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| 2008-10-16 |
| forwarded to me by a relative, just begging to be fisked. here for your snarky entertainment... Subject: N.O.W. To: FYI, The National Organization for Women has endorsed the Obamba-Biden ticket for just the reasons listed below. They usually do not endorse, but in this case believed it was absolutely necessary to take a stand. Why, after that reckless L.A chapter brass sounded so darned sympathetic when she introduced Gov. Palin, why, they simply couldn't bear the thought of being even remotely associated with the idea that NOW might have actually lent its official stamp of approval! Sort of like the Democrats WRT Bush for the past 8 years... If you agree, please pass this on. And if you don't agree, pass this version on. Subject: Women and Sarah Palin Friends, We are writing to you because of the fury Because Hell hath no fury like a voting bloc scorned and dread Doom! DOOM!!! we have felt since the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Republican Party. We believe that this terrible decision has surpassed mere partisanship, and that it is a dangerous farce on the part of a pandering and rudderless Presidential candidate that has a real possibility of becoming fact. Perhaps like us, as American women, you share the fear of what Ms. Palin and her professed beliefs and proven record could lead to for ourselves and for our present or future daughters. Hmm... this'll be news to your opponents, ladies -- a lot of them they don't believe you intend for yourselves or anyone else on this planet to ever bear children again. Maybe you should spend more energy making that more widely known, instead of working yourselves into a bout of the vapors over Her Guvnership. To date, she is against sex education, birth control, the pro-choice platform, environmental protection, And what was John McCain's interview with the Nature Conservancy? Or was that the NWF? Excuse me while I fact-check my own arse -- but still, what was that -- chopped liver? alternative energy development, oil shale, tar sands... that's not alternative energy development? Somebody's invoking the Humpty Dumpty Rule again... freedom of speech, I must have missed that one -- when exactly did she come out against freedom of speech? gun control, No, she's very much FOR gun control. Being able to hit your target, that is. the separation of church and state, and polar bears. Oh dear Gaia, stop the presses! How could anyone with a HEART even POSSIBLY be against those cute cuddly POLAR BEARS!! Oh effing please. To say nothing of her complete lack of real preparation to become the second-(and possibly first)-most-powerful person on the planet. Repeat that again: if being a mayor and sitting governor isn't qualifying for Veep, how the Eff does You Know Who's thin resume qualify HIM for CIC? We want to clarify that we are not against Sarah Palin as a woman, No, she's just a gyno-American who doesn't agree with our stance, ergo, she's not a "woman" in the political sense of the term. Thank you, H. Dumpty. a mother, or, for that matter, a parent of a pregnant teenager, but solely as a rash, incompetent, and altogether devastating choice for Vice President. As opposed to, say, Condoleeza Rice? You got a better suggestion in mind? Ms. Palin's political views are in every way a slap in the face to the accomplishments that our mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers so fiercely fought for, and from which we've so demonstrably benefited. What -- because "18 Million cracks in the glass ceiling" wasn't a big enough hat tip? First and foremost, Ms. Palin does not represent us. She does not demonstrate or uphold our interests as American women. It is presumed that the inclusion of a woman on the Republican ticket could win over women voters. Never mind that there is a whole Flyover Country of women whom she DOES represent -- but we won't mention them. Gosh, it's like they don't even count. We want to disagree, publicly. If you agree that Palin is an irresponsible, even dangerous, choice for VP, please consider participating in this drive. Gentlemen, send this to the women you know and care for. I know it's tough to understand the way this choice is impacting women, but I have never seen so many women so outraged, angry and distraught in my entire life. We'd like our voices heard. Trust me, ma'am, they are... It's those other gyno-Americans, whose votes ALSO count, if you hadn't noticed? Y'think maybe they might like to be heard too? I thought diversity was a good thing If you agree, PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! If you send this to 20 women in the next hour, you could be blessed with a country that takes your concerns seriously. Assuming that this is your only concern. Stranger things have happened. Yeah, this could have been a Rudy / Hillary matchup. And where would you be then? |
| Posted by:Querent |
| #5 Sanka you very much! (bow) i tried to keep it calm. i foresee that the POSD (Post-Obama Stress Disorder) is only going to get worse... |
| Posted by: Querent 2008-10-16 19:14 |
| #4 Nicely done, Querent [golf clap] |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-10-16 18:35 |
| #3 And the group that felt the taliban was only worth removal if a Democrat did it. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-10-16 17:21 |
| #2 From the same ladies who thought Bill Clinton was just a "naughty boy"... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-16 14:45 |
| #1 *giggle* Well done, Querent! Perhaps this is the final push by the idiot branch of the Democratic Party, and next time round they will give us a worthy candidate. To think liberalhawk was right when he said there'd come a time when we'd look back fondly on Hillary Clinton's candidacy. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-16 14:26 |