[2ndDivisionVet]

Mary Ann Sorrentino was Executive Director of Planned Parenthood of RI, from 1977-1987 when it opened the first outpatient abortion clinic in RI, the most Roman Catholic state in the union (65%.) Predictably and of necessity, Sorrentino became, and remains, a leading advocate for reproductive rights and women’s rights in general. In 1985, the diocese of Providence tried to prevent her then 15-year-old daughter from being confirmed, and publicly declared Sorrentino excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church in a first-ever such declaration.

Rhode Islander Magazine named her one of the state’s “Bulldogs” for advocacy and she has been honored by NOW, The House of Compassion (AIDS), RI Rape Crisis, Travelers Aid for the Homeless, Survivors’ Network (Catholic survivors of sexual abuse by priests) and Planned Parenthood for her dedication to human rights causes.

Author: Abortion: The A Word – Real Women, Tough Choices, Personal Freedom.

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[RecoveringPaulisto]

The fact people like her detest Sarah Palin is one reason to like her. That’s one of the first things I look at in a candidate: “Do the right people hate you?”

[Flycatcher]

I, for one, don’t want to hand the red phone to anyone who can’t even spell “nuclear holocaust.” Do you?

But I bet she's fine with handing the red phone to someone who wants to protect all 57 states...

[CitizenM]

There is so much to debunk in this article where the woman simply has not done her homework...but...this, in particular, caught my attention:

to evaluate female presidential candidates by the same standards I use to evaluate male candidates. They should be experienced, appropriate, articulate, and knowledgeable in domestic and foreign policy so they can effectively represent this nation in critical national and international forums.

Yeah, right...I am sure Obama passed that evaluation. You know this Leftwinger voted for, and probably campaigned for that WH resident who has NONE of those qualifications. Guess for him, she lowered her standards.

[hellbender]

a leading advocate for reproductive rights

I recommend that people avoid adopting Leftist newspeak. Since when does killing babies mean "reproductive rights?" Reproduction means conceiving and bearing children. No one is blocking women from reproducing.

[Joann37]

Planned parenthood exec? Of course!

[Grunthor]

This woman seems to find experience and knowledge to be important factors in voting for President. So she didn’t vote for Obama, did she?

[Diogenesis]

The author when weighed is found wanting in all but hubris.

[RowdyFFC]

Ahhh, the femi-Nazi speaks out. Sorry lady but you do not represent the majority of womanhood. Especially since you TOTALLY represent the myth that women have some God-given right to murder their babies just so they can clear their social calendar and fit in their prom dress if they’re a teenager.

Ugh! Ugh! This kind of ugly nutjob is THE problem in this country.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

I want to see women in the highest offices in the country, I really do. But I feel obligated to evaluate female presidential candidates by the same standards I use to evaluate male candidates. They should be

"... willing to champion my ability to butcher live babies. Lots and lots and lots of babies. BUCKETS of 'em."

[Genoa]

Beauty is skin deep, but ugly runs through and through.

[Past Your Eyes]

This needs a New Hampshire ping.
Keene is one of those liberal cesspools of NH. Not surprising to find a college there, as you would some of the other liberal cesspools like Hanover and Durham.

[Genoa]

I had a lifelong friend, an evangelical right-winger, chide me for not supporting Palin in 2008. When I suggested Palin actually opposed many of the issues critical to women I had spent my life fighting for, my friend said, “But you have to admit she’s a “pretty girl.”

I CALL BS!! This very unlikely comment certainly would not have been made by this person's "lifelong friend," who I'm sure would have known better.

[Lorianne]

“They should be experienced, appropriate, articulate, and knowledgeable in domestic and foreign policy .... and be pro-abortion just like me.”

There, fixed the sentence

[Sherman Logan]

I know looks have a role in political success, stupid as that is. It is one of the reasons men like Hubert Humphrey never got to be president and why JFK won the Nixon-Kennedy debates. I didn’t just fall off the political turnip truck, but I want to raise a big red flag over that truck that says, “Get Real, America!”

She's got a point here. Although I enjoy looking at Sarah as much as the next guy, this country has got to get over its obsession with looks in a leader.

Indira Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher and Golda Meir were none of them good looking, but at least the last two were effective leaders of their country.

It should be noted the media spent a lot of time in the last election discussing how buff Obama was.

[Oztrich Boy]

Ask any man who likes either or both of them and the first thing he’ll tell you is how “hot” they look!

Hot? I hadn't noticed.

[JPG]

For these lefty beauties, only one cause truly matters. It excites their neurons to the max and rules their universe. For them, abortion is first, last and everything in between.

[Dick Bachert]

"They should be experienced, appropriate, articulate, and knowledgeable in domestic and foreign policy so they can effectively represent this nation in critical national and international forums."

Hey, excommunicunt, you mean like THIS clown?>

[wastedyears]

Until the Declaration of Independence was signed, technically, they were still British subjects.

[SlightOfTongue]

If this 'so-called journalist' had another brain, it would most definitely be lonesome.

Talk about morons!!! Sheeeesh!!!

[VeniVidiVici]

I, for one, don’t want to hand the red phone to anyone who can’t even spell “nuclear holocaust.” Do you?

LOL! I didn't know Obama can't spell "nuclear holocaust"? On top of not knowing the words 'corpsmen' and mispronouncing it three times as "corpse man". What a dolt.

Or letting his staff give a large button to the Russians with the word RESET in Cyrillic on the button. Only they misspelled RESET. Of course the liberal Democrat dolts didn't know any better but the Russians had a good guffaw over such a public display of Democrat stupidity.