This is a copy of an email I just received from two different people about a blog site that is going to be set up for women to describe why they are against Sarah Palin.
I didn't see this posted, if it is, let me know and I'll delete. The email address is womensaynopalin@gmail.com. I am posting it in case there is anyone with opinions about Sarah here.....
Friends, compatriots, fellow-lamenters,
We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt since the
announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the
Republican Party. We believe that this terrible decision has surpassed mere
partisanship, and that it is a dangerous farce on the part of a pandering
and rudderless Presidential candidate that has a real possibility of
becoming fact.
Perhaps like us, as American women, you share the fear of what Ms. Palin and
her professed beliefs and proven record could lead to for ourselves and for
our present or future daughters. To date, she is against sex education,
birth control, the pro-choice platform, environmental protection,
alternative energy development, freedom of speech (as mayor she wanted to
ban books and attempted to fire the librarian who stood against her), gun
control, the separation of church and state, and polar bears. To say nothing
of her complete lack of real preparation to become the second-most-powerful
person on the planet.
We want to clarify that we are not against Sarah Palin as a woman, a mother,
or, for that matter, a parent of a pregnant teenager, but solely as a rash,
incompetent, and all together devastating choice for Vice President. Ms.
Palin's political views are in every way a slap in the face to the
accomplishments that our mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers so
fiercely fought for, and that we've so demonstrably benefited from.
First and foremost, Ms. Palin does not represent us. She does not
demonstrate or uphold our interests as American women. It is presumed that
the inclusion of a woman on the Republican ticket could win over women
voters. We want to disagree, publicly.
Therefore, we invite you to reply here <mailto:womensaynopalin@gmail.com>
with a short, succinct message about why you, as a woman living in this
country, do not support this candidate as second-in-command for our nation.
Please include your name (last initial is fine), age, and place of
residence.
We will post your responses on a blog called "Women Against Sarah
Palin,"
which we intend to publicize as widely as possible. Please send us your
reply at your earliest conveniencethe greater the volume of responses we
receive, the stronger our message will be.
Thank you for your time and action.