Women Holding On In Washington, N.O.W. Increasingly Irrelevant, Woman Poll Worker Harassed by Bigots

Anna Belle Pfau sets the record straight. And then goes on to explain why it is important for parity that we, as women, embrace and work with BOTH political parties.

I mean... did you even know that seven Republican women candidates were pro-choice? (If you were waiting for N.O.W. to tell you, no wonder you were confused.)

But, see... here's what happens when women REALLY vote on issues that matter to us and abandon loyalty to their Dem party masters.

We GAIN political leverage...

From the TGW link:

"Obama won women by 13 points in 2008. In 2010, Republicans won 12 percent of the women who voted for Obama in 2008. This is the best the GOP has done with women since 1982."

(No surprise there... for those of us who have been watching closely.)

Quoting one of Anna Belle's tweets about the irrelevancy of N.O.W.:

"Has Terry O'Neill lost her mind? Women voted in the exact same numbers they did in 2008. They just broke evenly this time."

Interesting..... you'd never know it by listening to the MSM talking heads (including NPR and PBS) would you?

Oh... and... just in case you are still under the mistaken impression that the GOP turned out *all* the bigots this year... read this women's story of being an Asian Immigrant and a GOP poll worker. Author, Sasha Gong, was harassed and repeatedly told how little she knew by poll workers from, guess where? The Democratic party. Her account of the bigotry she experienced Tuesday will enrage you!

She ends her article saying that her story "pretty much summarized the story of many in the TEA party."

It's been the story for us PUMAs as well, Dr. Gong. I guess we are in good company?!

Smart Ass "Librul" Tweeter Boys On the Attack, Against Another Outspoken Woman

This time they think it is funny to infer that Meghan McCain is "fat."

I am tellin' ya. Being a Liberal gets more embarrassing with each passing hour.

Who the fu** raised these punks? And why are they so hateful?

Isabel Allende on the 51% Solution: So Powerful!

Need a job? Want to Hang Out With a Bunch of Barely Pubescent (acting) Boy Punks?

Politic USA is recruiting.

If you are really a smartass, you might even be invited to join the mostly white and predominantly male Journ-0-lists.

And.... if you really pander, Obama's advisors may reward you with an invite to the White House.

Though many PUMAs knew what was happening as early as the Democratic Caucus in Iowa ... and many Palin supporters got a clue after John McCain announced Sarah, in Ohio.... the whole truth about the smear campaign against two competent and intelligent women candidates for the White House is yet to be told.

REAL Feminists are all ears!

Enough of the "Hormones" Already! Let's Have Some Predictability in Government!!

The question of the day comes from PUMA for Life: Are "Menopausal" Men Fit To Hold Office?

Of course, men don't really have menopause, or menarche or menses. But they still have hormone shifts as they age. And on a daily basis for that matter. As their testosterone levels rise, and then drop off ... according to diurnal and life cycles... can they be trusted to make weighty decisions?

Some time back, I argued that we have enough of these kinds of hormones on the bench already. Now I'd like to extend the argument to include the Senate, the House and State Governorships.

The fact is.... women are safer, where hormonal fluctuations are concerned. For any number of reasons. First of all... the average age of menarche is quite early these days. Some researchers suggest it's as early as *nine* years of age. By the time most young women enter high school, therefore, they have already learned how to deal with their periods.

Puberty for young men hits much later. Usually while they are *entering high school.* Being in high school means that they are too busy to devote the necessary time to, you know, "mapping one's cycles." Men never learn important lessons like "at this time of the month, I should refrain from selling the kids." (Or.... running off to Argentina....)

A second point that can be made about the safer nature of female hormones is, menopause tends to happen later in life, and be less protracted, than it's male counterpart... the "mid-life crisis." Plus... there are *drugs* women can take for a few years, to keep them from having hot flashes during an important Senate hearing or something.

Men don't have those kinds of luxuries. They can be having a "mid-life crisis" for years. Some of them even have serial "crises." And there's not one dang thing they can do about 'em. Except ask God's forgiveness AFTER THE FACT. Ask 'em. They'll all tell you the exact same story.... "I am soooo sorry for what I did to my wife and kids, I just couldn't help it...."

One final point I'd like to make is this. Even *if* a woman does have a runaway surge of estrogen or progesterone during a congressional session .... no harm done! Her milk will let down, and her shirt will get wet, and she'll approve something like CHIP, because she is thinking about how other women's babies deserve the same medical care her's can get.

BUT... whoa to the universe if a man is sitting at in front of "The Button" when he has a surge of testosterone.

KA-BOOM! It's all over!!

SYD

Reaching Out To Former O-bots: Are You Ready?

The PUMA post of the day comes from Widdershins, where Taggles has deftly posted a call to PUMAs to re-engage Obama voters. Presumably because they are more closely related to us ideologically than are the Republicans we may be cavorting with.

My response was thus:

Quite frankly, I was shut down by “friends” and family members who would not even hear that Obama was a fraud… and that Hillary was a better choice.

When I moved to supporting MacPalin, I was harrassed to the point where I often chose to lie about who I was voting for. (I told them Nader, which they also ridiculed.)

At this point I will not discuss politics with the Leftie Dems I used to hang with. Even the most educated and rational of them went gaga over Obama… and I just can’t forgive them. So, I have a policy. No political discussion at all. My sister, who also switched to MacPalin, feels the same.

I would dearly appreciate it if some of you would help open the eyes of the Obot masses, so I can once again hold intelligent conversations with my friends. But I am not holding my breath waiting. Really I’m not. From now on my vote is “private." Unless they apologize profusely I will never tell my Leftie friends and family who I vote for again.

Now, I'd like to take a few moments in my own blog to expound on that sentiment. This is just me. But ... I suspect there are others like me.

*First of all... I can sincerely state that... no matter what happens in the future... at this point I am simply not ready to re-engage "the Left." See, I've learned quite a bit about their "dirty little elitist secrets" of coercion and shunning. What I learned was ugly. It bordered on facism. Honestly, I don't ever want anyone to think I am one of them again.

*A Second point I would like to make is that the GOP is the party of my grandpa. I am not uncomfortable with the GOP of his era. The one that protected the interests of small business and believed in small government. I am all for fiscal conservatism and a strong work ethic. Those are the things that made the USA what it is. They are the cornerstones of my upbringing. (And I hope, my children's.)

*Thirdly, I'll proudly state that I am pro-choice, pro-gay rights, and pro-women's equality. I want the government to stay out of my bedroom and out of my church-life. These are issues on which I have broken with the GOP in the recent past (since I was old enough to vote, in fact. Which seems like a lifetime to me... but is not all that long, historically speaking.)

BUT... I am not fool enough to believe that wedge issues will continue to be the GOP's focus. I expect change, in the not too distant future. You may be aware that there is a Civil War being waged within the Republican Party right now. If brave young women like Meghan McCain are willing to mount up and ride into battle on behalf of gay marriage ... I want to get behind them. For that reason, I am considering changing my party affiliation completely. I want to vote in their primaries! (Here in Ohio, primaries are closed.)

*The fourth point I'd like to make is... It is customary, in the U.S.A., for various constituencies to "switch parties" on about a forty year cycle. Never forget that Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King were Republicans. Most PUMAs are too young to remember this.... but if you study your history you know there was a reason for it. The GOP was once the "progressive" party. It can be again. And I hope it will!

*Final point: For my money, PUMAs have every bit as much of a chance to make earth shattering changes within the GOP as they do in the Democratic party. Probably more. Because the Republican party is currently in need of members and is reaching out to PUMAs.

I am not interested in looking back. The Obama coup is water over the damn as far as I am concerned. I am looking at the future.... and from where I sit, the party of my grandpa now holds the most promise. The party of my daddy has turned on him, and millions of other hard working people. The elitist few will never represent "we the people." They can't. They disdain us, as was evidenced by the name calling that went on during the 2008 primaries.

If the likes of Meghan McCain, Michael Steele, Steve Schmidt, Sarah Palin, and the Log Cabin Republicans fail to return the Republican party to it's former Lincolnian/ Kingian glory, PUMAs will be as much to blame as they are.

Why?

Because we looked back.

SYD

New Zeta Board: Women in Politics

"Women are complex and seldom are defined by a political party's doctrine or dogma. We may lean left or right or be in the center on different issues, all at the same time. We have power in pooling our resources and working together, celebrating what we have in common instead of being exploited and divided by our differences. We can all learn from each other, I look forward to learning from your viewpoint."

THIS BOARD was founded by blogger friend of mine, named Goldie. (Hi Goldie!)

I'd like to encourage other Team Sarah members to come over and join us!