[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

NOW is usually way out in left field. However, I have no real problem with what they are saying here. I expected some offense to the first lady, and I don't see one. I agree that women suffered greatly under the taliban There is nothing her that I find patently offensive. Having said all of that, I know from their track record, that typically NOW subordinates their nominal cause i.e. women, to their true cause which is leftist politics and communism. But I don't see it in this case. Maybe I'm missing something.

[clintonh8r]

The NAGs have been bitching from the beginning about the lack of, uh, "diverse" input on the conduct of the war. Not enough women. Not enough homos. Not enough Aleutes. Not enough dwarfs, etc. Their main concern was not the outcome, but who gets to participate.

Now they want to look like it was their idea that the rights of Afghan women should be protected, when they probably had no clue about it in the first place.

[hinckley buzzard]

Maybe I'm missing something...

What you are missing is the implication that the only reason the Bush administration gives a damn about Afghan women is because NOW "cyber-activists" held their feet to the fire.

They are saying that the credit for Laura Bush's statement today goes to them, not the administration. That without their "pressure" the Bush admin wouldn't have cared about the rights of Afghan women.

The problem is this: if the NAGs are so concerned about Afghan women, where were they since 1996, where were their "cyber-activists" when their Clintoid hero was in office?

Proving once again, the NAG doesn't really give a sh*t about wmomen, only about advancing themselves. GW and Laura stole the march on them, and this an attempt by them to save face and steal the credit.