Comments on: What Everyone Should Know about Margaret Chase Smith http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/10/25/what-everyone-should-know-about-margaret-chase-smith/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amy Siskind http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/10/25/what-everyone-should-know-about-margaret-chase-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-29445 Amy Siskind Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:19:21 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=14796#comment-29445 Great piece Anna Belle. I happened to be in Maine in the summer of 2008 during the election cycle and the local station ran a show about MCS. The segment described her presidential run, how at the tail end when she was running out of money, women across the country donated green stamps to help her finish. In the end, she came in fourth place in the Republican primary but she stayed in it through the convention (when #2 and #3 dropped out) so that she could speak at the the Republican convention. There she spoke about how she hoped that the next time a woman spoke at a party convention, it would be as her party's nominee. Of course, we thought that would happen in 2008 - but alas. MCS was a great woman and a true inspiration! Great piece Anna Belle. I happened to be in Maine in the summer of 2008 during the election cycle and the local station ran a show about MCS. The segment described her presidential run, how at the tail end when she was running out of money, women across the country donated green stamps to help her finish. In the end, she came in fourth place in the Republican primary but she stayed in it through the convention (when #2 and #3 dropped out) so that she could speak at the the Republican convention. There she spoke about how she hoped that the next time a woman spoke at a party convention, it would be as her party’s nominee. Of course, we thought that would happen in 2008 – but alas.

MCS was a great woman and a true inspiration!

]]> By: Anna Belle http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/10/25/what-everyone-should-know-about-margaret-chase-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-29436 Anna Belle Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:13:54 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=14796#comment-29436 Glad you liked it Thia. I wish we had more politicians like Smith. She never forgot who she served. Glad you liked it Thia. I wish we had more politicians like Smith. She never forgot who she served.

]]> By: Thia http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/10/25/what-everyone-should-know-about-margaret-chase-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-29434 Thia Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:34:55 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=14796#comment-29434 Fantastic as always Anna Belle! What an interesting woman! Fantastic as always Anna Belle! What an interesting woman!

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