A lot of women sold their souls to 0bama not only in the face of misogyny coming from men, WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN IT!

But if we want action, there are other ways to direct our energy and I think putting pressure on the industry who helps form some of the pervasively negative anti-women attitudes is a better start.

I agree, mimi. I don’t feel that a petition to Obama will do any good. So what if he creates a “commission on women”? What on earth is that going to solve? The problem can’t be dictated down from above - we’ve already seen the tremendous failure of most major feminist organizations during this election. It was NOW, NARAL, Emily’s List, and the Feminist Majority who sold us down the river, ostensibly over the “choice” issue, but apparently also because George Soros gave them a lot of money.

We need a new women’s movement, one that does not let the issue of abortion divide women.

I am reminded of how, during this election, an Obama voting female friend of mine complained that her 2-year-old daughter was obsessed with Barbie even though she did not let the child watch television and she was not bringing female-brainwashing toys into the house. Yet, this same mostly intelligent woman did not connect the brainwashing of her little girl with the sexism and misogyny against Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.

I am also reminded of a late 40-something white woman in a singing class of mine, who one week decided to dedicate her song to Obama. She literally sang and danced around the room clutching a picture of Obama to her chest, singing to him as if he were a lover. It was clear that her adulation of Obama was something akin to how some women get obsessed with George Clooney. It was sickening and disturbing.

Women did not support Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin for a number of reasons, but the first and foremost is that they do not understand that our lack of parity in government affects the respect all women get in our daily lives. And of course, the lack of respect women get in our daily lives is reflected by our lack of parity in government.

When you see crapola on TV like “Charm School,” showcasing the most inane, vain, and stupid women, you have to wonder if we’re not just standing still in terms of women’s progress, but actually moving backwards. (Can you believe that one of the episodes is actually formally titled: “Big Titty Girl No-No”?)

Our culture is degenerating into an insipid dumbocracy that rewards stupidity and shallowness. The film “Idiocracy” is actually a pretty good take on where we’re going if we don’t shape up here in America. In the dystopian future envisioned in Idiocracy, even Starbucks has turned into a strip club. That pretty much says it all.

The PUMAs need to reformulate into a new movement. Some PUMAs may choose to focus on putting pressure on the Democratic party to put an end to unfair caucuses. I have chosen to completely leave the Democratic party and no longer give them my loyalty or attention. Here on this blog, I will do my little part to help start a new women’s movement that is based on garnering respect for women, without letting abortion divide us.

Maybe we can do things differently in 2012.

Marie Cocco has written a devastating article showing just how bad it has gotten for women in politics this year: “It is time to stop kidding ourselves. This wasn’t a breakthrough year for American women in politics. It was a brutal one,” she writes.

The numbers don’t lie. The American record of equity for women in government is on par with “sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.” Women make up over 50% of the population, and yet, we are represented in government by at best a percentage of mere 25%.

In 2009, we will have:

8 female governors
17 female senators
and only 17% of Congress will be female.

When people say to me, “How on earth can you support Sarah Palin just because she has a vagina?” they seem to forget that women are drastically underrepresented in our government. Funny - we as a nation can get all hyped up and excited about the “first black president,” even though blacks only make up 12% of our population. But elect a woman president when we women make up over 50% of the population? Forget it.

We women only have ourselves to blame. If we stopped being so competitive with one another and actually supported each other, we would have parity by now. To American women who voted against your sisters, I say: SHAME ON YOU.

But what I find deliciously ironic is that Matthews is freaking out over the Hillary pick as being part of the “status quo” - “WHERE’S THE CHANGE IN THAT?” he whines. Looks like the rose-colored Obama glasses are slowly coming off!

SARAH PALIN IS SMARTER THAN YOU

SARAH PALIN 2012

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Larry Sinclair, at least, is willing to put his name to his charges, unlike the unnamed sources trying to destroy Palin. I actually think there’s a good chance the first journalist who wrote this crap simply made it up. After all, remember that guy from the New York Times who had made up all those stories he wrote? So what would stop someone (or a group of journalists) from making something up to fit their political agenda?

So until these unnamed sources come out publicly, I actually believe that they do not exist. They are fictional creations of activist journalists who are pushing a particular agenda. That agenda, of course, is to pull a Tanya Harding on Palin and attempt to kick her in the knees so she can’t run for president in 2012.

Hillary Clinton overcame a lot of smears to win the primary vote in the Democratic primaries. I believe Sarah Palin will likewise overcome these smears and come back stronger and better in four years. Only the most partisan people are buying into the smears - the rest are getting angry and backlashing.

I am disgusted with the media (except for Greta van Susteran, who is the lone female voice of sanity in this wilderness) for their constant and never-ending Palin bashing! PLEASE DROP IT! She’s no longer running. Take a hint from that annoying organization with the name MOVE ON and MOVE ON ALREADY.

PS Thanks for your suggestions as to the direction of this website. They are under consideration!

PS Do you think I should keep the old posts, or scrap the election stuff and start fresh? Feedback and suggestions are welcome!

So while I may cover a few Obama-related items here and there, the focus of this blog will be to LOOK FORWARD and start working towards electing a female president. My bets are on Sarah Palin in 2012. But we have a lot of work to do.

1. We need to start working on women who are blinded by Roe v. Wade and who do not understand how important it is to support women of both political parties.

2. We need to continue to bring to light the sexism and misogyny that put Obama into office.

Politics is a battle of memes, and it is clear to me that the entrenched feminist hierarchy has failed women in its lack of support for Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. We need a new feminist movement that is NON-PARTISAN and that supports women of both parties. Hillary or Bust promises to help spearhead that movement. It is badly needed.

So stay tuned - at some point I will be revamping this blog to focus on its new mission. We need to start working NOW to make sure that there is not a repeat of 2008 in 2012.

And to all the PUMAs - thank you. In a tough election for Republicans, we probably had more impact than we realized, but the Bush backlash was too big to overcome. We will live to fight another day. And I would not be surprised if Sarah Palin becomes our first female president in 2012.

I am here with a group of PUMAs watching the election and we are very upset/sad/scared. Right now there’s a conversation going on about Obama possibly being the anti-Christ.

Comments from the PUMAs here on Obama’s win:

“Puke!”
“Australia’s looking better and better!”
“Obama’s an anti-Christ”
“The sheep have spoken.”
“Thank you George Soros.”

and finally…

“FUCK OBAMA!”

I’m signing off here for the night, but trust me, we PUMAs are not done. I’m sorry there weren’t enough of us to sway the election, but there is still a movement. I will start work on Palin 2012. Keep the faith PUMAs! As one of the other PUMAs here says: “WE’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!”