Phyllis Schlafly's 50-Year Rt-Wing Crusade

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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:43:32 -0500 (EST)
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Phyllis Schlafly's 50-year crusade

Smart, savvy and steadfast, the anti-feminist conservative icon has used the politics of accusation and paranoia to transform the political landscape of the U.S.

Media Transparency, Bill Berkowitz, February 18, 2006

http://www.mediatransparency.com/story.php?storyID=111

She's not celebrated during women's history month and she's never been elected to public office, but for the past 50 years, Phyllis Schlafly has been a major force within the conservative movement and the Republican Party, and she has left her mark on the political landscape. However you may view her -- as an "Aunt Tom," as the late Betty Friedan once heatedly labeled her, an oddball out of step with her times, and/or a conservative icon who helped pave the way for the Reagan Revolution, the Christian Coalition and George W. Bush -- Schlafly's emergence as a major conservative political figure was due to a confluence of political circumstances, and her intelligence, uncompromising tenacity, a grin that often paralyzed opponents, and a willingness to lead.

Although she played a huge role getting Barry Goldwater, the conservative Republican Senator from Arizona, the party's nomination for the presidency in 1964, Schlafly exploded onto the national political scene during the 1970s when she waged an uphill, yet ultimately successful, battle against the Equal Rights Amendment.

"Few living Americans have done as much to shape the nation's direction as Phyllis Schlafly, who is arguably the most important woman in American political history," Ralph Z. Hallow recently opined in the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Washington Times.

Read the full report:

http://www.mediatransparency.com/story.php?storyID=111

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. If you feel ill after reading this, like I did, here's something

to make you feel better...

On CSPAN2 tonight and Monday...


Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America
Karenna Gore Schiff

In "Lighting the Way," Karenna Gore Schiff, daughter of former vice president Al Gore, talks about the lives of nine women who were behind major political movements in America. Ida B. Wells Barnett, Mother Jones, Dr. Alice Hamilton, Frances Perkins and Virginia Durr are all featured in the book. During an interview conducted by her mother, Tipper Gore, the author details the humanitarian efforts of some of the women and explains how they balanced their family and work lives. This event was hosted by the Women's National Democratic Club in Washington, DC.

Karenna Gore Schiff is the former Director of Community Affairs for the Association to Benefit Children and the eldest daughter of Former Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore. This is her first book.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=457590&mesg_id=457781

[Hello_Kitty]

2. Selfish opportunist

I can't stand these right wing women who denigrate feminism while they benefit more from it than anyone. They are wealthy and priveleged, possessed of options and resources the majority of women will never see. Then they turn around and screw us over in order to garner fame, become even wealthier, so they can hire nannies and housekeepers to attend to their domestic duties, while getting approval from the boys. I wish Schlafly and her younger acolytes would stick a sock in it. Go home and scrub your own floors and raise your own kids, ladies. Live up to what you want to impose on the rest of us. Gah! They make me sick! :puke:

[Kookaburra]

3. Tell it, sister...

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[NVMojo]

4. this bitch ruined my "christian" experience with her "submission" bullshit

in the 80s.

if there is a hell, I hope she goes there.

[Demeter]

5. She's Too Mean To Die

and hell wouldn't want her.

[SharonAnn]

6. Somehow, I don't think she was ever "submissive" or "domestic"

She was and is a "career woman". She has been earning money for giving hate-filled speeches that ensalave other women, while she's been away from home most of the time.

What a hypocrite!

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Can I puke now?

Or should I wait till later?

[barb162]

8. I thought she died, oh well

can't have everything

me bad

[Lindacooks]

9. Why doesn't some man, any man, tell her to STFU and get back

to the kitchen? I mean, who the hell does she think she is? Some woman running around the country, ignoring her home and man and kitchen, telling others what to do??

:sarcasm:

[MichiganVote]

10. Frigid and rigid Phyllis needs to get a life

[Skittles]

11. she needs to get laid

yeah, I said it

[GoldenOldie]

12. Phyliss Schafly is the female counterpart to the Bush's, Cheney's & DeLay'

While she traveled far and wide leaving her children in the care of others to speak and denigrate women who were attending college or working for not being responsible Mothers, she was slowly building her own powerbase on the backs of those very same females.

Phylis Schafly's name doesn''t belong with the long list of brave women who gave so much for women's rights but she does belong with those cowards who profited on the blood and sweat of others.

[Nomen Tuum]

13. If I was her son, I'd be gay, too!

'nuff said :-)