[AGL] Ann Richards would be so proud!

[Fontaine Maverick]

Yesterday morning, on my way back from the high of the
Democratic National Convention, I learned that Sen. John McCain
chose Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential pick.


What might have been encouraging news for women was just the
opposite -- somehow McCain had managed to find a woman running
mate even more conservative than he is on women's rights.


It was heartbreaking news, especially on the heels of such an
inspiring week. Right now there is so much shameless rhetoric
from the Republicans about breaking the glass ceiling,
especially from McCain and his running mate. What good does it
do to break a glass ceiling with a woman who wants government to
control women's reproductive health? That isn't the world I want
for my two daughters. 


A day later, and I'm still having trouble expressing the depth
of my anger about McCain's choice of a running mate. This
shameless pandering to women -- with a woman who doesn't trust
other women to make their own decisions about childbearing --
has really got me going. 


My dear friends and supporters, the stakes in this election just
got unbelievably higher. More than ever before, the November 4
election is the most important vote for women's rights of my
generation. And our actions in the next eight weeks -- yours,
mine, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund's -- have never been
more critical. Believe me, I don't say that lightly. It's time
to get to work -- and hard. 


If you can only do one thing, it should be to tell every woman
you meet that McCain and Palin are the most anti-choice,
anti-women pair imaginable. Don't stop at just telling your
friends. You can bet that I'll be telling strangers in the
checkout line at the grocery store, the women I see at the gym,
parents at my kids' schools. 


Women trust other women to tell them the straight truth -- and
the straight truth is that McCain and Palin would take us back
to a time when women had absolutely no right to decide whether
or not to have a child ... zero. It's been widely reported that
Palin is against abortion even in the cases of rape and incest!


And, yes, money helps us too -- very much. That's how this all
works. Your donations help the Planned Parenthood Action Fund
reach voters person to person -- conversations with one million
women that tell the truth about John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Bear with us over the next two months. We're going to be asking
for your help, your contributions and your time a lot. Thank you
in advance for doing what you can, when you can. 
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Times like these, it's hard not to hear my mother's voice in my
head. I can tell you that my mother, the former governor of
Texas and a remarkable feminist leader of her time, would have
been downright outraged right now. What would have offended her
most about McCain's decision to put Sarah Palin on the ticket is
how utterly calculated, how awfully pandering it is to women. It
is the worst kind of politics. Mom would have said, "Women
voting for this ticket is just like chickens voting for Colonel
Sanders." 


We have the opportunity in Barack Obama and Joe Biden to elect a
team that have always stood strong with us for women's health --
end of story. I'm so excited coming back from Denver -- but with
this decision by John McCain, I recognize that everything for us
is at stake. 


Thank you, as always, for standing up with the Planned
Parenthood Action Fund and the women Planned Parenthood health
centers serve. We are quite a force, aren't we? 


Cecile


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Cecile Richards, President
Planned Parenthood Action Fund


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