Suzanne, thank you for commenting on my post.  Sincerely. I appreciate all comments, even those of opposing view.   Exactly what are Governor Palin's anti-women policies?  Please elucidate and help me to understand your viewpoint.  She is wife, mother, leader, politician, business woman and more, all of the things that NOW said we could be. 

As a well-educated woman (tested IQ at 161), the president of my school's award-winning debating team for two years and a member of an award-winning international debating team, I am no mental lightweight and to this day I remain well informed on not only news and current events (with the exception of items appearing on Jerry Springer and the ilk of Brittany Spears) but a great number of topics, both social and philosophical, so I can truthfully state and attest that I have not been "bamboozled" since I was taught at a very early age to think for myself.

I extend to you the olive branch of friendship and the right to agree to disagree, but since you feel that I am "bamboozled",  you have this forum to show me the error of my ways.  

I look forward to your response.

Happy selling!

Leslie, thanks for taking the time to respond.  As a side note, I love the Alcoa area, and have spent a great deal of time up in the Maryville area, especially Townsend and Wears Valley.  Beautiful area full of wonderful, hard working, down to earth people who know what's important in life and what isn't.  I always feel refreshed when I pop up there for a visit and spend time among the locals.  Just a wonderful, wonderful area. 

From all appearances, Sarah Palin is exactly what this country needs. She strikes me as forthright and takes no prisoners.  Far too many politicians on both sides of the aisle get elected making promises they never intend to keep, and then they make a career out of hanging out up there when they need to be fired like an ineffective employee.  I always say, if you aren't a part of the solution you're a part of the problem.

She shook up Alaska, did some great stuff with budgets and wasted tax dollars, maybe she can shake up the other forty-nine states and send a message out that the people are tired of government wasting their their hard-earned tax dollars. 

Happy marketing, Leslie.  Go out and be heard and get noticed today!

Sindee, I appreciate your interest in my topic, however, could you please come up with an original thought?  You have copied Suzanne Champion's comment word for word and then added a few inane points.  If you are going to attempt to debate me, then please think for yourself and do it. 

In response to your three insipid points, I don't believe that Governor Palin cares who you have sex with, how you do it, or what you do with your body, and neither do many Republicans and Independents.  I hate to assume, but it seems as if the direction you are going with your comments is the issue of pro-life and same sex marriage.  Regarding same sex marriage, I am sure that many married people would agree that you have every right to be as equally miserable or happy as they are.   I believe that Vice-president Chaney's daughter is a lesbian and he has clearly stood by her, just as the rest of us are standing by our friends and children.  

On the issue of pro-life or pro-choice, I believe that many in this country are not in favor of using abortion as a means of birth control, and that is in fact, what has happened since Roe vs Wade.  Many of us are also even more strongly against partial-birth abortions, and are horrified of the stories leaking out about infants being born alive but left to die unwanted.  We are no better than Saddam Hussein or Adolph Hitler, or any number of other demons dead or alive, if we continue to allow this.  It is a most shameful and disgraceful thing that we do, and it places no value on a human life or on that of the poor, suffering baby.  May God help us and forgive us. We have become the worst of the worst by allowing this barbaric practice to occur.

It is not my intention, Sindee, to make enemies but to bring about an awareness of what is really going on. Don't just take my opinion and run with it, or the opinion of someone else.  Do your homework and look at the facts. Stop drinking the kool-aid and with an open mind look around and see what is happening in this country.  You are being herded like cattle to think the way the far left wants you to think.  Don't allow it by being well-informed.  

I sincerely wish you success in your internet marketing efforts and look forward to reading your future comments and blog posts. 

Carol, you get it.  Why isn't everyone else getting it?  We want it all, and then some! LOL.

Thanks for your comments. Hope you enjoyed the KT Oslin song.

Mike, your comments are always welcome.  I so enjoy them!  I totally agree with every one of your points.  Thank you for adding them.  You did a great job of pulling them all together to make everyone think.  If this woman were a democrat, she clearly would be the NOWs and the media's darling. 

Thanks again for stepping out and stating what you believe.  Your honesty is greatly appreciated and respected. That's what this post was about.

Larry, thank you for your feedback on what I thought was a most relevant post for women. I am disappointed, although not surprised, with NOWs reaction to this woman.  I think Mike Saunders said it best.

Larry, you are not alone.  Many of us have been challenged with things that don't conform to what our society, our religion, or our political affiliation says is the way things should be, yet we do the best we can with the circumstances that life presents to us. These are the things that make us stronger, bring us together, and make us examine who and what we are. In the end, if we can look at ourselves in the mirror and with absolute conviction state that we did the right thing even when no one was looking, then we have done well.

God bless, Larry.  I hope it doesn't offend you for me to say that, but it is who I am and for me, it is the right thing to say to you.

Chris, thanks.  If Sarah Palin had not been the republican candidate but the democratic candidate with the same convictions and accomplishments she would be king, er . . . queen, er . . . president.

I am just trying to point out that democrat or republican, let's put party aside and get something done. I live in the corporate world, and believe me, if things don't happen, heads roll. If you can't do the job, they will find someone who will.  Why isn't government held to the same standards?  There's a lot of finger pointing between both sides, and they can all just pack up and go back home and leave the seat in the house and senate for someone else to fill.  We need people at every level of government who will change the way things have been done and are being done.  I think that Palin has proven that she is the cause of change.  We need to giver her a chance.  

AJ, thanks so much for taking the time to post a comment.  Your views are well expressed and you have done a great job laying out the situation for everyone to see and decide for themselves.  Palin has earned the right to and needs to be given the consideration of being on the same level playing field as a man; she has also earned the right to be taken seriously because she has made some serious waves in her home state.  How does a hockey mom (with lipstick) go from the PTA to Mayor to Governor?  It wasn't by accident.  

I like the fact that she is comfortable in her own skin, can be girly, girly or fish and hunt with he best of them, and knows how to get things done.

Like the fact that you not only sell real estate but can also put a log home on it! You are a role model as well!  You go girl!

Chris, I don't care for people of the opposite sex having sex out in public either.  Please just get a room.  

Doreen, you are spot on.  Thanks for your very interesting comments.  The NOW agenda is clearly more about lesbian and abortion issues than helping advance the causes of women that many of us see are serious:

• Physical, emotional and sexual abuse against women
• Lack of affordable health care for women and their children
• Financial abandonment by the father(s) of their children
• The high cost of quality child care
• Lack of parenting skills
• Poor role models for young women
• Being held to different standards
• and the list goes on and on.

FYI to ALL: I heard earlier on the news (not FOX!) that the Dems have 30 attorneys on the ground in Anchorage trying to dig up dirt on her.  This is clearly indicitive that the Dems fear her.  I believe they fear her more than John McCain because Palin is exactly what the GOP voters (and many independents) have wanted and the GOP party have needed for a very long time.

Doreen, hope your business is going well.  Go make something great happen TODAY!

Michael, my head is not in the sand. I am clearly better informed and have not been drinking the kool-aid. 

I was not blogging a political commentary today. I was blogging about how disappointing a group of women that are supposed to be supporting women's efforts to be free to achieve their goals have failed miserably.  If women were aborting only female babies or babies that would grow up to be homosexuals or lesbians, then the left wing liberals would shout and stomp their pointy little feet to halt abortions. But since YOU made it a political statement, here's my response:

1.  Karl Rove and Bush are not in control of Senator McCain.  McCain is a maverick and the GOP don't know what the heck he is going to do next.  

2.  No one is trying to tell your wife what she can or cannot do. Sarah Palin is simply leading the way for a new charge of politically and socially responsible elected leaders in this country.  Don't like to assume, but you too must be referring to Governor Palin's pro-life position.  The fact that she chose to give birth to a child with Down's Syndrome is her personal choice, a courageous one in my book.  Michael, it is easy to do the right thing when people are looking, but another when people aren't.  I don't know if it was a difficult decision to go through this for the Palins, because I wasn't there.  Maybe they are really just that amazing.  I do know that children with Down's Syndrome may be some of the most perfect people on the face of this earth, a loving gift from God because they themselves only see the good in us and live their lives with loving hearts.  if only we could live our lives like that every day, what a wonderful world it would be.

3.  As for Governor Palin steamrolling over opponents and cutting of her own state employees in the process you are grossly mislead.  Here are the facts:

• Governor Palin was on the PTA and ended up running for city council.  Once on the city council, she worked hard and discovered during her two terms on the council that she needed to get up higher on the food chain to create change and destroy the "good ol' boy network".  She successfully ran for mayor of Wasilia, knocking off the incumbent mayor who had held that position for three terms. She then held that position for two terms, during which she reduced property taxes while increasing services plus spurred growth and jobs for her hometown by making it a business friendly environment which drew in new industry. 
• Yes, she did oust the incumbents city staff and fired department heads who stood by the former mayor.  If you have ever been called in to step in and replace an executive in a company, Michael, you can appreciate how difficult it is to do so and the strategies that must be applied when you come into an organization as someone's replacement.  Often, the "old guard" resents you and there are always those who want to be a stick in the spokes of change, so they resist and undermine you.  Those are the ones who must dealt with swiftly before they infect the rest of the organizational team. 
• When Governor Palin first ran for Lt. Governor as an underfunded unknown, she campaigned hard the old fashioned way and lost the election by only 2,000 votes.  She was then appointed to the Alaskan Interstate Oil and Gas Commission by the governor and was so effective at that post that she shook the very foundation of the commission.  As the chair for the ethics committee, she put a stop to people using the office for political and personal gain, calling out several republicans and asking for their resignation.  That takes guts. 

The Palins are business owners.  How many people do you know in your neck of the woods that make a living as commercial fishermen?  It is not an easy business, and at times it is tough to just break even.

4,  Glad we agree that she is engaging and smart and yes, conservative.  However, Michael, the Republicans have not voted her in to shift the public's attention away from the "real" issues, which you state are the economy, the war and health care.  I would agree that the economy is an issue, that our national security is an issue and as a result "the war", and health care.  As for your comment that on none of these do McCain, Palin and the Republican party have a good record on, then you are misled.  McCain does have a good record on these issues, and so does Governor Palin. 

5. As for four more years of this nightmare, Michael, I have worked and lived through Jimmy Carter's most disgusting tenure as president, and while he may be a fabulous asset to Habitat for Humanity and have a servants heart, his tenure as president was a dismal failure.  THAT was the most incompetent administration by far.  Interest rates on homes were 18% and people had to wait in line for gas on odd and even days.  I could barely afford to buy groceries back then, and I didn't have medical insurance because I couldn't afford it even back then.  The most recent Dem president, Mr. Clinton, also did nothing for health care, although they pledged that they would.  We need sweeping reform in this country, Michael, and we better find someone to do it fast.  We need to toss out old school fat cats who are making a career out of line their pockets at our expense.

As for why the Europeans want Mr. Obama in . . . Michael, Michael, Michael.  Put down the kool-aid.  Do you think that the Europeans actually want Christian conservatives at the helm of this country.  Please tell me which European nation you are from.  I can't wait to hear this. 

By the way, Michael, since you have informed me that my head is in the sand and that I am clearly ignorant, have youactually looked in Mr. Obama's record?  A man that has "authored" two memoirs but not written or sponsored a single bill in the senate? But even worse, do you really want a man who has stated on more than one occasion that his mentors are Jerimiah Wright and William Ayers, among others?  These are the real issues, Michael.  I suggest you read the following two blog posts, one from Investor's Business Daily and the other from The Astute Bloggers.  They may be on the right, probably more to the right than I am, but they do have some valid points.

Kenneth, it is about abortion, it about being a democrat versus a republican, it is about believing in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob over being an atheist. 

If Sarah Palin were a democratic atheist who was an abortionist, this same group would carry her to Washington on a litter fitting Cleopatra with all of the pomp due royalty.

Thanks for your comments, Kenneth.  You are spot on.

Michael, are you telling me that CNN (aka the Communist News Network), and those three network channels are unbiased? ROFLOL.

You're not serious, are you?

You think FOXNews is biased? Really? You must not watch very often as every time I am watching their news shows they always have people on of opposing views. 

Can you tell me why the other four major networks did not carry Governor Palin's VP acceptance speech?  Was Jerry Springer or Oprah on instead?  How about when Sen. McCain held a town hall meeting a few months ago after he had cinched the nomination, and the only network that carried it was FOXNews.

Michael, shall we agree to disagree amicably? 

Simon,

thanks for letting me know.  It is great to be a conservative Christian woman and a card carrying member of the (not so) silent majority.  If the liberals hated this post, wait until I roll out the one on Oprah. It is not a matter of democrat or republican, it is a matter of COMMON SENSE and THINKING FOR YOURSELF instead of drinking the pretty colored kool-aid.  Shall we all gather together, hold hands, and sing Kumbya?

Leslie, you are the best. Thanks for owning up to your post. 

Glad you love the KT Oslin song.  She has an amazing story to tell as well.  Did you know she sang back up for a great many years (decades!) before finally "making" it.  Saw her in concert several times and she was just incredible. 

Leslie, it's okay that your politics don't match Sarah Palins.  What this post was about was how NOW has absolutely failed us.  It has since turned into a left right thing.

Based on what you have said, I think that you have done admirably with your sons.  We are ALL bombarded with infinite inappropriate and suggestive material each day and the poor kids in this country are just overwhelmed with poor role models generated by the (clearly liberal) Hollywood propaganda machine and of course some of the music that is out there.  To be frank, some of the athletes our kids admire aren't helping either.  I think that teaching your children abstinence is a good plan, but you better have a back up plan as well.  Governor Palin clearly has a daughter who did not take precautions.  Amazing how many teenagers have said . . . but we only did it once. But as parents, what can you do?  Trying to control a teenager is like trying to herd cats.  Barring the pregnancy, I am sure that many of us are concerned that the children in our family will contract Herpes, AIDS, etc.  These things don't go away.  That's a bigger scare for me than an unplanned pregnancy, and it probably is for many of us.

As for Genesis being taught in schools, I personally believe that we should give our children all of the information and let them make their own decisions.  If I have done my job at home, they will make the right ones.  I do not like the schools teaching a one sided view, which is what they are doing.  There are more flaws with Darwin's theory, and even Darwin later revised his theory. 

Glad to hear you are an environmentalist.  I am too.  I think that Sarah Palin must also be an environmentalist since she hunts and fishes with the best of them.  Most sportsmen that I know are seriously into preserving the environment.  Let me just ask you this: would you rather use our natural resources and create jobs here at home, keeping the money here, or use the oil in the middle east and give them your money?  As a bonus question, if the Norwegians (among many others) can drill offshore and keep their waters pristine, why can't we?  I would still like us to pursue alternative enrgy sources so that WE can then be the ones to provide the rest of the planet with a more viable alternative to Arab oil.

Leslie, your comment on tax cuts not helping people like you is, unfortunately, probably incorrect.  They help the middle classes, and that is very likely you (and me).  If we trickle money down to people just like you and I, we have more disposable income to spread out into our economy.  Remember when Mr. Reagan was president?

LeslieI have really enjoyed debating this with you.  I wish you MUCH success this week in your sales and marketing efforts.  Hope that you send me back some great news about the THREE sales that are going to happen one right after another for you over the next couple of weeks.

Steve, I have sent you an email on the reblogging. Check your email.  

Larry,  thanks for your feedback.  You must be a Renaissance man!  Women love that!  Trust me!

Melody: did not overlook your comment.  Sorry - AR kept giving me error messages and I was having to re-comment and re-comment and still getting error messages.  (In fact, I thought I had been locked out of the system for providing opposing views of the AR Gods.  In my WORK mode I am such a high D type personality at times that I get annoyed and move on to better and more productive things.  Hence the delays in answering the comments.)

I appreciate your support.  I think I ticked off a few people. Ah, well.  It is what it is.  Initially I did not start out to make this a Dem vs GOP thing . . . but that is how it turned out, which actually reinforces and supports my thesis.  

When will people put party aside and cast their lot with someone regardless of race, sex, religion, etc.? If we are in the FAIR HOUSING business, why can't we be in the FAIR POLITICS business?  

I will gladly call Mr McCain or Mrs. Palin on the carpet for things just as easily as Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden.  I do have that whole left brain right brain thing going, and I can usually clearly see both sides of an issue. Doesn't mean I am going to agree . . . 

Melody, I hope that business is going well for you.  As you know I added you as an associate. Perhaps someday I can send you a referral.  

Andrea, did I open a can of worms, or what?  This is the most fun I have had in a while.  I love a good debate! LOL.  

Thanks for your support. (I feel like Bartle & James. For those of you who are too young to remember Bartle and James . . .  !  They are an interesting marketing phenomena.)  

Andrea, you had some excellent points which I am delighted you brought out.  America has become a country of political correctness to the level that it is hampering social and personal growth.  

Role models?  You mean Britany Spears, Paris Hilton, and all the other Hollywood whackos plus about 101 stupid athletes who are running amok in society because they are "superstars" and "gods"? (Surprised Michael Phelps drew as much attention from the media as he did.  He is one of the good guys. But for every one minute on Michael Phelps we have to suffer through five on Britany.)

Do you remember when it was okay to be competitive and beat the pants off of someone in a contest or game?  We now have kids getting a trophies on a sports team or awards in school just for showing up.  You know what, this is NOT a good thing.  Sure, it's okay when they are four or five years old, but there has to be a quick cut-off as this is not preparing our children for the REAL world.  We live in a very competitive world, and if you don't think so you are not going to be all that you can or achieve all that you are able.

We are so busy being a country of political correctness that, God save us, the pendulum has swung so far that we are now VIOLATING and impeding the individual's ability to enjoy the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness.  We are taking AWAY the rights of the majority of people for the rights of a few. (Oh, dear, that's going to draw fire from the liberals, and that topic is another post, and one that I am not going to do - at least in this forum.) 

I am certain, Andrea, that I just ticked off a few more people, but if I can just get a few more people thinking for themselves instead of being led around like cattle, (and that's what I fear is happening), then I have done something worthwhile.  All the charitable things I do, the socially responsible, the caring compassionate things, those are important too, but I think a more important mission today is to get people thinking for themselves prior to this election.  

Thanks for your continued support, and I look forward to reading more of your posts and comments.

David, thanks for taking the time to comment. When we stand around and hold hands and sing Kumbya, I'll call.  Clearly you get it. (I read your posts.)  

As I said, if Sarah Palin were a democrat they would carry her to Washington a litter with grecian robed litter bearers and Oprah leading the way.  Well, maybe not Oprah . . . but probably Liz Trotter or NBC news.  Course they'd have to step over Hilary . . . LOL.

Let's see how many witty retorts this answer draws.  Hey, y'all started this Dem vs GOP thing.  I was just stating the facts about NOW.

Thanks again for your inout, David. 

Gene, I had answered you earlier during the "error" mode when I kept getting locked out and losing my comments.  

As a 1960s kid and a 1970s teen, I have got to tell you that NOW is a BIG disapointment to me, and so are all of the anarchist protesters. Can't they get anything right?

What ever happened to sit-ins?  Bring back the sit-in!! Let's march!! Let's be constructive in our protests instead of disruptive hooligans, showing the world that we can't think for ourselves and are easily persuaded to follow along like sheep. (That should draw a comment from Organization Pink).

TO ALL - feel free to comment back to those leaving comments.  This is an open forum with an open mind.

By the way - Anti-Palin BandWagon Members -- 

Did you know that as MAYOR Palin

• Eliminated taxes on personal property
• Eliminated taxes that were hurting small business?  As Realtors, or mortgage brokers, even if you work for a broker, are you not a small business?
  
• Cut property taxes every year she was in office
• Made the area conducive to growth by being business friendly, which created JOB GROWTH
• Took a VOLUNTARY PAY CUT (when's the last time you heard of a politician taking one?)

• Took on the lobbyists and special interest groups surrounding the oil companies, and caused them some serious Rolaids/Zanex moments.
  
• Eliminated the position of the Governor's personal chef?  (Her kids liked the idea of a personal chef . . . but she CUT THE EXPENSE from the budget anyway.)
• She put the Government's check book on-line so that everyone can see where their tax dollars were going
• Put the luxury jet that came with the office on EBay (and SOLD it)
• Put the veto pen to 1/2 BILLION Dollars of "wasteful" spending
• Suspended the state fuel tax (!!) 
• Created a state surplus and is sending that $$ back to the people because she says "that the people can spend the money they earned better than the government"
• Has championed stopping earmarked spending - - - setting an example by telling the feds thanks, but we don't need the bridge to no where, and if and when we do, we'll build it ourselves. (Contrast this with the reported almost ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN EARMARKS REQUESTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET - which is about a MILLION DOLLARS for every working day.  (Let's see, as president, he would work 365 days, minus twenty-one days for vacation, then factor in public holidays . . . so at a million dollars a working day . . . that would be . . . !!!)

Jim: Thanks for your feedback.  Clearly you are a man of few words today - To wit, I say:

"In brief, Sir, study what you most affect" ~ Shakespeare

Jerri:

Thanks for jumping into the fray and enjoying our mad tea party.  You presented your position with a cool head, which actually makes your comments louder than those of a couple of our previous commenters. Well done!

With all respect to you, the only thing I differ on is your comment that she lacks respect for the environment.  Respectfully, Jerri, why do you feel this way?  

From all observations, the Palins clearly have a history of being environmentalists.  Not only are they avid outdoorsmen (outdoorpeople for those of you who MUST be politically correct) but their multi-generational family business is tied to a clean environment.  Mr. Palin is part eskimo.  His family has been hunting and fishing for Alaskan game for many generations, not only as a business but as a means of survival. No fish, no eat.  Governor Palin can hunt and fish with the best of them.  All of the avid sportsmen that I know, myself included, are absolutely concerned that our earth's natural resources are not over fished, over hunted, or used as a sewer or dumping ground.

Jerri, please take a look beyond political rhetoric and explore what other foreign countries, such as Norway, New Zealand, etc. are doing with their natural resources.  If they can drill for oil without screwing up the environment, so can we. Jerri, I am becoming convinced that the reason American politicians are not interested in us drilling at home is because they are heavily invested abroad and in bed with interests that do not serve you and I.  

I urge you, Jerri, and all the other readers of this post, to explore this theory more.  Why do politicians spend their lifetime in congress when the job pays so little per year?  We are making more money than they are in real estate, yet they are getting richer than we are earning less.  How is that?  

Jerri, thanks for your thoughts.  I appreciate your stating them and admire you for doing so.  You did a great job of presenting your side of the issue rationally.  Thanks.

Simon: thanks for jumping in and lending a hand. This has turned out to be an interesting debate indeed, and help responding to all of the comments is greatly appreciated plus comments add an additional perspective. What a great debate! Is this fun. or what?

Going to get a lot more interesting as the election draws near.

Thanks again for you valuable input. 

Way to go, Karen!  This is exactly what we are trying to get everyone to understand.  Don't decide based on what ANYONE is telling you.  Not even me! (As much as I dislike saying that!)  Get the facts, not hearsay, gossip, or rumor.  Not that I want the credit for your deciding this new course of action, but I hope that taking a couple of punches with this post helped you and others come to the conclusion that there are many people out there with dubious agendas, and when you get to the bottom of all of their hype and rhetoric . . . sometimes there is an unsavory pile of "poo". 

Thank you so much for your comments.  I am certain that those following this post will feel heartened to learn that we have another informed voter in this country, regardless of whether you are a democrat, independent, libertarian, or republican.  Informed voters make great voting decisions.  

Well done! Gold star for YOU!! Best of luck in your endeavors.  

Ted, Cheryl, Angela, and Mike:  Sorry it has taken me a while to respond to your comments.  Got myself in the weeds and turned a par four with a dog leg into a double bogey.  Whew.  Who knew I would be working this much in a "down" market. 

Ted, please feel free to wander into the ladies department any time!  Don't you know that real women love renaissance men?

Ted, how we have ended up here with NOW and feminists NOT supporting Sarah Palin is very simple:  NOW is no longer a group for and about ALL women. NOW has turned into a leftist radical group spouting an extremely liberal agenda where it appears that even heterosexual women are unwelcome unless they support a lesbian pro-abortion agenda. The facts are the facts. The Cosmo girl of Helen Gurley Brown (Anyone remember her?) who could have it all can no longer co-exist with the current women of NOW.  For some reason it appears that there is something wrong with women choosing to marry a man and having children with a man in the supporting role.  These women are hiding, yes hiding, behind the Democratic party.  I hope that women supporting the Democratic party will wake up and recognize what is going on.  

And ladies, please wake up and realize that abortion is a new form of repression and many men support it because it is an easy out for them.  If we were going to abort only females babies, or only male babies, what would the outcry be then?  I know that this stuff is controversial, but someone needs to say it. 

Cheryl: who-whee that is another post entirely! As this relates to the abortion issue, I hope that women will wake up and recognize abortion for what it is: a form of oppression for a great many women.   I am certain that from time to time we all struggle to make the right choices in our lives, and sometimes when we look back we regret the choices we have made.  While God may want us to choose otherwise, every day women do choose to have abortions. The New Testament is very pro-woman as it clearly lays out that women are not second class citizens (please do not take my word for it or anyone else's -- read an accurate translation and see for yourself) and also that God is forgiving God.  If it were not so, He would not have sent us Christ.  

Angelia: Spread the word - to quote a Democrat - Hell has a place reserved for women who don't support other women. LOL. (Albright)

Mike: research? what research? LOL.  We don't need no stinkin' history books and research!  I just turned 51 a few days ago and watched the whole NOW thing play out as a kid.  LOL.  And yes, like Sarah P. I wear lipstick! 

Nicholas - everyone could take a few pointers from sarah P.  She has told the AK government to cut the fat, cut taxes, and give the overpayment back to the people while telling the oil companies that the people of AK own the ball park and the ball and the bat and if they want to play ball they are playing by her rules.  I like her for sticking to her guns - no pun intended!  LOL.