So NOW wants to throw their support behind Obama to show what they believe is a champion for women.  Because of course, Palin does not.  Again, isn’t Obama running against McCain.  But what would you expect from an organization that is completely running their position based on abortion rights.  Abortion Rights DOES NOT EQUAL Women’s Rights.

Here is what I think is the real reason why NOW backed Obama. They felt they needed to show everyone that they truly were looking at the candidates and basing their decision on who best modeled their liberal platform. They obviously couldn’t pick a woman because that would just be stupid? Who else is for women other than ANOTHER WOMAN!  Take a look at this statement made by Kim Gandy on August 29, 2008:

Finally, as the chair of NOW’s Political Action Committee, I am frequently asked whether NOW supports women candidates just because they are women. This gives me an opportunity to once again answer that question with an emphatic ‘No.’ We recognize the importance of having women’s rights supporters at every level but, like Sarah Palin, not every woman supports women’s rights.

On September 16^th, NOW announced their support of Obama.  Let’s take a look at the last sentence…Sarah Palin does not support women’s rights? Are you kidding me? I think Kim Gandy took Obama’s side to try to make a point – not to promote women’s rights. In effort to try to make her life easier and stop answering the question – she backed Obama.  Who else would know what women go through, dream of, want, and hope for?  Obviously not a man!

This is what Kim Gandy just told every woman in the world.

Please put the fate of your issues in a man – because a man is the most objective individual in this race and understands first hand the struggles a woman goes through. He understands the sacrifices women make to work, have families, and provide an education for their children. A man understands your needs and can see that when you are beat down to your bones, he knows what you need most.

Thanks Kim for believing in women…but no thanks. No way Obama! How about that NOW!….Now, here’s the real deal about Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin is the very heartbeat of what women can and will do in this country. With hard work and perseverance, Palin shows us that we can wear a skirt and still break through the barriers. I’m so tired of the women preaching that we have to wear the “man suit” and dress down our looks – our femininity – to be able to equal the playing field.  She resonates the very need of every woman to support her children and make a difference in the very society she lives in. She’s tough, even in a skirt, and I can’t wait till she “decimates” the opponents.

So now that we have established what Palin represents to me. Let’s take on the celebrities.  So far on my list of celebrities to create pin–the– tail-on-the-donkey games: Chase, Lohag, Andersuck, Streis-who, Gratefully dead, Spielmeagoodmovieforonce, Matt Demon and the list goes on…..

To bad they can’t stick to what they know. Acting in some cases and very bad acting in others.

Remember those days when a pretty girl who had things going for her was bullied in the school yard by extremely jeolous girls.

…this is the exact thing happening to Palin.

It’s amazing that there is so much hate directed at Palin. There are lots of women out there who can’t help but be jeolous of a women who has it together…including looks. Many celebrities are leading the envy…

Instead of wasting your time on how you wish you could be her, be like her, or pretend to be her…grow some real confidence and do some research. 

MCCAIN/PALIN 08!

I feel bomarded by the media. I am learning to hate them. Some of them are good and talk about the issues intelligently.  Everyone else just sucks.

Right now, I can’t help but read comments about the parties. People comment about the person. They don’t comment about the issues. I see women criticizing Gov. Palin for the very things women have championed since we were allowed to vote.  DID YOU READ THAT! ALLOWED TO VOTE!  Men had to be convinced that women were capable of making intelligent decisions in selecting our countries leaders and allowed us to vote.  So now that I am exercising my right to vote - I have been following this nonsense.

First - What the hell was Obama thinking when using the lipstick comment? Idiot! He chose to use words in a speech that he WELL knew were no longer his to use. You cannot tell me that this man - who is claiming to be the change and champion for the people - did not understand that NOW that Sarah Palin had coined a phrase on National TV that the choice to use these words would NOT draw criticism. Please! He knew very well what he was doing and shame on his supporters for cheering him on.  Not only did he disrespect Gov Palin but his supporters showed American that they are not supporting him because of the issues at stake. They are still star strucked like deer caught in headlights…..btw do we have 57 states in the US? (As heard on the kid kraddick show in an interview with Obama - stating he had campaigned in all 57 states…I need to look that up….)

Second - Here is my pet peeve with the entire political process.  SAY what you MEAN?  If you want change, exactly - in plain English - what does that mean?  It’s amazing how in one article with thousands of comments, everyone is explaining what Obama really meant.  Is that what the Presidency would be like under him - (in journalists voice, let’s go over to Tim where he will tell us what the Obama administration meant about the comments he made today…..)

Third - We grow older and our lives change. I don’t know anyone who was born perfect. Do you?  Our responsibilities change, our goals, careers, priorities, etc…all change. We get wiser and our character changes with those experiences.  Why can’t I be for family? Why can’t I be for life? Why does that make me against choice?  The abortion issue to me is too controversial to touch.

Choice to me is about me having the ability to decide what happens to me. Now let’s put this into another perspective. I did a paper on the subject of female mutilation. Where female children have NO choice in the matter. They are held down against their will (by their mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, etc. ) and mutilated with a dirty razor. Based on their cultural beliefs - this is their rite of passage.  Women have fled these communities to escape this…..Your only choice in the matter is - willingly or unwillingly.

To provide a better choice for woman, there needs to be more education available to families about sex. Sex is a topic that should be taught by the family. Choice then becomes the decision to have sex - with or without protection. If you become pregnant - you have the choice to make any decision you want without being judged. Family support should be taught in schools.

While I have never had a position on abortion. I do believe that it should left up to the States and its residents. The people as a collective need to decide how to handle this. I am sure that there will be no state collective decision. McCain is for less beaucratic goverment - I highly believe in that.  People need to stand up and hold all of their leaders responsible for what they do. Americans, collectively, don’t understand the ramifications of the laws that they press for when the Federal goverment is involved….but that’s another story.

So this lipgloss wearing women is for the RIGHT change. I guess depending on what day it is depends if you can call me a pig….

I loved Governor Sarah Palin’s speech today. This woman knows her stuff. She’s funny and I love her! She broght it home for me. I was uncertain about who to vote for after Clinton was knocked out of the race.

Clinton stood on issues I cared about.  McCain stood on issues I cared about. I didn’t buy the “Message of hope to launch a career” hype from Obama.  Palin shows America that she is a regular American - making a change in this country just like McCain.

My Choice is McCain/Palin 08!

Nothing pisses me off more than the number of annoying (& stupid) people out there worried about the pregnancy of Palin’s daughter. All I can think of when reading comments from naysayers is a bold IDIOT!

The way the Palin’s have handled the situation shows grace and true support for family, morals, values, and life. There are so many people out there that just don’t have that.

They way I see it, is they could have just lectured her to death; stoned her to death; kicked her out of their home; forced her to have an abortion; or showed full non-support for the decision this young girl made.

This type of rejection would have no doubt defined a questionable trait in Sarah Palin’s character – instead she chose to support her daughter. Imagine what kind of change that would invoke on society if others did the same.

The pregnancy at 17 is no doubt rough but the circumstances that you are in make it bearable.

We also need to stop looking down on women (or about to be women) in these situations. Why is her pregnancy a big deal? Many of us grew up with grandparents who begin having children at 15, 16, 17, etc. Many of us turned out just fine. Society has out casted the creation of life – by a female. Boys and men are never questioned for having a child out of wedlock. Why is that? What makes a man so much better in the situation? What gives him the right to be forgiven and forgotten for his decision?

In our society, the race to the finish line is defined by how much you have accomplished in the means of power and possessions. Much of society is drowning in debt – racing to that fabulous 6 figure income. However, women are given detour signs and letters to hang around their necks for getting pregnant. (Ask how many women earning a 6 figure income what its like to start having babies or trying to when they have reached that finish line and find an empty feeling….)

I would rather count the blessings of having people who love me in my life.

As a parent, despite everything you teach your children- including how society defines acceptable behavior- you can never compete with human nature. You can only hope that they have truly defined who they are, where they are going, and that those intentions are stronger than human nature.

A couple of notes over the past days:

Hillary’s speech – perfect speech to show she understands the issues that matter to most Americans. The “insert here” support for Obama was not believable. She is one smart, tough, and inspirational woman. I have would have loved to see the final result of the conventional roll call.  I didn’t see it but I hear not every delegate voted for Obama and stayed true to the wishes of their constituents. An Obama/Clinton ticket would have been a slam dunk…..

Biden – is still a whom and who cares.

McCain picking Sarah Palin was a bold and probably a very smart move. The first thing out of the gate about her is the “change” that she has made in Alaska. She stands firmly and I will need to study more about her. But she definitely stirs the curiosity pot for me.

I still don’t agree with the Republicans need to stand on a very personal issue of abortion.  As I have pointed out before, in previous posts, God gives us life by giving us the breath of life. Adam was not alive until he breathed his first breath.  It’s very symbolic. It doesn’t talk about womb, woman, being a living being inside of another, etc. It clearly symbolizes that life begins when that being takes their first breath.  God made this world and nothing happens outside of God….think about that.

If someone is pro-life, does that mean you are only for life, when it suits you? You have to be conscious about what you do to affect life and does it better humanity or impede humanity. Is life, life? Who has a right to life?

Anyways for the next couple of months, I will be researching the candidates and basing my decision on who best exemplifies the issues that are important to me. I will post my findings here for you to follow along, if you like.

Since I work for a big company that has to comply with lots of rules – I have to follow legislation very closely. I know how it works and how bills get submitted and why they don’t. I know how special interests work and how much money they have to pay to get a Congress person to sit and listen to them for 10 minutes.

Side note – someone sent me a link to a woman who had looked at Clinton’s and Obama’s Congressional Record and tried to compare them. What she failed to do was include Clinton’s actual experience while President Clinton was in service. She also failed to see that Obama takes care of his own – lots of specific types of bills.

….but since the internet is hot and buzzing with extreme stupid reasons on why I should vote for one person over another…I will see what their records state.

M Obama Speech Grade F - Completely full of cliches.
Jackson guy - BORING!
Othe dude - what’s his name - ummm, so what.

oh…and wasn’t she bragging about raising her kids right - but they were correcting their father on national TV or interrupting him when he tried to speak….

Not watching tonight…..

Waiting for Hillary to speak! I think most of the country is too. It’s an exciting event this year. Hate or love her, people are waiting to see what she says or what she does. Blogs are hot and they can’t stop writing about her or her supporters…why?  Secretly they also hope she will somehow be President..just admit it!

 She’s the type of President I want - a mover or shaker. Not someone you mention and say “what did he do again?”

Next 4 years will be very interesting. I can’t wait until 2012. We may be living on the moon at that time….

Hate or love her - Hillary Clinton is my choice for President.

(*Note to posters - give yourself something better to do than try to tell me how to vote. You can surely express an educated opinion but you cross the line when you try to tell me how to think, how to vote or what to do - Nazies!)

Well, I peeked at the news this weekend. Obama picks Biden.  Who? It doesn’t excite me. I would be more excited if he would have chosen Tom Cruise…(It’s a joke for those who like to comment with bullshit.) Osame/Bin Laden campaign is not for me!

Anyways, I would like to see the Clinton delegates do something crazy! Shake this convention up and all vote for Clinton!  I cannot find any one person who has a decent sense of reality that is voting for Obama. He had a chance with Clinton, but now he threw that chance far into the gutter.

Here’s something else (yes, I do read). Obama has another thing coming. Just because Biden is Catholic doesn’t mean the Church supports his campaign. Biden cannot stand for one thing while Obama stands for another. Both candidates must stand on the values, morals, and beliefs of the Catholic Teaching.  You cannot be for the death penalty and against abortion at the same time. Either way it’s life- according to the Gospel of the Catholic Church. True Catholics will be independent (they cannot side with a belief of platform) and look at the issues and decide which candidate exemplifies the Catholic Teachings.  (For you naysayers, you may want to study the faithful citizen of the Catholic Church.) Don’t think I’m advocating either. I don’t necessarily agree with any Church brainwashing. God - who is the very being of my soul - guides my decisions.

Side note…delegate from Florida who confronted a Clinton supporter should be hung up by his toenails. He can definitely express his opinion, but you don’t tell someone how to vote or that they are stupid for not being democrat.  We all have an opinion and voice - errr isn’t that what Demo’s want. Idiot!

What to do?  How does the write-in candidate work? I guess I could look it up but I’m having to work overtime these days to make ends meet. Something I believe Demo’s want to tax more…the more I work..the more I pay taxes. Damm them!

Anyways - here’s something else that chaps my hide. I am the grand-daughter of a WW II veteran. Until the day he died, he never spoke of the war he was in. He never told us stories. His experience was kept to himself. While I may not agree with the reasons that put us in war situations, I have the obligation of keeping my grandfather’s memory of the war as he left it. Each person will experience it in their own way. Just because I MAY vote McCain doesn’t mean I am for war….however, war is the only way this country became free. Can other countries become free in the same manner? Possibly.

We AMERICANS forget how we got here. We have the power and military power to bring peace to other countries, even if it is forceful.  Why do we celebrate July 4th again? I don’t think it was the peyote we all passed around a campfire…give me a break!

Change of subject - today was my daughter’s first day of public school! Don’t you parents work! How the hell are there hundreds of parents picking up their kids after school…actually if you have time to pick up your kids in lounge wear, how do you afford the houses and taxes of the school district????? Another topic, another time.

I don’t pretend to know what’s going on with the election. I for one have never really looked at the issues. I have never really cared about the issues and when I did it was only about what was in my immediate environment. But can Clinton’s name at the Demo convention be a sign of fresh air?

You have to consider that there a many people like me out there. Never gave a rats ass about how the country was being ran, developing, or managed as long as it didn’t interfere with my life. Getting on with my life after college showed me the true status of women in this country. We have to work hard just to be a mom..just to work…just to be.  I have had to work to get where I am at and it has come with consequences along the way.  I am learning to stop waiting…for the wait.

I see Clinton out there trying her best to promote Obama. I don’t buy it like I have said before. Obama is not my choice and I cannot gravitate towards him to even begin to like him.  McCain, well his VP will be important, because how many years does he have left?

My feelings about Obama are like this: You are driving alone down a dark road. You are uncomfortable and something doesn’t feel right. After you try to talk yourself into continuing your journey, you decide it’s best to just go back home. So you turn around and drive back home. You are at ease and everything seems better. I keep coming back to Clinton as my choice and only choice.

OR

You work for a company where everyone who is NOT a manager actually knows what they are doing. You can find comfort and results in the people you work with. However, when you have a big problem, anyone with a title of Manager, Director, VP, President, etc can’t help you. They just don’t know. They feel overwhelmed when you bring problems to their table and expect you to deliver the solution. It makes you wonder how they got to the top - they were there when you were hired.  I feel that in a time of need - country despair - there will only be one hero who rises out the ashes to lead this country and that is Clinton.

So, as you can tell, I love Clinton. (No, not literally, but you get the picture.) There is something about her that puts me at ease; that makes it okay that I work; helps me know other moms can to; shows me how to be a committed and dedicated wife and gives me the slight curiosity to care.

Maybe her name will go into the convention nomination, maybe she will nominated, maybe she will get the VP slot, maybe………

Of lately, I have been doing what I do: reading, spending time with my family, watching Charmed, eating, drinking, working, etc. I realized – just realized – that the presidential election is lame. I am no longer interested. They day that Hillary got out of the race my hope for a new world vanished. With her, I read the new reports, kept up with the trash talkin’, read the online blogs, defended her, and prayed that she would be our next President. I have no idea what I will do in November. I can’t choose now, because I don’t trust McCain and I don’t trust Obama. Are the independent choices out yet? I don’t even know. Why is the campaign so lame now? Hillary provided the energy and heart to make me care about this world. She got me to my feet and made me wait in anticipation for casting my vote.

I feel like I am riding that calm before the storm wave. Something is coming – I don’t know what – but it’s going to be big.

I guess now that this has popped back into my head, I may research to see who are the candidates, but even with Hillary pulling behind Obama – I don’t feel it’s genuine.  November’s results will be a true representation of what the US wants – when all votes are counted. But if it’s not Hillary, I still won’t care. The presidential election is lame this year and it will be lame for the next 4 years. Not to mention the I told you so, more recession, higher gas prices, and more dead bodies in war…….God help us see you from the inside of our core.