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Dear Sisters (and I mean all you gals out there--no matter how old
you are or what party you belong to, whether you work or stay home and
care for your children, whether you live in the heart of our country or
are flung on the farthest coast),
Even though we all know that women's votes have been important since
we got the right to vote nationally in 1920, this year it's suddenly
news, spin, or at least a media cycle--that women matter. Our votes
matter. Didn't we matter before? Let's just say this year women have
become extremely visible, and politicians in both parties and of both
sexes have worked the female demographic particularly--Hillary when she
finally embraced her womanhood after she discovered that by doing so
she could lay claim to a sizable segment of women voters, and McCain
after Hillary lost to Obama. Some of Hillary's supporters were fit to
be tied and McCain wanted them to think that as their "man" he could be
tied into pro-woman submission. McCain took his opportunity since these
women had been encouraged to rage against Obama, who was actually the
one with real credibility for being on the side of American females.
Most of these women have seen through McCain's act. God help the
ones who haven't. Ladies, don't let McCain try to snuggle up and fool
you. He may not always have been The Great Pretender, but face it, he
is now. Although it's the nature of politics for politicians to
manipulate the truth as well as the voters, McCain's
skullduggery--though marvelous in its twistedness--will deliver a bomb
after the election. If it weren't such a hard and terrible time in our
country's history, if the American public hadn't been the target of
untold political corruption, machinations, and greed over the last
terrible eight years, this election might not be so extraordinarily
crucial.
George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, the Republican Congress, and the
Democrats who went along with them have nearly killed us, and make no
mistake: John McCain has been a rip-roaring part of the downfall. Our
country is still heaving from the disastrous results of Republican
attitudes and policies, like in the current economic crisis that is
yet-another wake-up call of how this Bush administration leadership has
almost done us and our families in. Check out Naomi Klein's (a sister who actually predicted this) The Shock Doctrine and take note of where we citizens are likely headed if we don't vigilantly stand up now to protect ourselves--the future for your
children and mine.
Let us be clear about what the Bush years have wrought us. Let us be
clear that John McCain will give us more of the same. Don't forget,
ladies, when you're sipping cocktails or coffee, remember:
1. We are less safe from terrorism than we were before
9/11. George W. and his Neo-Con buddies have creamed their own country and the rest of the world with the Iraq War. More terrorists have been bred. More have learned to hate the USA. More than 4,000 American men and women have tragically lost their lives, not to mention thousands and thousands of Iraqis--men, women, and children--with another 2 million Iraqi refugees who have fled their country as well as 2.5 million Iraqi who are displaced within it. What has it cost us,
financially and in every other way, that the Bush Administration lied
to its own citizenry and the world to engage in a war that shouldn't
have happened? And who is making their fortunes in Iraq?2. Our democracy has almost been destroyed with this administration's
machinations to take it down so they could wield totalitarian control.
Among other shameful acts is signing up to torture. John McCain may be
a war hero, but he doomed young American soldiers by being in favor of
torture--and after he was tortured himself. (Would you want this to be
your son or daughter?) With this--with Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and
extraordinary renditions--we have not only doomed our own soldiers, we
have lost the world's respect, which is a common theme throughout this
administration. John McCain opposed expanding the G.I. bill and then, cynically, took credit for it. His non-support of our servicemen and women is a disgrace, while he claims double indemnity for his heroism.3. The poor are getting poorer. It's getting harder to put food in
your children's mouths. The cost of gas has gone up 400%. The cost of
health care is terrorizing and the lack of insurance is demoralizing.
Many Americans have lost their homes while Wall Streeters have been
enriched. We all already know: the whole economy is in a shambles. What a joke! McCain and his fellow Republicans are Capitol Hill. They've
made this national mess what it is today. The little guys and gals