Obama vs. McCain on Women
My dollin’ readers, I apologize for the unannounced absence last week. Two things: I had some house work being done and my home was in total chaotic shambles and I still had to live in it with an eight-month-old-crawling-standing-eating-teething baby. And, the only news out there in regards to women was Sarah Palin and I just didn’t want to contribute any more to the (endless) debate on her record and lack thereof and also her personal life and how much it matters. I am however, writing my thoughts and feelings on my personal site, (as of publication I haven’t completed it yet, but feel free to check back) but I didn’t feel I could contribute anything newsworthy. So, here we are ! I am back!
I think this upcoming election is very important to women in America. I have visited each candidate’s website in search of a list of ISSUES that they feel are relevant to women. I wanted to discuss some of them here.
I make no secret about the fact that I am a Democrat and I will be voting for Obama. However, I’d like to bring to light each candidates stance on issues as they relate to WOMEN. For the sake of discussion and information-sharing.
On initial comparison, my first visit to each of these websites, Obama-Biden and McCain-Palin, Vote for Change versus Country First, what I found there was actually very telling in and of itself.
Obama’s website has a very well marked pull-down menu of ISSUES. One of those issues is WOMEN. Here you will find a brief description of Obama’s goals and concerns as they are related to women in this country. It includes health care, social security, reproductive rights, business issues, education and more.
Then I went to John McCain’s website hoping to find a similar set-up so that I could do a side-by-side comparison of the candidates. I can’t do that. Because McCain’s website not only doesn’t have a clear link to his stance on issues, but when you do find a link to the issues, it DOES NOT INCLUDE WOMEN AS AN ISSUE.
Hear me out ladies, John McCain’s website doesn’t specific any issues specific to women in this country. He isn’t interested in addresses the concerns of women, arguably the largest voting demographic in this nation.
On a slightly more annoying note, when you go to McCain’s website a video starts automatically playing showing McCain as a POW. When I went inside the website to several links once again, the video started automatically and I had to stop it in order to search for the information I wanted. To me this means he doesn’t have the information to back-up his plans and he isn’t interested in giving us (women) voters a sense of his politics.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
It’s really no surprise about the content of Mccain’s website.
I feel Obama embraces a multitude of people and stances. At the DNC, I noticed a myriad of people; from various backgrounds, all hugging, embracing. And the dancing really made me smile, lol. My heart really swelled. I kept thinking these are the faces of AMERICA.
The RNC was a stark contrast.
September 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Aheeih!
I think McCain has made his attitudes clear: look who he picked as his running mate! He is a smart strategist as he knows a woman for VP could swing a tight race. He isn’t afraid to have a powerful woman to work with. Credos here.
HOWEVER, look at her politics, beliefs and she’s a Republican holocaust. She does not represent diversity, an understanding of law or the Constitution. Ms ICE is scarier than McCain.
In all fairness, perhaps a look at his voting record would tell a mountainous and diversified story. By the way I am a democrat m.a. woman voting for Obama. Too bad he didn’t have the courage to choose a lady VP.
Mary MacIntyre, http://www.about-albuquerquenm.com