Feminists for Obama

[yardwork]

The right-wing blogs have been busy today. They'd like to convince voters that all feminists are angry at Barack Obama. Nonsense.

I'm a white woman. I'm also gay. I support Obama. Why? Because he's obviously got the nomination sewn up, and I certainly don't want McCain or another Republican to win the White House. Millions of other white women feel the same way.

Is Obama a saint? No, and I've never said so. Neither is a devil. Hillary Clinton is neither a saint nor a devil. They're politicians. In fact, they're both center-moderate Democratic politicians. Neither of them is as progressive as me on most issues. Does that mean that I'm planning to vote for Ralph Nader or encourage people not to vote Democratic or - most bizarrely of all - vote for a Republican out of spite? No. And neither are millions of other Americans.

Don't believe the spin.

[Lucky 13]

1. One more feminist for Obama here!

I'm also a gay female, a feminist, a progressive and 100% supporting Barack Obama.

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2. Thank you!

:toast:

[NC_Nurse]

3. Count me in. I hate people assuming that feminists are all for Clinton.

Don't speak for me, pundits. You haven't gotten much right so far in this primary - give it up.

[yardwork]

4. I think the pundits' pay is directly proportional to how often they are wrong!

[NC_Nurse]

14. That would explain Bill Kristol...

he must be piling up a huge fortune by now. :D

[GoldenOldie]

9. A really, really, old feminist checking in for Obama.

I still have vivid memories of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt and how they inspired our Nation and peoples during dark and difficult days in our Nations history. Obama stirs the hearts and minds of "We the People," that we are all in this together much like the Roosevelt's did. Much as I admire Hillary Clinton and understand her own admiration for Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary is no Eleanor Roosevelt.

[NC_Nurse]

15. Eleanor Roosevelt would definitely have had my vote!

:pals:

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18. Thank you!

My mother says that Obama reminds her of JFK.

[myrna minx]

31. I would have voted for Eleanor in a heartbeat.

She is one of my greatest heros. :pals:

[Erin Elizabeth]

46. Or hell, that all WOMEN are for Clinton.

Puhleeze.

[myrna minx]

5. This feminist supports Obama b/t

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19. Hi there!

[ShortnFiery]

6. I'm here ... and Fired UP!

I served in the US Army and was within one of the first groups of women officers integrated from the Womens Army Corps (WACs) to the Regular Army. As such, to say that I experienced SEXISM is a massive understatement. :wow:

However, I've learned through my years of active duty, government and civilian service, that people should be judged as *individuals.*

I've had the pleasure of serving under many effective and talented bosses (and leaders) of both genders and a myriad of ethnicities.

Yes, I'm proud to support Barack Obama because, IMO, he's "The Genuine Article."

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20. Fiery people for Obama!

[Kittycat]

7. Count me in! I was..

so angered yesterday when someone here posted a letter, representing ALL women in their steadfast support of Clinton. It just infuriates me that anyone dare speak for me like that.

I'm a woman - and I'm proud to support Obama!

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21. Me too!

[Butch350]

8. Feminists for Obama

Thank You!

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24. Together we will sweep Democrats to victory!

[havocmom]

10. Can't figure out why real feminists would support the candidate of status quo

Just because Hillary is a she is not a reason for feminists to support her. SHE is too much invested in maintaining the status quo and the status quo is NOT good for women.

Put me in the Obama column: White female without a college degree living in a state often derided here for being 'red' despite our DEM Gov, Senators, and much progressive policy. Oh, and I am old too.

So much for the demographic theory. :D

[yardwork]

22. Welcome to feminists for Obama!

[havocmom]

33. Thanks, but I still wish it was a meeting of Feminists For Edwards

::sigh::

I will work for the nominee. Been doing that since it was obvious (to rational, intellectually honest people) who that is.

Obama does inspire and get more people involved and that makes him worthy of support. The status quo HAS to change. He can get people moving to do that and I am all for that!

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38. I love your sig line!

[helderheid]

11. Rec 4 from another feminist for Obama

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26. Thank you!

[mcctatas]

12. Feminist for Obama here....

although, I propose we call ourselves the "Obamazons"

[helderheid]

13. I'm too short :(

[mcctatas]

16. me too....

we can stand in the back row on step ladders at the first annual International convention of Obamazons! ;)

[helderheid]

17. That works!

:hi:

[yardwork]

LOL! Amazons for Obama! Say that ten times fast.

[me b zola]

23. Another feminist for Obama checking in!

:thumbsup:

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28. All right!

[PassingFair]

25. Lily-White Slacker Feminist for Obama....

signing in!

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29. Slackers for Obama! Huuuuge tent!

[futureliveshere]

27. Thanks for inserting common sense and logic into a bizarre conversation.

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30. We do what we can!

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39. Grovelbot, this is a positive thread. Take your negativity someplace else!

[Upton]

34. Thank you

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37. Thank you!

[NotThisTime]

35. Another Lily white feminist for Obama, nobody had to twist my arm!

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36. Welcome! Thanks for checking in.

[hokies4ever]

40. How do you define 'feminist'?

Just curious. :patriot:

[mcctatas]

41. Which wave?

First, Second, Third?

Personally, I am more of a post-modernist feminist....

[hokies4ever]

42. I'm a male

and hardly know anything about 'feminism'. LOL, I didn't even realize there were different waves. :rofl:

[mcctatas]

43. ....

you have incurred the wrath of the Obamazons, we will arrange your execution post haste!!!!

[hokies4ever]

49. You're sending Lucy Lawless after me?

Oh no, I don't want to be beaten by a beautiful woman...actually that sounds kind of...go ahead, but please be gentle. :9

Was she actually a lesbian in that Xena? I couldn't really tell.

[mcctatas]

51. All the perverts watching liked to think she was a sister of

sappho, I just think she was bad-ass!!! :)

[yardwork]

47. Many men are feminists. It means supporting equal rights for women.

Feminism does not mean promoting the rights of one group over another. To me, feminism means supporting equal rights for all people, regardless of their sex or gender identity.

Nothing prevents men from being feminists. In fact, I believe that all enlightened men are feminists.

[yardwork]

44. To me, feminism means fully supporting equal rights for women.

Feminism means recognizing that women are as deserving as men in all respects. It means that women should not be discriminated against in any way as a group. To me, feminism is a corollary to full support for human rights. People should not be discriminated against on the basis of their sex or gender identity, period. That goes for transgendered people as well.

Just as I support full and equal rights for all people regardless of their ethnicity, culture, religion, country of origin, state of origin, affectional and sexual orientation, and gender identity, I support full and equal rights for women throughout the world.

Is that clear?

[hokies4ever]

53. Yes, but it'll be an uphill battle

Too many people belong to organized religions which go counter to gender equality. The Bible for example is chock full of these kinds of examples. One reason why I stopped going to church after I left my parents home. Religion seems to always be a refuge for people to rationalize why their subjugation of other types of people is the right thing to do.

Can feminists be full Christians also?

[yardwork]

57. Of course it's an uphill battle! We wouldn't have to be talking about it for thousands of years

if it was easy!

Yes, many feminists are "full Christians." When I read Jesus's words in the New Testament, I see strongly feminist and humanist values being promoted. I'm not distracted by the corruption that has been added by powerful people with personally selfish agendas over the years.

[Erin Elizabeth]

45. Thank you!

Feminist/humanist for Obama here, too!

[yardwork]

48. Thank you! We are legion.

[bcoylepa]

50. another one

working for change

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52. Welcome!

[BlooInBloo]

54. I *like* feminists! Does that count?

:P

[yardwork]

55. No! LOL!

[BlooInBloo]

59. (runs out to form Male Likers Of Feminists For Obama group)

:rofl:

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63. Men can be feminists too!

[purji]

56. me too n/t

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58. Hi there!

[ebdarcy]

60. I'm proud to be a feminist for Obama.

It looks like I'm in good company. :)

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64. This native Ohioan is glad to have you on board!

[helderheid]

61. Kickin!

[knixphan]

62. K&R

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65. Thank you!

[SeattleGirl]

66. Another white feminist for Obama!

:toast:

[Pisces]

67. Another feminist for Obama. No baaaing media sheep here.

[EFerrari]

68. You said it, hermanita. K&R

[Triana]

69. Feminist for Obama here!

As a woman and a Democrat, I'm ashamed of Hillary.

[Diane R]

70. Proud feminist for Obama! (Feminism means thinking for yourself).

[FourStarDemocrat]

71. I sat on the board of NYC NOW in the 80's and I'm for Obama!

I'm woman who's been a longtime feminist. Back in the eighties and nineties I was heavily involved in the fight for woman's reproductive rights. I helped organize NY's participation in the huge March on Wash in '89, worked to stop Operation Rescue, protested Bork, and was involved in a number of other actions. Yes, I would love to see a woman president someday. But wanting integrity in a candidate for President, and wanting the Democrats to come together and win in November comes first in my book.

We have a wonderful candidate in Barack, and I personally feel it's reverse sexism not to support him because of his gender, and that reverse sexism is the other side of the sexism coin. I proudly support Barack Obama. Hillary's lists of angry, pissed off female supporters do not speak for me.

[Elspeth]

72. What you are describing is practical politics, not a reasoned feminist response

I don't have a problem with it, btw. Practical politics is really all there is. But don't use a plural, general ideological label for a thread about your own practical thinking.