NY NOW Blasts Kennedy for Supporting Obama

[ravdin]

The national NOW also released a statement about the endorsement (obviously in response to the NY chapter) that is much more reasonable.

http://www.now.org/press/01-08/01-28.html

 

[corplinx]

Now and groups like it being treated seriously was one of things that led to Rush Limbaugh's emergence. People think that Rush Limbaugh's success hinged on Bill Clinton. However, Rush really became popular by being the right wingnut counterweight to Now, various silly environmental groups, Jesse Jackson, and other sources of left wing silliness.

Just the other day I was reading National Geographic's news feed and some silly leftist had disguised a story about normal torrential floods as a global warming story and made the false claim that these normal floods were due to global warming. I sat there reading the tripe and thought "this was the kind of nonsense that made Limbaugh's career back in the day".

 

[Brainster]

Sean Delonas' inimitable take on the endorsement. (Note: No permalink so it's the 1/29/08 cartoon if you're coming across this more than a day or so after it's been posted).

 

[steverino]

...Like Bobby was doing in 1968, before he got shot,...
DR

So what's ol' Bobby doing THESE DAYS?

 

[Cello Man]

I'm a male, so take this for what it's worth.

NOW seems to have missed the mark here. They have a good cause to work for: equal rights for women. I support that, as it's only fair.

But the keyword here is equal. Not priveleged.

And all things being equal, anatomy shouldn't enter the discussion. You simply pick the better candidate. Personally, I think Obama is the better candidate because of his policy judgments. But I would never say, "Don't vote for Hilary because she has a vagina." That would be a stupid reason to disqualify her, and saying the opposite is a stupid reason to support her.

 

[Brainster]

I'm a male, so take this for what it's worth.

NOW seems to have missed the mark here. They have a good cause to work for: equal rights for women. I support that, as it's only fair.

You're laboring under a misapprehension here. NOW is not the National Organization of Women, it's the National Organization for Women. My sister, who's an insurance company exec, bailed out when the NOW gang started protesting lower payouts on lifetime annuities for women (because women live longer). When she pointed out that women also pay lower life insurance premiums for the same reason, she discovered that they weren't interested in equalizing that playing field.

Now that women outnumber men in law and medical schools, don't expect to see calls for affirmative action for the guys from Gloria Steinem and Co.

 

[Darth Rotor]

So what's ol' Bobby doing THESE DAYS?

Pushing up the daisies.

In other news, John F Kennedy is still dead.

DR