Caring for Your "Health" is Radical
While there were many reasons to dislike John McCain's performance in Wednesday night's debate, this one was the worst, in my opinion. And apparently in the opinion of lots of other women, expressed with pitch-perfect outrage in this diary at the Daily Kos:
So, let's get this correct: John McCain believes that the consideration of the state of a woman's health when it comes to an abortion is an extreme position of the pro-abortion gang? That a woman's health is just some kind of a loophole so all those abortion-loving females will be able to shower themselves with lots and lots more pregnancy terminations? Does John McCain think women treat the decision to have an abortion as some sort of elective cosmetic surgery ("Oh dear, I don't know what to do at the spa today.... should I have a cucumber wrap, a couple of shots of Botox or just pop in for a little womb scraping?")John McCain, your record on women's health is abysmal as is your position on equal pay for women. By your own admission, you are a shameless womanizer and adulterer, with a despicable history of chauvinistic behavior and crude put-downs. The most telling evidence that you hold women in contempt came when you picked Sarah Palin as your running mate. You wanted to peel away the Hillary voters so you chose a woman who is the very antithesis of everything Hillary Clinton ever stood for (But I guess in John McCain world, one set of boobs and ovaries is as good as any other.)
Anyone who is aware of how much women have fought and suffered and sacrificed to insure freedoms for all of us can appreciate just how horrible having someone like this as President would be. If you are reading this, you probably are already voting for Barack Obama. But there is still lots of work to do to insure an Obama presidency. As Joe Biden said in a recent email: "The surest way to lose a race is to slow down with the finish line in sight."
Participate in GOTV. Go to www.barackobama.com to see how you can volunteer in your area. Make calls to swing voters and to let people know that they can vote early. Give money to the campaign so that they can continue to fight John McCain's nasty smear campaign.
Because women's "health" is not a radical notion.
Posted by Angela-Eloise at 7:36 AM
Comments
While I agree, this is appalling and McCain and Palin will burn in the hell they so fear, I'm really sad that the whole discussion is based soley on the health of the mother. Even if her health is optimum and there is no risk involved for her to go to term and have the child what does that have to do with any of it? A woman's right to choose shouldn't be about her health at all.
It should simply be her choice. Period.
Posted by: Cynthia | October 17, 2008 4:22 PM
Cynthia, I totally agree with you. But what I think was particularly odious about McCain's performance was that he had stopped pretending that he cares one bit about women and the issues that matter to us. I saw this as being about so much more than the abortion issue.
Posted by: Angela-Eloise | October 18, 2008 9:23 AM
The other telling moment in that debate was when McCain stated that "Sarah Palin is a role model to women anywhere." I couldn't disagree more--in fact, I was so appalled that I screamed in disgust and cursed at the TV when I heard that.
Posted by: Kate | October 21, 2008 4:38 PM