Attention Must Be Paid

Anna, you're a writer. Do your research.
1. Have you ever heard of the Civil Rights Movement? You described Obama's "wife, who because of the newest wave of feminism suddenly had many [opportunities]." If you had done any research before writing this article, you would know that the Civil Rights movement had a lot to do with Michelle Obama's opportunities and the opportunities of women of ALL races because of how Civil Rights legislation addressed issues of RACE and GENDER. In fact, why don't YOU thank the Civil Rights movement for how it served you as a white woman?
2. Have you ever heard of Frederick Douglass, the Black male former slave and abolitionist. He was also one of the most outspoken advocates of women's suffrage. For you to act as if Black men have never supported feminism shows that you haven't researched the first wave of the women's right's movement.
3. I'm a Black woman and a feminist. If you had done your research you would know that Black women have been involved in women's rights at every stage. (Have you heard of Sojourner Truth, Maria Stewart, Ida B. Wells? Probably not.) I am tired of white women like you acting like you "own" feminism and that Black people are too stupid to even spell it.
4. You're a writer. Think about your tone in this article. You write to Barack Obama in the tone you would use for a stupid, spoiled child. You would never use that tone to write to an adult white male, even if you completely disagreed with him.
Anna, you need to realize that racism is incompatible with feminism. Investigate yours before you write anything about or to a black person. The ahistorical and racist elements of this article demean feminism and so do you.

I too agree with those who indicate that I will not be voting for Obama. While I;m not sure if I'll go McCain-jury still out on him as of today--I may just not vote at all. Obama has not earned my respect, nor vote--and he will not get it. He is a weak candidate without the credentials needed to be POTUS. I firmly believe he just loves to hear himself talk. He himself made a comment back during the primary that he felt he gave a good speech---well
he does. The DNC in my opinion made a terrible choice once again in bringing forth a candidate who is far left of center on all the issues. This is not where America is and they should know this, but then again their STUPID - plain ans simple..

THERE IS NO WRATH LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED, I AGREE. A MAN WOULD PROBABLY NOT GO AS FAR AS TO BURN THE HOUSE DOWN OVER A DISAGREEMENT, HOUSE THAT A MAN AND A WOMAN BOTH HAVE TO LIVE IN. THERE IS A POINT WHEN LOGIC AND COMMON SENSE COMES IN TO REIN THINGS IN, BUT I GUESS WOMEN HAVE BECOME JUSTIFIED IN REACTING DRASTICALLY AND IRRESPONSIBLY IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, EXACTLY WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS. THE SAYING GOES: YOU MAKE YOUR BED HARD, YOU LAY IN A HARD BED. I WONDER HOW FAR THE ARGUMENTS FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS WILL GO IF THE HEADLINE "A WOMAN SCORNED HIT THE HEADLINES". AS MUCH AS WOMEN VALUE BEAUTY, IT MUST TAKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GOT TO CUT-OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE. THE COUNTRY WILL BE BLEEDING FOR YEARS TO COME. EXPLAIN THE REVERSE IN THE POTENCY OF THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT ARGUMENTS AFTER THAT, FOR THE RECORD, I AM NOT MAD, AT LEAST NOT AT YOU, OR ANY FELLOW AMERICAN. I AM MAD AT, LIKE BILL CLINTON SAID: "IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID.

I thought after the primary season was over the Obama supporters would embrace the Hillary supporters, but instead there is still arrogance and hostility. It is not helpful to be insulted by fellow democrats.

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Who really cares about this election any more? Now that BOTH parties have successfully nominated the WORST possible candidates, we can all sit back and enjoy the ride into socialism / liberalism / communism / progressivism. I sooo look forward to the soup lines. I can hardly wait.

It would be nice if one of these clowns would actually look at the cause of our problems before plastering billion dollar government sponsored band aids on the situation. Everything these jokers come up with is certain to send us that much closer to government sponsored bankruptcy.

This nation used to be great when it was the land of opportunity--both to succeed and to fail. The direction it is headed is to mediocrity, because we seem to want to have the opportunity to succeed, but be shielded from the opportunity to fail. Unfortunately, the laws of economics do not allow such a separation. The more you limit the opportunity for failure, the opportunity for success is also limited (all the higher tax talk on the upper class is evidence of this.) Limiting the opportunity for success ultimately leads to a lack of motivation for innovation, which is what made our nation great, and will make us a nation of lemmings who just want to go to our jobs, feeling entitled to be taken care of by the government.

Wake up people, Government solutions are not solutions. It's up to us as citizens to show what we are made of. Electing some joker who is full of empty promises and wrong solutions is not the answer. Until we start teaching our children personal responsibility, our country will continue to deteriorate.

All you people who falsely blame President Bush for our current economic troubles are sooo misguided, it's not even funny. Has he screwed up in many many ways? Absolutely. Has this Democratic run congress screwed up in just as many ways? Absolutely. Some day, maybe people will realize that the strength of our country lies in the strength of the people--not the government. Until we do, we are on a slippery slope.

All the boomer feminists who are mostly wanted women to vote for Sen. Clinton simply because she was a woman and claimed 35 years of experience for her including Bill Clinton's years of Governor and President among them. Now suddenly, Anna Quindlen is claiming Michelle Obama and her generation have all these opportunities because of a 'new wave of feminism'. When? Sorry to bring race in, but even in the days of Obama's grandmother being female and available opportunities meant what the color of your skin was. Women of a darker color simply did not have the choice of not working because it was their economic situation and not their gender that dictated whether they worked or not. And mostly in the lower economic sectors. Add segregation and Michelle Obama's grandmother's life experience is not the same as Barack Obama's white grandmother.
Even during the early parts of Barack and Michelle Obama's mother's lives, their skin color must have dictated the opportunities available to them. Barack's mother was extraordinarily open minded, which if we are honest will acknowledge that it was the exception and not the rule then. Our country has become more equal now, but it must be acknowledged that for Michelle Obama to be a Ivy League student was harder than someone who was a woman and in her exact same economic situation, but white. Even now the percentage of minority women to white women in Ivy League colleges is not the same. And many are due to economic reasons.
So, Ms. Quindlen, unless the anger of women of your generation sorry to say has mostly been among white women who have been threatening to write Sen. Clinton's name in the ballot like small petulant children, have no sympathy among the majority of other democrats. Sen. Obama should be inclusive of all groups irrespective of race, gender or economic situation if he is to be President of America. He does not owe women of your generation and acknowledgement of 'anger or frustration' just because his opponent was a woman of your age neither is he a stand in for the 'younger men, women in the assistant's seat have watched promoted over them'. . It is unfair. Will you apologize for slavery and segregation because you are a white woman? And I am not a black woman, but an Asian immigrant woman.

I have to admit, there is some strong opposition to OBAMA out there, but the more I read the comments on these and other posts, the people who support OBAMA sound so in touch with what it takes to succeed economically and socially in life. I am actually refreshed by the amount of common sense I hear from the OBAMA supporters. (Nothing against Hillary by far) I think most people who support OBAMA have realized what has been going on politically has been wrong for a long time, but felt powerless to do anything. Almost as if the closed mined and unwavering pro-ignorance of the people American political scene was in a dive that it could not be pulled out of, but then OBAMA came along, and said hey "help me pull this thing up". At once everyone grabbed for the handle and started pulling: white, black, asian, mexican chinese, japanese, swedish, german, scandinavian,etc. But some other groups are saying, well unless such and such can get the credit, we won't help pull...but the person that they want to get the credit, doesn't want to pull out of the dive, because he owns a parachute, and would be happier getting paid to pretend like he is trying to repair the wreckage instead of steer this thing in the right direction, so that everyone can live. With OBAMA, everyone(race,creed,sex) has their hand on the handle, and we just might clear that mountain...PULL!

This Video of Hilarious John McCain debates himself. How on Earth he get this words?
Is he losing his bearings or his Marbles?

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/06/mccain-2005-vs.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DqR7zis99I

Im wondering How on earth this Guy made so many Missteps make americans embarras,even saying President Putin is Germany president,Germany never have a president before ,maybe John McCain can be Russian President. then if Putin is Germany President.Dosen't know the difference between Sunni and Shite,Iran president and Prime Minister.....Im real ashamed of his foriegn policy knowledge let alone American Potus..

Get over yourself. You should be so lucky for Senator Obama to call you 'Sweetie'. If white women would stop trying to compete with their men and stop trying to draw other women into their private little war aganist men; they could be so much more happy. I've been a nurse, a soldier and a peace officer and have never lost my sense of being a woman. You, white women, want the rules changed for your convience. You twisted affirmative action until it fit you...not the poor minorities for whom it was intended; you decided you wanted to kill your unborn children so the rest of the country rode along....now, you want to put one of your own into the White House and if that isn't possible you'll have to direct how the one who does get in, operates. When you speak of what women want, clarify..."white women". I'm 63 years old and I've only felt the sting of racial bias...not gender. If you had some real problems you could gain some prespective. Hillary was not a surrogate for Black women...she was and is just a rich white woman.

If the woman who wrote this article and all the others want to live their life with blinders on that is their perogative. Obama was never a second for me. It was always Hillary and if not Hillary, McCain (and no, I am not racist). The only thing that would give me pause for concern is if Sen. Obama could happen to gain some experience between now and the fall, but I don't see that happening. I'm not sure why that is so hard to accept. I made that decision before the primaries even started. I have always liked John McCain .... can't see why that is a crime. DEMOCRATS FOR MCCAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!