Last night, my "Republican" boyfriend (he is really a Libertarian, but refuses to look into it because that would make me right) took down the "Another Family for John McCain" yard sign from my lawn and said "He's an idiot. He's not going to win. I'm done with him."
I was shocked - ecstatic, but shocked. This is from the same man who for months has been telling me how crazy I am not to support him and who has ignored common sense about why Obama should be the next President (not that I know whether or not his vote has changed).
At er this discussion on my lawn, he then said:
"Did you see that video with Palin down south somewhere? Some jerk in the crowd yelled 'Kill Him' when she was talking about Obama and she just smirked. She didn't denounce the outburst, she did nothing but condone it by smirking. That's just wrong."
And that in a nutshell is how Palin lost this election for John McCain. Behind her smooth, controlled exterior we get little peaks at who she is, and ultimately what she has turned McCain's campaign into. She is the bitter little Chihuahua yapping and snapping at your ankles so McCain doesn't look like the bad guy. And suddenly the Democrats complaints about Palin's lack of experience, have silently become the Republicans reason why she can get away with this lack of self control, self respect, and discipline in this campaign. It's like an abusive marriage where the wife is the perpetrator and the husband the victim.
She just keeps biting away at your ankles until you've had enough and eventually kick her off of you. And if that day comes, Obama becomes the abuser.
Showing posts with label John McCain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John McCain. Show all posts
Friday, October 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Country First: Why John McCain's Age & Health Matters
Watching last nights debate, I couldn't stop myself from thinking: "Wow, John McCain really looks old."
Now, you all should know that I was fortunate enough to meet John McCain after a speech he delivered in 2004 at the University of Detroit Mercy Law School. I was there representing 'Rock the Vote' and McCain made it a point to thank me for registering voters. We chatted for a couple of minutes. I remembered noticing then, his poor handshake (as a result of his treatment as a POW), his height (barely taller than I at 5'3 1/2") and his skin. Prior to his recent campaign for presidency and his new found loyalty to our current President, John McCain was always my favorite Republican. I may have even voted for him in 2000.
But last night, watching him walk around in the town hall setup, next to Barack Obama, his age was glaringly obvious, and not in a kind or flattering way. Let's face the facts, if he is elected, he will be the oldest president ever, and he has/had cancer.
I assume that by this point in their lives, Cindy & John have settled their wills, created trusts and funeral arrangements in order to make their passing more bearable or easy for their children. They put their "Family First."
John McCain claims to put "Country First" throughout this campaign, however his selection of Sarah Palin for VP running mate would hardly make the potential passing of a president easier on the children of this nation, the voters. His real strategy is "Election First." Had he chosen Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Ridge, Olympia Snowe or the other host of people available to him, he could have continued his "Country First" campaign. They could have been his will, his trust, his estate. However, Palin seems uncertain of what McCain's strategy, desires, goals, and opinions are. How can she carry out what John McCain believes is best for this country if she herself is unsure?
Noone wishes death upon McCain, however, death in this election could be a reality. McCain should have used his judgement to make sure his children were taken of.
Now, you all should know that I was fortunate enough to meet John McCain after a speech he delivered in 2004 at the University of Detroit Mercy Law School. I was there representing 'Rock the Vote' and McCain made it a point to thank me for registering voters. We chatted for a couple of minutes. I remembered noticing then, his poor handshake (as a result of his treatment as a POW), his height (barely taller than I at 5'3 1/2") and his skin. Prior to his recent campaign for presidency and his new found loyalty to our current President, John McCain was always my favorite Republican. I may have even voted for him in 2000.
But last night, watching him walk around in the town hall setup, next to Barack Obama, his age was glaringly obvious, and not in a kind or flattering way. Let's face the facts, if he is elected, he will be the oldest president ever, and he has/had cancer.
I assume that by this point in their lives, Cindy & John have settled their wills, created trusts and funeral arrangements in order to make their passing more bearable or easy for their children. They put their "Family First."
John McCain claims to put "Country First" throughout this campaign, however his selection of Sarah Palin for VP running mate would hardly make the potential passing of a president easier on the children of this nation, the voters. His real strategy is "Election First." Had he chosen Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Ridge, Olympia Snowe or the other host of people available to him, he could have continued his "Country First" campaign. They could have been his will, his trust, his estate. However, Palin seems uncertain of what McCain's strategy, desires, goals, and opinions are. How can she carry out what John McCain believes is best for this country if she herself is unsure?
Noone wishes death upon McCain, however, death in this election could be a reality. McCain should have used his judgement to make sure his children were taken of.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Who's Censoring Who?
Today, in repsonse to questions about the debate America's Favorite Governor said the following:
Palin also claimed she was eager for the debate since the media had been 'censoring' her: "Getting to speak directly to Americans without that filter of mainstream media trying to I think maybe censor some of my comments as we lay out those contrasts between these two different tickets."
Do you really think it's the media censoring you or your #1 guy?
"Clock is ticking as McCain campaign hides Palin"
www.crooksandliars.com
"McCain hides Palin from Media"
www.drudgereport.com
"Would McCain hide Palin from the press if she were'nt a woman?"
www.newsvine.com
"'Pitbull Palin' hides from press"
www.tennesseefree.com
"Palin hides from press"
www.worldnews.com
"Sarah Palin meets world leader - Reporters kept away?"
www.abcnews.com
Palin also claimed she was eager for the debate since the media had been 'censoring' her: "Getting to speak directly to Americans without that filter of mainstream media trying to I think maybe censor some of my comments as we lay out those contrasts between these two different tickets."
Do you really think it's the media censoring you or your #1 guy?
"Clock is ticking as McCain campaign hides Palin"
www.crooksandliars.com
"McCain hides Palin from Media"
www.drudgereport.com
"Would McCain hide Palin from the press if she were'nt a woman?"
www.newsvine.com
"'Pitbull Palin' hides from press"
www.tennesseefree.com
"Palin hides from press"
www.worldnews.com
"Sarah Palin meets world leader - Reporters kept away?"
www.abcnews.com
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Not an original, but one every Woman should read
John McCain is one of only a few Senators to earn a Zero percent lifetime rating from Planned Parenthood’s Action Fund, and he only scored that high because the organization doesn’t have a lower rating…. Let’s look at his record:
He voted against requiring health care plans to cover birth control (3/22/03).
He voted against comprehensive, medically accurate sex education (7/25/06).
He voted against international family planning funding (3/14/96).
He voted against funding to prevent teen and unintended pregnancies (3/17/05).
He voted against public education for emergency contraception (3/17/05).
And he voted against restoring Medicaid funding that could be used for family planning for low-income women (3/17/05).
NPR reported (2/2/08) that, “Many Republican voters seem to believe, incorrectly, that the current Republican front-runner, Arizona Senator John McCain, supports abortion rights.”
John McCain wants us to believe that he’s a moderate who supports improving the health of women in the United States, but in fact he’s among the most extreme members of Congress who voted against common sense measures on family planning, sex education and access to basic healthcare.
David Greenberg, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood in Oregon,
This is a forward I am proud to share. . . .
This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.
Remember, it was not until 1920that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed
nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking
for the vote.
And by the end of the night, they were barely alive.
Forty prison g uards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing
went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of
'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'
(Lucy Burns)
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above
her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping
for air.
(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her
head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate,
Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack.
Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging,
beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.
Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917,
when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his
guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because
they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right
to vote.
For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their
food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.
(Alice Paul)
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks
until word was smuggled out to the press.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/prisoners.pdf
So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because -
-why, exactly? We have carpool duties? We have to get to work?
Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining?
Last week, I went to a sparsely attended screening of HBO's new
movie 'Iron Jawed Angels.' It is a graphic depiction of the battle
these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling
booth and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.
All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the
actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote.
Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege.
Sometimes it was inconvenient.
My friend Wendy, who is my age and studied women's history,
saw the HBO movie, too. When she stopped by my desk to talk
about it, she looked angry. She was--with herself. 'One thought
kept coming back to me as I watched that movie,' she said.
'What would those women think of the way I use, or don't use,
my right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just
younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn.' The
right to vote, she said, had become valuable to her 'all over again.'
HBO released the movie on video and DVD . I wish all history,
social studies and government teachers would include the movie in
their curriculum I want it shown on Bunco night, too, and anywhere
else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of so cializing,
but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think
a little shock therapy is in order.
It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.
The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.'
Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know.
We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so
hard for by these very courageous women. Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party - remember to vote.
History is being made.
He voted against requiring health care plans to cover birth control (3/22/03).
He voted against comprehensive, medically accurate sex education (7/25/06).
He voted against international family planning funding (3/14/96).
He voted against funding to prevent teen and unintended pregnancies (3/17/05).
He voted against public education for emergency contraception (3/17/05).
And he voted against restoring Medicaid funding that could be used for family planning for low-income women (3/17/05).
NPR reported (2/2/08) that, “Many Republican voters seem to believe, incorrectly, that the current Republican front-runner, Arizona Senator John McCain, supports abortion rights.”
John McCain wants us to believe that he’s a moderate who supports improving the health of women in the United States, but in fact he’s among the most extreme members of Congress who voted against common sense measures on family planning, sex education and access to basic healthcare.
David Greenberg, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood in Oregon,
This is a forward I am proud to share. . . .
This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.
Remember, it was not until 1920that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed
nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking
for the vote.
And by the end of the night, they were barely alive.
Forty prison g uards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing
went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of
'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'
(Lucy Burns)
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above
her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping
for air.
(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her
head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate,
Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack.
Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging,
beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.
Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917,
when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his
guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because
they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right
to vote.
For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their
food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.
(Alice Paul)
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks
until word was smuggled out to the press.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/prisoners.pdf
So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because -
-why, exactly? We have carpool duties? We have to get to work?
Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining?
Last week, I went to a sparsely attended screening of HBO's new
movie 'Iron Jawed Angels.' It is a graphic depiction of the battle
these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling
booth and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.
All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the
actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote.
Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege.
Sometimes it was inconvenient.
My friend Wendy, who is my age and studied women's history,
saw the HBO movie, too. When she stopped by my desk to talk
about it, she looked angry. She was--with herself. 'One thought
kept coming back to me as I watched that movie,' she said.
'What would those women think of the way I use, or don't use,
my right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just
younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn.' The
right to vote, she said, had become valuable to her 'all over again.'
HBO released the movie on video and DVD . I wish all history,
social studies and government teachers would include the movie in
their curriculum I want it shown on Bunco night, too, and anywhere
else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of so cializing,
but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think
a little shock therapy is in order.
It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.
The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.'
Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know.
We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so
hard for by these very courageous women. Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party - remember to vote.
History is being made.
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