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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:36 PM Original message |
A "1970s feminist" democrat writes that she will vote for McCain |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Another vagina-voter. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. Actually, she's not. Did you read the article? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. She missed the whole point of the feminist movement |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. She was already going to vote for McCain, but she doesn't know why. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. There's just "something" about Obama.. She can't put her finger on it. . |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 04:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
84. he....he's all TALK |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 04:45 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Well, he talks with lips that are darker than a lot of ofther peoples |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. white millionaire men |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Zactly. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. It sounds like all she knows about "feminism" is ... |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Great post. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
75. Precisely. She sounds like one of the supremacists we used to run into |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
80. Actually the bulk of the article is about why she is voting MCCAIN--Palin disappears |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. She's vilified by liberals becuase she's a right-wing religious-nut conservative |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. How selfish. She is not the one who will have to worry about abortion being banned. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Right |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. She says she had already decided not to support Obama pre-Palin. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Anyone still want to argue that "all feminists" think alike? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. On the other hand...... |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. "Liberals," maybe. Feminists and feminisms got there eventually... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. The test of a "liberal" isn't whether they advocate for their own interests ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Very well put! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Sure. It's a theme I thought I'd develop some time in a thread ... when it's calmer on DU. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
63. Given that I've seen it used as an insult here... |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Another great post! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I was a card-carrying member of ACLU, NAACP, and NOW for decades. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. You have a great beginning on an essay on Being Liberal here... |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Thanks, bobbolink! |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
89. "a white female "feminist" is not necessarily a liberal" Not so, TN |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
67. Bobbo that is not even remotely true |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. "Not even remotely true" ????? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. But we already know what needs to be done |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Could you please point to ONE speech by Obama et al. saying that? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Here's a link fo you |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. EVERY candidate has mention of poverty somewhere on their website. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 03:59 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Do you imagine that I'm wealthy? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. "What exactly is it that you want to see? " |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Yes but I'm not terribly involved in general |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Well, guess what... I AM homeless, and doing what I can to get some of you to pay attention. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Sarah Palin is a member of Feminists For Life |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
59. All feminists are voting against Palin. |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. She's being "vilified" because she's a fucking joke. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. What an idiot |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. like a DU'er saying...'I'm outta here'..and we say...don't let the door |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Ya know what? |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I apologize for the 'hillbot' remark..of course those who will vote for mcsame |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Thank you. I very much appreciate having a real discussion. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I agree..it DOES take a village and not two parents to raise a child |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. It is successful at keep "us" stirred up as "they" go about their |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. well, the us vs they regarding the income disparity is taking hold..so they must invent a new |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Unfortunately, that's an old one. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
58. I think those Clinton voters who are now voting for McCain were never Democrats at all. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. Yeah, Randi says that, and she was here in Denvoid and didn't bother to look up the reference to the |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. If she's a 1970s feminist, I guess she won't ever need a coathanger. nt |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Touche |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. She doesn't embody anything of the sort |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Well said. nt |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. oh for Christ's sake |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
56. Bingo. Right answer |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. glad to have you on board, sir! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 05:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Proud to be on board. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. She's a "1970's feminist" who jumped the shark a long time ago. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. *i* know feminists and this asshole is no feminist. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. So a woman nursing a baby while governing is the culmination of her hopes |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. To quote Parker "Tonstant Weader Thwowed Up" |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
31. ... |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. Why would a feminist vote for anti-feminists like McCain and Palin? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. She wouldn't |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 04:12 AM Response to Reply #53 |
85. correct |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. She's as much a feminist as I am the staring center for the Lakers. (nt) |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. So it makes her a 70s feminist and a mindless idiot. World has all kinds of folks in it. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. the 1970's are calling. they say they finally found Jane Beckers feminism |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. I was a 1970s feminist, and now I'm a 2008 feminist. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. She is not a Democrat. And she is not a feminist. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Exactly |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. And the comment is priceless |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. I guess she is a 1870's "Feminist" if she supports McCain. n/t |
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MoeHayNow (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
51. I've seen no reason |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
52. Thanks for posting what a moron thinks |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. If you read the rest of what she writes... |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. Um, Obama's argument during the primary was a post-partisanship |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Same here |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. It's a favored meme of the GOP. Claim you were once a liberal, or a feminist, or such. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
62. This woman is nothing more than an operation chaos dead ender. |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
64. I guarantee she's not telling you her real reason for not voting Obama in 08 |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
65. This woman is no feminist. Taking choice away from women |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
70. If that woman was ever a Democrat OR a feminist, I'm Betty Friedan. -nt |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. Exactly. We have no proof that she ever did anything.... |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
72. Someone's in a higher tax bracket...... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
74. And when Sarah Palin orders all abortions for ANY REASON abolished? |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
78. That might be the most vapid and lunatic thing I've ever read. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
86. she's a shill. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
88. She sounds like Ann Althouse |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
91. She's not a feminist. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
93. Jane Becker is obviously senile or drunk! |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
96. Plain and simple, anyone that doesn't vote for Obama is a racist. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
97. First it's Sarah of Moose now it's Sarah of the Arc, nailed to the Cross, .........pfft. nt |
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SuffragetteSal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
98. Obama inspired me to |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
99. Actually if you take the time to read the whole blog and the comments you would |
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