NOW denounces Sarah Palin's Nomination as the first woman with a chance of being Vice-President.
The haters of feminism, a/k/a National Organization of Women, have denounced Sarah Palin's nomination as the first woman nominated to the Vice Presidency on a major ticket who had a chance of winning.
Yes, Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman nominated to represent a major party as the VP, but she ran in 1984 with Walter Mondale. The very unpopular VP of the least popular President in US history running against Ronald Reagan, the most popular President in US history. They barely won Mondale's home state of Wisconsin, and lost the other 49 decisively.
However, Sarah Palin represents the first female ever nominated with a chance of winning the election. Feminists should be thrilled that there is a chance of a woman on the ticket, instead They are playing partisan politics and saying she is against woman's rights. Women have more rights than the court issued privilege of abortion.
Actually, the argument could be made that abortion limits a woman's freedom by making her the one responsible for birth control. Prior to Roe v. Wade the couple worked together on making sure conception did not occur. Now the prevailing opinion is "it's her problem".
How exactly does that "empower" women?
NOW does not represent women or their rights, it represents the narrow view and political goals of a small sampling of women.
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