Posted on 09/02/2004 1:58:35 PM PDT by Lorianne
A featured performer at a National Organization for Women rally accused President Bush of having "savagely raped " women "over and over" by allegedly stealing the 2000 presidential election.
Poet Molly Birnbaum read aloud to a crowd of feminists gathered in New York's Central Park on Wednesday night, as part of a NOW event dubbed "Code Red: Stop the Bush Agenda Rally."
"Imagine a way to erase that night four years ago when you (President Bush) savagely raped every pandemic woman over and over with each vote you got, a thrust with each state you stole," Birnbaum said from the podium. (If something is pandemic, it affects many people or a number of countries.)
"A smack with each bill you passed, a tear with each right you took until you left me disenfranchised with hands shackled and voice restrained. Thanks for that night, Mr. President, I can barely remember my tomorrows," Birnbaum said to applause.
Birnbaum's reading was followed by a performance by Gina Young, described as a singer of "feminist folk punk." Young's song included the following verse about Bush:
"I got better grades than you, you stupid boy W. Your dad was a killer, too, and you know that nobody voted for you," Young sang as the crowd erupted in applause.
"I object not just to this war, but to all of the things that you stand for, like dropping bombs to lower the price of gas. I guess the Constitution is just some piece of scrap paper you use to wipe you're a**, you bastard," Young sang to more applause.
Another poet, Stacey Ann Chin, declared from the podium that men have no right to tell women not to have an abortion.
Men will not decide "if I am allowed to eject something from my womb. Be it rape or error, it has always been my right, always been my body to do with as I choose," Chin screamed to cheers.
Chin said she wants her message to be so powerful that Bush will cower in fear.
"I want to be that voice that makes George Bush so scared he hires two butch black bodyguards. I want to write the poem that the New York Times will not print because it might start some kind of black or lesbian or even a white revolution," Chin said.
'People bought the lies'
Kim Gandy, NOW's president, warned that her daughters are going to live very different lives if George Bush is reelected.
"In the next four years, he could do so much damage to the environment, to civil rights and civil liberties, to reproductive rights, to our anti-discrimination laws," Gandy said in an interview with CNSNews.com.
"The world that they (her daughters) grow up in will be totally different if we don't win this election," Gandy added.
A Bush victory in November would mean that "people bought the lies" of the Bush administration, Gandy said. "I hope that people will wake up and pay attention and not just believe everything they see on television, but I know there is a danger there," she added.
"Bulls*** about no sex'
Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, condemned the Bush administration for its policies toward women.
"You can't be for women if you are not for women's rights," Lieberman said.
Lieberman also took a shot at abstinence-based sex education, declaring her support for "real sex education, not this bulls*** about no sex." The crowd roared its approval.
"We are not some fringe lunatics, we are the people. We are the mainstream of America," she added.
The crowd carried signs reading, "Keep your politics out of my vagina," "The religious right is neither," "I don't want a president who believes that I am going to hell," "Keep your God out of my government, keep your laws off my body," and "War is not pro-life."
Earlier in the rally, U.S. Rep. Major Owens, a New York Democrat, warned a crowd of feminist protesters that the Bush administration is taking America "into a snake pit of fascism."
Owens also said the Bush administration "spits on democracy" and is leading the country down a path reminiscent of "Nazi Germany
That's just disgusting.
Obviously, these women aren't gettin' any...
That is what I would compare any Kerry tax hikes to.
So, I guess this means that because I voted for George Bush, I raped all those women? While I did finally enjoy the Bush victory about 6 weeks later, I don't remember that much enjoyment the day after the election! What a joke this woman is!
No, Donna you are NOT Thank God!
Save the drama for your momma!
"Hey, baby! Can I put my Ballot in your Box?"
as long as it is not a hanging "Chad"!
a disgrace. and they are in the party of peace and love?? I haven't heard so much hatred and venom. They are the most anti-woman on earth.
Leave it to NOW to diminish rape to a political act.
We thought it was about sex.
We were taught that it was about violence.
Now, we learn that it's about politics.
Where's the outrage from actual rape victims? I'm sure it's there, but I doubt the media will cover it.
The tragedy of Lakanooki, the dreaded Hawaiian desease...
how could a lesbian or dyke get any????
heh heh heh
This kind of silly stuff is why less and less people take the so-called feminists seriously.
Its actually great to see these people acting absurd because it promotes republican converts. Keep it up!
I didn't realize there were any feminists left in the world.
Rape? I wouldn't give em a wedgie!
I just wish the networks would broadcast this lunatic vitriol so people could understand what, precisely, N.O.W. is all about.
GET OVER IT!
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