NOW set to endorse Senator Obama TODAY

[FourScore]

Source: Star City Harbinger

National Public Radio reported on Morning Edition today that the National Organization for Women, the Nation’s leading women’s rights group, has decided to throw its weight and resources behind Senator Obama. According to NPR, NOW is endorsing Obama today because the organization believes that American women should not be deceived by the addition of Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket. Senator Obama, they argue, is promoting policies and positions that support a woman’s right to bodily integrity and bolster the success of working-class women who deserve a government that is responsive to their concerns. NOW president Kim Gandy explained this morning that this endorsement is a rarity as NOW usually remains neutral in presidential elections. But this time around, claims Gandy, the stakes are too high to stay on the sidelines.

According to a press release from NOW, the announcement will be made today at the National Press Club around 12:30 PM. NOW will be joined by a host of women’s rights groups including Feminist Majority PAC, Business and Professional Women/PAC, National Association of Social Workers PACE, National Congress of Black Women, and the Women’s Information Network.

This endorsement is important for a number of reasons. The Rovian-Schmidt attack machine purposefully offered up an unqualified female candidate to take advantage of perceived dissatisfaction among women who put all their hopes on Senator Clinton. What the McCain Campaign has failed to realize is that American women are among the smartest and most well-informed voters in the Nation. We know when we are being manipulated. Assuming women will flock to a woman simply because of some inherent gender sympathy is a sexist assumption of the highest order, and everyone knows what happens when you assume . . .



Read more: http://starcityharbinger.com/?p=1012

[NJmaverick]

1. This is very good news

I think it will have a significant impact.

[lotus007vr]

2. Good News

Please... someone get this to Keith Oberman or Racheal M. of MSNBC.. the word and support needs to be reported to the masses, that women are supporting Obama.

[panader0]

3. Welcome to DU!

[FourScore]

5. Wow! Your first post on DU!

And in response to my OP. I'm honored.

Wecome to DU, lotus007vr!:hi:

[elocs]

11. The problem is that the masses that KO and RM reach are largely already voting for Obama.

They preach the gospel to the already believing choir and the choir shouts "Amen, preach it brother!" It's really no different that the Republicans who watch FOX and have their beliefs confirmed. Both are good at reaching their target audiences and getting them excited, but how many truly undecideds are they reaching?

[Renew Deal]

4. Don't tell the lunatic that runs NOW in NYS

She won't be able to handle it.

[CBHagman]

6. CafePress already has the gear!

When Biden was announced as Obama's running mate, NOW observed that the senior senator from Delaware has been "a friend to women."

Well, someone at the CafePress site provided a design to convey that sentiment.

http://www.cafepress.com/biden_feminist

[hisownpetard]

7. What took them so long??

[Kaleko]

12. Baffling really - as if there was a choice NOW had to mull over.

[Overseas]

18. That was my first thought too. /nt

[msongs]

8. now is still around? hmmm nt

[leftofcool]

9. Not overly effective this late in the game

[jacobfloyd]

10. Great News! Bravo!

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[Nambe]

13. Palin pick pushes US women's group to back Obama

Source: Agence France Presse

The National Organization for Women (NOW) said Tuesday it had been pushed by the Republicans pick of Sarah Palin as vice presidential nominee to back Democrat Barack Obama for the White House.

"NOW is going to be endorsing the Obama-Biden ticket," NOW head Kim Gandy told National Public Radio (NPR), referring to Obama and his running mate Joseph Biden.

The 500,000-strong women's movement, which "very, very rarely endorses in a general election", broke with its tradition of neutrality after "the addition of Sarah Palin gave us a new sense of urgency," said Gandy.

"She is being portrayed as a supporter of women's rights ... as a feminist when in fact her positions on so many of the issues are really anathema to ours," Gandy said. ...

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080916/pl_afp/usvotewomen_080916152153;_ylt=AnP_9XFoFvsnD5X5YnBBWROs0NUE

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Anathema (in Greek Ανάθεμα) - to be formally set apart,
banished, exiled, excommunicated or
denounced, sometimes accursed.

[SharonRB]

14. Oops

Guess that didn't work out so well for them, huh?

[Pepper32]

15. Kicked and recommended n/t

[bluestateguy]

16. Real feminists are for Obama

PUMA's are just bitter old white women (and some men) who care more about their bruised egos than the welfare of women--or the country, for that matter.

[CBHagman]

17. I hope they don't get trampled by Carly Fiorina...

...who will no doubt commandeer a microphone to declare this is somehow sexist. :eyes:

[VeggieTart]

19. Wow, that is something!

It's been years since NOW endorsed a presidential candidate. I used to volunteer for them for a few years, and they told me that they were very particular about endorsing presidential candidates. A long-time worker said the last candidate they'd endorsed was Mondale. I stopped volunteering in 2002 or so when things changed, but I don't recall them endorsing Kerry.

I have to wonder if this is in response to Scary Palin--to say that there are times when they won't support a woman.

[Zhade]

20. I'm surprised it took this long.

Good news.

[FLyellowdog]

21. Wow for NOW!