A Woman of Independent Thought - Democratic Underground

NanceGreggs

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Mon May-19-08 06:56 PM
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A Woman of Independent Thought

Over the course of the primary process, we have been “treated to” the outcries of a number of women (alleged Democrats) who see the inevitable recognition of Barack Obama as our party’s nominee as being unfair, illegitimate, and unconscionable simply because he is not Hillary; i.e. not a female.

And now a number of them are promising to make good on their threat to vote for McCain, or not vote at all (same dif) because their candidate-of-choice will not be the nominee.

The irony of such action cannot be missed. While touting themselves as forward-looking, liberated females, they fail to notice that they are acting the part of the "stereotypical woman" as portrayed in every ‘50s sitcom, the sniveling female who packs her bags and “goes home to mother” when it becomes apparent she is not going to get her own way.

This particular group of Hillary-supporting Stepford voters, while talking about equality for all women, apparently don’t believe in the equality of presidential candidates, regardless of gender. They do not accept the fact that their candidate lost the nomination because her opponent garnered more delegates as being a satisfactory explanation – in other words, the playing field should have been rendered unequal in whatever ways necessary to ensure that Hillary emerged as the nominee – and the majority of voters who caused the outcome to be otherwise be damned.

They grasp at any straw that seems viable from one minute to the next – the popular vote, the electoral vote, the performance in swing states, the inclusion of MI and FL after their own candidate pledged they would not be counted – in a never-ending attempt to justify the contention that their candidate is being shoved to one side because she is a woman, and for no other reason.

In other words, by their way of thinking, a woman should have the right to compete with a man on an equal footing. However, when she is losing based on that equality, the rules should be changed to favor her position when necessary.

They carry on incessantly about trivialities like Sweetie-gate being a sound reason to walk away from the party in utter outrage, oblivious to the plight of the real victims of sexism in our society – the women who are offered employment at lower salaries than would be paid to a man in the same position, or women coerced into accepting actual sexual harassment in the workplace as a means of going along to get along.

It is also of note that these women are more than willing to ignore not only the consequences of another Republican administration to the nation as a whole (especially in light of the past disastrous eight years), but what impact such an administration could have on women’s reproductive rights, along with their right to be recognized as equal citizens in all facets of their lives.

Those things are of no importance to these women who, while pretending to hold high the banner of the liberated, independent-thinking, 21st Century female, encourage those of their gender to think, act, and vote as a group, dismissive of any semblance of independent thought or true liberation.

We have heard, ad naseum, that these women are willing – nay, even hopeful – that a Democratic loss this November will serve as the ultimate ”I told you so”. And if their fellow females, their daughters, or their fellow citizens must suffer the consequences of their stubbornness, so be it.

You see, according to these women, it’s all about making a point; it’s about sending a message to the powers-that-be in the Democratic party.

And that point and that message are one and the same: “Give me what I want, or I’ll stomp my feet, cry like Lucy Ricardo being denied a new hat, and pack my bags and leave.”

I’m here to tell these women that I would be more than happy to help you pack.

I just hope you have a suitcase large enough to accommodate your bruised ego, your lack of comprehension as to what this election is all about, your illogical logic that the nomination should have been handed over to your candidate because it’s a woman’s turn, your lack of empathy towards your fellow citizens, your baseless nonsensical assertions that things like a Hillary Nut-Cracker cost your candidate the nomination, and your ridiculous accusations that a woman can’t make it in a male-dominated party despite the fact that she came in second in a male-dominated race for the nomination.

For the record, I am not willing to acquiesce to what amounts to political blackmail couched as “concern” for a woman’s right to the presidency, nor kowtow to a bunch of idiots who are willing to be led-by-the-nose to a place where no real woman would ever go.

So feel free to call me, if and when you require someone to help slam that suitcase shut – all twelve of you who are dumb enough to think you are actually doing something worthwhile.