By: Elizabeth Plumley

Elizabeth Plumley — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:56:37 +0000

Funny, I didn’t get the right to vote in this election, either. Suffrage is a joke. Women have traditionally stood up for everyone besides the male corporate elite. Why won’t they stand up for each other. The stories on this site read like corporate ads. Why isn’t Ms. Ifel, going to ask questions at the debate? Why hasn’t anyone arrested Howard Dean, Donna Brazille, or Nancy Pelosi. Why didn’t you tell the world that Wexler, from Del Ray Beach, Fl, the very man who told the RBC that Floridians didn’t want to vote was the sponsor of the bill to move up the Florida primary. Why don’t you tell the world that he was rewarded by the Obama campaign for abandoning his constituents? Ms. Jenkins, I have always respected you. I understand you are an Obama supporter. But, I must ask what does suffrage mean if the first time we ever get to vote in 100 years, they say
“woops! you didn’t vote for the right person, your vote is gone.” Why didn’t the DNC punish the states who moved up primaries, but voted for Obama? Why did they hide the Edwards scandal? I truly believe you are being used to keep men in power. I think we are being offered another right wing christian mouthpiece in Obama and I think you are on the wrong side of this great patriarchal moment. Women have no representation: not in the government, not in the press. We should oppose taxes. We should stick together. Obama cannot win if only the African American community sticks with him out of loyalty. I voted for Jesse Jackson: I will vote for Cynthia McKinney: I am not a racist. Please, please, stand with all of your sisters. If they don’t let some of us vote, they don’t support any of us. If this is all the DNC has to offer us we need our own party. I would like to see articles on DNC corruption and kingmaking. I would like to see articles on how poor women are dealing with foreclosure and taking care of their relatives as the economy tanks. I would like to see articles on the PUMAs. Why are you ignoring the grass roots movement going on in this country? Why don’t you report on Obama using Michelle to catfight with Hillary (woman can’t run her own house) and how humiliating it was for all women to see her kowtow like that?
Why don’t you comment on the Marie Antionetteness of Michelle Obama’s diamonds and Georgian mansion while millions are losing their homes? Why don’t you comment on the targeted accusation of racism against Appalachians (who are poor and ignorant, God knows) to hide the fact that Obama is antiunion? I know how important this election is. They are all important. And, I have waited so long to participate. I don’t know why I bother.

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By: Elizabeth Plumley