Hillary’s Voice is OUR Voice
By PaganPower on May 21, 2008 at 8:04 AM in Florida, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Misogyny, Pennsylvania
Women across the country are rallying behind Hillary in an amazing show of solidarity. Yesterday a group of female Hillary supporters named WomenCount took out a full page in the New York Times telling the rest of the country and Barack Obama to cease his coronation.
“Not so fast,” read a full page ad in The New York Times, amid calls for Clinton to bow out of the race to help unify the Democratic party after a grueling race pitting the former first lady and New York senator against Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
“Hillary’s voice is OUR voice, and she’s speaking for all of us,” said the ad, purchased by a group not affiliated with the Clinton campaign called WomenCount.
“We want Hillary to stay in this race until every vote is cast, every vote is counted, and we know that our voices are heard.”
And leading the pack was our brave trailblazer Geraldine Ferraro. Never one to mince words, Ferraro tells it like it is.
“Latent sexism has been around this country for a long time. In this campaign it was rampant,” Ferraro, the 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee, said on NBC’s Today show.
“There is a real difference in this country. It is not okay to be racist. It is just not. It is almost acceptable to be sexist,” Ferraro said as the Democrats fielded the historic choice of the first female or the first black presidential nominee.
Ferraro recalled a Clinton rally in New Hampshire when someone in the audience held up a sign saying “Iron my shirt.”
“Suppose somebody at that Barack Obama rally said ‘Shine my shoes.’ The person would have been swamped by the media saying, what, are you a racist? Hillary barely saw press on this. It is not only the Obama campaign. It is how the press has handled this.”
Apparently the double standard has reached epidemic proportions and women all across the country are joining together and demanding that bias against and hate for women be ended immediately.
A group called Professionals for Hillary has organized a protest today beginning at 3PM. At present it has been organized in four states: Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. Though there is a strong possibility that this protest will only be the first of many to come. Below is the full description of today’s protests, including protest locations.
Women Across America
Unite to Stop
Gender Bias in the Media
Join Professionals for
Hillary, NWPC-CA,
NOW, and Hillary
Supporters together
Professionals for Hillary are organizing a rally to "End Gender Bias in the Media."
If you want to have your voice heard saying, “enough is enough!” then please join us in support of all American women who refuse to be diminished in the American Press.
We need your support at these rallies to show America that women are not putting up with this anymore! Please send this information to all your Hillary friends and family. Bring your Hillary signs. We need to send a strong message to the media and the Democratic party that says, “not so fast!”
WHERE:
Burbank, CA
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
LOCATION:
NBC Burbank
3000 W. Alameda Ave
Burbank, CA 91523
General Area: Alameda and Riverside
Our objectives are…
1. We want
our voices heard.
2. We want
sexism to stop.
3. We want
votes in MI and FL to be counted.
Hillary is the best candidate
for all Americans: male and female.
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/actioncenter/event/view/?id=14749
FLORIDA RALLY LOCATIONS:
- WBBH 3719 Central Ave.
Fort Myers, FL 33901 http://www.nbc-2.com - WTLV 1070 E. Adams St.
Jacksonville, FL 32202 http://www.firstcoastnews.com
- WTVJ Peacock Plaza Miramar, FL 33027 http://www.nbc6.net
- WTWC 8440 Deer Lake Road
Tallahassee, FL 32312 http://www.wtwc40.com - WFLA 905 Jackson St.
Tampa, FL 33606 http://www.wfla.com
- WPTV 1100 Banyan Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401 http://www.wptv.com - WESH 1021 N. Wymore Rd.
Winter Park, FL 32789 - WLWT 1700 Young St. Cincinnati,
OH 45210 http://www.wlwt.com
PENNSYLVANIA RALLY LOCATIONS:
- WCAU City Ave. & Monument Rd. Bala Cynwyd, PA
19004 http://www.nbc10.com - WICU 3514
State St. Erie, PA 16508 - WJAC 49
Old Hickory Ln. Johnstown,
PA 15905
http://www.wjactv.com - WBRE 62 South Franklin St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 http://www.wbre.com
OHIO RALLY LOCATIONS:
- WKYC 1333 Lakeside Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114 http://www.wkyc.com
- WCMH 3165
Olentangy River Rd. Columbus,
OH 43202
http://www.nbc4columbus.com - WDTN 4595 S. Dixie Drive, Dayton, OH 45439 http://www.wdtn.com
- WLIO 1424 Rice Ave. Lima,
OH 45805
http://www.wlio.com - WNWO 300 S. Byrne Rd. Toledo, OH 43615 http://www.nbc24.com
- WHIZ 629
Downward Road Zanesville, OH 43701 http://www.whizamfmtv.com
MICHIGAN RALLY LOCATIONS:
- WEYI 2225 W. Willard Rd. Clio, MI 48420 http://www.nbc25.tv
- WDIV 550
W. Lafayette Blvd. Detroit, MI 48231 http://www.clickondetroit.com - WOOD P.O.
Box B Grand Rapids, MI 49503 http://www.woodtv.com - WILX P.O. Box 30380 Lansing, MI 48911 http://www.wilx.com
- WLUC 177
US 41 E. Negaunee, MI 49866 http://www.wluctv6.com

















