A FEMINIST VOTING REPUBLICAN
By Dr. Lynette Long on September 29, 2008 at 6:00 AM in Gender Bias, McCain/Palin 2008, Misogyny, Sexism
Two weeks ago I published an article on my blog entitled, “THE X FACTOR.” The article went viral and is posted on dozens of blogs. I have received over 1,000 emails commenting on my position as a liberal Democrat voting for McCain-Palin. Most of the emails agreed with my position, but others called me Benedict Arnold, Lipstick Lady or Bill O’Reilly’s new squeeze. My loyalty to the progressive women’s movement has been challenged because I have chosen to try a different approach to fight for women’s rights. I want to start by squashing all rumors. No I am not stupid. No I am not a closet Republican. And yes I understand the possible implications on Roe v. Wade by supporting a McCain-Palin ticket.
A few days after posting the article I delivered a shortened version of the speech at a McCain-Palin Rally. An executive member of the National Organization for Women contacted me the very next day. It was a friendly conversation tinted with sarcasm. “How do you feel about your speech?” she asked me. “Great.” I responded. “Why shouldn’t I feel great? I gave a speech about women’s rights in front of a large audience. I highlighted the underrepresentation of women in every branch of government, the sexism in the media, and the unfair treatment of Hillary Clinton by the Democratic Party.” “Where did you give your speech?” A rhetorical question deserved a quip answer, “Before thirty-thousand Americans.” Republicans are Americans, aren’t they? “By speaking at a McCain-Palin event people will think you are endorsing McCain.” That’s the point, I am endorsing McCain-Palin.
I tried to explain to my comrade in arms that we have the same goals and that I stand on the same side of the issues with most other feminists. I am strongly pro-choice and will fight anyone who tries to interfere with a woman’s reproductive freedom. I believe in the economic and educational advancement of women. I believe in equal opportunity and equal pay for equal work. I believe in equal representation for women at all levels of government. I believe that only by achieving gender parity in the House, the Senate, the President’s cabinet and on the Supreme Court can women achieve real equality. The problem is not where we want to end up, but how we are going to get there.
I take offense that people think if I vote McCain-Palin that I am not a feminist. If I am anything, I am a feminist.
- I have worked an entire lifetime to further feminist causes. My first professional job was teaching remedial high school math to girls. I started a web-based business called color Math Pink to promote math achievement for girls and I was selected by the American Girl company to write Mathsmarts, a math strategy book for girls. If I am anything, I am a feminist.
- I have researched sex-role stereotyping and gender issues and published dozens of articles in trade and professional journals including Working Mother, Essence, and Ms. If I am anything, I am a feminist.
- I have fought for the rights of women rights every single day of my life. I point out the dearth of photos of women in the New York Times to the lucky person who sits next to me on an airplane, the lack of pictures of women on money to the wait staff at a diner, and I have been in a decade-long fight with the United States Post Office to put more pictures of women on postage stamps. If I am anything, I am a feminist.
- I coined the term “latchkey children” and defended the rights of women to work on national level. I have assisted numerous projects to improve the quality of childcare so that mothers could work and not worry about the safety of their children. If I am anything, I am a feminist.
- I am passionately pro-choice but I also think that it is not always a psychologically free choice. I have written a play which deals with the psychological complexities of abortion entitled, One in Two, which has been performed in New York, New Jersey, and Washington DC. If I am anything, I am a feminist.
I have spent decades coaching women on how to achieve more power in their personal relationships and in the workplace. If I am anything, I am a feminist.
I am voting for McCain-Palin and I am a feminist. Many feminists can’t understand my choice. I am not betraying the cause, the fight, the mission, because I don’t want to vote Democratic. The Democratic Party is not our ally. The Democratic Party is 60% women but it has only once selected a woman as a vice-presidential candidate and that was nearly a quarter of a century ago. We are chattel in our own party. The head of the Democratic National Committee has never been a woman. Money donated to the Women’s Leadership Fund is funneled into the Obama Victory Fund. We cannot give dominion over our bodies or ourselves to one party. Current feminist groups have no teeth because they are part and parcel of the Democratic Party. They are held hostage by Roe v. Wade. They know it and the Democratic Party knows it. The only way to regain our power is to regain our vote. The Democratic Party has no reason to earn our vote. We’ve sacrificed one choice for another.
I will by not be held hostage by the Democratic Party that turned a blind eye to the corruption in the Democratic primaries and Democratic caucuses.
I will not be held hostage by the Democratic Party that ignored a woman who got 18 million votes.
I will not be held hostage by the Democratic Party a party that was deaf, dumb and blind to the persistent and pervasive sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton.
I will not be held hostage by a Democratic Party that has never had a female head of the DNC.
I will not be threatened into submission. I will not cast my vote based on fear.
The Democratic Party cannot be rewarded for its pervasive disrespect of women. Sometimes you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet. Sometimes you have to tear down a house before you can rebuild it. Most feminists think the Democratic Party will treat them differently during the next election. There is no next time. There is only this time. Reinforcing abuse only perpetuates abuse. In any abusive relationship, you have to leave to get respect. Abusers are often charming and apologetic and hold out the hope of better behavior. But there is no then, there is only now.
I am a woman and I am a feminist. To the other feminists out there I ask, “Where is your pride or are you a victim of your own misogyny?”
I am a woman and right now I am ashamed to say, I am a feminist.
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Wonderful post! Thank you very much! I completely agree.
Right on sister!!
Why do we have to vote for a criminal and Anita Hill hater in order to be feminists?
Screw that and forget Dem!
McCain/Palin ‘08!
Just this comment about Anita Hill does it for me:
I was one of the millions of feminists who watched in shock and horror as Anita Hill was pilloried in Biden’s hearings re Thomas. I have never actually recovered from that, the sight of such unmitigated male indifference to the realities of sexual harassment. I’ve stuck with the dems out of the perception that there was still room for all my sisters in that big tent.
But it is clear, isn’t it, that there is no more room in the tent. Pitching in with the repubs is not a 100% easy fit for me, but at least they are more democratic, and I think women can work with them.
So this radical lesbian femcrit is voting for McC/Palin.
That was him?
They really do hate women, don’t they?
That sure was the one and only Joe Biden!
Kal
I agree with you 100%. Ideology and dogma are not enough to take us to the hands of our abusers….The exDemocratic party will be cured of its Obamyopia soon. AS for that camouflaged misogynist BHO, all I have to do is to watch his youtube mega-hit and get repulsed over again at his disgusting disrespect and diminishment of his fellow female Senator Clinton (”Obama Gives Hillary the Finger”)
The media misogynist frat-boys and Obambi’s Campaign pushed Hillary out of the ring prematurely….No, I will never forget nor forgive. Right on!
Dr. Lynette Long rocks!
Dr Long,
Thank you for all of your work on behalf of women. You make me proud to say I am a feminist and help affirm what is the right path for us.
As I have gained more life experience, I have learned that we limit ourselves when we narrowly define people or ideologies. We are complex and have such a wide variety of experiences and belief systems that guide us on our journey.
We are at a time when we must reevaluate what our purpose is and how we have allowed others to define what a “good” feminist is.
I am so saddened to see women call themselves feminists and tear those of their own sex down with double standards and misogyny. What is happening to Governor Palin at the hands of other women is appalling to me.
Dr. Long, thank yo for giving women a bigger and more open minded vision of what a feminist can be.
Leisa
When I read Dr. Long’s statement
I realized that most of these women who call themselves feminists are their own worst enemies. They either don’t know their own history or are “enablers” of male chauvinism by their jumping on the Obama train of denial so quickly.
Where would we be if women and men feminists hadn’t laid their own lives on the line and suffered the indignities of imprisonment and brutality, both verbal and physical, to insure that women were equal under our Constitution and our Laws. I know one thing deniers of misogyny wouldn’t be doing and that is endorsing, working to elect or voting for the candidate Obama because they wouldn’t have the right to do so!
We can’t go back. We must go forward with or without those “feminists” anchors because we are better off without them than dragging them along behind us.
Leisa, you are so right-on!
Dr. Long, did you know that Bill Clinton talked about you on The View? He used your X-factor article as an example of why some people vote as they do. “Everyone’s criteria is different,” he said. It was most respectful!
I hope that you know that for every one of the 1000 replies you got to X-Factor, there are 10,000 more of us who agree with you, and support you 1000%.
Brava! Keep those wonderful posts coming!
Great article Doc!
I agree TOTALLY!
Keep fighting for us~! You have many many who agree with you and I think Bill C was talking about you when he was on the view the other day.
Saying he knew of a strong DEM Feminist Psychologist in DC who was now for McCain/Palin and told him it was because she felt NOW was the time.
I agree. If not now? When? Let it be a Republican woman. Let them clean up their own mess with new blood and leadership.
Certainly my X party of DENSE between the EARS DEMS are not able to handle it. The wussies.
GREAT POST! THANKS, LYNETTE!!!
I agree with you 100%. You are a brave MAVERICK FEMINIST and you enrich all women’s lives through your courageous stand.
We must stand above party lines, dogma and constricting ideological isles….It’s the only way to HONOR HILLARY’S WAY!!!!
Ditto.What LisaB said.
Doing the same Dr. Long!! I love your website!!!
McCain/Palin!
Ditto what Serena and Lisa B said.
Well done! It’s SO important to keep re-stating how we got this far, down this path, that we would never have expected to find ourselves.
Excellent! You have put in to words what many of us are feeling.
If I hear from one more person that I couldn’t possible vote McCain/Palin because of my values I am going to scream. The Democratic Party certainly showed where their values during the primary season.
I saw on Meet the Press yesterday morning that Bill Clinton referred to McCain as a “great man” and Sarah Palin as “impressive”.
Maybe you could refer your friends to that clip.
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Sista good to see you here!!!
Hey, Goddess of the Mountains, good to see you, too! Whoever thought two DNC bloggers would end up here? I guess neither one of us is used to lock step.
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2008/09/barney-frank-frankly-not-frank.html
The Cloward-Piven Strategy of Orchestrated Crisis.
There is a nice chart at a linked American Thinker article that explains the connections.
BTW nice bit at the American Thinker on vote fraud as a tactic. Read it.
This bit on ACORN and their methods of vote fraud are especially good.
The American Thinker article is also linked here.
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2008/09/acorn-is-not-about-nuts.html
Excellent, Dr. Long!
Thank you so much.
Dr. Long,
You state very eloquently what many of us feel seething out of our pores! I too am nothing if not a Feminist, and I cannot abide by the misogyny and discrimination being displayed by the DNC and organizations such as NARAL and NOW.
I guess along with the New Democratic Party we also have the New Feminists. Both are not even a shade of the original entity. Both are a disgrace to women, America, and the world.
This quote says it all. Thank you for speaking for all of us “old style” Feminists!
Thanks for writing this , Dr. Long. I find myself in the same position- and painful though it is, I see no other way out. I shall resign myself to being the recipient of tremendous disdain from those who simply do not get it and a party which cheerfully sells out the majority of its members to satisfy a minority. I am a feminist who believes in the rights of ALL women- even those who disagree with me. What a radical idea! It’s been a tough year, in every way. Here’s hoping for better days ahead.
Very well said! You speak for me too!
Meanwhile, Paul Krugman turned into an Obama surrogate too…Doing a hatchet job on McCain, is still honest enough to admit that Obama is no leader, just has a good team - sound familiar?
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/obama-no-leader-but-surrounded-by-knowledgeable-people/
I was a little stunned when I read Krugman’s article this morning.
Isn’t the “but he’ll be surrounded by knowledgeable people” the same argument made for George W. Bush?
Did it not occur to Krugman that Americans would see that point immediately?
Sheesh
IN THAT CASE WE CAN MAKE THE SAME ARGUEMENT FOR PALIN. SHE WILL HAVE LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE PEOPLE AROUND HER… AND SHES ONLY RUNNING FOR VP!
I think you have seen the light at the end of the tunnel…..I do not approve of abortion, Im pro-life…..
I believe that women like you are like the people in that movie that saw everything in life is normal, until you put on the special glasses, and then you see the propaganda signs and the aliens who run things…..It was the move with Rowdy Roddy Piper, the wrestler….
That is how some of you Lib women have lived for 30 years…The DNC has only advanced causes that HELP them keep power….The DNC will use any group, cause, issue to transform this country into a Socialist state….
You have seen the light….The DNC has put everything benind OBOMBA because they want SOCIALISM…..
Now we may disagree about abortion, but we must stick together to oust BO….
My mother has told me when she worked as an executive Secrtary, that her boss expexcted fresh coffee served to him every morning…..Thank God that a women can say get it yourself bub nowadays……
I hope that I am wrong in reading your post as rather condescending. Surely you didn’t mean it the way I take it at first read…..
IMHO forces in both parties have used abortion as a wedge issue to divide women and to “keep us in line” voting for the Party regardless of the quality of particular candidates they offer. I see no difference between the Democratic fear tactics Dr. Long discusses and those of zealots on the right who assume that every calamity in the country is collective punishment for the sin of abortion.
This may be true but unless the Democrats get the message loud and clear, there is no chance that they will ever “get it” and we will never have a political home.
But the Democratic Party claims to be on our side. They now want us to get in line, sit down, shut up and vote for the guy who isn’t qualified and really didn’t win.
Also this poster forgets that there are a lot of Republican pro-choice women who have sometimes felt alienated within their own party.
Good point. Same for pro-life women in Democratic party.
Dr. Long embraces the right of conservative women and liberal women to all be considered feminists.
Liberal Feminists seem to think that only women who think like they do are allowed to be considered feminists.
As women we are more than the sum of our parts and I personally am offended that only the topic of my womb and how I regard it makes or unmakes me a feminist.
I subscribe to Dr. Long’s 30% solution and now considered myself a Gynocrat.
Exactly. And they are blind to just how abusive the Democratic party is towards women and was towards Hillary. What makes it especially sinister is that the Dems are liars when it comes to supporting women. Just like Barack on almost anything, they talk the talk but don’t walk the walk, save for a few like Hillary and Patty Murray.
The Dems treat women like dog doo on the bottom of their shoes and throw us bone once every 24 or 30 years that they don’t really mean to support, aka, Geraldine and Hillary.
Exactly correct on the wedge issue.
I see it as a medical issue, and should be that only. The GOP uses it as red meat for the arch-conservatives, the Democrats use it to cow pro-choice votes. We had 12 years of Reagan, then Bush, 8 years of Clinton, and 8 years of shrub. The Republican party has controlled the oval office for twenty of the last 28 years.
Has Roe v. Wade been overturned?
No.
This one issue is not greater than the choice we have in front of us.
A thin man with a thin resume paired with the penultimate insider.
Or
An older man with experience and judgement necessary to lead, a history of bi-partisanship, paired with a woman with more managerial experience than both of the democratic candidates combined.
This is what Bill Clinton said to Brokaw about McCain:
Clinton went on to say that he admired the way McCain was able to overcome the trauma of his war experience and devote his life to public service.
KUDOS! I’ve been thinking the same regarding the abortion issue for awhile now. I only wish Obama voters using pro-choice for their basis would realize that. Your statement of our choice this year is also dead on. Great minds think alike.
The movie was “They Live” and it is a good analogy for the Oborg. I’m a feminist male and with Long all the way. I’m most assuredly pro-choice (if you have no control over your own body, then what civil rights do you really have?). Anyway, good post and good comments so far. (I’m in troll-ignore mode.)
HAH!…a friend of mine and I were talking about “THEY LIVE” just yesterday…in reference to how blind the obamabots are, and even some seemingly normal people who just aren’t into politics outside the sound bites in the media and the headlines on the front page of the newspapers stacked in the grocery stores as they pass by.
And you think the Republican Party is different–how?
The truth about abortion is that there’s a reasoned, middle ground but neither side is willing to look at it because they would lose political ground.
The truth about abortion is that it is MY business and NOT the government’s.
The truth about abortion is that it is an issue that’s been resolved long ago.
And should not be discussed anymore in a civilised country.
Nice Post, Dr. Long. I appreciate your honesty and guts.
I have asked these questions of a number of people, but I haven’t received a reply as yet, so I’ll post my question here, for those who are regular readers on NQ.
Of the 18 million who voted for Senator Clinton, how many do you believe will vote for Senator McCain vs. Obama?
How much overlap is there between those who read and post on No Quarter as well as other pro-Hillary/PUMA web sites?
It looks like somewhere on the order of 20% of Senator Clinton’s voters will throw their vote to McCain. I hope it is a lot more.
I have heard as much as 28-30% but polls differ on this so we’ll just have to wait and see.
Even if it’s only 5% it is significant.
If that five percent is distributed out over key battleground states, it could make all the difference.
see: Pennsylvania
I Have a Bracelet Too!,
I am so with you on this. I’ve decided to go to blogs and simply post that statement and say nothing else.
And did I mention?
I have a bracelet, too!
My husband was undecided but has come around after Obama tried to throw our hard-earned money to ACORN and LA RAZA. I’m hoping others will feel the same.
Someone said last night that ACORN has registered over 5 mil. new voters in the last couple of yrs. I hope that they don’t all make it to the polls, but with the new Obama voters and his methods of suppression and intimidation, Hills votes for McCain might just equal it out.
I am still stunned by all of this Police state politics.
I’d guess about 1 in 5. And count me in as another Feminist AGAINST OBAMA/BIDEN.
REMEMBER ANITA HILL
I’ll never forget what happened to Anita Hill as I watched in horror feeling helpless to stop it. Then, it was just sweeped under the rug. I’m so glad Dr. Long is bringing it up again.
I GO TO MANY BLOG SITES ON BOTH SIDES (WHICH GIVES A BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF A CROSS SECTION OF VOTERS) AND THEY SEEM TO RUN 8-2 AGAINST OBAMA, SO HOW CAN HE BE LEADING IN THE POLLS?
I’ve been asking the exact same question!
Just everyone I talked to online or offline has said to me that Sarah Palin mopped the floor with Biden, but the polls say otherwise…
There’s either something wrong with the polls… or something wrong with the “man on the street”.
Wonderful post Dr. Long!!
Sick of some of the women Obama supporters acting like women’s rights only consist of Roe vs. Wade & equal pay - neither of which Obama supports.
The sickening, hypocritical Democrat party will not ever again terrorize me for my votes.
Has anyone else noticed yet that the economy has become the new Democrat scare tactic since Roe vs. Wade failed?
Any woman Democrat who still believes that, especially after witnessing the despicable way Hillary Clinton was treated, is an absolute fool.
Yea, AS IF Obama is some kind of economic expert. The way people make most of their decisions seems to be very simplistic: “The other guy;” or “I like him better–he’s cool.” No wonder we end up with George Bush & Obama.
You are wrong on this — BO clearly and unequivocally supports choice and equal pay for his daughters.
He has said so many times.
Just, I think, not for existing women, and probably not for anyone else’s daughters.
Not a laughable distinction — his wife certainly has that equal pay thing cracked.
you may want to check into what Obama pays his own staffers, as well as the ratio of women to men in his own campaign.
Saying one thing and doing another.
But he treats white women, especially Hillary, like crap.
That’s what this is all about, COLOR OF THE SKIN. YOU MAKE ME ILL, LITERALLY.
Thank you for your work and an excellent article. As one who is more closely aligned with the Republican Party, let me assure you that irrespective of our personal views on the morality of abortion, there are many of us who do not believe it is the government’s business to make gut wrenching decisions regarding our reproductive rights.
Just as you are being attacked by those who claim the exclusive right to call themselves feminists, we have been attacked by the religious zealots on the right who seek to cram their views down our collective throats. It is time for women to stand up to the zealots in both parties who seek to manipulate us and use our passionate beliefs to entrap us.
Applauding loud and long your absolute common sense and honesty.
Once we all stop being Republicans and Democrats we find that we agree about a lot more than we disagree. We also find that name-calling and insults are not a productive way forward.
Just look at all the finger-pointing, name-calling idiots in Washington D.C. if you want to see how well that works.
I have found my experiences with the Republicans here in my state (MA-not just a minority party, an endangered species) to be very positive. We have some differing views, but my views are respected. I have spent some time calling undecideds in NH and the response is very good. I have been uncomfortable with the way my state just votes the same entrenched incumbent Dems into office, there is no competition, no real debate, no chance of a real challenge to the incumbent. Look at Cong. Frank, the puppet of FNMA & FHLMC, he has received millions in campaign contributions from the PACS representing them, the real estate, finance and mortgage industries. He does what they tell him to do, he is bought and paid for, and I for one will never vote for him or Kerry again.
Beautifully and articulately said! I keep trying to avoid political arguments; the Obama bullies keep flaming, conversationally and online. I think I’ll keep this essay in front of me, for when I despair. After 23 years, I’ve had to quit the NYT for its blatant pro Obama coverage, and now, most currently, its Sarah Palin witchhunt. So thank you! Where would I be without y’all?
PUMA
The NY Times has become absolutely shameless in their propaganda. I stopped reading it in march–it’s nothing but toxic commentary. I used to worry that newspapers were failing, now it can’t happen fast enough.
Where’s that wig post gone?
You said it all. Saluting you isn’t enough.
Good Luck to all of us, feminist. McCain help us to carry our cause. With Palin, we’re going to have the first VP in this country. DNC lose their chance and I’m abandoning them.
Get the posse together, that wig needs a’catchin’!
Eloquent as always, Heidi.
Your case against the Democratic Party is as solid as stone. But the essay does not delve into why a feminist would want to vote for the McCain-Palin ticket, as opposed to not voting or voting third party.
Why would voting for a party which has fought every feminist cause relentlessly for decades be the best thing to do at this point? I would think any feminist reading the essay would ask such questions.
Because Palin although disagreeing with abortion will follow the courts.
i.e. the Law is the Law.
Let me add that Republicans believe it is a States Rights issue not a Federal issue.
It isn’t a “State Rights Issue”..It isn’t a Federal Issue. It is a personal decision as an adult being their own moral agent; capable of making a decision as an American citizen; and a privacy issue.
yes they believe it’s a states’ rights issue becasue that way they have a better chance of overturning it piecemeal.
Voting for McCain will put a woman in the VP. Here we will have finally broken the barrier it will set a standard very high for our daughters. It will refute the old view that a woman cannot make it to the top halls of power without her husband’s coattails to ride on.
Hillary while brave and capable had some huge friggin’ coattails to ride. Bill opened many doors for her.
Sarah has done this herself with the loving support of a good man but no coattails. She has brought the energy to John McCain’s campaign (while John is a great leader he is not exciting)her personality helps McCain. Her strength
is softened only as a woman can be strong.
She speaks with authority about standing up to corruption and political old boy networks yet she never forgets she is a woman, a mother, and leader.
She sets a fine example and I believe she will do a great deal to raise awareness for child care issues, mideical insurance issues, special needs issues, and energy issues.
Everyday the nation will see how a mother juggles motherhood and it will no longer be a dirty secret that only women bear.
Exactly. Putting OBiden in we get another 4-8 years of the good old guys.
As an aside to your question.
I had the opportunity to hear Justice Sandra Day O’Connor speak last week. She spoke of her first job offer after passing the bar. The law firm said they might be abel to offer her a legal secretary job. Remember who nominated her?
Reagan
Maybe the best way to reform a party is from the inside. Perhaps a lot of us feel that the Democrats don’t deserve our support and need to be defeated.
I know that I can’t vote for BHO. I know I won’t vote for Kerry. And Barney Frank has his grubby little fingers all over the sub-prime mess, and won’t get my vote either.
Remember that McCain is not the idealogical darling of the conservatives.
I maintain that all Obama supporters are misogynistic and sexist. And Obama, I believe, is a raging homophobe. Let us hope women and members of the LGBT community will punish the DNC for their poor choices by voting for McCain-Palin.
Raging Homophobes are often covering up their closeted homosexual tendencies…not that i am accusing barack
larry sinclairObama of being a closeted self loathing homosexual, there is no proof that he is, but then again there is no proof that he isn’t and that raises serious questions….SIgned,
Jeremiah God Damn the Main Stream Media’s Lack of integrity Wright.
Seriously, I think Obama is actually gay.
I don’t care if he is gay, straight, or all of the above.
I do care that Obama is a fundamentally dishonest dirty politician who will do anything to win.
These silly ad hominem attacks (gay, manchurian candidate, etc) allow his campaign to deflect legitimate questions directed at Obama and his campaign managers. Stick to the actual facts, they are compelling.
Yes, I think Barack 0bama is gay, too.
And no it doesn’t matter. But what does matter is that he is in the closet about it. And I personally detest that kind of dishonesty for the reasons of personal ambition. It’s unfair to present yourself as one thing when in reality you are something else. And to be overtly homophobic about it really makes my skin crawl. It smacks of self-loathing, hypocrisy and cunning.
I would never vote for any candidate who harbored those characteristics. That’s why I didn’t vote for George Bush.
In some of the tv shots where Obama was in the background as McCain spoke, Obama pursed his lips and generally looked very fruity
So what if you think Barack Obama is gay? That is what you think. The thing is, IS HE GAY? I think you are simple minded for listening to all this hear say crap. What matters is FACTS.
Come to YOUR OWN conclusions by what you know to be the TRUTH. Do your own research, base your decisions on the FACTS. This is a competition and of course we are going to be subjected to falsehood, enuendos, and lies.
It has been said that the only reason Sarah Palin was chosen as V.P. nominee is because she is cute and pro-life, Is it a FACT? or is it something that was made-up by these folks paid by Politicians to start these blogs to sway the vote one way or the other? I was wrong to think you are simple minded, I do not know you, so how could I say you are simple minded when you are probably very smart.
You said it, Truthteller.
Oh, I thought that too since the first time I ever saw Obama. I thought here’s a guy that is in the closet.
Besides that, he’s just a freakin’ creep with his dubious associations and azzhole demeanor.
Dr. Long, your post rocks and so do you! I so admire your courage, intelligence, and work on the behalf of all women, even the ones who continue to allow themselves to be abused, disrespected and taken advantage of.
We need women of your caliber to stand up and say, I am pro choice but Roe vs Wade is not the only choice we women are fighting for. We are fighting for equality in our classrooms, work cubicles, boardrooms and yes, still even in our homes. Any woman who thinks Obama cares about that is not paying attention. He would have showed he cares about women and doing the right thing by offering Senator Hillary Clinton the VP spot especially when she should have been at the top of the ticket not second. BUT HE DIDN’T.
Yes Sarah Palin is pro life. That is a choice too is it not? When would we ever agree 100% with anyone on everything? NEVER. Look at all the people in your life that you admire and care about. Do you agree w them on every issue? I’m sure you don’t.
Palin is independent, strong, has integrity and character. At the very least, she deserves respect for that. She is opening the doors for women. Thank Dr. Long, those like you and Governor Palin and God Bless You all and God Bless America.
First Dr. Long gives us a fabulous post, and then there is wodiej’s reply…and I heartily agree with them both. Thank you for voicing how I feel!
What wodiej said!!!
Thank you Dr. Long…I feel the same way.
A woman in power is a woman in power…it is just that simple.
I understand that ALL women don’t agree on everything, but when you saw the picture of the Oval Office…there was ONE woman present…the rest? Men.
We must support female candidates..and let the MSM know that their assaults on the personal life of Palin are vulgar, un American,and they will pay a high price for them
I think alot of America has been watching less TV, and buying less papers because of the misogynistic coverage…we have bee vetting Palin’s uterus since the race started…
with no apology from the CRAZED PRESS..
Excellent post Dr. Long.
M.Simon, great expose work on ACORN, keep up the good work
First we heard “Not THAT woman!” with regards to Hillary. Then we heard “WHY this woman?” with regards to Palin. The common denominator to the objections aren’t ideology; it is gender. We need a woman in the Oval Office NOW.
Clinton hesitant to call Obama a ‘great man’
I saw this interview yesterday on Meet the Press.
Clinton sat down with Tom Brokaw the day of his Global Initiative meeting. I’ll see if I can locate the clip to post it.
Way to go Bill!
Dr. Long
You are pro-choice? Or you are pro-terminating a human life and accelerate its death. That is human life and a living personality.
If you are pro-choice, then you would be against the bailout bill since the Democrats are putting no choices for house members to vote on. Pelozi is not pro-choice. She is for one bill only. True?
If you are pro-choice then inside this bill there are no choices. The government will purchase all the foreclosures or ABORTED MORTGAGES leaving no choice for the banks to sell foreclosed properties to house buyers/consumers.
If you are pro-choice then inside the bill there is no choice that fewer homes in the market will raise the prices of houses considerably. Less supply = higher prices.
If you are pro-choice then Realtors will have fewer houses to sell. Much much fewer. Less choice.
If you are pro-choice then with no changes in wages and job opportunities and higher unemployment you will have fewer buyers because credit will get very very tight and buyers will have no choice but to accept higher home prices. Only the rich will have choices. Lots of choices. But the middle class, no choice.
So if you are pro-choice you should call your Congressperson and ask them to vote against the bill. Or do they have a choice? Ask them if they have a choice. Because if they are Democrats, they don’t have a choice. Or do they?
Cute, by way off topic.
That’s my specialty
Not cute. I quit reading at “human life and living personality.” Do what you want with your own uterus and stfu about anyone else’s. These antiabortion zealots need their own forum. It’s tiresome.
Agree completely!
Thats what you get when you get in bed with the enemy
Lark, what’s with you? You are so back and forth these days. Is everything OK? We’re friends here.
Ummm…. Sorry the treatments not going well… Have you considered neurosurgery?
and do you have a bracelet too?????
Great article! I feel that many Democratic women believe that naming the first woman President or VP was their exclusive domain and they’re furious that the Republicans pre-empted them on this.
They also resent that Palin exercised her own personal CHOICE to have a Downs Syndrome baby while 90% would have aborted. I mean, How Dare She!
There is also a certain cattiness regarding her accent and other superficial aspects such as dress and hair, etc.
Their total lack of tolerance is shocking and reveals that they have not come “a long way baby” after all. This election has been a real eye opener for me by illustrating that the Democrats are not necessarily “The Good Guys” but are victim to all of the nastiness that we had presumed was the other party’s mode of operation.
If the Republicans hadn’t picked John McCain, I doubt that I could muster the strength to vote Republican but he has made it easier. Besides, every time I think that I might vote for the Democrats after all, Obama does something that reinfuriates me like the the Missouri Goon Squad revelations or the fact that he claims to be the driving force of the Bailout Program. No, my mind is made up — it’s McCain/Palin or bust!
Dem’s want to play victim and make more.
Heard why Palin wasn’t at the debates?
She was tired from repairing 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling.
She was in Philadelphia over the weekend.
When she appeared at the Irish Pub, she said she was happy to be in the “City of Brotherly…and Sisterly Love.”
There was footage of her at Tony Luke’s where she ordered a cheesesteak. I’m pretty sure she didn’t get Swiss cheese on it though like Kerry did.
She apparently knows better.
I’m sure that Obama would request Brie.
With arugula.
Sarah looks like a healthy girl who’s never turned down a meal, unlike Barky all over Philadelphia.
And a side salad of arugula per chance?
I thought Obama wanted goat cheese on his.
I don’t know, I’ll have to check the Philly blogs, but if there were any greens on that sandwich it was broccoli rabe!
LOL..right on!!
What is your point? Are you really who you say you are?
http://www.tourolaw.edu/Patch/Roe/
I agree. I, too, am a life long feminist who actually sued a major university over gender and age discrimination. (It cost me my career and my peace of mind.) When I went to NOW and other “feminist” groups for support, I got none.
I suggest reading the Roe v. Wade decision. It actually is very broad and already allows for limitations on abortions and for support of the rights of privacy between doctors and their patients. It is not likely to be “over-turned,” because of the way it is written. They would have to outlaw the medical procedure of abortion, which then would make it possible for judges to meddle with the practice of medicine–not likely.
I’m supporting Palin (and McCain), because I think liberal Democratic “feminists” are nothing of the sort. They are in it for the political gain and their own personal issues. During the ERA battle, I worked in CA for this amendment and can report we had a lot of trouble organizing our efforts, because lesbians were too busy fighting with the rest of us over which was the more “real” woman. We couldn’t get them to understand that we needed to advance the cause of all women, before be started to work on the needs of subgroups.
To me being a feminist means supporting the rights of all people–men and women, regardless of race or ethnic background–to fulfill their potential by having equal access to all opportunities and privileges found in this country. It doesn’t mean that I support only those women who agree with me or who look like I do.
The fact that so-called feminists are putting down Sarah Palin speaks to why women have not received equal pay and equal rights. It also speaks to why we can’t resolve so many of our differences. Nothing can be resolved when one side denigrates the other. I think a lot of the people, like Naomi Wolf and Gloria Steinem, have just been proved to be frauds and petty.
Finally, Obama doesn’t pay the women in his own staff equally when compared with his male staffers. That is pretty basic. Forget the talk about Roe v. Wade, look at the facts. The man talks down to women, is a sexist and doesn’t pay them properly. But he sure can deliver a speech that has been written for him and, of course, Oprah backs him….give me a break!
Until you solve this general problem of human nature humanity is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
well said…there are too many women and people in general who won’t think outside of their tiny little world. You are right on when you say this is about everyone’s equal rights not just blacks, women, gays etc. If people try to zero in one group for their own benefit than they are being a hypocrite of what equal rights is all about.
Reminds me of Hillary’s famous speech in Bejing “Women’s rights are human rights”
A new one from Grail Guardian…a few more reasons why the “deal ” isn’t sealed?
THE LINEUP: A Who’s Who of The Associates of Barack Obama
http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/the-lineup-a-whos-who-of-the-associates-of-barack-obama/
“For months now, we’ve been reading and hearing from the Obama campaign that it’s not experience that matters for Barack Obama (whose paper-thin resume includes being a Community Organizer, Chair of the failed Chicago Annenberg Challenge, and running for public office), but rather the excellent judgment that he displays. In light of the continued media frenzy favoring Obama and shielding him from public scrutiny, I decided that it would be timely to revisit that judgment in the form of the people Obama associates with professionally and personally (both past and present). I personally have been able to find few people that are close to the Illinois Senator that I would want anywhere near the Oval Office, but I’ll let you be the judge. I intend this article to be part of a much needed grassroots effort to educate those that only get their news from the Main Stream Media or do not follow politics closely, so feel free to link it, print it, e-mail it, or do whatever you need to do to get the word out (giving proper credit and/or links to Insight Analytical and myself is always appreciated). You can consider it an Obama 101 Picture Book Primer and a serious attempt to save this great nation.”
Is that a film coming to a penitentiary near us soon? Sounds like a popcorn flick.
Obama’s radical associates and their ability to get anywhere near the oval office is my biggest fear of him getting elected.
Thanks for that summary. It would be great if someone could do thumbnail descriptions of Obama’s positions and flip-flops too for easy distribution.
Your words, Dr. Lynette, give me hope and strength.
As long as we dare anyone, no matter from which party, religion, MSM, Journalist, law enforcement or other group, or any individual who try to intimidate us, use pressure on us about voting for our choice of candidate, try to cut our rights of free speech and other constitutional rights or threaten us in any other way, as long as there are brave people standing up against such attempts, there is hope.
No party ownes feminism. Feminism is a process (a rather slow one, it seems!)and we all take part in it, we all take responsibility in the development ans setbacks of feminism. We take responsibility if we don’t take a comprehensive stand, one which might include voting for another candidate in order to make it possible to clean house.
Thank you for standing up!
Thank you Dr. Long..what a great post…and I loved your article The X Factor. I was so happy that someone spoke up for Hillary’s supporters that refused to ” Fall in Line” You are our voice don’t let them silence us.
Excellent Dr.Long. Well said, thank you.
I read this earlier this weekend on the net i think from real clear politics linkeage and though what a great piece. Glad to see it here.
Dr. Long,
Incredible post! You speak for me! This, too, should be cross-posted everywhere!
Thank you Dr. Long and thank you NQ for posting this article!
This Puma ex-Democrat feminist feels as though she is in a twilight zone where up is down and light is darkness. The Democrats have chosen a dishonest course, and I won’t participate in their fraud, deceit and corruption. As Susan B. Anthony so eloquently said: “No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her.”
So sad to see that liberals are just as immature, tyrannical and easily duped as conservatives. We all thought the Religious Right fell for Dubya because they believe in fairy tales anyway, but it turns out the Looney Left is just as gullible. It’s difficult to sort out who is being bamboozled and who has their hands in the Obama till.
I will insist on visiting Canada this summer. We are too old to totally relocate, but we could have a second home there. It’s looking real good to me now that I know the whole entire political community in this country is corrupt and there’s no hope of being rescued from it.
Off topic..
Right now the Am FOX and Friends have Gibbs on and they flat out accused Gibbs of lying about BRACELETGATE…they hung up on him.
It was the moct aggressive minute I’ve seen in the AM.
Obama was exposed as a liar.
Golly FORD! give us all the details, please!
Dr. Long- excellent post and with my coffee I ask G-d to give you the strength to dismiss your future critics. I feel the same way as you concerning my faith. I was an astrayed child in my youth, done everything that I CONFUSED MYSELF with what I thought were funs of life, and I, too, after joining an assembly of G-d was feathered and tarred by my friends for doing the opposite. GREAT ARTICLE! you keep the wisdom in your chest- for Country First is the only option in this race.
No one would expect a black person to vote for someone they knew to be racist. Why would I be expected to vote for a man who is a PROVEN misogynist? Nobama/NoMcCain
I’m protesting both losers and voting McKinney.
Hopefully there are a LOT more feminists and women secretly voting for McCain over Obama than is being borne out by the polls.
I KNOW not to trust polls, but I cannot help but feel hopeless that the media keeps portraying all this “momentum” on Obama’s side…. it’s the same thing that happened to Hillary.
Republicans better WAKE UP, because the Hillary Dems waited too long to “get in the game” so to speak, and look what happened. Still hoping for a devestating October Surprise here!
I did a bad thing last nite.
BF asked me if I thought women would vote for Gov. Palin. I replied, “Yes.”
He responded: “My sisters won’t”.
Me: Are your sisters women?
about the polls: If they’re MSM polls, they will skew to the 0borg, becuase they are desperately trying to “make them a President”. If they create the appearance of a big 0bama lead, some McCain voters will be too demoralized to show up at the polls on Nov. 4.
hope BF hasnt got too pi**ed off.
well, he can get pi**ed if he likes, but it won’t help his cause…
If ya know what I mean!
hehe
Maybe you’re boyfriend isn’t funny enough for you. You deserve a funny guy. Did you know George Stephanopoulis married a comedianne?
Some men love funny women.
you know that’s what’s strange…he’s an incredibly funny guy! That is the glue that has kept us together over some rocky times.
However I don’t know what’s going on this election cycle, he seems to want to bait me re: 0blanky - and he’s not even a registered voter!
I have given this some thought, at first I didn’t think it was worth it to trash a relationship over political differences. But this is what troubles me: when a partner does not respect the other’s critical thinking abilities. It’s a dynamic that transcends politics, and can seep into other areas of the partnership. So we’ll see what happens. I hate to be the “tough guy”, but I will rip him a new one when it is called for.
*sigh*
Well, at least you’re asking the right questions. being married is hard for smart women, but humor smooths over a lot of rough edges.
I’m avoiding a nephew and a neighbor right now over Barky. It would be tough if I had to sleep with a Bot.
But she kept winning primaries.
Turnout will be a huge factor in this election. I believe that there will be a sufficient level of voters who will show up to cast their vote against booboo to send him back to the Senate. There is a lot of time left. I expect more information (facts) to start coming from the 527s, soon.
Plus we get to see if the great bloviator can stand with the hockey mom.
The dems are worried that senator hair club will f-up at the debate. Act like he did at the Thomas confirmation hearings, and he will lose booboo votes. And I’m sure there is a line or two in Gov. Palin’s pocket to make old Joe look like an idiot, count on it. He can’t slip up and treat her poorly, so he gets to point to his long years as the senator from the credit card industry. Not exactly hope and change when you’re in the pocket of Visa, MC and AMEX is there?
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/democrats-on-hi.html
If woman ever want to see one of their own reside in the OVA-L office, then something needs to change, really change. But the kind of change that needs to be made cannot be forwarded by either Barack Obama or John McCain.
Real change will have to come through the efforts of American women, who must find a way to unite and stop fighting against each other in The Egg War.
The Egg War? The war between women over a women’s right to choose, the subject once again in the foreground of our presidential debate and the War very much escalating since John McCain named the anti-abortion Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. (Since both sides of the issue are Pro-Life, I will not use that term for either side).
To read the rest:
http://www.thecjpoliticalreport.com/the_egg_war.htm
It takes the Reagan Dems to win, and we already know THEY will vote for a Repub, don’t we?! Add the PUMAS to that, plus conservatives who will come out of the woodwork to keep Bobo out, and you have landslide!! (Hmmm…he looked even skinnier at the debate. Inhaling everything but food, maybe?)
The voters you describe will decide the coming GE.
In 2004, republican moderates voted Kerry because they didn’t like Bush. So add them to the mix of voters who didn’t vote R last time. This time the Republican ticket has something for everyone, except diehard denizens of the 0borg.
This is a great piece Dr Long. But to me feminists tolerating or even participating in misogyny is really about social class. Most of the attacks on Gov Palin are the same that are delivered to what are perceived as lower class women. These women (I included myself) are considered less valuable for a myriad of reasons.
Most of your prominent feminists have bought into it because of their upbringing, education or social circle. It affects men also but women especially get the brunt of it because there is no penalty for doing it unlike racism or even to some extent misogny. To speak against this class aggression puts you in the same class being attacked. The Obama campaign has used this to divide the nation but especially the Democratic party.
My wife will love to read the article, I do believe. We share reading chores and this blog is in my territory. She’s pro-choice, we have three daughters, and we’re voting McCain. Remember, Biden and Obama underpay their female staffers, 73 and 83 cents on the male dollar.
OT: Stanley Kurtz writes about Obama’s deep ties to ACORN:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292008/postopinion/editorials/the_meltdowns_acorn_131274.htm
Great article Lynette. My wife, who has a bs detector el supremo, and myself couldn’t agree more.
BO and his thugs are frauds and con-men.
Anyone that thinks they will advance the cause of women after seeing their disgusting misogynistic behavior during the primaries (the condescending language, the brush off, the finger, the snubs, 99 problems etc.) is dreaming in technicolor.
Wake up everyone and make sure this little fake doesn’t get rewarded, but gets what he so richly deserves - a great big rejection slip.
You are exactly right…the last taboo is that women will support other women.
The hate expressed about Palin personally has been so over the top by well educated women…why?
The university crowd must be selling that “diversity” only comes in skin color…Diversity comes in all shapes and sizes..and the stuff printed about Palin will have a chilling effect on other women stepping forward to run for office..
Hillary and Palin have been handed their ass by WOMEN.
Thank you Dr. Long. NQ ROCKS!
BLIND SUPPORT OF ANY PARTY…IS SELF DESCRIPTIVE…imho
In good conscience I cannot support the party built by FDR and currently run by FASCISTS & LUNATICS. The End does not justify the Means.
“…The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing….” - Edmund Burke, letter to William Smith.
that is one of my most favorite quotes…
I agree too about blind support…
It’s about time women stop asking men to be their savior and appoint other women to help advance their causes. I’m for choice that’s why I believe choosing protection is the best choice.The roe v wade issue is a non issue because the dems have to not only approve of the judges they have to vote for them. If the dems vote for judges that will overturn roe v wade it’s because they must agree with that judges position.
Powerful article:
The Divided Majority
Please keep hammering home that
“in any abusive relationship, you have to leave to get respect. Abusers are often charming and apologetic and hold out the hope of better behavior. But there is no then, there is only now.”
These three sentences say it all!
I left an abusive relationship many years ago and swore I would never let another man disrespect me like that again.
Thank you so much, Dr. Long!
While great things can be achieved in groups with a common goal, I could never surrender my unique identity, and my will to direct my own course!
My daughter and two grand-daughters are my inspiration to carry on. I want them to be independent minded, and use their talents to the best of their ability!
Abuse is like a taser. After you are hit you lay powerless until the taser-holder helps you up and calmly explains to you what you did wrong. As soon as you object you get zapped again.
It is not that women don’t want to leave the abusive democrat party. It is that the party leaders keep them stunned, weak and afraid that outside the door is a fate worse than they face now. This is how spousal abuse continues - until a brave counselor, such as Dr. Long steps in and says “enough. You don’t deserve the abuse and you ‘need’ the abuser.”
Awesome way to put it. Thanks.
Poor Hillary….
Another intelligent and powerful post Dr. Long. Thank you so much for having the courage and principles to recognize the injustice we have witnessed and to speak out about it. So many others have just folded, believing what they are told: “There is no place else to go.” I am registered “unaffiliated” in NY, but have always voted Democrat. Not this year, for the exact reasons you outline above. [I also think Sen. McCain is a man of principle, integrity, and proven experience.] The blatant disregard for core democratic principles like fair reflection is non-negotiable. The end justifies the means is the same ethos that George Bush has practiced. How can we overlook these violations with the promise that true democracy will be enforced “once Sen. Obama is in office?” Ridiculous. The time is indeed now–the time to take a stand for what is fundamentally important in a democratic society.
Re: feminists. I am shocked by my “open-minded, liberal friends.” We have always agreed politically, and now, they are sending me outrageous hate emails re: Gov. Palin. One LA TV producer said she “wanted to shoot her from a plane” (referencing the wolves in AK). Another woman who is a single mother of four (and her own business) with no partner helping, is indignant that Sarah would “try to be VP with a special needs child and a pregnant teen.” I pointed out that choice = choice, and her family is none of my business. I also pointed out that she has a very supportive husband and relatives. “It’s NOT THE SAME! She is being incredibly selfish!” she bellowed. I was stunned. Where does their rage and intolerance come from re: this woman? I also agree that class is a big part of the judgment against her. She’s not “one of them.”
The only positive in all of this that I can see, is that it is crystallizing the issue(s) for many of us, and clarifying the true meaning of principle.
the single mother of 4 has unresolved anger issues and is using Palin for target practice instead of getting some counseling.
OT - but some good economic news might help this Monday morning: Oil prices fall
so didn’t the DOW..
It’s getting hammered right now, but there may be some speculation occurring and the same players that are driving it down right now may buy in again later this afternoon.
Scalpers.
OT
For those who would like to take a couple of minutes, I completed a survey at pollster.com.
Got in my licks for the day!
If you remember, Obama directed his supporters to actively debate anyone who is against him. They are all in full force everywhere.
My friend told me a story about the time when he was having lunch in a restaurant with a couple of his Republican friends and were talking politics. They touched on the reason why some voters are for Obama which is McCain is an extension of GW. One of his friends empathically said that, “How can they think that way. McCain is not Bush”. As soon as he uttered those words, the waiter who was apparently listening approached them and said “Well McCain, might as well be”. They all looked at him and saw a person willing to debate them on the issue. They just looked at him as if he didn’t exist and continued on with their conversation.
I believe that everyone who support McCain/Palin should do the same. Actively debate why Obama is not the right person to be President. His supporters and the “kool aid” drinkers are in full force and we can’t let them bully us into submission.
that waiter should have been reprimanded at the very least!! You don’t do that to customers.
Exactly–People should never discuss their politics in front of customers unless they know them very well. I was taking limo to the airport around the time we invaded Iraq and the guy went on and on about what a great thing that was. I was against the invasion before it happened. I kept mum because nothing I said would have changed his mind.
Needless to say, I never used his service again.
CBC…now apologizing for the nasty column calling Palin supporters “white trash”…who would have thought…
Great post..
Awe, I was just getting used to my new personna “f**king dumb typical white trash.”
Damn, I’ve embraced white trash! Remember I was the one who posted about Miracle Whip.
And Peet’s coffee tastes burnt to me. A dear West Coast NQ friend begged to differ, but ,no, Peet’s is too up scale.
Isn’t it amazing that nobody sees the racism in the labe “white trash”? Liberals are such effing hypocrites.
Dr. Long it is always a pleasure to read your articles.
thank you!
i agree with all the others who feel we are in orwellian-looking-glass-territory. i drive around CT in my volvo w/hillary bumper sticker listening to RUSH!…i cheer when i see the McCain/Palin signs going up.
BUT: two positive signs from this a.m.’s Hartford Courant:
1) Dodd on front page: “Dodd’s Donors” major story on his corrupt relationships with banking/mortgage industry (and Obama listed as major beneficiary too, albeit on last page, sigh);
2) a BALANCED article on the upcoming VP debate!!! yes, balanced: saying the Obama camp has as many fears about Biden going off the rails, as the McCain camp has about Palin..
RUSH is my dirty little secret too! I always remember to turn the radio from 770 to 880 when I get out of the car so my dear husband thinks I’m listening to the Yankees.
That won’t work soon, they’re out of the playoffs for the first time in 15 years. Maybe the Knicks? Nah, he’d never believe it.
Of course there is the value tour of Obama..getting the religious conservatives to vote for him who are ardently against the marriage amendment in CA and are organizing to over-turn it.
So again..How is voting for Obama in my interest?
It is amazing how little coverage this Obama values tour is getting in the MSM. Just like his statements about doubling the faith based initiatives program. They just arent reporting on this stuff. Sickening.
Thanks for this piece, Her position on abortion has been overstated.. Judging from her record in alaska she never let her personal beliefs get in the way of government. I could see the liberals who hate her liking her after she is elected…. I am sure she will go out there and fight for women causes.
The problem with Sarah Palin is that she is letting other people define her. She should speak to the public more often on social issues. If liberal publications get out of hand just give them the “no comment” answer.
Dear Dr. Long,
I read the X Factor last week and felt that you nailed it. Excellent piece of writing. You have done so much for the advancement of rights for women, and you are continuing to do that by endorsing John McCain for President.
The Democratic party has talked the talk for forty years, they have yet to walk the walk. From where I sit, I can see the GOP walking, and they invited us along. That is change I can believe in.
Morning open thread please
..it is going to be a busy day in the house and markets
MO. Gov going to be on FOX about the truth squad…coming up
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Dr. Long - thanks so much for this post. When I was in my 20’s, choice was very important to my voting stance, and I was definitely a one-issue voter. Looking back, my [myopic] view of the issues in no way represents who I am at 50. I am very surprised to hear so many women now clinging now to what we knew then as “feminism”.
I’ve been listening to Bill O’Reily and he is definitely supporting Obama…not sure why so many have fallen for this thug.
I agree pal3. I suspect his support has something to do with his loathing for Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson….Obama’s win would take a lot of the bite out of Jesse and Al’s work and O’Reilly would love nothing better.
REally, O’Reilly is supporting Obama? Has he said so on the air?
Thank you for the wonderful post. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of “feminist” is the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. Unfortunately, “feminist” has been redefined, just like the “Democratic Party” has been redefined.
As a life long Democrat and a woman who believes in theory of equality for “all,” Obama’s Democratic Party does not meet either definition.
When I was dealing with gender discrimination, the people on the left were not supportive. My support came from Independents and Moderate Republicans. Independents and Moderate Republicans are the individuals who actually practice fairness and justice for all, not just talk about it and do something else.
Fabulous post, Lynette Long. You are not alone, I am also a feminist and I will be supporting McCain/Palin.
And those feminists who will be voting Republican this time around stand together with all the other historical icons of feminism, who also supported Republicans. Women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony or Alice Paul, a woman so fed up with Dem misogyny, she started the National Women’s Party. Women like the first woman elected to congress, Jeanette Rankin, a Republican. Or the first woman nominated for the presidency at a national convention, Margaret Chase Smith, at the RNC in 1964. It is now 2008 and the Dems still balked about even giving Hillary a roll call vote.
Women are the life of the party. The Democrats seem to believe they are the party and the women better just fall in line and show up. No thank you, not this time. The party follows us, not the other way around.
This Truth Squad that the Obama campaign has formed in Missouri is more like the Gestapo. I can’t believe something like this is even legal. What if Obama starts this in every state? This is just a taste of things to come. It is imperative that Obama never gets in the White House.
Excellent post and I agree 100%! I heard President Clinton give you a shout out during his visit with the
Maybe they’ll offer you a spot on the Women’s Initiative Committee or something or other, when Hillary begins her first term. 
shrewswomen at The View.I am honored to be able to read your work for free Dr. Long.
Adding my “thank you” to the long list here.
This pretty much sums up my feelings from my perspective as a woman. I simply cannot support the Democratic Party after what happened during this Primary. And I will no longer be voting the Party unless they change their tune.
The idea that liberal feminists are running around trashing Palin in the most despicable way while supporting a misogynist candidate for office is something out of the Twilight Zone.
Nothing will change if we don’t stand up and let these people know that you cannot fuck with us. If we support 0bama we are condoning what he, the Democratic Party and his male supporters did to Hillary and now to Palin.
And I don’t call myself a feminist. Precisely because of the way these liberal women are behaving.
However, I stand for my womanhood and demand my rights. And I will not let anyone piss in my face and basically say that I have to take it.
No, I don’t!
There are 2 candidates running in this democratic election. And I can/will vote for the Republican candidate. The Democratic Party is dead to me! And any woman who doesn’t see how important it is NOT to support these rats is blind.
As I’ve said many times. 0bama will have to:
WIN WITHOUT ME!
And, BTW,
I have a bracelet, too!
No you shouldn’t be ashamed of who you are. There are always wanna be.
I am proud of you.
You may not know it, but you are speaking for lots of women and for that matter most men.
My mom directed me to your first posting. Please be strong and keep on doing what you believe in. I stand with you, we all stand with and by you. Never be all thing to all people. Just be you.
L.A. Times: How Democrats Set Sarah Palin Up to ‘Win’ Thursday’s VP Debate
http://patriotroom.com/?p=2608
I have a bracelet too!
A woman may surely be a feminist and vote for McCain. I agree completely on this point. I certainly will not be voting for BHO, for all the reasons you name, most especially voter disenfranchisement with the majority of those women.
But I find your conclusion repellent:
“I am a woman and I am a feminist. To the other feminists out there I ask, “Where is your pride or are you a victim of your own misogyny?”
I am a woman and right now I am ashamed to say, I am a feminist.”
I detest McCain, and I will not vote for him either. I have plenty of freaking pride, too much in fact to vote for a [..] like McCain: anti ERA, anti reratification of ERA in Az, anti Lily Ledbetter (said would not vote for, failed to vote) pro FISA (yes on cloture, didn’t bother to vote on final), pro BAILOUT, Keating 5, telecomm immunity, Cablevision, Soros money for McCAin-Feingold & Reform Institute, Brzezinski foreign policy advisor in 2000, Brzezinski son foreign policy advisor now, Gramm the campaign finance advisor is the author of deregulation and created the Enron loophole, wants a war in Georgia to guard a stinking pipeline… No freaking thx.
This feminist is voting for the woman still in the race: Cynthia McKinney.
She has a fantastic record on all women’s issues, LGBT, civil rights, the environment, and says NO BAILOUT.
I am not ashamed to be a feminist, and neither is my candidate.
Vote your conscience, but seriously, throwing away your vote is not practical.
Voting for a miserable SOS who has no intent of fairly representing my interets is throwing away my vote.
Voting for someone I believe has integrity and commitment and is not a bought-and-payed for stooge of industry, banking etc is making good use of my vote.
I am also deeply cocnerend about next election: if none of the 3rd party candidates can get 5% we will have just one functioning political party: the Republicans.
If people would vote their freaking consciences all together we might actually have a government tht represents us more fairly.
And srsly, if this isn’t the election for it, I don’t know what is.
Im glad that you have your mind straight and love your candidate. Surely that is your perogative! Supporting your candidate is a far, far cry from supporting the Trickster.
Everyone needs to respect your decision I feel.
For myself, I considered that vote, but I do believe it is more important to vote against Obama, that he truly represents a danger for this country. nuff said.
The problem is the difference between parties is more than just choice, it’s also about how you use government and Repubs are wrong on everything. We need more females but they need to be Dems, not Republicans.
If Palin turns in a cringe-worthy debate Thursday, the election is Obama’s. Unless there is an October surprise, of course. I think Palin is better than this, just temporarily off her game. Go, Sarah!
Hey, how can we fail this opportunity to send the first Second-Dude, ever, to Washington? Todd Palin rocks!
May God bless you Dr. Long.
Lynette!!
WONDERFUL POST! I AGREE 100.
WONDERFUL POST! I AGREE 100%.
May I post this very important link? Lynette’s excellent coverage of Obama’s caucus fraud in the nomination campaign.
http://lynettelong.com/CAUCUSFRAUD/
It looks to be a great resource.
This is great stuff.
http://www.lynettelong.com/caucusfraud/my-story.html
Do read!
- But she has proof!
http://www.lynettelong.com/caucusfraud/my-story.html
Read!
A little reality check:
Palin does not support abortions, but she has never in her career imposed those beliefs on her constituents.
Biden, on the other hand, claims to be pro-choice and yet he has voted (according to NARAL) only 37% of the time to support pro-choice legislation.
Also, we would not have Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court, if Biden (as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, then) had not cut off testimony at Thomas’s hearings before the women, who were ready to corroborate Anita Hill’s claims, were allowed to give their testimony. See “Strange Justice” for details.
I’ve seen compartmentalization amongst Democrats this bizarre and widespread only twice before: Vietnam and Reagan.
The first one brought Nixon and the second brought, well Reagan, naturally.
Beware what you wish, the gods have a sense of humor.
Thank you for articulating my thoughts and emotions, Dr. Long. I particularly liked what you said about having to leave abusive relationships to get respect.
After seeing all the sexism shown towards Hillary and hearing the Dem. party-liners say about Palin, “not THIS woman”, is my clue that NO woman will be good enough–certainly in my lifetime. I feel like it’s now or never to finally smash through the ceiling that Hillary cracked, regardless of party affiliation. My vote will be my legacy to my nieces.
I’m stunned as Lynette says she was. I’ve skimmed through much of her site. To do it justice would probably take a fortnight (and many nights without sleep).
Obama stole the election. That is fact.
The contention is further that Pelosi, Dean, Clyburn, and others did so systematically - and do not want party rules changed despite the thousands of complaints because they want to do it again in 2012.
If the above is more than a contention - if it is regarded as fact - then one must ask why they wanted to do this. Stating they preferred Obama is not enough. One must ask why did they prefer Obama.
And once you put everything in that light it becomes easier.
1. Relying on the black vote is a big part of Democratic strategy. It’s the mainstay of Chicago where the Daleys have used this base to control power.
2. The impact of giving the country the first black president cannot be underestimated. In all future elections, in all possible contexts, the Democratic machine will be able to refer to the fact they provided this. They will have an insurmountable advantage over the GOP and all other parties. They will forever position themselves as the party of the people, the party of the blacks, the party of minorities.
Hillary got in the way. Hillary might be the better president but she doesn’t give the Democratic machine the long term advantage in future elections.
http://www.lynettelong.com/caucusfraud/
3. Women vote with their brains; blacks vote with their skin colour.
4. You can’t control the Clintons. Not that much. They will do what they want to do - what they think is right. Obama however is a ‘player’ and almost advertises himself as such.
“Women vote with their brains; blacks vote with their skin colour.”
So what do black women vote with?
Thread drift has veered the discussion from the good doctor to Sarah Palin It happens.
This blog gleefully reposted Willie Brown’s warning to the Democrat Party about Palin a couple of weeks ago (Palin Floats Like A Butterfly, Stings Like A Bee)
In the interest of maintaining No Quarter’s pretense to journalistic integrety I post Willie’s latest missive on the McCain/Palin ticket below. It was the lead part of Willies World, his San Francisco Chronicle column, last week. It’s the hurricane part I like, it’s so Willie.
1. NQ has no pretence here.
2. NQ doesn’t have something called ‘integrety’.
“NQ doesn’t have something called ‘integrety’.”
Pendants hang.
Pedants should.
I wouldn’t either. We both find Obama despicable. Better to keep your wrath under control, remain civil.
This is no challenge for Obama - he’s the phoniest politician the country’s ever had.
He’s clearly trying to evoke ‘The Hurricane’ as in the boxer in your blog. Nice try and pleasant reading, compared to most of the nastiness coming from Obama people. Not so great to be using the hurricane analogy right now after so much devastation by the real thing though.
But sad Willie’s really off-target. McCain stung Obama repeatedly during the debate. If Obama wasnt fighting back out of respect for the older guy it would be the first time Obama has ever shown decency in this race, and Im not buying that! I think it more convincing that he was rattled many times by McCain’s blows and truly couldnt manage to keep his hyper-sensitive thinskin emotional balance. He is waaaay too sensitive about any real or imagined injustices to The One (meaning himself) undoubtedly he thinks of himself in third person.
“Da Mayor” way probably alluding to how the Republicans were able to keep the two most hated people in America from appearing at their convention. Send the wastrels off to pose for photo-ops in the wreckage of Hurricane Gustav.
He was also undoubtedly hinting at the joke about the three guys sitting in a row on a jet taking off from Milwaukee.
They get to talking and the guy in B complains about how tough business is nowadays. “Yea”, replies the guy in A, “I nearly was bankrupt in housewares but I had a fire and the insurance paid for nearly everything. I’m on an even keel now.”
“No kidding?”, asked the guy in C. “My sporting goods business was going belly up when I had a fire as well. The insurance covered nearly everything just in time for business to pick up. It was tough but it eventually saved me.”
“Wow”, replies the guy in B, “I had no idea that I was sitting in the bad luck row. I had a similar experience with mobile homes. I was about to go out of business and a tornado tore up everything on the lot. The insurance covered nearly everything but FEMA stepped in and I walked away with a bundle.”
There was a short silence.
The man sitting in A leaned over and whispered, “How do you start a tornado?”
Here, Here! I’m honored to stand in solidarity with you.
Democrat for McCain-Palin, 2008
Chicago Documentary: Where Is Obama?
On the streets of Chicago looking for Obama. Sponsored by the McCain campaign. Over five minutes long.
☆☆☆☆☆
Dr. Long,
I’ve been getting links to your articles on a pretty regular basis from my friends and “wounded soldiers” in Hillary’s “army” throughout the primary and since she was forced to “suspend” the campaign.
I can’t tell you how comforting it has been to have something to read that confirms that I am not necessarily going off the deep-end, as many of my female friends feel I am when I say NOBAMA.
Thak you again for a great article.
Dr. Long,
Thanks for the great article! I just printed a copy to share with my 16 year old daughter. She doesn’t care for Obama, but can’t understand how I can vote for McCain because of Sarah Palin. I think she’ll understand it better now.
brilliant, Dr Long, simply brilliant! BRAVO!
IM GETTING REALLY TIRED OF THE MSM SAYING THAT HILLARY SUPPORTERS NOW VOTING FOR MCCAIN ARE UNEDUCATED WHITE WOMEN. I MAY NOT HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE BUT I DAMN WELL GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS AND CAN SPOT A PHONY A MILE AWAY..and believe me obama is as phony as it gets.
It’s just more snobbery and arrogance on their part. Really I call it stupidity. To try and lump all of us together as having common denominators of education and income, its their sad little way of trying to get a handle on this roaring tide of PUMA’s!!
We may be diverse, but we have all seen through BO’s brand of bullshit.
Hear us ROAR!!
And, it shouldn’t be forgotten that Obama voted FOR a Bush appointee to the DC Court (not the Supreme Court, the lower-level Court of Appeals), Thomas B Griffith, who was a strong opponent of Title IX programs which guarantee that schools ensure that girls’ athletics programs aren’t ignored.
Hillary voted against the sexist. (Yes, McCain voted for Griffith as well, but EVERY Republican voting supported the BUSH nominee. Only two Democratic female Senators supported Griffith, Dianne Feinstein and Blanche Lincoln, but an appalling 18 MALE Democratic Senators, including BOTH names topping the Democratic ticket, voted to give Bush his nominee. Only three Senators didn’t vote–2 Republicans and 1 Independent.)
Overall the confirmation vote was 73-24 with 3 not voting (all 3 who didn’t vote were men). Just for the whole numbers:
For Griffith by party: 53 R, 20 D
Against Griffith by party: 0 R, 24 D
Not voting by party: 2 R, 0 D, 1 I
For Griffith by gender: 7 F, 66 M
Against Griffith by gender: 7 F, 17 M
Not voting by gender: 0 F, 3 M
For Griffith, combined: 5 RF, 2 DF, 48 RM, 18 DM
Against Griffith, combined: 0 RF, 7 DF, 0 RM, 17 DM
Amazingly, the Republican Majority Whip managed to keep HIS party from opposing the Bush nominee, while neither the Democratic Minority Leader (Harry Reid) nor the Democratic Minority Whip (Dick Durbin) could rally their whole party to oppose or support the Bush nominee, not that either man wanted to oppose Griffith. Both Democratic Senate leaders voted FOR the Bush nominee.
Educated white liberal woman for McCain.
THANK YOU, DR. LYNETTE LONG!!!
PLEASE KEEP ON WRITING. YOU ARE DOING A GREAT SERVICE TO ALL WOMEN….
BECKY
YOU’RE A WITHERING ANDROPAUSAL MISOGYNIST NEANDERTHAL BROWN SHIRT FOR OBAMA WITH NO INDEPENDENT BRAIN FUNCTION…GO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE, POOOPIE….$7.00/HR. NOT ENOUGH, HON, WE KNOW….
Thank you Dr. Long
I agree, feminists have been taken hostage by the Democrats. But, you know, there IS a choice other than the Republicans. The Green party is running a woman (Cynthia McKinney), and Ralph Nader has run with women. AND, unlike the Republicans, both strongly support a woman’s right to choose, and have consistently advocated for women’s rights.
I can’t believe anyone in their right mind would suggest Cynthia McKinney, much less vote for her. She’s completely nuts. I’m from Georgia and I watched her antics. There’s nothing like attacking a capital guard because he doesn’t recognize you when you have a new look. I won’t even go into her rabid anti-Jewish views. Only a troll would even make such an idiotic comment.
Ladies, don’t be fooled by this woman’s ability to manipulate you with her articulate way with words. If there was not a woman on the “Republican” ticket I promise you she would not be voting Republican. I believe she is Pro-choice. I also believe she is a Man-Hater.
What ticket did you vote last year Miss Long? Lets wait for that answer.
As a woman, I would be tickled pink to have a woman President. I wanted Hilary to be President so bad I cried when she didn’t make it. But I will not vote for the Republican Party just because there is a woman on the ticket, I will not abandon my values and beliefs just to elect a woman.
I want a President who is knowledgeable of affairs, foreign or domestic. I want a woman who is concerned about all Americans and not just the rich or wealthy, poor and middle class as well.
I want a woman President to be concerned about the elderly and families struggling to provide and maintain a home. I want a woman who will be concerned about better education for our Children.
I want a woman who is concerned about young people who desire to go to college but parents can’t afford it.
I want a woman too, but not just ANY WOMAN. The right woman.
Say or think what you want, if you think race don’t play into this decision to vote for this or that Party, you are out of touch with reality, or just lying to yourself. Racism is still alive and well in the USA.
Carolyn
Interesting that someone who wanted Mrs. Clinton to win so bad that she “cried when she didn’t make it” doesn’t know that Mrs. Clinton’s first name is spelled with two L’s.
I smell Obamabot.
Who gives a rats ass how many Ls are in Mrs Clinton’s first name.
I smell RACIST BITCH!
http://www.tunc.biz/couric_fan.htm
All the women who are afraid to support Obama are actually secretly afraid that they’ll never come back.
This’ll sum it up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
A few new feminists in the mix might not be a bad thing for the Republican party.
I wish a few environmentalists would cross over and muffle them up on nuclear power.
Is it possible the first black President will be a Republican? There are some good potential Presidents there and they won’t bring the race-baiting that is so common in the Democratic Party.
Someone above said the Democrats wanted to have the first black nominee so they could hold onto that forever. Judging from the comments here, they’re having the first female nominee (Ferraro) hasn’t helped them all that much.
The truth is that the Republican party is the party of making it on your qualifications, not on who you are. Colin Powell and Condi Rice are excellent examples of that. Kay Bailey Hutchison is a pro-choice Republican woman in the US Senate from that liberal stronghold known as Texas.
The Republicans are racists and misogynists only in the minds of liberal Democrats.
The reason Republicans oppose Roe v. Wade is that they believe in the little-D democratic principle that these things should be addressed by the legislative rather than the judicial branch.
From a race standpoint, the biggest fear I have about an Obama presidency is Walter Williams’ Jackie Robinson principle. It basically goes like this: Jackie Robinson was able to end racism in professional baseball because he was one of the better players. Had he been an abject failure, that racism would have gone on for many more years.
If Obama wins and stumbles badly, that will hurt the chances of electing truly qualified black men like J.C. Watts, Michael Steele, Lynn Swann, and Ken Blackwell and that will be a shame.
Nomnomnom, Cynthia McKinney is a HARDCORE racist and conspiracy theorist. She’s a malevolently empty-headed Jew-hater who has ties with Farrakhan. McKinney asked for the $10M that Giuliani slammed back in the face of the Saudi who said that U.S. policies caused 9/11.
Just thought you should know.
This is a good article. The comments are interesting. Me, I’m a fervently pro-life and Conservative black woman who would never dream to pull a lever for that empty suit, Obama. He’s anti-woman, as hardcore a racist as McKinney, has no respect for America or the Constitution.
I’m just sorry that it took so long for many women to realize what the Dems are about—a year spent watching C-SPAN clued me in real fast. The GOP isn’t perfect, but they do entertain ideas from people across the spectrum.
Welcome to the GOP, ladies.
What an idiot!
Lynette Long for POTUS!