I'm still trying to play catch up following a very busy week, but I just HAVE to comment on this. On Monday digby posted that NARAL has decided to endorse Rep. Al Wynn (in Maryland) in the primary! As a Maryland resident, what makes me so CRAZY about this is that there is an excellent pro-choice woman challenging him! As digby writes:NARAL has endorsed Al Wynn, one of the worst Bush Dogs in the congress, a total corporate sell-out to the highest bidder, in a primary in which we have a true blue female pro-choice candidate who would go to the mat for reproductive freedom and every other progressive cause. If they couldn't support the real progressive, why in the hell didn't they just lay out?
Jane at FDL:
I find this inexplicable and inexcusable.
Is there any reason for NARAL to jump into a race to the detriment of a total pro-choice woman?
What Nancy Keenan has done to women and to choice in this country is a horror show.
I can share with you that MD-NARAL has not always looked out for the interests of women in this state. They have been willing to sell out young and poor women, in favor of state legislation that benefits their core financial supporters.
Women in Maryland would be better served to join MD NOW, an advocacy group that works to protect ALL women in Maryland.
But back to the Congressional race - please support DONNA EDWARDS. Regardless of where you live, dig into your pocket and send her whatever you can afford. No contribution is too small.
6 comments:
"Yikes!" Not the first time NARAL has been "off the mark" in recent years,...to say the least!
I was being generous ... practicing diplomacy ... being far too nice? Maybe all of the above.
BAC
I stopped giving to NARAL the last election cycle. Not. One. Red. Cent. Ever. Again.
Regards,
Tengrain
Speaking of being nice, we should give credit and gratitude to the activists and volunteers at NARAL affiliates who do good local work...despite the bizarre actions of their national office.
Karen, you are right. But I must say we have had our challenges with them in Maryland. I'm not suggesting that NOW isn't without its faults, but one thing is true -- NOW stands up for ALL women when it comes to reproductive rights.
BAC
I won't give a red cent or NARAL or HRC (they endorsed Joe Lieberman over Ned Lamont, among other things). The DC based advocacy organizations become incumbency strokers. They are as out of touch as the politicians who wallow there.
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