All four women cashed in on
women’s suffrage to forge their respective careers.
They are supposedly the heralds of social equality and
parity among the sexes. They wax eloquently about the
need to end
violent acts against women and children.
But it has been two weeks since Hurricane Katrina
struck the Southeast…
It has been two weeks since people, mostly
white tourists from Australia and the
United Kingdom, were terrorized by racist thugs
throughout New Orleans.
It has been more
than two weeks since women and children were raped
and murdered at the
Convention Center and
Superdome in New Orleans.
Look at the
numbers; according to Steve Kellmeyer over at
MensNewsDaily.com (Living in a Fishbowl,
9/13/2005).
"‘Two-thirds of the
24,000 people huddled inside the Superdome were women,
children or elderly, and many were infirm’ said Lonnie
C. Swain, an assistant police superintendent at the
Superdome."
There has been much talk about the rampant
looting but it was supposedly driven by dira
necessitas…yeah,
sure it was.
(And of course there’s revisionist talk that the reports
were exaggerated…but I’m a
Navy brat, eyewitness reports have spread through
the services.)
So where are they? Where are these emissaries of
equality now? Why do they not speak for these
unfortunate women? Why do they not speak for these
tortured children?
Just last month in a
press statement about a bill that would reauthorize
the Violence Against Women Act, Nancy Pelosi made these
remarks:
"Women should feel
safe in their homes, and they should feel safe walking
the street…this bill sends a strong message: we will not
tolerate violence, abuse, and sexual assault against
women."
Governor Blanco’s administration even includes a
department for
Women Leaders in Louisiana. The link is situated
just below her defense against accusations of her
failings as a leader—her
"I’m not a Crook"
campaign, as I like to think of it. She
actually published all her letters to President Bush
II…you know, all four of them.
And for crying out loud, it was Hillary Clinton (with the
help of Attorney General Janet Reno) who established the
Office on
Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice.
And a group that calls themselves the National
Organization for Women would certainly be
interested in this issue, right?
Yeah, they don’t mention a word of it on their
site although they do take the time to blame the
Bush administration for the delay in emergency response.
They also take the time to slam Supreme Court nominee
John Roberts for being, of all things,
"an anti-women's rights, anti-civil rights judge."
Women in New Orleans were being raped and left for dead
with their throats slit in bathrooms and dark areas of
the buildings. Young children met with the same fate.
Without a doubt, Judge Roberts would take better care of
those women than the ideologues at NOW have done to
date.
It enrages me to read Kim Gandy’s words—her group
doesn’t represent this woman or any women I know. She
should do us all a favor and zip it.
Just today, Pelosi delivered a
floor speech in support of a federal hate crime bill
and had the temerity to reference the victims of Katrina
and the words of our forefathers.
"Our nation was
founded on the principle that all are created equal…[it]
violates this principle to have individuals in our
country targeted for violence because of who they are,
the color of their skin…"
"Mr. Speaker, as we
deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina…We must
work to end false distinctions among us."
Pelosi is nothing more than a charlatan.
Women became the targets of black rapists simply
because they were white. [Example
HERE]
Yes, racism and hate crime was alive and well in
New Orleans that week…a number of black racists ran amok
in the absence of law enforcement and brutalized as many
women and
children as they could.
And no, I am not suggesting all black men, so
don’t even go there.
So, once again, why are they being ignored? Why are they
being sacrificed?
I
think Pelosi & Co. smell an opportunity—an opportunity
to rally their coalition and strike what they consider a
lethal blow to the image of the Republican Party just in
time for Election 2008. They want to portray the
Republican Administration as unfeeling bigots for
supposedly not responding quickly enough to (mainly
black) hurricane victims.
They know that most men will be terrified to criticize a
woman Governor (and a
Black Mayor?).
I
can almost hear it now…
Kim Gandy: "The Bush administration is nothing but
a bunch of sexist, racist pigs. They are just
criticizing Blanco because she is a woman. They fear
what a woman can do. Blah, Blah, Blah..."
Yeah, they fear what a woman can do—such as not her
job.
Once-upon-a-time, the picture books in kindergarten
would have read "See Dick,
Dick is a doctor" and "See Jane, Jane is a
nurse."
When I was in kindergarten, the books read "See Dick,
Dick is a
Doctor" and "See Jane, Jane is an
astronaut."
Today, I think the books should read "See Dick, Dick
is a doctor" and "See Jane, Jane is a
con artist."
So I’d like to offer Bush II a deal: I’ll work on the
whole 19th amendment thing if in the meantime
he tackles the feministas. Oh, and by
tackle, I mean humiliate them into a self-imposed exile.
Sadly, the sacrifice of
Michael Brown as FEMA director might be an
indication of things to come—Bush II is obviously
inclined to appeasement.
My guess: Next, we will have new emergency response
terminology. All future storms will use labels which
are both
"ethnic and gender friendly"
as well as instructive.
Under the new policy, Hurricane "Katrina" would
have been called Hurricane "Flee Now Or You Will
Surely Die—Especially The Poor People Who Live In The
Projects."
Not to be confused with Tropical Storm "Not Strong
Enough For
Looting And Mayhem"…
Hey, it’s better than the
color-coded terror alert warnings—which are clearly
racist.
Still, my original plan is better…and faster.
Ladies, we just have to give up the vote. The brain
power of
Ann Coulter and
Michelle Malkin would be missed at the poll booth,
but so would theirs.
Admittedly, without women the conservative side of the
aisle will lack a certain équilibre. And frankly
the White House Christmas Card will seem dowdy without
Condi’s legs.
But think about the benefits…Blanco, Pelosi, Gandy and
Rodham would no longer be able to highjack the U.S.
Constitution and warp it into some deformed manifesto
for social equality and
civil rights…oops, I mean
women’s
(sort of) rights.
Hey, desperate times call for desperate measures.
Show me where to sign.
Bryanna Bevens [email
her] is a political consultant and former chief of staff
for a member of the California State Assembly.
