Woman against Sarah Palin

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> TO MY SISTERS IN FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT:
>
> Please take a few minutes to join this process. Do not
> underestimate the
> number of people motivated by the McCain candidacy --
> motivated to ensure
> Senator Obama's loss. She is not to be
> underestimated. Please read the piece
> below trying to promote a grassroots campaign -- Women Say
> No to Palin.
>
> Yours,
> Loretta Savery
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> Friends, compatriots, fellow-lamenters,
>
> We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we
> have felt since the
> announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential
> candidate for the
> Republican Party. We believe that this terrible decision
> has surpassed mere
> partisanship, and that it is a dangerous farce on the part
> of a pandering and
> rudderless Presidential candidate that has a real
> possibility of becoming fact.
>
>
> Perhaps like us, as American women, you share the fear of
> what Ms. Palin and
> her professed beliefs and proven record could lead to for
> ourselves and for
> our present or future daughters. To date, she is against
> sex education,
> birth control, the pro-choice platform, environmental
> protection, alternative
> energy development, freedom of speech (as mayor she
> attempted to ban books and
> tried to fire the librarian who refused), gun control, the
> separation of
> church and state, and polar bears. To say nothing of her
> complete lack of
> experience.
>
>
> We want to clarify that we are not against Sarah Palin as
> a woman, a
> mother, or, for that matter, a parent of a pregnant
> teenager, but solely as a rash,
> incompetent, and all together devastating choice for Vice
> President. Ms.
> Palin's political views are in every way a slap in the
> face to the
> accomplishments that our mothers and grandmothers and
> great-grandmothers so fiercely
> fought for, and that we've so demonstrably benefited
> from.
>
>
> First and foremost, Ms. Palin does not represent us. She
> does not
> demonstrate or uphold our interests as American women. It
> is presumed that the
> inclusion of a woman on the Republican ticket could win
> over women voters. We want
> to disagree, publicly.
>
>
> Therefore, we invite you to reply _here_
> (mailto:womensaynopalin@gmail.com)
> with a short, succinct message about why you, as a woman
> living in this
> country, do not support this candidate as
> second-in-command for our nation.
>
> Please include your name (last initial is fine), age, and
> place of
> residence.
>
>
> We will post your responses on a blog called "Women
> Against Sarah Palin,"
> which we intend to publicize as widely as possible. Please
> send us your reply
> at your earliest convenience; the greater the volume of
> responses we receive,
> the stronger our message will be.
>
>
> Thank you for your time and action.
>
> VIVA!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Quinn Latimer and Lyra Kilston
> New York, NY
> _womensaynopalin@gmail.com_
> (mailto:womensaynopalin@gmail.com)
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