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Title: Why is EMILY's List endorsing anti-semitism, racism and homophobia?
Post by: Shana A on June 06, 2008, 09:41:35 AM
Post by: Shana A on June 06, 2008, 09:41:35 AM
Why is EMILY's List endorsing anti-semitism, racism and homophobia?
Filed by: Bil Browning
June 5, 2008 7:30 PM
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http://www.bilerico.com/2008/06/why_is_emilys_list_endorsing_anti-semiti.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/06/why_is_emilys_list_endorsing_anti-semiti.php)
EMILY's List, known for funding female candidates for public office, has two main qualifications for getting their endorsement. You have to be female and you have to be pro-choice. The organization recently endorsed Nikki Tinker in her run for Congress from Tennessee.
Tinker is running against sitting Representative Steve Cohen, a fellow Democrat. Cohen is one of the most liberal members of Congress with a history of supporting pro-choice and LGBT issues. Why would EMILY's List work to defeat an incumbent Congressman with a history of working in favor of their chosen issue? The answer has to be sexism; he's a man. No other explanation can possibly make sense.
Filed by: Bil Browning
June 5, 2008 7:30 PM
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http://www.bilerico.com/2008/06/why_is_emilys_list_endorsing_anti-semiti.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/06/why_is_emilys_list_endorsing_anti-semiti.php)
EMILY's List, known for funding female candidates for public office, has two main qualifications for getting their endorsement. You have to be female and you have to be pro-choice. The organization recently endorsed Nikki Tinker in her run for Congress from Tennessee.
Tinker is running against sitting Representative Steve Cohen, a fellow Democrat. Cohen is one of the most liberal members of Congress with a history of supporting pro-choice and LGBT issues. Why would EMILY's List work to defeat an incumbent Congressman with a history of working in favor of their chosen issue? The answer has to be sexism; he's a man. No other explanation can possibly make sense.