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Which Candidate would best represent Women's Rights? (Repost)
I would like to perform a gedankenexperiment that assumes the Presidential nominees are John McCain and Barack Obama. I call this a thought experiment because there is, as of this posting, no guantee that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee. But let's assume that he his (please don't post that he is already the nominee, that's not my point and, unfair to the gedankenexperiment), who between McCain and Obama would better represent women's rights?
I used "the Google" to find McCain's website. I'm surprised he even knows what the internets is. I will stay largely silent on this issue because I'm interested in what you have to say.
Please post and discuss.
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Is there some reason you reposted this?
June 3, 2008 12:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, I don't see it on any recent reader posts. The conspiracy pilot in me says I'm blacklisted, but do you see this post there? Am I crazy? Am I a dipshit? Wait, don't answer that, I don't want to know the truth. But can you see it listed there?
June 3, 2008 12:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
It's not there because too many other posters are posting at the same time. I, for one, don't mind you reposting because I believe my comments meant something (for a rarity), and your post is kinda gone now, except if Customer0012 and I click on your username. And you made a good point, Chauncey, the first time around.
June 3, 2008 12:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
LisB-Thanks. And really, I wanted to repost so you could remake your arguement, which was great. Now that this post is destined to failure, I want to tell you why I made the post. Perhaps I'm revealing too much, but what I really wanted to do is bring in the Hillary vote without seeming too obvious. I failed. But, maybe you could start the arguement, if you think it's a good one. It really seems to me that some of the "angry" voters are older, white women. It seemed to me that if that really was the case, than an honest and open discusion would bring them back at least, to the Democratic party view. It seemed to me like a good talking point (particularly after seeing the woman from NY at the RBC, I'm creep'd by it, but in some, sad, way I can hear what she is saying).
Anyway, I love your comments, don't let them stop.
CB
June 3, 2008 1:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think you would do well to check out Obama's speech to planned parenthood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUl99id2SvM
and also NARAL's page
http://www.naral.org/elections/statements/obama.html
June 3, 2008 1:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think anyone who would call his wife the C word is disqualified from representing women in any way.
It's disgusting. How can one even justify using it in the heat of the moment? This type of thing has never even crossed my mind,.. no matter how mad I am.
I am surprised he wasn't pushed out of politics like the seinfeld guy has been from comedy for his outburst. I think it says a lot about the republican party that he could do that and still be in politics.
June 3, 2008 3:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
It's definitely a big, ugly black mark for McCain, but I don't think that one act disqualifies him. No, it's his voting record and stated intentions for who he'd appoint to the Supreme Court that disqualifies him in my book.
June 3, 2008 7:46 AM | Reply | Permalink