Re the effigy issue, it seems even law enforcement doesn’t get it. If the rest of this West Hollywood Whack Job’s neighbors hung Obamas to protest, maybe THAT would get the point across, but what woman wants to stoop to that hate level? Is that what it is going to take?

Having said THAT, Obama’s plan will not work. It is not comprehensive enough and is FULL of loopholes that will make it more expensive while covering fewer people. It will also allow drug companies and insurance companies loopholes for lots of varying ways to run up costs to YOU. It’s not Hillary’s plan, she understood it had to be done mandated with ALL the loopholes closed or there was no way it could be cost effective and cover everyone. *sigh* We had the teacher, they gave us the student.

I’m for getting misogyny written into the hate crime laws after this! Governor Palin is hung in effigy and it’s not a hate crime but, it WOULD be if it were Obama. O’Reilly just said it’s because of the countries past history of violence towards the African American community in the country. Fair enough.

What about the thousands of women being sold into sexual slavery, being beaten,raped and dying in and out of their homes due to their gender Bill? This is NOT HISTORY, this is our reality today. It gets a pass because it’s not considered hate if you do it to “just” women. And that’s how far we have NOT come….

“If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” – Sojourner Truth

There is an interesting discussion over at Liberal Rapture about the Sarah Palin Halloween display of hate. I encourage everyone to take a look (its the second posting from the top).

http://www.liberalrapture.com/

Women are the political scapegoats this season which necessitates forming groups like this. The hate crimes directed against Senator Clinton and Governor Palin are also designed to intimidate the female supporters of these two powerful women. This tactic is disgraceful and amoral and we have to take a stand against it.

I am very concerned that Sarah Palin has been and is being set up to take the fall for McCain’s loss.

I saw the same thing with Obama. Over and over I read that it would be Hillary’s fault if Obama lost because she:

a) didn’t support him enough

b) didn’t quit the race soon enough

c) attacked him to harshly during the campaign

d) was undermining him so that she could run in 2012

e) any combination of the above.

Now I am hearing and reading that it is Palin who is the drag on the ticket. She is the reason he is down in the polls.

and Adam wouldn’t have fallen if that damn Eve wouldn’t have gotten him to take the fruit.

And Salame made John the Baptist lose his head

and Delila cut Samson’s hair

etc and so it goes…

I feel like we’ve regressed at least 40 years when it comes to the vile and dangerous sexism and misogyny we’ve witnessed during this election process. I am truly afraid of what the future holds for women if the Democratic Party is successful in installing their chosen candidate in the office of POTUS.

I’ve decided to not watch television or read newspapers until after election day. I just get too depressed and angry. I don’t want to lose my faith that the American people will get this election right. We can survive 4 years of a McCain administration and still have some power left to effect the political system. But if Obama wins, we will have given up the power of our vote to mean anything, and in the future, politicians and the government will do whatever they want to do and we won’t be able to do anything about it…except resist.

Here’s to hoping that after election day we are on the right side of history.