Mothers Vote!
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GoogleI’m one of those women who don’t really consider her ‘political’. In fact, that’s what I told Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe -Finkbeiner when we first met in Washington two years ago.
But, like so many other Americans worn down by the economy and urged on by my conscience, I had to choose; My future, or my apathy.
My future and the future of my kids won of course, and while I still don’t consider myself well versed on legal-ease and poli-jargon, I do think of myself as an advocate for women (and especially women who are mothers) in every sense of the word.
So, here I am. Adding my opinions to the collective voice. While I’m still getting over Hillary’s defeat, I realize the vote marches on. There was a brief moment, several months back, when Sarah Palin first stepped onto the stage, when I felt the rush of excitement over yet another woman standing in the spotlight this election season.
But, alas I am drawn back to my senses and realized quickly enough that she doesn’t stand for the kind of values I embrace; namely a women’s right to choose.
Besides, John McCain for all his service and heroism seems stuck in the past and angry about his circumstances. I already know enough at my age to stay away from angry men.
It looks like I’ll reluctantly jump on the Obama bandwagon, keeping my eyes on the future and my hand on the polling lever. P.S. I still love Hillary
You can see my band's video about the Hillary vote by logging onto www.housewivesonprozac.com (It's still on the homepage)
A woman's choice
A womens right to choose? To choose what? Is a woman not allowed to "choose" if she is going to have sex, to "choose" to use birth control, to "choose" not to have sex if she truely does not want to have a child? Women do have a choice, it is the unborn child that does not. Women aren't being told that they are not allowed to get tattoos or have plastic surgery...aren't those things directly related to a womens body. I could see being upset about that but how can women be upset about not being able to eliminate their unborn child? Every "choice" you make in life creates an outcome. Why are we not focused more on preventing the unwanted outcome? This just doesn't make any logical sense to me. I am not attacking your different views in any way, I just really don't understand them. When I was in high school I knew that everytime I had sex with my boyfriend, eventhough I was taking birth control, there was a chance I could get pregnant. If a woman is that sure she does not want to get pregnant she shouldn't have sex instead of thinking of pregnancy as an afterthought.
Mother's Vote
I consider myself a moderate. I can not for the life of me understand how someone could vote for Barrack Obama. As a mother of 2 three years; I know very well what it is like raising children in our society. I have a small business as well. This business started with myself and my husband working from home and has grown to prosper and we now have six employees.
Small businesses can not survive under Barrack Obama's reign. Our business will be forced to let one, if not two employees go to pay our tax debt. If we elect McCain, at least everyone's tax debts and entitlements will remain as is. With Obama as president, God have mercy on all our souls.
I to believe a woman should have the right to decide what she does with her body. Me personally, I'm prolife; but to each her own. If a woman can live with her decisions, then who I am I to impose my beliefs. However; I STRONGLY, disagree with late term abortions. Many of these children could survive outside the womb and there are many families that are on waiting lists to adopt newborns.
If you showed up at a medical professionals office in a life and death situation, the provider is required to provide emergency care and stablize you. In a late term abortion, some fetus are aborted alive, and are left in a plastic bind to die. This is wrong, this is murder.
From my view, I would rather a family wanting to share their life with an innocence child should be given the opportunity.
If your only choice for voting for Obama is because he is prochoice, think again, there will be many women and men without jobs when the small businesses that employ them have to terminate them.
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