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The New York State chapter of the National Organization for Women
attacked Ted Kennedy for his endorsement today with some real heat..
The Times Union reported it first (writing, "'Scathing' feels
inadequate here."), and I confirmed its authenticity with the president
of the organization, Marcia Pappas.
I started to pick out the most eyebrow-raising passages but, that proved kind of hard, so here's the whole thing:
“Women
have just experienced the ultimate betrayal. Senator Kennedy’s
endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the Democratic
presidential primary campaign has really hit women hard. Women have
forgiven Kennedy, stuck up for him, stood by him, hushed the fact that
he was late in his support of Title IX, the ERA, the Family Leave and
Medical Act to name a few. Women have buried their anger that his
support for the compromises in No Child Left Behind and the Medicare
bogus drug benefit brought us the passage of these flawed bills. We
have thanked him for his ardent support of many civil rights bills, BUT
women are always waiting in the wings. [ Keep going]
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I guess women
have really buried Mary Jo too, since she didn't make the list of
grievances. This is like Hitler fighting Stalin, I love watching
it.
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