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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: asdf2231 on October 05, 2008, 05:34:50 PM
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 02:07 PM
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Los Angeles Head of NOW endorses Palin as "REAL FEMINIST"
Shelly Mandell's (head of LA chapter of NOW) endorsement today of Sarah Palin as a feminist and supporter of woman's rights in Carson, CA at a Palin rally is a complete and utter AFFRONT to women.
What the HELL was she thinking? Supporting a woman who thinks we don't have the right to choose, whose policies as mayor required victims of rap to pay for their own rape kits? I am APPALLED. Mandell has single-handedly undermined NOW's legitimacy in way that is beyond measure.
Didn't NOW come out to publicly endorse Obama/Biden precisely because Palin's policies were so dangerous for women?
I am writing every NOW chapter I can find. This is an outrage. I hope Rachel picks this story up. Mandell should be asked to step down. If she wants to endorse Palin, she can do so as an individual-- not as a NOW chapter chair.
goddess40 (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 02:09 PM
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2. That's insane
Palin could be the calendar girl for what isn't a feminist.
True. She's a devoted Christian heterosexual who LIKES the man in her life. :tongue:
barbtries (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 02:09 PM
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3. they paid her.
like, lots and lots of money. i don't know. any feminist worth her salt is not endorsing the end timer.
Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 02:10 PM
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4. Wow. there really are "vagina voters"
I'd love a woman VP. JUST NOT THIS WOMAN!
Or Hillary either but we won't go THERE, lol!
TheWraith (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 02:13 PM
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8. I'm apalled, but not really surprised.
NOW's regional heads aren't exactly a brain trust. Remember when head of the NY State NOW chapter compared not supporting Hillary to gang rape? And then AGAIN when Kennedy endorsed Obama?
Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 02:21 PM
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16. No Sarah. There's a place in Hell reserved for the intellectually lazy
Edited on Sun Oct-05-08 02:21 PM by Midlodemocrat
and your spot is right over there.
Simply having the same genitalia as I do doesn't guarantee my vote. You're a major shit head and the sad part is, you know you're way out of your league, but you're too ****ing arrogant to admit it.
samdogmom (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 02:15 PM
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12. Huh? So credentials don't count any more. Now you just "flirt" your way to power!
Go figure. If true, this is a step back into the dinosaur/man on earth at the same time realm! WOW!
WillyT (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 02:37 PM
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23. She's A Divorce Attorney, A PUMA, And Apparently... A Cheapskate...
Divorce Attorney: http://www.shellymandell.net/home.nxg
PUMA: http://hillaryorbust.com/2008/10/pumas-at-the-palin-ral... /
A handwritten Palin sign was abandoned near us, so we got a marker and modified it to say “PALIN PUMA.†We spotted another PUMA area up in the eaves over to the right of us. They carried a sign that said “Hillary Supporter(s) for Palin.†I tried to wave to them with my PUMA sign, but I don’t think they saw us. It was good to see that other Hillary supporters were there though, even if we could not connect with them.
The event was well-organized, with a variety of speakers warming up the very enthusiastic crowd. These were mostly local Republicans, who thankfully talked briefly, perhaps five minutes or so. There were a lot of women Republicans who spoke, and a few Latinas as well. Actor Jon Voight also warmed up the crowd.
The biggest surprise to me was that the President of Los Angeles NOW (National Organization for Women), Shelly Mandell, arrived to announce Palin! She was greeted very warmly by the crowd and everyone cheered when she said about Palin: “This is what a feminist looks like.â€
Cheapskate: http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?last=MAN...
Oh... And I Forgot... A ****ING IDIOT!!!
riverdeep (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 04:30 PM
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33. Palin has basically tried to brand feminism as her own since she started.
Trying to make people think that feminism is anything that a woman claims it is. No, it's not. You're pro-life, for example, you're not a feminist, period. No independent feminist bullshit or any of that. You're just not, it's like a copyright infringement.
As far as this praising Palin, she should have some of her time freed up, as in no longer representing NOW.
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She'll be excommunicated soon enough.
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 04:30 PM
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33. Palin has basically tried to brand feminism as her own since she started.
Trying to make people think that feminism is anything that a woman claims it is. No, it's not. You're pro-life, for example, you're not a feminist, period. No independent feminist bullshit or any of that. You're just not, it's like a copyright infringement.
As far as this praising Palin, she should have some of her time freed up, as in no longer representing NOW.
Sometimes I read things that are so disturbing I can`t find the words to really describe the feeling they give.
This is one of those times.
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What the HELL was she thinking? Supporting a woman who thinks we don't have the right to choose, whose policies as mayor required victims of rap
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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Sometimes I read things that are so disturbing I can`t find the words to really describe the feeling they give.
This is one of those times.
In order to be a "real feminist," you have to be pro-death. Sick, sick, sick
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She'll be excommunicated soon enough.
Just as Tammy Bruce was.
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In order to be a "real feminist," you have to be pro-death. Sick, sick, sick
It's nice when they tell the truth, though, isn't it?
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NOWWAR (National Organization of Women Who Aren't Republicans) must be furious. :popcorn:
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This is an outrage. I hope Rachel picks this story up.
Uh...DUmmy...I don't know how to put this, but anything involving pregnancy is not really something that concerns Rachel Maddow on a personal level.
In her lifestyle, the closest equivalent to abortion might be the use of dental floss.
None of us would deny her that right, as it does not involve killing an innocent human.
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Palin peels the layers off of a very thin skinned onion.
Like I have always thought, if you are not a militant pro abortion ugly fat bull dyke, your are not a feminist.
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:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
I'm a victim of rap and I'm not going to take it anymore! Those idiots drive around with that loud thumping music.
Rap is wrong!
Or do you think she meant to say rape? Hard telling - a dummie is a dummie.
:shortbus:
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I'm a victim of rap and I'm not going to take it anymore! Those idiots drive around with that loud thumping music.
Rap is wrong!
Or do you think she meant to say rape? Hard telling - a dummie is a dummie.
:shortbus:
Well don't report it or Sarah Palin will make you pay for your own Rap Kit.
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Well don't report it or Sarah Palin will make you pay for your own Rap Kit.
Does that include a beat box?
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I love it when we hit the bullseye (Sarah's nomination and popularity). They are really showing their true colors now.
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Does that include a beat box?
A beat box with a microphone, a Casio PT-10 keyboard, a pair of dark shades, and some oversized almost real looking bling.
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that quote "I'd love a female VP, just not THIS woman". works as an argument for them, but nor for us when we say "I'd love a black man for Pres, just not THIS black man". They call us racist.
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samdogmom (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-05-08 02:15 PM
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12. Huh? So credentials don't count any more. Now you just "flirt" your way to power!
That formula is working for the messiahnfuhrer.