Both parties fail women candidates
Late last week, CQPolitics published an article rhetorically asking where all the GOP women were this election cycle. It was said there were only 4 "strong" candidates running for the “most competitive” House seats. What was not clearly communicated, however, was the standard by which the argument was made: the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Young Guns Program. The NRCC developed a program as a means of drawing new blood into the party. With pre-set fundraising and campaign benchmarks, this is a clever way for candidates to gain party support but it is not a measure of how strong a candidate is in a given district. Moreover, these “competitive” races are defined by CQPolitics as elections occurring in swing districts. Those infamous purple areas are zealously sought after by both parties, but what about women in those neck-and-neck primaries? Or female candidates in Republican strongholds? Well, they are unaccounted for by both CQPolitics and the NRCC. There are over 60 women running for House seats on the Republican ticket this election cycle and some districts have yet to close filing. Some of these women may not be considered “strong” by the NRCC because they have just started campaigning and/or fundraising, they have decided ...
The Next Generation: Keli Carender
While Keli Carender was not raised in a Republican household, her parents always considered themselves to be conservative Democrats. In the early 1990s they began to believe that the Democrat party had become far too liberal, but it was not until college that Keli began to read and research, developing a real connection with conservatism. Then, a couple years ago that relationship began to flourish and Keli began to get active in the movement. Keli has been credited by Michelle Malkin as being the first Tea Partier, organizing a rally against the stimulus in February 2009. Today, Keli is a teacher for a private nonprofit education organization and dedicates a great deal of her free time to the Tea Party movement in the Seattle area. When not working, she is a tea party activist. She is currently the Political Director of the King County Young Republicans as well as Chairman of the Washington Young Republican Federation. She also writes for the blogs Red County and American Thinker, in addition to running her own blog., Redistributing Knowledge Additionally, Keli professes that she spend a great deal of her time continuing to educate herself about history, economics, ...
Feminists: Anti-conservative women
by: Rachelle Friberg I am sure you are aware that, over the weekend, D-List Actress Kathy Griffin made some very vulgar comments about Sarah Palin, including one comment in which she said Sarah performed a sex act on John McCain when they first met. I don't know what she considers comedy, but it is VERY obvious to me that a joke like that is NEVER funny no matter who says it. Regular readers of my blog are well aware that I am not afraid to call it like I see it. My regular readers also know that I am not afraid to call individuals and groups out when they DON'T act accordingly. It seems to me that Kathy Griffin is a lost cause. While I am angered at the comments she made and continues to make at Sarah's expense, it is not surprising seeing that she is an attention-seeking-walking disaster whose only claim to fame seems to be as Levi Johnston's sad excuse for a date. Again, I find myself asking: "Where are the NOW women?" "Where are the other feminist groups?" After all, these groups seem to preach female empowerment and equal rights, yet fail to act when one of ...
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Both parties fail women candidatesLate last week, CQPolitics published an article rhetorically asking where all the GOP women were this election cycle. It was said there were only 4 “strong” candidates running for the “most competitive” House seats. What was not clearly communicated, however, was the standard by which the argument was made: the National Republican... [Read more of this review]
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by: Rachelle Friberg I am sure you are aware that, over the weekend, D-List Actress Kathy Griffin made some very vulgar comments about Sarah Palin, including one comment in which she said Sarah performed a sex act on John McCain when they first met. I don’t know what she considers comedy, but it is VERY obvious to me that a joke like that is... [Read more of this review]
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