Pennsylvania Primary Day
Today marks the day of the presidential primary in Pennsylvania. I have been looking forward to this day since reading websites talking about Super Tuesday. I have done my research, know who I’m voting for, knew I had to get my state ID renewed since it is almost six months expired, I thought I had everything in order.
I decided that I would go and renew my ID yesterday since the boyfriend’s driver’s license needs to be renewed and while looking up the business hours for the DMV, I read that I couldn’t just show up and get my ID renewed. Where was I when they decided these rules? I just showed up and got my ID initially, why do I need to mail out some papers and wait for them to mail me back papers and make an appointment now that I want to renew it? I call shenanigans!
So since I am without identification to go along with my little slip of paper saying I can vote, I can’t and I am pissed! I love voting; I take my right to vote very seriously and of course this would happen. So if anyone out there lives in Pennsylvania and didn’t plan on voting, why don’t you go out and vote for Obama for me so I can feel like I kinda sorta voted? That’d be just swell, thanks.
McCain Clearly Has No Idea What He is Talking About–Ever
If you’ve been caught up in the Hillary/Obama race for the democratic nomination, you may have missed some of McCain’s recent word vomit. Here are my top three picks of classic McCain moments, but for the full top 10 go visit AlterNet.
Funny, this reminds me way too much of Bush’s “Bushisms”. No wonder Bush supports this fool!
“No American argues against our military presence in Korea or Japan or Germany or Kuwait or other places, or Turkey, because America is not receiving casualties.”
Responding to a student who criticized his remark about our staying in Iraq for 100 years
I love the subtle “or other places” he decided to throw into the mix there; as if he simply could not remember just how many other countries America is or has occupied. Of course people are going to start to speak up about our military presence being where it simply was not warranted and based off of pure lies. Republicans seem to be sad about the majority of people not giving in to their brainwashing tactics anymore.
“[I am] very proud to have Pastor John Hagee’s support.”
This is beyond hilarious to me. First of all, oh no we have another Pastor case on our hands! But while millions of people were busy pointing fingers at Obama and declaring him a racist, most don’t know about Pastor John Hagee, who in his latest book, Jerusalem Countdown, he calls Hitler a Catholic who murdered Jews while the Catholic Church did nothing. ‘The sell-out of Catholicism to Hitler began not with the people but with the Vatican itself.’ Real nice.
“It [is] “common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that’s well known. And it’s unfortunate.”
A few moments later, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, admiringly gazing at McCain until that moment, stepped up and whispered something in the presidential candidate’s ear. McCain then blurted out: “I’m sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda.”
Alzheimer’s, anyone? For being at war for five years you would think a president hopeful would oh I don’t know, know what he’s talking about? Maybe I’m just weird and practical like that.
A Long Day Can Be Used as an Excuse for Calling Your Wife a Cunt
The Real McCain, a book by Cliff Schecter has a surprising little anecdote regarding McCain and his infamous temper.
“Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain’s intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, “You’re getting a little thin up there.” McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt.” McCain’s excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.”
McCain called his wife a trollop and a cunt all in one sentence; he has skills, baby! The last sentence there really does make you think–McCain has the audacity to blame his misogynistic behavior on a long day yet he is running for president? Don’t presidents have many long days? If McCain felt the need to call his wife a cunt in front of the people of his campaign, I have to agree with Jessica over at Feministing when she says she wonders how he treats his wife when they’re alone.
When it comes to McCain, not only are we dealing with someone obviously not fit to be president when he is a definite warmonger, but we are also dealing with someone who sees it as perfectly fine to give half ass excuses for belittling his own wife in front of people working for him and a temper proven to flare up at a moment’s notice.
Feminism at its Finest: March 2008
Welcome to Feminism at its Finest, March 2008 edition. This is by far the largest edition we have had to date and I am very excited for this carnival to keep building awareness and momentum. So let’s get to the submissions.
Blue presents Hotties On TV Sell Get Rich Scams, a post talking about an infomercial that I have seen on some lazy late nights that used women who are depicted as brainless and naive while objectifying women and using the “sex sells” mentality and sadly, they are selling to millions of people using this mentality. This post can be seen at Money Blue Book.
Carol presents What Kind of Feminist Am I? posted at Can’t Holder Tongue.
Christine presents Is Marriage Outdated?, which starts off with:
“The marriage ritual is Anglo-Saxon in nature and archaic in today’s society. Marriage for tax break reasons is not a very romantic notion nor should it be a reason for two people to stay together.”
Posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France.
She also presents Think Before You Vote,posted at Me, My Kid and Life.
Clever Elsie presents a few posts, first off we have “Marry Him” by Lori Gottlieb: A Singletude Response and How Single Men Make Women Settle, which is a followup on the “Marry Him” post about how Lori Gottlieb says that women settle, but men don’t have to and Commit to Yourself, a great post on a tongue in cheek idea of self-commitment parties, which I find to be a refreshing new look on being a happy single. All of these posts can be seen at Singletude: A Positive Blog for Singles.
Edith presents How to Succeed Without Being a Man, an interview with Kerrie Halmi, posted at Edith Yeung.
Greg Laden presents Board Room Gender Gap posted at Greg Laden’s Blog.
Katie presents Powerful Speech: Suggestions For Feminist Media, saying:
“This lets feminist media makers (like we bloggers!) one of the most useful things we can do right now (and, I suppose, forever?) to end sexual/gendered violence against a huge population of women.”
This post can be seen at Brown Femi Power.
Lori Jewett presents Ending Violence Against Women, saying:
“Strong, confident women everywhere are making themselves heard, but violence against women still threatens us. Learn more about women’s struggles against this plague of violence and what you can do to help.”
She also presents Coming Together for Change, saying:
“What the world needs now…is a woman in the White House. Rational, compassionate thinking, the ability to bring people together, the creation of consensus, real change…isn’t it about time?”
These posts can be seen over at Between Us Girls.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Hysterical Lefty Bloggers Whine For Clinton To Leave Obama Alone, a great limerick, as well as Ode To Eliot Spitzer, posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.
Marcella Chester presents Socialization Which Sets Up Sex Predator/Passive Victim Model posted at abyss2hope.
Tina Su presents A Gift That Wows!, saying that the best gifts we can give another person are appreciation and open communication, posted at Think Simple. Be Decisive.
Tracee Sioux presents a few posts, Girl Characters and Geena Davis, saying:
“Girl characters are outnumbered 3 to 1. Geena Davis Institute on Gender in the Media is trying to change that. A look at some studies and what you can do to help.”
Posted at So Sioux Me.
She also presents Mood Shaper, a post on how a full-body girdle made her feel about herself, including adjectives such as angry, moody, irritable, cramped, shoved in, judged, restricted, oppressed, repressed, hostile, wrong, fat, unacceptable, picked apart, flawed, pinched, unworthy, squished and frustrated, as well as Stop Abortion Vote Healthcare!, saying:
“With healthcare for disenfranchised women on the table we have an unprecidented opportunity to drastically reduce the abortion rate without criminalizing women in poverty.”
These posts can be seen at Blog Fabulous.
And that’s it for this edition! Make sure to submit your feminist posts for next month, which will be up on Wednesday, April 30.
Voting for Hillary Just Because She’s a Woman?
The topic of being a feminist and Hillary Clinton has come up quite a bit across many websites that I read and I have been meaning to address my feelings on the topic for quite some time now.
Are people counting on the population of feminists to secure Hillary’s standing in the presidential election? Are people counting on the population of women as a whole to secure Hillary’s standing? I think some are, but in a way I feel that that specific way of thinking is doing nothing but addressing women as nothing but sheep who believe that just because a woman is looking to find her way into the white house that other women will help her get there. I do not believe that by being a woman, or by being a feminist, that I am trumped to vote for Hillary no matter what just because she’s a woman.
This argument also reaches to Obama. Are black people voting for Obama just because he’s “one of them?” When putting it that way, of course it sounds racist, but by believing women will vote for a woman candidate based purely on reproductive organs, it is treating that situation the exact same way if people were to come right out and say “Well the only reason you’re voting for Obama is because you’re also black.” Or the same goes for McCain with “You’re only voting for McCain because he’s an old, white man and you also happen to be an old, white man.”
What ever happened to voting for a candidate based purely on how they stand on issues you feel strongly about? If Hillary was pro-life, would women still feel the need to vote for her based solely on her gender? I sure as hell hope not.
Some feminists believe that by not voting for Hillary, you are being a bad feminist and to me, this sounds a bit out of line. Sure, a woman president is good for history and on the same line, an African American president is also good for history, but does that really play a part in who would do the best job in office? Feminism is a movement that is based on equality and being granted the same rights and freedoms that men have, so by voting for a woman candidate just because she’s a woman, aren’t we taking a step in the wrong direction? Are we saying to hell with the men candidates just because there is a woman running for president? Isn’t that a bit sexist?
I am a firm believer that when it comes to voting someone into office, we must look closely at what their mission is and how they stand on issues that I care a great deal about. I believe that we must vote for the person whom we can agree with the most and who has our same ideals. I believe that who I vote for can be a man or a woman, as long as I can agree with what they are saying.
Our primary here will take place in April and when I vote, I will not be voting for Hillary. I do not believe that I am being a bad feminist or a bad woman by not voting for her, I simply do not believe that she will do the best job in office. By voting for someone who I believe would do the best job as president and who stands firmly on issues that I care about is what makes me a good feminist, it is what makes me a good woman and most importantly, it makes me a good citizen.
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