Clinton Supporters Count Too -- The new group is outraged about the misogyny and is prepared to actively campaign against Obama. The newly formed PAC called WomenCount has raised $170,000 in just 48 hours to run ads in major newspapers.
What if all the women who are enraged by the misogyny, by the outrageous in-your-face irrational hatred of Hillary Rodham Clinton, voted, or not, as a bloc? Women are the majority of Democratic voters. Everywhere I go I hear women vow they won't vote for Obama.
Oh, but that's just talk, right? I mean, why would anyone take us little sweeties seriously?
ABC NEWS:"We have a plan to campaign against the Democratic nominee," the group said in a press release Thursday. "We have the (wo)manpower and the money to make our threat real. And there are millions of supporters who will back us up in the swing states. If you don’t listen to our voice now, you will hear from us later."
Ruccia tells ABC News that she believes "millions" of women share her group's views, though they have only begun to make contact with like-minded women. They're disgusted, she said, that Democratic Party leaders haven't more aggressively denounced sexist media comments and coverage in the campaign, and are angry at the drumbeat for Clinton to get out of the race.
"We're just at the boiling point," Ruccia said. "Women will sit back and be quiet about things for a while, but we've had enough. Unless Hillary Clinton is our nominee, we are not going to support the nominee." Part of their plan, she said, is a primary-night boycott of NBC and MSNBC during next Tuesday's primaries in Kentucky and Oregon, particularly to protest comments made by Chris Matthews and David Shuster that her group feels were sexist.
Columbus Dispatch: During a news conference at Broad and High streets in Columbus today, supporters said the New York senator has been pounded by sexist insults, her superior credentials ignored while Democratic leaders have remained silent. “Our party has been witness to the most outrageous display of misogyny and sexism in modern campaign history,” said Cynthia Ruccia, a former congressional candidate from Columbus and Clinton supporter. “If Sen. Barack Obama is our party's candidate, we will actively campaign against him.”
Mary E. Davis, a 65-year-old retired judge from Pittsburgh, said she will vote for Republican Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, if Clinton is not on the November ballot. Davis said Clinton's credentials have been disregarded as party leaders try “bullying her out” of the race. “One candidate is well-qualified. The other candidate is not well-qualified, but the qualified candidate happens to be a woman,” Davis said, referring to the Democratic contest between Clinton and Obama.
TalkLeft Comments: But, of course, there's no need to appease women voters, we'll fall in line like the good little sweeties we are. Just threaten us with Roe and tell us we have no other choice. Screw that. I have a choice. Loyalty is a two-way street and if they want my vote, they're going to have to ask for it. And even then they might not get it. I am that angry. Of course, these entitled men have no idea how angry a lot of women are because they do not think about us or worry about us as a voting bloc. Just as the party leadership does not feel the need to fight misogyny. It's a given we'll vote democratic until, of course, we don't. The latest Rasmussen poll has 29% of democrats saying if Clinton isn't the nominee, she should make a third party run. Any bets on how many of that 29% are women?
UPDATE - Donna Darko: Radio Talk Show Host Steve Corbett from Hillary’s home town in PA Has launch a mass campaign called OPERATION TURN DOWN letting the DNC know we will TURN DOWN OBAMA. we Will NOT vote from him under Any circumstance and he talks about their treatment of Sen Clinton. People called in from all over the states saying NO OBAMA. Hillary supporters now have a voice that will reach MILLIONS. Tomorrow OPERATION TURN DOWN continues at 3 p.m est this is going to grow MASSIVE.
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