Are you certain Obama cares about choice? I’m not. He voted present for political expedience before. Heck, what have the Democrats done for women……..let’s recap………they helped outlaw a procedure that will cause women who already faced one of the most difficult and heartbreaking decisions(because you will never in a million years convince me a woman goes through six + months of swelling, puking and having its body leached of nutrients for giggles) to risk preforated uteruses and hemorrhage because they were afraid of being labeled bad things and being called names. When the SC ruled that BCPs are not required to be carried on business formularies they did nothing. When it was found that a huge donut hole rose the and caused BCP costs to rise on campuses they did nothing. Right now, the Bush administration HHS has pushed to have BCPs labeled as abortifactents which would mean that if a pharmacist or doctor didn’t agree with dispensing them they wouldn’t have to. When have you seen Obama use his bully pulpit to address this? He hasn’t. He signed a letter, that was his big contribution.

Furthermore, Feminists for Life, the organization Sarah Palin belongs to, helped pass the Child Support Enforcement Act, participated in Domestic Violence laws and is presently working to pass the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting College Student Support Act. I may not agree with them about choice but I can respect and work with women who seek to make sure that there is a support network in place for women who do choose to bring a child into this world. I can agree with them that for each child to have the opportunity to achieve its potential that we need to ensure these children have the resources they need to learn and grow(and that means support for their parents). Additionally, the venom I have seen directed at Clinton and then Palin has opened my eyes to the sexism that exists within my own party. I don’t believe that people who derides a woman for continuing in a race she is entitled to continue on in is credible even if they say they are for “equal pay” for women. I watched in disgust while they told a women who garnered more votes then any man before her to back down and went so far as to try to act as if she didn’t get those votes. There were men who barely managed to get a state who were given their acknowledgement during a roll call, they didn’t even want her to get that. I watched as they made beauty pagaent sound like a dirty word( as if how a woman looks is something you have a say over). That isn’t the sign of a party that respects women, that’s the sign of a party that uses us(and I am done being used). Furthermore, I find it crucial to have women represented and in order to do that you vote for women, even if you don’t agree with them. It’s the 30% rule. I will vote for a woman this cycle and the DNC decided which one.

And Capt. Obvious – if politics are not playing a part in this bailout, our tax dollars, and our economy, I don’t know what is. And that is why we are talking about it here.

I thought this was a personal finance blog. A place to discuss money… Apparently it’s just like all other forms of media trying to force politics into a forum that should be politic free.

By the way, Turkana and Left Coaster are liberal(so you can safely click on the link). So is TalkLeft(I’m a Big BTD fan and have been every since me and Armando went toe to toe). I used to be a Dkos fan before it became a pep rally rather than a site promoting activism and discouraging conspiracy theories. I have been known to visit Redstate but usually just to laugh at the antics. I like Josh Trevino and used to like watching him and BTD spar at Swords Crossed(a site created to promote debate between the two ideologies).

There are alot of breadwinners making minimum wage working so called entry level positions. Go to Burger King during the day or Walmart(there aren’t kids filling these positions- kids are in school- they’re adults). Why should these people filling essential business functions be forced to grub out a meagar existence simply because they don’t have college? Quite frankly, I’m for letting these investment bankers go find a job at their local Mickey Ds, haven’t we heard for years about how the market is God and when one job closes down( due jobs being shipped overseas) that people should be able to start all over. Here’s the MARKET’S opportunity to do what it has been telling Main Street to do. Pick up and start over- with their OWN bootstraps.

Some interesting reading for you if you like http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011470.php

Couple his triangulating with his stealing votes he didn’t earn and you have my reasons for opposing Obama. Personally, I think Obama will kill any chance we have to really make progress towards things like national health care. I’d rather try again in 4 years with a candidate I believe actually believes what he is saying rather than someone just using political positions to get ahead. During the primary he opposed health care for everyone- saying that it would force people to choose between rent and health care…….now all of a sudden he believes it is possible? I don’t think so.