Petition Against Palin
This arrived in my email inbox today. I thought it nailed my exact sentiments where Palin was concerned. We reject her on her merits, not on her personal details. Sometimes a vote just doesn’t seem like it’s enough…
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Say no to Palin
Friends, compatriots, fellow-lamenters,
We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt since the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Republican Party. We believe that this terrible decision has surpassed mere partisanship, and that it is a dangerous farce on the part of a pandering and rudderless Presidential candidate that has a real possibility of becoming fact.
Perhaps like us, as American women, you share the fear of what Ms. Palin and her professed beliefs and proven record could lead to for ourselves and for our present or future daughters. To date, she is against sex education, birth control, the pro-choice platform, environmental protection, alternative energy development, freedom of speech (as mayor she wanted to ban books and attempted to fire the librarian who stood against her), gun control, the separation of church and state, and polar bears. To say nothing of her complete lack of real preparation to become the second-most-powerful person on the planet.
We want to clarify that we are not against Sarah Palin as a woman, a mother, or, for that matter, a parent of a pregnant teenager, but solely as a rash, incompetent, and altogether devastating choice for Vice President. Ms. Palin’s political views are in every way a slap in the face to the accomplishments that our mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers so fiercely fought for, and that we’ve so demonstrably benefited from.
First and foremost, Ms. Palin does not represent us. She does not demonstrate or uphold our interests as American women. It is presumed that the inclusion of a woman on the Republican ticket could win over women voters. We want to disagree, publicly. Therefore, we invite you to reply here
Please include your name (last initial is fine), age, and place of residence.
We will post your responses on a blog called “Women Against Sarah Palin,” which we intend to publicize as widely as possible. Please send us your reply at your earliest convenience. The greater the volume of responses we receive, the stronger our message will be.
Thank you for your time and action.
Sincerely,
Quinn Latimer and Lyra Kilston
New York, NY
womensaynopalin@gmail.com
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Polls, Pols, Poles!
This morning’s polls show McCain ahead for the first time pretty much since the campaigning began nearly 7,000 years ago. (Okay, it just feels like 7,000!) Whatup wid dat?!?! McCain managed to sound fairly authentic in his speech. His speech was not a massive shouting put-down of Democrats after all, and maybe this more humble man became attractive for his seeming sincerity. And for his choice of a regular-joe ambitious working woman for a running mate.
I think this bump in the polls will fade back to low scores. Voters may be romanticizing about Palin as the outrageous, courageous, surprise pick, but I think time will dilute the illusion. She’s just too frightening a prospect for president. The radical right will love her forever, but THANKFULLY they do not determine elections despite what they’d have us think.
I always wondered why the person who lost the presidential election didn’t become Vice President. It would make so much more sense to reassure voters that we don’t have to be trapped in the all-or-nothing syndrome that we have now for the executive branch. I’ve heard the argument that that would be terribly counter-productive, but I don’t think so. It would be an opportunity and a challenge to remind the President that he/she represents ALL of the country, no matter which party elected him.
Don’t you think it would’ve been a riot to have Al Gore as Bush’s vice president?? We would have an entirely different country right now. I think it would’ve turned out well.
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