No Girls Allowed

I woke up this morning determined to write a post about how angry I am over the media's dissing of Hillary. Her big win Tuesday in West Virgina means nothing as all the pundits have already voted her off the island. Then comes John Edward's endorsement of Obama in spite of the fact that Hillary has continued his campaign highlighting the poverty that embraces so much of this country and what needs to be done. But the icing on the cake, so to speak, was NARAL's endorsement of Obama. NARAL's endorsement is a huge insult to Hillary, someone who has tirelessly worked for reproductive rights. While Obama may support these rights, Hillary has rolled up her sleeves and worked for them. NARAL could not have waited until HIllary drops out of the race to make their endorsement?

I stole the title of this post, No Girls Allowed, from a press release written by NOW-NYS President Marcia Pappas. You can read it here.

Talking with a friend last night, she reminded me that it is not only at the national level that highly qualified and experienced women are not getting the nomination. We see it right here in Rochester. Richard Dollinger is selected over Willa Powell and Sandra Frankel to run for the Senate seat held by Joseph Robach. And Jon Powers is picked over Alice Kryzan to run for Tom Reynolds Congressional seat. (My co-blogger has written more about this race.)

It's enough to make you want to stay inside and pull the bed covers over your head. But we can't give in ... that's what the politicians want. To line up behind their candidates and to stuff the envelopes for the mailings. If Susan B and Elizabeth Cady were alive today. What would they think?