and have a lot of experience.
Christy, thanks for that. Greta has been one of the best during this whole campaign season. She has really earned my respect. And heck yeah, we’re mad. Hillary Clinton has been treated like NO ONE ELSE ever - the popular vote winner is supposed to bend over backwards to prop up the Selected One? Why is she expected to do more than any other male counterpart of hers ever has? Even moving beyond the deep seated anger at the loss of Democratic prinicples and ideals (which is the bottom line for many Hillary supporters) is the despicable way in which they have treated her, like she is not worthy to share the same air. It is infuriating. She is heads and shoulders above ANY of the DNC elite - Howard Dean is nowhere near her league, and yet he, Donna, et al, are treating her like she is some little pesky gnat they just can’t get rid of fast enough. Yep - we’re angry all right!
Meg Whitman
McCain won’t have a woman on his ticket. The conservative base would not turn out…they believe a woman’s place is in the home, cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children.
Which explains Condoleeza Rice, perfectly.
And I hate republicans.
But seriously, come up with something better than that; and would you mind explaining why ol’Donna Brazier says that “republican men have treated her better in many instances”?
Shuddup.
obamabushbot.
And wasn’t there talk about having Elizabeth Dole on the ticket at one time?
I hope the hell not. She’s having trouble keeping her seat. She’s more of a do nothing senator than bambi.
Trying to remember now… was Condoleeza Rice elected? Oh that’s right. She wasn’t.
Oh and who put Sandra Day O’Connor on the SCOTUS? I guess once again we have to answer a REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
What has being a Democrat gotten me recently? Insulted and kicked to the curb. Thanks. No Thanks. N0BAMA!
Well the media and Rebubicans have asked her about running for Pres or accepting a VP slot more than they’ve asked you.
oops…Republicans
..oh, I forgot to add that since I’ve become the proud member of a stereotyped/generalized group (PUMAS=old, bitter hags) when I’m in fact, an educated young male, I’ve pretty much LEARNED how stereotyping and name calling only causes both parties HARM.
Too bad the moron half of the Dem party hasn’t figured that out; always thought I was on the “right side” but in politics, there IS no right side.
It’s an illusion.
See obama’s FISA vote, Cheney’s energy bill vote.
It’ll be Pawlenty..any bets? 50 bucks says Pawlenty. Loser drops it in the NQ tip jar.
I’m from MN and T-Pawl would get his butt handed to him in a debate with Biden. I hope McCain picks him.
Do ya’ think he’d get McCain a NEGATIVE bounce ????? hahahahahahahahha
Get real, that is so last century. Besides, as a 48 year old, just married 3 years ago and now with 11 month old twins. My dating and married experience is that woman, and no disrespect intended, typically do not cook and do not know how.
Anyway, McCain has had some high power women in the spotlight, like Carly Fiorina from HP.
A woman takes all spotlight from Obama and a qualified one will also give even more reason for Clinton supporters to pull the lever for McCain instead of Obama.
It’s incomprehensible that Barack Obama would forgo an opportunity to reunite his party by picking Hillary Clinton as his running mate.
More of the same bad judgement.
Although it wouldn’t have changed my mind to vote for him.
I agree that is so last century.
And no disrespect to your dating experience…but the women who do know how to cook are swooped up quickly.
It absolutely is so last century…though 19th century is more like it. But the hardcore, evolution-denying, conservative base is stuck in that era when it comes to women’s rights.
rightthere with 0bama …
And obamacrats believe women should:
- step aside for the unqualified, inferior male
- be subject to, and smile in the face of, complete misogynistic degradation by their peers, the national media, their own party, and stupid, inferior blog insects
- be more enthusiastically misogynistic and insulting to women than their male “counterparts” if they want to be allowed on the “man’s stage”
- feel inferior
- shut up and fall in line like good little girls
- giggle excitedly when bambi grabs his crotch for them
- be flattered when barky calls them “sweetie”
that about sums it up. so does Obama girl.
I think McCain will go with a woman VP, too.
Take a chance Mac, choose Hillary!
If any opposing team could make it work and represent all people, those 2 could!
Sorry to change topic but anyone watching the breaking news on CNN? Computer glitch at FAA has planes unable to land throughout the US as well as none can take off but they stated that the 5,791 planes airborne radars are still good and they are in communication with all of them
Oh that’s the plan of the code pinkers and the other anarchists that hate all government. They are trying to stop delegates from coming to the convention. I read it on their training portal some time back.
Wow….what is with the computers at airports lately?
I remember LAX and Atlanta were shut down over computer probelms. And Dallas had some sort of issues too.
Now it takes out the whole system? Weird.
No S-. There was a plane come into the Shrevesport Air Force Base not too long ago loaded for bear (Use you own imagination about the Bear) with nuclear weapons and no one KNEW THEY WERE NUCLEAR. No one knew until the place of departure came up short on their NUCEAR COUNT , and they were sitting in Shrevesport Louisiana.
The computer problem is at the facility that processes the flight plans for all airports nationwide
Holy Freakin’ COW!!!! Thanks, Soldier4Hillary!!
Happy Anniversary!
And some love for Florence and that she was able to cast that vote for Hillary before she passed.
There is a pic of Florence, the flag, and her voting at this link. I hope her vote got through.
http://rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/05/16/news/local/doc482c5ad013e5d423592702.txt
Obama and DNC kicked out the Dem base of the party so don’t blame us if we vote for JMAC. Carly Fiona was there for us when we had no where else to go.
I wouldn’t maind Carly Fiona as McCain’s VP.
Liberia has a woman President. she’s a descendant of American slaves.
My mom was also a slave (so to speak) even though she was white. She could not vote (for a long time) and she could not sign a contract. She could pick cotton with the men and some women. She could work in a laundry or a cafe as a waitress. She could not enter into a contract to buy a car or a house or even furniture for a house, unless my dad signed the contract. She was, according to the social status of American women, a second class citizen. I know from first hand experience there are “CHRISTIAN” churches in America today that have not advanced past that second class citizen stage for women and even corporate America still deny women the RESPECT they JUSTLY DESERVE. Yep, Hillary had an uphill battle from the beginning, and it isn’t over yet. Thanks to men like Ted Kennedy.
Any updates on floor fight for Hillary?
Great post Amy!
I was on the verge of tears, then I remembered how much better off I am as opposed to my mom. She was born in 1900, I was a menopause baby, and I don’t know how those women got through their daily existence!
My daughter, and grand-daughters, may never see a female president either, but they are gaining ground in all other arenas!
Thank God!
actually, just doing research on one bill–wasn’t even passed AND THERE IS NO RECORD OF WHO VOTED FOR OR AGAINST…[109th, S. 1086, Passed by Unanimous Consent, 5/4/06; Held at desk, 5/8/06]
May 4, 2006: This bill passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent. A record of each representative’s position was not kept.
THIS BILL similar to other bills like it–passed then dead,
doesn’t look like they totally passed but I’m still reading
all these bills by the way, are posted by Obama campaign on sites,
but I will look each on up, not hard to do, lets see how many don’t have voting record such as the one above so we have no way knowing how he voted or if he even did–but from the Congressional records they state, not records of who voted were posted, so don’t you think its a bit silly
to expect readers to know for sure when there is no record of who voted? Just by what Obama campaign says????
Exactly. I don’t believe anything that Obama and his campaign says about bills, committees, etc.
Thanks for looking into these….I just assumed it was more lies and Emil Jonesin’ type of support for these bills. Giving his name not his effort to them.
Believe me if he actually had done any work that could pass the scratch and sniff test, he’d be dragging it out of the closet daily and beating everyone over the head with it. Look at me! Look at me! Bots are easily impressed.
Speaking of being anti-woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMqOe5iBQEI
Latest Gallup poll.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/109834/Gallup-Daily-Bounce-Obama-Post-Biden-Tracking.aspx
McCain in the lead.
It is not the Hillary supporters bringing him down. He picked a Washignton insider. He voted for FISA. He’ll allow oil drilling offshore..that is why his numbers are going down.
He doesn’t stand by his word…If I were an Obama supporter I wouldn’t support him either.
The youth vote in March had a 66% enthusiasm rating now it’s down to 42%….duh!
Well the delegates will probably vote to go down with the ship…but there is more to why Obama is sinking.
Let me ask you…how much of the vote percentage does 18,000,000 contribute to?
How many of those 18,000,000 Hillary votes are not going to vote against obama?
You know, those diehard voters who always vote? True blue dogs?
I’d say Hillary voters play a part, and discounting that only sets one up for further misteps.
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:hwtie2BBhG8J:www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd%3Fbill%3Ds109-1086+109th,+S.+1086&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
ok still reading, he Did co-sponser bill [shock]but several versions failed, latest passed…
that bill–haven’t checked the others yet. But of course, one key thing to remember–one of the bills or recommendations he made was to be ‘culturally sensitive’ on enforcing women’s rights–esp rape,
translating–if its fine under religion or culture, then there are exceptions–
and Thats just it–there should NEVER BE EXCEPTIONS
NOT FOR RELIGION OR CULTURE
PERIOD.
Latest Gallup poll.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/109834/Gallup-Daily-Bounce-Obama-Post-Biden-Tracking.aspx
McCain in the lead.
The youth vote in March had a 66% enthusiasm rating now it’s down to 42% and sinking….DOH!
Sinking faster then a lead rock in a glass of kool aid.
Wow, can this guy get anymore over-the-top? Does he actually think he is some sort of demigod, or what?
Obama speech stage resembles ancient Greek temple
DENVER (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.
click here for more
zomg! really?
thats so great!
anyone else get a mental pic of Spinal Tap’s Stonehenge set?
hahahahahahaa
LOL!!!!
Too funny!
OMG..McCain will have a ball with that scene…lmao….More Ads Onointing “The One” as Uppity would say….You can’t make this chit up Folks…LOLOLOL
absolutely!!!!! Let’s hope it gets built to the same specs as the one in Spinal Tap.
But it goes to eleven.
Ewww….suddenly he is a greek philosopher?
The man who steals other people’s words….LOL
Is he going to paraglide into that football stadium wearing and Elvis suit, too?
This is becoming political theater of the absurd.
Which lucky Democratic girl gets to peel him his grapes? I think they will taste pretty sour come November. Get some great pictures Barry. Really good ones. I can hear Jon Stewart warming up! hahahahahahahaha
Obama speech stage resembles ancient Greek temple
People who have no jobs or are having a tough go of it won’t be impressed with such WASTE and POMPUS that Obambi prepares to foist on the American people. The elitists might think this par for the course but it won’t play well in the living rooms of the majority of Americans.
Elaborate stage productions are meant for entertainment purposes and not as a means of showing the American people you are in touch with their life.
Obambi is so full of himself yet so empty that he NEEDS something larger then life to try and over come his many deficiencies, the elaborate stage production WILL NOT WORK TO FOOL AMERICANS!!
ok HERE IT IS,
and allow me to clarify where This spells trouble,
“The bill would establish a sexual assault services program, directing the Attorney General to make grants to states, territories, and tribal entities for rape crisis centers or other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault, culturally specific community-based organizations for various services on behalf of sexual assault victims, and state, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions”…
in Europe they have these ‘cultural sensitive’ services to women to AND THEY ARE USELESS, when confronting for example, those communities who Insist on complying with Sharia Law.
AND as a result hundreds of women are trapped, living under two systems, western law and Islamic law, and the hands of enforcement are tied…
the Reason I am not tipping over with glee just because someone votes or co-sponsers a bill is because one can do so but also support policy that conflicts with those bills–we have seen This in the UN. There are all sorts of international standards but dare one confront violence to women under Sharia and that has been ruled not to be allowed OR to even be discussed, therefore giving nation-states and communities total and complete IMMUNITY TO VIOLATE ALL SORTS OF HUMAN RIGHT ABUSES TO GIRLS AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ETC.,
and a few of Obama’s co-sponsored bills do conflict, on one hand he votes for progression and on the other hand he votes for bills that could be patriarchal friendly,
that usually are. Also, how many of the bills on women actually passed? Whos to say one can’t vote on a bill to gain acceptance knowing full well the bill is going to fail — this isn’t uncommon, but point is,
while yes he has co-sponsored bills, he has also shown support or alliances that are diabolically opposed to human rights of women, and he’s not the only one but as a rights advocate it does cause suspicion–most of all,
the treatment towards Hilary, says way too much.
BTW, I was in a very far left party whose platform stated feminist–but those feminist and glbt rights were easily done away with when that same party made alliances with Hamas and Hezbollah and CAIR and so forth–why I got out,
so I am very well aware how that works and how easily, women’s rights are thrown off the bus.
Its not enough to co-sponsor a bill to gain popular support, and then support in ways the exact opposite and not just once,
most of all, that party I was in–big backing of Obama and his alliances–that to me says all I need to know.
Promises mean nothing when one is allied with misogynists and extreme ones at that…
Still BothWaysBarack.
Let’s all make our vote count–send a message to the DNC. This pains me to say this. I have only voted for one Repubilcan (and that was for a downticket race) in my life. But my party has left me.
Do you expect Hilary’s supporters to be accomplices in the election fraud done to her?
Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an election. Acts of fraud tend to involve affecting vote counts to bring about a desired election outcome, whether by increasing the vote share of the favored candidate, depressing the vote share of the rival candidates, or both ( Michigan)
Do you think we should vote for Obama because he use of the race card and open the door for every unqualified candidate to try and win an election by charging racism? Obama allowed his surrogates to play the race card and he remained silent? wer schweigt scheint zuzustimmen translate silence means consent
Should we pretend Obama doesn’t have disdain for the Clinton’s and her supporters ? Hillary expose the media lies that Obama was this great orator and intellectual ,he ran from debates to cover up his lack of knowledge, plagiarizes speeches to hide his lack of substance and showed the world he is teleprompter dependent.
If we truly support Hillary why would we vote for Obama and subject her to Barry/Michelle’s disdain for her and former president Bill Clinton? Wouldn’t make sense. Obama wouldn’t let Senator Clinton get one piece of legislation passed, he would allow amendments to guarantee she would not have her name on the legislation. He’s clearly shown he has NO respect for her or her supporters. We wont subject our candidate to a senate hell by electing a man that has no respect for her. ( No Will Do)
Hilary’s puma’s can’t take full credit for the Obama DEFEAT we must credit Obama for his statements, knowledge of history and his supporting cast: “typical white people” “Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment” He’s been to 57 states in America, Great Lakes are in Oregon, Jeremiah Wright, Father Michael Pfleger, and Tony Rezko.
Obama ’s policies hes flip flopped on: Special interests, Public financing, Illegal immigration, NAFTA, The D.C. Handgun Ban, FISA http://www.nelsonguirado.com/index.php/asymmetric/2008/07/09/comprehensive-obama-flip-flop-list
Lets talk about Obama making history as the first African American President. Obama has made history he’s the first candidate given votes without having his name on the ballot. The first candidate thats was given votes cast by voters for his oopponets. He’s made history already.
Bread and Roses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIHPj-3hg0
Good pics on Fox of the Hillary demonstrators outside the convention hall. They (as we know) are not happy and have turned up the volume. So what do they do? Drag out Howard Wolfson to tell everyone again that it’s Obama’s show and it’s not open to negotiation. Gloria Alyred (sp?) not being allowed to cast her delegate vote for Hillary or speak to other Hill delegates now wrapping her scarf over her mouth as a gag. Wow! I’ll never dis her again!
BIG NEWS ON FOX: About Hillary Delegates…Floor Fight may happen..DNC is pissed at them..O BOY!!!!
Lets just hope security screened Obambi’s delegates for “guns”.
BTW, Gloria is one woman I wouldn’t want as an enemy.
These are Barack Obama’s accomplishments since entering the Senate;
• S. 2125, A bill to promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• S. 3757, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, as the “Katherine Dunham Post Office Building.”
WOW, amazing stuff Obambi, NOT, lol.
The DNC did not select Obama; Rezko selected Obama, and he selected Biden too.
Obama and Biden are REZKO’s choices.
I haven’t had the chance to read through all the comments yet, so this may have already been said.
God I hope Hillary’s speech begins with:
“Here I stand…on the 88th anniversary of the 19th Ammendment…of women having earned the right to vote…the anniversary of what began to give women a voice. 88 years ago, 1920, was also the same year that President Wilson made the Communist Party illegal. My, my have things changed. The Communist Party has a new name…the Democratic National Party…and women’s (and their supporters) votes don’t count any longer. The New Communist Party selects their candidates…….”
PS: obviously I know it won’t start that way. Just thinking about the anniversary and how ironic her speaking tonight is. Wishful thinking I guess.
I will never vote Obama or stay in a party who did so wrong to Hillary and her supporters as wellas many others.And now they are trying to paint and tells lies on McCain now.McCain is for womens right’s as well as equal pay.McCain paid women equal pay as men in his camp as well.Obama did not!Obama is the scum of the earth as well as his wife.
The dnc is gone.They trased their own party.I will never forget or forgive what dnc and media did to Hillary and her supporters as well as the lies Obama said to.
McCain is my choice now.
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Yeah they are scared.They have evry reason t be scared.REAL SCARED!We Hillary supporters are not falling in line.Delegates and Dnc you trashed the party.Donna you hurt the party as you said”I may have to hurt the party before we can unity”Oh we get it Donna Brazile…You and your media would hurt Hillary is what we all saw and now know.So trehn you can make the way for your selected one.
What you did delegates-Donna Brazile-Howard Dean-Nancy Pelsio was tok the will of the people by you pre selected candidate in your pre planned election and all the nasty media that Donna had to do such nasty untruth on Hillary.And what you did DNC is you made this all about you dnc-people not the people of america.You are just so ugly-nasty and should not even be in Washington.that inclues Barack Hussins Obama,if that’s his name.
Well you did this so live with it.I am not falling in line.My vote will go to McCain now.And we all know how they lie and have pro-media.the good thing is we know all this and they can’t stop us now.
Don’t relay on Hillary to try and pick up your mes.We will not fall in line to get you unfit selected one.We are country before party and that said Obama was selected and with him as I said we are country befor party,so get lost we don’t want you DNC.We will remember all the delegates who could not stand up for their own country as will ad dnc
NOOBAMA
McCain supporters now.
This is really so sad.
Ep. 4: Kill and Destroy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIdbYjmbFzo&NR=1
Obama & ‘Live Birth Abortion’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xkT_W5l9-k&feature=related
Obama’s Caucus Fraud Trick: how the delegates were “won” [Updated]
http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/caucus-fraud-proof/
It’s our country before party. DNC you had really picked a bad apple rotton to th core!Never Obama!
Sure Obama did this.Obama did nothing but what he wants to tell you.Obama is a blank of nothing.Go away OBAMABOTS.fINE YOUR WAY HOME TO THE JERK!wHY ARE YOU HERE ON oUR BLOG?What’s wrong-Scared for barky.Obama is a liar.
Sure Obama did this.Obama did nothing but what he wants to tell you.Obama is a blank of nothing.Go away OBAMABOTS.fINE YOUR WAY HOME TO THE JERK!wHY ARE YOU HERE ON oUR BLOG?What’s wrong-Scared for barky.Obama is a liar.
CNN-MSNBC AND ALL CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT IN MAKING IT SUGAR COATED.BUT GUESS WHAT??? WE ARE NOT FALLING IN LINE.
GO TO HELL!
Hillary’s comment:
“I AM A MOTHER, FIRST” — be frightened, Obama, be really frightened. For in November, it’s the ‘SCOLDING MOTHERS” that will determine the election!
*remember Jack McCafferty (sexist moron of CNN) said that Hillary was “like a Scolding Mother”…what a jerk!
Hill’s humor was great…SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTSUITS….priceless, Hill!
Hillary’s comment:
“I AM A MOTHER, FIRST” — be frightened, Obama, be really frightened. For in November, it’s the ‘SCOLDING MOTHERS” that will determine the election!
*remember Jack McCafferty (sexist moron of CNN) said that Hillary was “like a Scolding Mother”…what a jerk!
Hill’s humor was great…SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTSUITS….priceless, Hill!