Slog - Comments on If They Revoked Vaginas... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas Evidently this has been all over the ladyblogs for the past few days, so if you've seen it already, please kindly ignore. But at a rally this past weekend, the president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women announced her support for Sarah Palin. A few choice segments: Shelly Mandell, the president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women introduced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin over the weekend in California, speaking not on behalf of NOW but "as an individual, as a woman's rights activist for 30 years who has worked for all... Copyright 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:23:48 -0800 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:50:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by jackie treehorn I thought NOW already endorsed Obama-Biden, or maybe it was just their political action committee.

In any case, she's just another lizard alien with a feminist human face mask like those smiling invaders in 'V.'

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167281 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:26:42 -0800 Comment by Mikki She is! She IS from V! I'm going to start calling her Diana.

]]> Mikki http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167289 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167289 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:31:13 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop NOW has, indeed, already endorsed the Obama-McCain ticket. I am gonna guess that Shelly Mandell's days as the LA chapter president are numbered.

I would also bet that she is originally from Orange County.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167293 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167293 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:33:12 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop I meant to say Biden, obviously. This election has me upset.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167297 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:34:12 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Obama-McCain. Now there's a ticket!

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167304 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167304 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:38:00 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn @4

'Dogs and cats, living together!'

Everyone's a little on edge. At least I haven't started dreaming about erotic cakes shaped like McCain going to the bathroom yet.

Actually a little relieved to not be watching the debates tonight.

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167305 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:39:09 -0800 Comment by tomasyalba She's a divorce attorney. Her NOW chapter joined national NOW in slamming Kennedy for endorsing Obama over Clinton back in January. She's never donated a penny to Obama.

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?last=MANDELL&first=SHELLY

]]> tomasyalba http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167306 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:39:27 -0800 Comment by Issur Tikkun Olam - attacking Sarah Palin for being a Christian Pig. As I've posted before Sandra Bernherd stated "Sarah Palin needs to be gang raped by black thugs".

As Jewish feminists it is our duty to join in the chorus demaning Sarah Palin be ganged raped. It is calling for justice.

Bigotry and intolerance of other people's opinions is what Sarah Palin is all about. She is not even a woman, she is a pig, so how can Sarah Palin be a feminist?

]]> Issur http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167308 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:40:32 -0800 Comment by Frank Sinclair The way things have been going lately, it's almost as if vaginas HAVE been revoked.

Anyone know where I can find me an ethical slut?

]]> Frank Sinclair http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167310 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:43:31 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn @9

Call me.

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167320 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:50:33 -0800 Comment by douglas yeah, i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this lady's not gonna have a job pretty soon.

she cannot be serious calling sarah palin a feminist. that's like calling strom thurman a civil rights pioneer.

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167326 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167326 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:54:09 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo She's a woman, and she's voting for Sarah Palin because she's a woman. It obviously doesn't matter to her what McCain/Palin's policy positions are.

Nobody said all feminists are smart.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167331 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167331 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:55:42 -0800 Comment by Garth OH SWEET. Issur's back, just in time for the election!

]]> Garth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167340 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167340 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:05 -0800 Comment by Gloria Athlete, eh? Would that be lingerie football?

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167354 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:10:08 -0800 Comment by brandon i read this today at the reclusive leftist - excuse me, reclusive "leftist." dr socks has been touting palin's feminism - excuse me, "feminism" - since her nomination was announced. you see, she is a mother who has a job outside the home. so she's like, totally feminist n' shit. welcome to 1972, ladies!

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167360 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167360 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:12:09 -0800 Comment by Fnarf What

the

fuck?

Fire her now.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167361 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167361 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:12:09 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore california NOW website's server crashed. prolly under the weight of thousands o' indignant emails.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167385 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:25:57 -0800 Comment by mackro mackro lol, I didn't know someone made my mom the head of the NOW chapter in Los Angeles, although with the degree of passive racism in the white parts of greater L.A., it's not that surprising.

]]> mackro mackro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167386 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167386 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:26:55 -0800 Comment by moxietex
“Intellectual Honesty”? Is that republican double speak for “Party-line spewing spokes whore”?

]]> moxietex http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167393 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167393 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:28:46 -0800 Comment by Vince Sometimes the people at NOW make it very hard to support them. Remember when they wanted to ban porn? I mean, stupid.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167551 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:04:02 -0800 Comment by Seajay @8: Issur, how many posts is this now from you about Mrs Palin ought to be gang-raped? Six, I believe ... ? Now there's a position that any feminist could agree with!

With supporters like that on one side, I can't say I'm surprised that Ms Mandell has come down on the other.

]]> Seajay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167574 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:22:44 -0800 Comment by Irena Just to clarify: NOW supports Obama/Biden.

California's NOW President, Patty Bellasalma, issued a statement that says, in part:

"The use of Shelly Mandell’s Los Angeles NOW title was apparently intended to mislead the public, and indeed has resulted in local television outlets and internet reports misstating that LA NOW has “endorsed” Sarah Palin or that she has a record of supporting women’s rights."

"As President of California NOW and as a member and officer of Los Angeles NOW, I can assure you that there is no local or state affiliate of NOW, including LA NOW, which endorses or supports the McCain/Palin ticket."

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167590 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167590 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:35:52 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Hilarious that the moron @21 doesn't even realize that Issur is a troll.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167736 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:52:48 -0800 Comment by Rich bitches with too much money. If there's anything less relevant than NOW, it's the Los Angeles chapter of NOW, headed up by a racist bitch.

]]> Rich bitches with too much money. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167807 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1167807 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:31:44 -0800 Comment by Seajay @23: thanks, I know a troll when I see one. But I recognise outstanding achievement in any field. Just my way of commenting on this one's singular loudness and stridency.

]]> Seajay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1168003 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/if_they_revoked_vaginas#c1168003 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:50:21 -0800