I know that some of you are incredibly hurt and angry about the Democratic primary; you're pissed at the DNC and Democratic leaders for some shabby and less than progressive behavior toward the sexism that permeated the election coverage. And you are mad as hell at the arbitrariness of "da rulz." So am I. Honestly, I haven't known quite where or how to express this anger, although that is starting to change.
What I DO know is this: Hillary Clinton showed us where her values and ideals are - they are forward looking; they are progressive; they are pro-woman and pro-children and pro-family. She will always fight for these values and ideals, no matter what her future role.
And I can't help but think that we would dishonor her and these ideals by supporting John McCain for president. He may be wooing "older women" now, but he hasn't cared about women's issues in the past and he won't care about them in the future. Put simply: He wants your vote, not your voice. There's a huge difference. So, please think carefully about a decision to support John McCain.
For starters, here are the anti-women actions you can expect if John McCain is elected:
- He supports new, bogus state initiatives to ban affirmative action for women and minorities.
- He supported the partial-birth abortion ban.
- He has stated outright that he wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court already has a slight conservative majority. Imagine what the Court would look like with a full conservative majority. And imagine your daughters, or your nieces, or your granddaughters having basic rights stripped out from under them.
Then there's this from The Carpetbagger Report:
Late yesterday, about four hours after Clinton suspended her campaign and threw her support to Barack Obama, Michael Goldfarb, the official McCain blogger, posted a picture of McCain and Clinton together, over a complimentary post.
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And third, it’s interesting that Clinton has “grown on” the McCain gang now, because the senator and his team have been trashing her for quite a while.
For example, last October, in one of his first television campaign ads, McCain mocked Clinton over an earmark she supported, insisting that her spending priorities make her unfit to be president.
And in November 2007, when a supporter asked a question that characterized Clinton as “a bitch,” John McCain praised this as “an excellent question.”
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McCain’s disdain for the Clintons is not limited to the campaign, either. It was McCain, for example, who voted (twice) to remove Bill Clinton from office over the Lewinsky scandal, backing both articles of impeachment.
Even more painfully, in 1998, McCain appeared before a bunch of Republican fat-cats, where he told a nasty, tasteless joke about Chelsea Clinton, describing her daughter as “ugly.”
Believe me, I understand how angry women are about how WE have been trashed this campaign season - even by some Democrats. But John McCain has even less regard (ZERO) for women and our concerns. I hope that you'll think about what we have fought for by supporting Hillary Clinton and compare that to what we have gotten and - more importantly - what we'll achieve for women from John McCain...
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