BlogHer - Cindy McCain - Comments

Passion

mrodgers — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:49:48 -0500

I wrote a blog that I posted last week here on blogher about Women's Power and that it will be Women who "reclaim" the planet and overcome global devistation.

These are amazing times, and frightening times. The presidential election being the closest women have ever really gotton to achieving office, the momtrepenuer movement...Blogher, and women all over the world joining their voices in communities to educate and inspire each other. These Rwandan Women will forgive because they know inherently it's the only way to achieve real progress. Fear and Love being the most powerful oppossing emotions they must choose love to overcome, which only a group of such devistated women can do. It makes me tearful, fierce, proud.

You will get over your botched job I hope (I have no doubt, and I'm so sorry) because it's clear you speak the same language as these women, otherwise you would not have posted and inspired me to comment. Thanks for bringing their healing into my life. Congrats on the birth of your son

Monica Rodgers www.earthsavers.typepad.com or www.littlebits.com

wake up calls

madeintaiwan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:16:48 -0500

I remember when I was living in Mexico... someone told me that her friend had to tie a rope around her toddler's waist and anchor the rope around a log so that she could do her job as a cleaning lady for a home. What are the alternatives? That story just flipped my sheltered thinking and ideas of justice upside down. What's that line? "with privilege, comes responsibility"... We are really so privileged in North America and I hope that as I get older and maybe a bit wiser, I will find ways to be there for other women who have less means but more strength than I will ever know. Please check out http://www.kiva.org (I don't work for them or anything), it's great for helping people improve their standard of living and you even get your money back.

ps. her bad mother - your pain is not petty! yikes! hope you're better soon!!

http://watermelonmama.wordpress.com/

Presidental Candidates Wives

kiddingcat — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:23:46 -0500

victor D manneh

Ameican Princess,

I will have to agreed with you, but if these candidates wives just support their spouses in a way as a spouse and not a politcians, and play a low profile on the campaign trial, then they wouldn't be seeming as over-the-board, I think.

In Australia

kazari — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:59:52 -0500

we've recently elected a prime minister with a entrepreneur for a wife. She owns and runs a multi-national recruitment firm, wears really loud clothes, and has completely changed the perception of what an Australian first lady needs to be.

during the election there was much discussion about her business, and if she would quit if her husband won.

i think the only bigger shake-up would be for our next prime-minister to have a husband...