Real Women Respond to Palin Webathon

Friends and compatriots,

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 and future daughters. To date, she is against a woman’s right to choose (even in the case of rape or incest), environmental and wildlife protection, breaking free from dependence on fossil fuels (she denies human responsibility for global warming), freedom of speech (as mayor she repeatedly brought up the question of banning books), gun control, the separation of church and state, community organizers, 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 or a mother, but solely as a rash, incompetent, and all together devastating choice for Vice President. Ms. Palin’s retrograde political views are in every way a slap in the face to the accomplishments that our mothers and 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 submit with a short message about why you, as a woman living in this country, do not support this candidate as second-in-command for our nation. 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 convenience-the greater the volume of responses we receive, the stronger our message will be.

Thank you for your time and action.

VIVA!

Sincerely,
Quinn L. and Lyra K.
New York, NY
womensaynopalin@gmail.com
**PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! If you send this to 20 women in the next hour, you could be
blessed with a country that takes your concerns seriously. Stranger things have happened.