Posted on 05/13/2005 10:11:20 AM PDT by FlyLow
With Republicans in charge of the White House and Congress and Democrats fearing that the next appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court could lead to the reversal of legalized abortion, one of the most liberal groups in Washington believes the only solution to such a "dire" problem is to elect more women.
"When I look at what is happening right now in this city, I am horrified," said Ellen Malcolm, the president and founder of the abortion rights group Emily's List, while speaking to a group of feminists and Democratic Party regulars this week in the nation's capital.
Malcolm believes more female politicians will end the "nasty tone" and "horrible partisan atmosphere" in Washington.
"One of the things that I appreciate is that when you elect more women, the tone gets more reasonable, the women figure out ways to get together, find more compromise," she told Cybercast News Service. "I think we could use that kind of leadership in a big dose right now."
Malcolm did not mention anyone by name, though many people expect that the nation's most prominent Democrat female politician, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, will run for president in 2008.
"Our dream is correct, that if we put women in power, the country will be better off -- we will be better off," Malcolm said on a night when she, as the founder of Emily's List, was receiving "woman of the year" honors from the Woman's National Democratic Club. Emily's List raised over $40 million to try to elect female abortion rights candidates in 2004.
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Is she talking about a Tupperware party or the rough-and-tumble of politics?
I'm thinking the Tupperware parties.
Why, yes... can we not keep the debate about whether to dismember the baby with suction and/or forceps, to burn the child alive with saline, or to suction out the brains from the back of the child's head, on a civil level? Let us not behave like Godless savages.
You beat me to it! ;)
I do agree that we DO need a "healthy dose of leadership" from the Republicans. We are squandering our advantage each and every day. It's incredibly annoying.
Lead, Follow or Get Out of The Way!
What an unbelievably ARROGANT, SEXIST and INCORRECT thing to say. Women ARE just as stupid, obstinate, uncompromising, uncooperative and unreasaonable as men. If she doesn't know that, then she is simple denial of human nature and 50% of the population.
Is she THAT arrogant and sexist, or is she just THAT stupid?
WHAT an asshole.
and Phil Donohue!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Hey Ellen! Iron My Shirt!
You are 100% correct. That was a stupid, arrogant, sexist and incorrect statement. That witch is in denial and she's stupid as well!
AND:
Maxine Waters
Cynthia McKinney
Rosa DeLauro
Sheila Jackson Lee
Barbara Lee
Zoe Lofgren
Loretta Sanchez
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Maria Cantwell
Barbara Mikulski
Patty Murray
Debbie Stabenow
Correctamundo..I believve in the last two election cycles..95% of the candidates endorsed by Emily's list LOST..
Now that's a list!!
Google is my friend!
I think I loathe Diane Feinstein the most. Also Carol Maosley-Braun (That's a typo BTW but it's so appropros I left it.)
Heh. Malcolm must not have had many female bosses.
"One of the things that I appreciate is that when you elect more women, the tone gets more reasonable, the women figure out ways to get together, find more compromise,"
You're not interested in compromise. Neither are we. So suck it up, girlfriend.
Yeah? What did ya type in, "Lunatic Ladies of the Left"?
And how could we ever forget these staunch advocates of toned-down liberal reasoning:
Bella Abzug
Sheila Jackson Lee
Geraldine Ferraro
Carol Moseley-Braun
Patty Murray
Pat Schroeder
She may want to try a bikini wax instead.
I did'nt know that Joe B. was a women, when did he get the surgery? He really should have told us. Those naughty 'demos'!
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