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Category: News and Politics
To my women friends:
I thought this was worth forwarding. Regardless of which party you =
belong to, we are all concerned as women.
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 all together 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 with a short, succinct message =
about why you, as a woman living in this country, do not support this =
candidate as second-in-command for our nation. 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.
VIVA!
Sincerely,
Quinn Latimer and Lyra Kilston
New York, NY
womensaynopalin@gmail.com
**PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! If you send this to 20 women, you could end =
up with a country that takes your concerns seriously. Stranger things HAVE HAPPENED
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