Sarah Palin Supporters did NOT swing the NOW election….

by taggles

Hillary Clinton supporters who were fed up and ticked off at NOW for not defending Sarah Palin against the sexist attacks, that had already knee capped Hillary’s presidential campaign, could be the ones that swung the NOW election. The meme that Sarah Palin (pro-lifers) swung the election is a re-writing of history. Many women were quite pissed off about NOW’s silence regarding the sexism perpetrated against Sarah Palin. Kim Gandy, as President of NOW, held the organization back from speaking out against the sexism and in fact, allowed members to use sexist attacks against Sarah Palin, when campaigning for a man who used sexist attacks himself. And the anger has been boiling ever since. What about the conscience rule? What about having to consult our pastors and fathers before an abortion procedure? What about FOCA? And the list goes on……….

Does this mean that people who defended Sarah Palin against sexist attacks are Republican, Pro-lifers. The answer to that is an emphatic NO. In fact, that is quite a jump. Defending a woman from sexist attacks is completely different than agreeing with her politically. Many women have come to realization that regardless of political ideology, women should defend women from sexist attacks. PERIOD! That doesn’t mean giving political support.

Where things get confusing is when you add in PUMA’s (Hillary supporters – Pro Choice Democrats) who decided they would make protest votes against Barack Obama. The reasoning for these protest votes are quite varied. For some PUMA’s the protest vote was against the DNC for their behavior on May 31st at the RBC meeting. For others it was a protest vote against Barack Obama for using and allowing sexist attacks on Hillary Clinton. And for some, Sarah Palin was just the next victim of sexism and people felt compelled to defend her with their votes.

But the meme from Lyles and Gandy supporters, that anyone who disagrees with them or their supporters is a RW lemming, is quite reminiscent of the type of smears that PUMA’s have been subjected to for well over a year now.

PUMA’s are not Right Wing Republicans. We are pro-choice left leaning liberals who hold fast to certain principles. Like no cheating, or bigotry of any form. I never supported Sarah Palin, I made a protest vote against the DNC and the sexism perpetrated against Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. Most PUMA’s I know made protest votes. That is not to say that there were not right wing Republicans who tried to find a home within PUMA and co opt it. I have been fighting that since last Summer, starting with Just Say No Deal. I removed myself from that organization the moment they decided to use John McCain resources to further what they felt was the PUMA cause. I had verbal altercations with the founders of Just Say No Deal and members who were co-opting it for John McCain. I and others, thank goodness, had a very different idea about what the PUMA cause was. We held fast to the value that every PUMA was to make their own decision regarding their protest votes and endorsed NO candidate. Also, I helped co-found this website to make it clear to anyone reading that we are left leaning, fed up, disenfranchised democrats without true political representation. We hope to have some representation one day!

Hope this sets the history straight for any Obama supporting lurkers out there who find it fashionable to re-write it. And just for the benefit of Obama supporting lurkers, know that I’m still pissed off about the RBC meeting and the DNC manipulation of an election and the sexism, along with millions of others.

Not to rub salt into the wound, Obama supporter lurkers, but how’s all the Obama worship working out for ya now?? Torture?? Wiretapping?? Healthcare?? Conscience Rule?? FOCA?? DATD?? DOMA?? Transparency?? When will you wake the hell up?? What will it take??