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Women Against Sarah Palin Speak Out
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ABC News' Julia Hoppock reports: With recent polls suggesting that women are flocking to the McCain/Palin ticket, there is a growing chorus of female voices who want to put a stop to this trend, and fast.
Two women in New York felt so strongly that Palin was the wrong choice they created a blog called "Women Against Sarah Palin" and are using the site to post emails from women who write in from all over the country about why they think Palin is the wrong choice for Vice President and the wrong choice for American women.
"We felt as though McCain's choice was this kind of way to automatically grab female voters and we found that assumption was very insulting to our intelligence as female voters in America," said Lyra Kilston, a 31 year old art magazine editor in New York who helped create the blog.
Shortly after Palin's selection, Kilston and her co-worker Quinn Latimer, citing what they saw as 'mounting disbelief, fury and dread' among their female friends over the selection of Sarah Palin, sent out an email to forty of their friends soliciting reaction the Alaska Governor's nomination for their blog. The women also asked the recipients to forward the email to everyone they knew so that others could do the same.
Within a week they received up to 80,000 responses from women from Alaska to Florida, and now estimate they are receiving response emails at a rate of three per second.
"I don't think either of us thought it would get this large or it would reach this many people," said Latimer.
While Kilston's and Latimer's blog has gained a lot of traction, polls reflect that Palin is viewed favorably by those in her peer group. A recent ABC News Washington Post poll found that 67 percent of white women viewed Palin favorably.
The two women take issue with Palin's stance on abortion rights, (she is anti-abortion rights) her views on climate change, (Palin has said she does not believe that global warming is man made) and what they perceive as a lack of experience.
"Palin's political views are in every way a slap in the face to the accomplishments that our mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers have fiercely fought for," they wrote in their email.
While the women strongly believe that Palin is not qualified to be vice president, they also don't want their blog to be a smear website. They hope voters, the media, and contributors to their website focus on Sarah Palin's record rather than her biography. Latimer thinks that the election discourse has taken an ugly turn since Palin's selection.
"I think it has changed the election from something that was rigorous and intellectual and demanding on the people who were following it, said Latimer. "McCain has changed that by bringing [Palin] on board. Suddenly its 'Us Weekly. Suddenly its 'People Magazine' as opposed to a serious election on serious issues."
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Waaaaa! Waaaaaaaaaa! Waaaaaaaaa! Women can't have Hitlery, who DODGED SNIPER FIRE IN BOSNIA, so they want to set women's rights back 100 years. Oops, sorry, I mean liberal puke women.
If I can't have MY way, I'm going to take my marbles and go home.
Do I have to say it again?
Waaaaaaaaaa! Waaaaaaaaaaa! Waaaaaaaaaaa!!
Palin - 08
Posted by: LarryMan | Sep 11, 2008 6:19:05 PM
Too bad ... there are a lot more women "for Palin" than there is against!
McCain-Palin '08
Hillary 2012!!!
Posted by: Francisco Cardenas | Sep 11, 2008 6:20:37 PM
These women are the reason why women have been held back for so long. Is not so much the "good old bolys" or others; we are our worst enemies.
Posted by: Chatis | Sep 11, 2008 6:24:20 PM
Umm. You are wrong actually. There are more women against Palin than for her. Try doing your research you uneducated wacko!
Independents for Obama/Biden!!
Posted by: Independent | Sep 11, 2008 6:26:15 PM
Jealous old hags...
Obama had a chance to pick a winner, Hillary and bungled it... poor judgement.
McCain did not make the same mistake.
McCain-Palin '08
Hillary 2012...
Posted by: Steve from Dallas | Sep 11, 2008 6:28:09 PM
Palin's abuse of rape victims is disgusting. Satan has a room in hell reserved just for her.
If Charlie Gibson can't ask real questions, he needs to retire and let a real journalist take over.
Posted by: Veronica | Sep 11, 2008 6:29:08 PM
ALL the women I know are against Sarah Palin.
But then, something tells me that Sarah Palin is against all the women I know.
And against me, for that matter.
Against Hillary.
Against Ellen.
Against Oprah.
Against many of the rights women fought for in modern history.
Against women, period.
She might be pro-Thatcher though, the Iron Lady who ruined The United Kingdom.
Posted by: greta | Sep 11, 2008 6:29:15 PM
Pa(l)in = Bush with a lipstick
Posted by: JJ | Sep 11, 2008 6:30:00 PM
McSame is so arrogant to think that he can insult our intelligence by thinking that we women will support Palin and him, no matter what!!! Who the hell do they think we are? We cannot and will not support four more years of the same old policies that has dragged us into an unwarranted war, spent trillions on it, destroyed lives of many of our soldiers and families, brought the economy, not only to a standstill, but a downward spiral, loss of jobs and homes and ensured that the next generation will definitely be worst off than ever. Can we support more of this? The answer can only be a resounding NO!!! No to McShame and the barracuda!!!
Posted by: Karen | Sep 11, 2008 6:30:18 PM
Right hillbilly commenters, Palin is all about women's rights. Gee I can't wait until I have the right to be barefoot and pregnant again after 4 years of McCain/Palin. Yee-haw!
Posted by: NotaRepublicunt | Sep 11, 2008 6:30:32 PM
So, are they saying the average American woman doesn't have the sense to make a well-informed decision? I tell you what...my wife votes for who she darn well pleases. Usually the same way as I vote, but certainly not always. Don't forget, it was democrats who closed the curtain behind them and voted for Reagan. Remember, one the curtain closes....
Posted by: Mike | Sep 11, 2008 6:31:00 PM
Sarah Palin is to woman the same way that Clarence Thomas is to African-Americans.
Both are NOT advocates for their cohorts. Most women are pro-choice or at least make exceptions for abortions in the case of rape and incest. Most African-Americans believe the OPPOSITE of what Clarence Thomas stands for.
Posted by: Angela | Sep 11, 2008 6:32:03 PM
I think it's idiotic for these stupid libs that think Sarah Palin isn't as good a role model for women as Hilary Clinton. Why not? Just b/c her views are different. I'm not a Hilary supporter, but I think she has kicked ass for women's rights! That is CONSERVATIVE thinking---which eqautes to COMMON SENSE! Something liberals just don't have....
Posted by: Molly | Sep 11, 2008 6:32:15 PM
Francisco,
Have you gone to war? Would you be willing to go to war? Because if McCain/Palin are elected, you won't have a choice, unless you you have some kind of physical/mental problem. They are going to bring back the DRAFT!
Posted by: fempharoh08 | Sep 11, 2008 6:32:33 PM
Hey, NotaRepublicu....
You should have been on the debate team. Your rapier wit is....unique.
Posted by: Mike | Sep 11, 2008 6:33:43 PM
PALIN IS A TERRIBLE PICK FOR WOMEN
Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 11, 2008 6:34:22 PM
PEOPLE OF AMERICA, WAKE UP!!!!! WE ARE IN DANGER. HAS ANYONE ON THE PALIN BAND WAGON ACTUALLY LOOKED AND HER RECORD?? NOT THE MEDIA HYPE OR PALIN HYPE HER RECORD?? PLEASE STOP AND THINK. JOHN MCCAIN SO THAT AFTER OBAMA'S CONVENTION, HE WAS ALL BUT SUNK. PEOPLE THIS IS MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT, NOT PALIN. MCCAIN IS USING PALIN AND A QUICK FIX FOR A BROKEN PARTY. IT WON'T LAST!!!!!!!! OBAMA 08!!!
Posted by: KIM | Sep 11, 2008 6:37:49 PM
Two women start a website... Wow!
That's HUGE. Big Story yah got here...
Posted by: patman | Sep 11, 2008 6:38:38 PM
I am so distraught over John McCain's choice. I literally can't sleep at night thinking she could soon be PRRESIDENT!! She doesn't even use good grammar!! I want someone with INTELLIGENCE and good judgement to be in charge. Palin is a political joke, given to us by a man long past his prime. If it was "country first" he would have picked someone we could believe in. McStupid blew it!!!
Posted by: I'm not that stupid!! | Sep 11, 2008 6:38:43 PM
For all those women claiming to be for Hilary and voting for McCain/Palin: SHAME ON YOU! You demean the rest of us AND Hilary by voting purely on gender and not on the issues at hand. Our country is in a major economic crisis. Learn the facts, and base your vote on platforms, NOT gender/color.
Posted by: RealWomenforReal Issues | Sep 11, 2008 6:38:47 PM
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