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There are plenty of reasons to reject the Democrats (Pelosi’s failure to push impeachment, Obama’s FISA failure, Hillary’s war vote) but now is not the time, and self-destruction is not the way. Individuals leading The (Latest) Agenda appear to be opportunists looking for some attention.

“While we have had a much better dialogue with the McCain campaign, I believe both sides increasingly understand that the votes of women over the age of 40 will determine this race,” says Siskind.

Yup, dipshit Republicans masquerading as angry Democrats, all dressed up in their patent leather shoes, frilly dresses and be-ribboned hair, willing, at any moment to throw a monumental temper tantrum because people recognize their silliness.

It’s a third grade birthday party for the super-spoiled brat down the street.

And as a woman, can I just say I wish these people would stop trying to help us sisters out so much? They personify every negative stereotype of women ever propagated, giving an imprimatur of legitimacy to the sexist tropes trotted out by their patriarchal, knuckle-dragging new BFFs in the conservative press.

Thank you.

As a woman, I don’t want them to speak for me. I’ve got a voice of my own, thank you very much. And my voice says that Bush/McCain policies have gone on long enough. They put on the feminist mantle and expect us to come following merrily along. The New Agenda? No, it’s the same old PUMA bullshit wrapped up in a pretty pink bow *gag*.

Unfortunately, they may find a small amount of legitimacy among those that refuse to speak out against anything that the public perceives as feminist. They will believe that these women care about the feminist agenda, when they really just care about continuing the Republican theocracy.

While we have had a much better dialogue with the McCain campaign, I believe both sides increasingly understand that the votes of women over the age of 40 will determine this race

Then again, if you drill down more than one level, every ‘group’ is a minority within the nation.  So, is it black women, white women, hispanic women, working women, childless women, or Women In Love?

I’m so tired of the ‘baseball stats’ BS that the pollsters and media keep pushing; the slicing and dicing, and exagerating the impact of each 1% group in America, as if they - and only They - will be the deciding vote.  Fuck, why not just limit the Primaries and Election to some randomly detailed group and get it over with?  Save the contributions, the shitty ads, the weeks and months on the road, the waffles and Harleys and just let that microscopically relevant group pick our leaders?

Ain’t that America?  Hells, yeah!

I should add - I wasn’t disparaging women with the comment.  Just responding to the particular quote with a random list of women who might be over 40.

(Did anyone get the Van Halen reference?)

Ain’t that America?

I thought that was Mellencamp.

Off topic but yet strangely connected.  Look like Mitch has debunked Larry Sinclair’s story of sex and drugs with Obama in a limo by talking to the limo driver. The interesting thing is he had help from Ed at greatplainsradio.  Somehow the hick and the Frenchman hit it off and Ed was able to locate the limo driver.  Strange bedfellows.

“While we have had a much better dialogue with the McCain campaign, I believe both sides increasingly understand that the votes of women over the age of 40 will determine this race,” says Siskind.

Guess who is going to get a majority of those votes Miss Siskind?  The guy who better represents women, womens’ issues and actually respects women (not just his mom)....Barack Obama.

The good news is that 99% of women and men out there will be able to distinguish the fact that these people are just loonies in feminist clothing.  The only people who will take them seriously are Fox News and Rush “femi-nazi” Limbaugh.

Thank you! Awesome post Betty!

I followed the links to the press release.  Everything takes you back to the Stiletto site.  I tried to submit a comment there saying that I think if they want this to be a legitimate organization they should provide a lot more information about the org, its founders and board members on their website and then, as a feminist, I might think about joining.  I also suggested that their primary stated goal of going after Chris Matthews’ job was not promising (I’m not that crazy about CM but there are a lot worse assholes out there).  I insinuated I thought they sounded like just another PUMA successor.  They wouldn’t post it.  Kept getting a message that I wasn’t typing in their little code correctly (yes I was).  I mean, seriously, if you really have 30 committed, well connected women who want to start this new movement you’d want to brag about who they were.  You called it Betty - PUMA Redux.  (Do you think Froma Harrop is a secret blogging PUMA too?)  This is getting long but when you look at their blogs everyone is wishing the others well in Denver but I haven’t see anyone say they were actually going!  I’m going to check out the “crowds” at the great Rise at Cheesman Park (i.e. location where loser groups are assigned - miles from Pepsi Center) with my 17 year old daughter.  Will send pics.

“Women In Love” was the Van Halen reference but thanks for playing, HB!  You get a year’s subsciption to PUMA Fancy and the PUMA Home Game! 

Enjoy!

Marindenver, I didn’t try to post a comment on Stiletto, but I had the same experience tracking the press release. It’s posted on a lot of PUMA blogs, but the Stiletto blog seems to be the primary source. And that’s clearly a partisan conservative blog, complete with admiring references to Jonah Goldberg and Kathleen Parker. You’d think a high-powered professional non-partisan group would have a site up. Hmmm.

(An aside, what is it with the pantsuits and pointy pumps and this crowd? It’s always Stiletto this and Hireheels that with the PUMAs and their ilk. I’m tempted to change my nom d’net to Betty Birkenstock just to piss ‘em off—and promote podiatric health.)

Good luck spotting PUMAs, and do send pics!