I am aghast....

Geraldine Ferraro has said she will not vote for Obama if he is the nominee... so who exactly will she vote for!!?? McCain!?!  Oh right, 'cause that's a great women's rights option.  She claims Obama is sexist, but voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton just because she's a woman is also sexist--Hillary's war votes and many of her policies aren't feminist or humanist... Vote on issues, people!  Not "experience" doing crappy things, but on perspectives.  I'm an ardent feminist and I have problems the sexist way the media has portrayed HRC, but that doesn't mean she represents my ideal of a diverse, open, multicultural third-wave feminist movement, especially with her lust for getting the "white working" vote.  I also don't like Obama's overuse of the word "sweetie"--come on, dude, you know that's paternalistic and you need to watch yourself.  But neither is as anti-woman as the Republican nominee and party.

So seriously, second-wavers, stop criticising the way some of us young woman choose to use the freedoms you helped fight for.  The point of feminism is choice, not voting with our vaginas.  Just because you did the "work" doesn't mean that you now get to decide how everything in the world should be.  Or did you just want freedom of choice for those people that got in line with you?  And I know it's not all of you--I mean, my mom was a second-wave feminist and she didn't vote for HRC  (Hi, Mom!!! You're my feminist hero! You too Dad!)

At least voting Nader in 2000  was about expanding democracy... this claims to be about elevating the status of second-class citizens in the US, but really seems like it's about "my way or the highway."  Four more years of the Republican party is not better for women (or men or children or anyone except the wealthy) than Obama would be.  So please, people, think about what you're saying. 

Oh yeah, and when responding to this kind of talk, don't respond with sexism.  One, it's disgusting and ignorant and two, it just fuels the flame.