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Women Voters - you Might Need to Reconsider

It’s a lazy day here. The weather is cold and damp and all that I feel like watching on television is “something to do with a whole lot of nothing”.

Yes, I am referring to politics.

I’m almost sickened to the quick about what is going on with the Democratic Party and will blog about this catastrophe-waiting-to-happen next week but before I do, I want to poll you. If you drop by to take a look at my new blog and want to weigh in with your political opinion, please do. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

I am going to remain somewhat politically quiet for a few days until I have time to research all of the recorded facts that I want to touch on but before I do, I want to remind you (those of you who stop by) and especially those of you who are women that this election isn’t about race or sex. In fact, keep these points in mind if you still have a vote to cast:

1. Regardless of who wins the democratic nomination, there will be potential for a “first” meaning that yes, Clinton could become the first woman to take the oval office or Obama could become the first black President. But this isn’t about race or sex…right? Sure it is. We’ve made it an election about minorities. I guess we’re just smart like that.

2. Before I go on, I want to just say that I would vote for Denzel Washington. I would campaign for Denzel Washington. He’s just downright likeable. He’s a man of honor. A family man. A man of substance and a man we can track using the internet. In short, we know who he is and where he’s been. If he had political aspirations, I’d vote for him.
Now that I have that factor out of the way, I want to mention that this blog post is not about race. This election is not about race. It is not. But by making it about race, suddenly the country seems determined to put a man in the White House who carries around two evil reminders of where we’ve been as a country.

So let me remind you. Since so many have looked the other way. I want you to say his name. Say it out loud. Chant it like his supporters. Repeat it like his followers. Barack Hussein Obama. It should be easy to pronounce. Say it again. Barack Hussein Obama. We’ve heard the names often and most of our young children think that Obama Bin Laden is becoming President. That’s a tough pill to swallow.

It hasn’t been long ago that we were all focused on the pursuit of Saddam Hussein and Obama Bin Laden so maybe we just need both names in front of us as a constant reminder of the past…is that it? I think so. Come on people. Where’s your loyalty? Where is your allegiance? Do we have any left?

I imagine our founding fathers would be content to roll over and continue to play dead. What we are doing to ourselves as a country is thumbing up our noses at the lives lost in combat overseas and we’re turning our backs on the families that truly don’t need unlimited cruel daily reminders of 9-11-2001. There will be many of them if we put Obama in the White House and I shudder to think about where it will truly begin…or end.

3. Now, my third and final point today is one that every woman in America should think about. In the late 1860s, black men were permitted to vote in their first southern election. It wasn’t until 1920 that women of any race could vote. 1920.

I have to ask you, if it took another fifty-plus years for women to have a vote or a voice in any election…who is the minority in this election? If we’re going to persist and if we’re bound and determined to make this about a minority election then ladies, take up your arms and vote in the right direction.

Don’t vote for a man you know nothing about because Oprah told you to do it or the Kennedy family is behind him. Vote for a woman because you know she’s the best one for the job. Vote for the lady who can take the political office like she knows her way around because the truth is…she does.

Vote for someone who can go in on day one and begin business as necessary because it will be there waiting for her. Don’t vote for a man who will have more political favors to pay back than he’ll ever be able to repay. And those debts will come due.

Vote for experience and let that stand alone and be enough. Obama has strings attached. Clinton has ropes to pull. And best of all, she has the strength to do it. She also has the education and experience we need in the White House. What does Barack offer? The Hussein-factor. The Obama-element. Is that what you want for your America? Think about it. Is it?
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That’s my three pennies today. I will have three or four more to toss in next week.
After all, I’m quite dumbfounded but not ready to be totally silenced by it. I thought Americans had moved forward enough that they wouldn’t be interested in making a political election into a sprint for more race or minority issues. Apparently, I was wrong.

Let’s open our eyes ladies. If there is a minority in this country, it’s us. If there are true voices that need to be heard…it’s yours. It’s your voice that was pushed aside for over fifty years while everyone else had a legal right to vote and now, when your vote is needed the most, you follow the crowd and don’t think for yourself. Shame on us. I thought we were women. The backbone of families. The strength of our nation. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe this is the reason our children follow so many crowds. After all, as mothers, we’re ready to do the same thing. Someone else told us to vote for a man we really don’t know anything about. Why? Because they said so. That’s a good reason? Maybe for some but not for all.

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