Comments on: Obama: A Working Class Woman’s Story http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/09/16/obama-a-working-class-woman%e2%80%99s-story/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alison http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/09/16/obama-a-working-class-woman%e2%80%99s-story/comment-page-1/#comment-26904 Alison Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:31:32 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=13889#comment-26904 Rebecca, thank you for your refreshing perspective! Some of the issues you bring up in regard to Barack I think are a testament to the fact that there are many policies supported by Democrats that fair better for women than Republican policies. However, women never get quite what they deserve under Democratic leadership because there are not enough Democratic women in office representing them. I also do find his "dialogue" with the right on abortion issues very dangerous for women. Notice how more Americans than ever support the pro-life position. I think it's no accident that this coincides with Barack "reaching out" for "dialogue" with pro-lifers. And the fact that he had Rick Warren at the commencement was incredibly damaging for women, including for those women who are victims of domestic violence and rape. So I understand why are happy about with Barack. But in my view point, in the instances you point out he is just acting like a Democrat and deserves no special props for that. Rebecca, thank you for your refreshing perspective! Some of the issues you bring up in regard to Barack I think are a testament to the fact that there are many policies supported by Democrats that fair better for women than Republican policies. However, women never get quite what they deserve under Democratic leadership because there are not enough Democratic women in office representing them.

I also do find his “dialogue” with the right on abortion issues very dangerous for women. Notice how more Americans than ever support the pro-life position. I think it’s no accident that this coincides with Barack “reaching out” for “dialogue” with pro-lifers. And the fact that he had Rick Warren at the commencement was incredibly damaging for women, including for those women who are victims of domestic violence and rape.

So I understand why are happy about with Barack. But in my view point, in the instances you point out he is just acting like a Democrat and deserves no special props for that.

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