Friday, August 29, 2008

Well, you know...

... if McCain dies in office, things might get interesting. Less interesting than if Obama dies in office (hey, she's Alaskan! When is *she* running for president? Crappy about the pro-life thing, tho). And is this really only the second time in 20 years that somebody's run with a woman VP?

Indeed it is.

But at the end of the day, we're voting for the prez... and not for the VP. Crappy chickens.

Note: I can also tell you honestly that this is the first time in eight years where I haven't been like, "If so and so is elected, it will be like electing SATAN!!!" Either way it falls, I'm feeling pretty positive.

5 comments so far. What are your thoughts?

Jackie M. said...

Reporter: “Should U.S. taxpayer money go to places like Africa to fund contraception to prevent AIDS?”

Mr. McCain: “Well I think it’s a combination. The guy I really respect on this is Dr. Coburn. He believes – and I was just reading the thing he wrote– that you should do what you can to encourage abstinence where there is going to be sexual activity. Where that doesn’t succeed, than he thinks that we should employ contraceptives as well. But I agree with him that the first priority is on abstinence. I look to people like Dr. Coburn. I’m not very wise on it.”

Q: “So no contraception, no counseling on contraception. Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?”

Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “You’ve stumped me.”


Trust me, if women's issues are anywhere near the top of your list, voting for McCain is pretty much voting for Satan. However historically important his VP choice may be, it is, ultimately, another distraction from his overwhelmingly ultra-conservative stance on sexual health and women's reproductive issues.

Kameron Hurley said...

No argument from me there.

It's not changing my vote one inch.

David Moles said...

See also Palin on abortion, and the organization she's a proud member of, "Feminists for Life" (really needs a few extra scare quotes), on contraception.

In twenty years it'll look good in the history books, I guess. But if the GOP was serious they'd have gone with Liddy Dole or Kay Bailey Hutchinson or Jodi Rell or Linda Lingle. Of course Lingle's a divorced Jew and Rell signed a civil unions bill and Hutchinson's pro-choice and Dole screwed up the finances of the Republican senatorial re-election committee, so I guess they're all disqualified.

If they thought they had any chance of winning this thing I expect they'd still have gone with a rich white guy.

Kameron Hurley said...

Yeah, as said: not changing my vote.

Making Condi Rice Secretary of State turned my stomach in exactly the same way. It's like, "Fucking sweet! A black woman is Secretary of State!" tempered by, "My God, look at that woman's policies. She's a fucking Nazi can somebody please bring back Colin Powell??"

I hate being a feminist sometimes. I hate that part of me wants to celebrate while the other half is so terrified it wants to vomit.

Using women *because they're women who want to maintain the status quo* - makes me sick, and then I get pissed off, because who says these women don't have any will of their own? Saying people are using them totally takes away their agency.

And then I feel sick again.

Anonymous said...

"Using women *because they're women who want to maintain the status quo* - makes me sick, and then I get pissed off, because who says these women don't have any will of their own? Saying people are using them totally takes away their agency.

And then I feel sick again."

with the whirlwind of reactions by those that are teethed on too many times harshly negative political blogging and using the meta messages as a 'raison d'etre' of sorts, it seems this surprising choice is making many take a step back from their too comfortable stance and start rethinking.. ah, but that's what happens to women, everywhere, everyday and they end up having to either work harder and/or take the emotional bashing. The thing is this whole deal is making knee jerk reactions come out of the wood work and as the time is over for all those 'impeach' blogs and that... new meat to gnaw on.

some of the viewpoints I've seen are distinctly age, race and sex prejudice and so hope for the evolution of opinions. so, what is the point here of my injecture? it's this, and for it I applaud your words: 'because who says these women don't have any will of their own? Saying people are using them totally takes away their agency.'

a stand out statement there lady.. Thank You



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