Boxer, defending herself against critics from the right, said Friday that she was "speaking truth to power" at a Senate hearing Thursday when she confronted the secretary of state -- who is unmarried and childless -- noting that neither she nor Rice will "pay a price" personally for sending more American troops to war.
"I was just saying what I felt," the California Democrat said. She said she would not apologize for the exchange because "I delivered a very strong message and tried to find common ground with her ... and I tried to draw us together, and not apart.''
... Gloria Nieto, a Bay Area activist and former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee gay and lesbian caucus, said the administration's sharp reaction -- and the heated reaction by conservative media -- was hypocritical and suggested undue sensitivity about Rice's personal status.
She said that White House spokesman Snow is hardly a "defender of feminism'' and that he should realize that "this is what democracy looks like.''
Fair enough. Noted for future reference. Any time you say what you feel, its OK. It's what democracy looks like. Also, speaking truth to power is a great way to find common ground. Makes sense! OK, let's go!
John Lennon said it, turns out he was right. Who would have thought a San Francisco Democrat would be showing us the ugly truth?
Dr Sanity analyzes the problem.
Here's what Rice has to say about it in Jerusalem:
“As two single women,” NBC's Andrea Mitchell shouted as the two were about to walk out of the room, “Do you think that being without children in any way hinders your ability to understand the sacrifices of American families losing their children in war?”
Rice paused, heaved a sigh and turned back to the cameras, a pained expression on her face.
“No,” she said adamantly. “And I also think that being a single woman does not in any way make me incapable of understanding not just those sacrifices, but that nothing of value is ever won without sacrifice.”
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Where are the world's feminists when you need them?
The dirty little secret of the Islamofascism:
Pedophilia and Mysogyny
Where are Nanny P and Mom Boxer on the plight and suffering of the women of Islam?
The repression and abuse of women in Iran and other bastions of Islamofascism should have them up in arms. Women are routinely tortured, hanged, and degraded for the misdeeds of men and justified by a male dominated perverted religious sense of justice.
The world's feminists should be on this like stink on poop. We should out them for the hypocrites that they really are!
Dr. Sanity hits the core of what RBT has said all along, the secret to winning the GWOT is to empower the women of Islam.
Dr. Sanity's piece is definitely a must read:
A VICIOUS MISOGYNY
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It's just a variation of the same old chickenhawk accusation, and it paints the accused with the same dehumanizing brush.
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