Women Against Sarah Palin
Now, I typically try to stay away from politics. In 10th grade, my social teacher gave me the most useful piece of advice ever. He told the class to never engage in conversation about religion or politics. Everyone has their own views on both subjects, and those views are not easily swayed.
However, I recently received word about a new blog that has been created by some women who have a strong opinion of VP candidate Sarah Palin. To quote the blog directly, they say -
“On Wednesday, September 3, we sent out an email to 40 friends and colleagues asking them to respond to Sarah Palin’s candidacy as Vice President of the United States. They forwarded the letter to their friends across America. To date, we have received more than 100,000 responses from women of all ages and backgrounds. Below are their voices.”
This strikes me because this sudden movement is not just one opinion, but the opinion of many. Another thing I learned growing up is that if you get the same piece of advice from multiple individuals, it is wise to take it. I will not express my personal views as of yet, because I am still educating myself on this election. All I can say is that I personally think this is the sketchiest (it’s a word, honest) election I have witnessed. I don’t feel confident on either side, although I’m sure that everyone will express why I should feel one way or another, just as with religion.
Take a few moments and check out the new blog, Women Against Sarah Palin, simply because any movement to draw over 100,000 immediate responses I feel is worth the read. These women are taking the time to post each response they received, and that effort deserves the reward of my eyes, so I share this with you.
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September 12 2008 02:41 am | Step One: Express Yourself
September 12th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Thanks for posting about this site. Its very interesting and as we try to learn more about this elusive candidate. I’m reading all I can and the more I learn, the more concerned I am. I’m glad to find that there are so many women out there who aren’t falling for McCain’s ploy to lure women voters to his ticket. Women concerned about the prospect of what will happen to this country we love if Sarah Palin and John McCain make it into the White House. Our children will have it hard enough thanks to the “Bushonomics” and self-serving policies we’ve had to live with. We literally cannot afford McCain/Palin.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:24 am
As a Baby Boomer who came of age in the 70s I also echo the sentiments that I am afraid for my grown daughters as well as my granddaughter if Sarah Palin is elected VP. I will not fall victim to the ploys to gain my vote simply because she is a woman. She is not the RIGHT woman for this position.
September 12th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Sarah Palin could not be more different from Hillary Clinton. The only thing they share is their gender. After watching Palin’s acceptance speech at the RNC I did something I’ve never done, ever: I contributed money to the Democratic Party.
September 14th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I think it is better to support your candidate rather than be against anything. I just don’t know what Sarah’s thing is and how she will manage her life during this campaign and possible vice presidency. I can’t say that I connect with her, but her bag is not my bag.
Women in the political arena this year has brought to search some very interesting views of women in general.
I am too interested in this subject and have a poll on my blog.
September 15th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Hello there,
I cannot stand the thought people are thinking when they say Obama will make things better. How exactly will that happen if he raising taxes and passing bills to spend way too much money? I do not know why you blame things on Bush…he is just cleaning up Clinton’s mistake. I cannot even believe you are comparing Sarah to Hillary. Two people could not be so much different.
You should not vote for a person because of a party line, but vote on what you believe in. Look at their websites and see where your beliefs lie. If you are a worker and make a certain amount of money…I am not sure why you would not vote for McCain. If we got taxed double what we are now (and that is Obama’s plan)…we will go under and lose everything.
Good luck and think things through instead of spreading hate.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Lisa,
Obama does not plan to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 per year — McCain does — you need to check out the respective websites and facts.
The assertion that Bush’s disasters over the past 8 years are “just cleaning up Clinton’s mistake” is laughable — and it’s frightening to me that anyone would believe something so simplistic.
I agree — think things through
September 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Is it not a little frightening to know there are still people out there that think Bush is getting a bad break here? I wouldn’t call Palin scary, however I would say that it find this whole episode to be a huge joke. No way does anyone with a half a brain or an IQ above 10 not feel insulted in some way or another. I might just be bitter about losing Hillary, no… I just might actually educate myself in this arena. Thanks for directing me to the site.
September 18th, 2008 at 9:49 am
I have to say that any site that promotes hate for anyone and talks down about someone’s family is not a great resource for anyone who is trying to make an educated decision.
While I usually avoid the topics of politics and religion, this election and the negativity of so many have sparked my interest. I can not help but speak out and share my thoughts on this issue, which I also included a couple recent posts on my parenting blog related to Gov Palin.
This is my bottom line: As a Catholic, I would rather vote on the side of protecting the unborn or those born alive and survived an abortion than vote for anyone who supports the killing of innocent babies. This website and Gianna’s experience should be enough to influence any decent human being to protect the unborn and those born alive, http://www.bornalivetruth.org/default.aspx
While the economy, foreign policy and all of the issues that concern our country are important, there is NOTHING more important than caring for our young and the innocent. God will provide and take care of our needs. There is no reason anyone should condone putting an innocent child to death simply because their birth is an inconvenience to the parents.
We need to protect life and our children, they are our future. One of those unfortunate aborted babies could have grown up to discover a cure for cancer. We can not allow evil, greed and politics to interfere with the value of human life. I hope you will vote on the side of respect for human life, particularly when choosing to protect the life of innocent babies.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:35 am
I love how this blogger addresses ‘political discourse’. In short - it’s just a polite post about how not to offend others and still have a little tact when discussing politics.
http://rocksinmydryer.typepad.com/shannon/2008/09/the-southern-gi.html
September 19th, 2008 at 6:16 am
“I have to say that any site that promotes hate for anyone and talks down about someone’s family is not a great resource for anyone who is trying to make an educated decision.”
I think that is wonderful advice!
I tend to be middle-of-the-road in politics, but I have researched Palin and her background quite a bit and I feel comfortable with her. I’m an educated career mother who is supporting that ticket.
I don’t think any of us can say that any one candidate is great. I’m sick of the “lesser of two evils” choices but that’s what we’re stuck with these days, unfortunately. We just have to pick the one that we hope will represent our overall beliefs the best. Both of them have some good things to say about particular issues. Something we can’t forget is that even though one ticket gets the title, they aren’t the only ones calling the shots. They will have people advising them and helping them.
One thing that scares me the most about the Obama ticket is universal healthcare. I know we need changes in our system, and I don’t know what the answers are but it’s not mandatory universal healthcare. I have friends in countries where they have this, and they hate it. Those who can afford it come to the U.S. for quality care (even from Europe!). If you have serious medical needs or have a child with serious medical needs, you can’t get the care for them over there anymore that you can get here, according to them. Routine mammograms, colonoscopies, etc.? Forget it unless you’re showing serious enough symptoms to make it too late. There are a lot of things I think our country can afford to make mistakes in — and we’ve certainly seen more than a fair amount of mistakes made, but this healthcare issue isn’t one of them. It’s one of those things that once everyone realizes it was a mistake, it won’t ever be undone because we won’t be able to.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:52 am
I agree with you. Neither candidate it ideal and it’s up to each of us to determine what we hope to achieve in our future.
I do, however, disagree with the Universal Healthcare. It would depend on what type of “Universal” care they would provide. The coverage I believe you are speaking of is the basic or “sick” coverage many countries provide. Citizens can purchase supplemental insurance for additional coverage, which would explain why the routine care isn’t covered for them.
Wikipedia gives a detailed explanation of the world wide coverage that governments provide, stating that The US is “is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system”.
Ideally, I would hope for the care received in England. The NHS (National Healthcare Service Act)provides the majority of healthcare in England, indluding primary care, in patient care, long-term healthcare, ophthalmology and dentistry. “With the exception of small subsidised charges for prescriptions, dentistry and ophthalmology (which themselves are free to children, the elderly, the unemployed and those on low incomes), all treatment is free”.
If we’re talking about something along those lines, I’d be more inclined to support that candidate. When I was pregnant last year, I was told my $5k deductable would reset 4/1. My son wasn’t due until 4/9. I had met my deductable already and was expecting my labor and care to now be covered. If I hadn’t gone into early labor and had my son 3/21, I would have had to pay an additional $5k simply because of my due date.
This election certainly won’t be pretty. There are a lot of strong feelings and opinions about. The bottom line is what is best for ourselves and our families. November is coming quick and a decision will be made. We can only hope to improve in time, god help us if it gets any worse…
September 25th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
I so totally agree- neither candidate is ideal. AND…that I typically stay out of politics but seriously, how can we remove ourselves from this situation? Because we have children, jobs, husbands and homes we MUST identify with her? I don’t. I would love to believe that I identify with a President differently than I would someone in my day to day life. I want MY president to be smarter than I am ( much, much smarter!) and I could care less if she has children and holds a political office, heck I have children and hold ….the car keys, the checkbook, the football pads, the soccer schedule, the shopping list, the retirement plan the life insurance and oh yeah MY LIPSTICK….
September 26th, 2008 at 2:38 am
I don’t even understand why they feel the need to stress she’s a mom, like it’s some major thing for her to be in office if she’s a parent. Just about every President in History has had children.