February 6th, 2008
Tami on “progressives’ dirty little secret”
From What Tami Said:
Where were these “all women must vote for the woman” folks when Carol Moseley Braun was running for president? I know why I didn’t support her–because other candidates more closely aligned with my take on the issues. But where were the feminists who say issues don’t matter? Where were the women who say a vote for a woman is the only radical thing to do? Where was Gloria Steinem’s New York Times op-ed for Braun? Could it be that when some feminists talk about support for “women” they mean white women?
Speaking of Braun, if black voters mindlessly support black candidates, where was the overwhelming support for Braun, Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson?
