Friends, compatriots, fellow-lamenters,
We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have
felt since the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-
Presidential candidate for the Republican Party. We believe
that this terrible decision has surpassed mere partisanship,
and that it is a dangerous farce on the part of a pandering
and rudderless Presidential candidate that has a real
possibility of becoming fact.
Perhaps like us, as American women, you share the fear
of what Ms. Palin and her professed beliefs and proven
record could lead to for ourselves and for our present
or future daughters. To date, she is against sex education,
birth control, the pro-choice platform, environmental
protection, alternative energy development, freedom of
speech (as mayor she wanted to ban books and attempted
to fire the librarian who stood against her), gun control,
the separation of church and state, and polar bears. To say
nothing of her complete lack of real preparation to become
the second-most-powerful person on the planet.
We want to clarify that we are not against Sarah Palin
as a woman, a mother, or, for that matter, a parent
of a pregnant teenager, but solely as a rash, incompetent,
and all together devastating choice for Vice President. Ms.
Palin's political views are in every way a slap in the face
to the accomplishments that our mothers and grandmothers
and great-grandmothers so fiercely fought for, and that we've
so demonstrably benefited from.
First and foremost, Ms. Palin does not represent us. She
does not demonstrate or uphold our interests as American
women. It is presumed that the inclusion of a woman on
the Republican ticket could win over women
voters. We want to disagree, publicly.
Thank you for your time and action.
VIVA!
Sincerely,
Quinn Latimer and Lyra Kilston
New York, NY
womensaynopalin@gmail.com
