I read online yesterday that 25% of Clinton supporters now support Sarah Palin. I hope that isn't true for so many reasons. First, I don't want the Republicans to win in November. Second, it points to how many women feel oppressed and angry so that any woman power is better in their minds than no woman in power, no matter what her views. Third, it points to the triumph of the politics of fear and that I just can't abide.
Luckily, there is good news. I encourage you to check-out how some Alaskan women feel about Sarah Palin (brought to my attention by savvy reader Micky):
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/alaska-women-reject-palin-rally-is-huge/
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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Thanks for a little anti-Palin salve. Reading your last two blogs together brought up a discussion I've been having with myself lately. I, too, feel the urge to retreat into music, animals, literature in the face of the almost unrelenting bad news. But then I think that maybe we brought the Palin syndrome on ourselves by not getting out there and participating in local and national politics and taking a more active roll in advocating for the causes that are important to us. Maybe we should be using our imaginations to come up with ways to reach out, educate and inspire others. I've written a great deal on nuclear weapons but always wonder why I can't break through the denial on this issue as some grass roots groups did very successfully in the 1980s. Do we need a reality TV show with contestants sitting in nuclear missile silos in Minot, South Dakota? We worry about tainted produce but not all the 20,000 plus warheads around the world. On a more local level, I bitch about the dearth of trees in the town, but I'm not running for city council or sitting on the beautification committee. Women in particular, I think need to get together, rally our forces, and not let the boys make the decisions for us. All this by way of saying, maybe even those of us who are shy and dislike public speaking and confrontation need to get out there and try to make a little good news. SJD
Yah, I have a few friends who are very politically active and I admire the heck out of 'em but haven't been able to crossover into emulating them. I vote, contribute to a few causes, and that's about it. I guess I wonder about the efficacy of trying to persuade people to think a certain way. Although the anti-smoking campaign has been very successful so maybe there is hope and us shy and retiring types can't use hopelessness as an excuse. Something to think about--thanks for bringing it up.
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