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• No - of course you shouldn't vote for McCain or Palin if you don't agree with them. You shouldn't vote for someone you who has policies that are against your beliefs. And PROVE MCCAIN WRONG - if you think this
  (posted to Bullshit Feministing - Sara Palin was an Excellent GOP Choice)
• I am not in anyway suggesting you vote for her, but a couple of the issues you mentioned lack real proof. As far as I've read, Sarah Palin has not removed books from any library nor has there been any
  (posted to An Open Letter to Women Supporting Sarah Palin )
• That's awesome! Phyllis Schlaffly is really horrible, very horrible. But, that kind of gender-based hateful speech distracts from the other more relevant descriptions (ignorant, bigoted). Thank you for posting on this!
  (posted to Phyllis Schlafly Sexism Watch)
• Kijosa, could you provide some evidence that Palin believes in creationism or that she banned books? I haven't seen anything and I'd very much like to see some sources for this. If that is in fact the case, perhaps there
  (posted to An Open Letter to Women Supporting Sarah Palin )
• I too was concerned about this comment. I understand that it was intended as a joke, but it seems entirely inappropriate to be using one's sexuality against them in this type of argument. It feels a little like joking about
  (posted to Women and Libertarians are Strange Bedfellows according to Peter Thiel. )

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• Help me out here Feminist! I do not get it! Maybe I do not want to get it. How is Palin a feminist? I understand feminism is not a monolithic, clone, movement, where 154 million American women think and act (posted to Bullshit Feministing - Sara Palin was an Excellent GOP Choice)
• Hi, Leela-- As the author of this post, I apologize in advance if any of my points were unclear. Far as I know, from reading articles on Palin, she gave serious thought/attempted to ban books from the local library when (posted to An Open Letter to Women Supporting Sarah Palin )
• What an excellent letter. I can't believe that there are women who are actually buying into the McCain campaign's desperate move to suddenly try to grab the mantle of change that was working so well for Obama... and throwing a (posted to An Open Letter to Women Supporting Sarah Palin )
• Given how the alternative press was treated at the RNC, it is my personal opinion that a McCain-Palin ticket would lead to the beginning of a true fascist state in the US. Debate about what Palin believes or disbelieves misses (posted to An Open Letter to Women Supporting Sarah Palin )
• So, for the folks who think small-l libertarianism is incompatible with whatever your conception of feminism is, how do you characterize Katherine Mangu-Ward, Megan McArdle, Kerry Howley, Veronique de Rugy, Shikha Dalmia (i.e. women writing from a small-l perspective that (posted to Women and Libertarians are Strange Bedfellows according to Peter Thiel. )

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