From Deseret News archives:
Voting P.C. isn't as easy as it looks
Dear Sirs and Ma'ams:
I am hoping you can give me some advice for the upcoming presidential election. I want to vote for the "right" candidate the man, woman or child who will best lead this country but, more importantly, I want to be sure I cast a politically correct vote, because, believe me, I am all about P.C.
Instead of "mankind," I like to say "humankind," and I insist on calling old people "chronologically challenged." The Washington Redskins are the Washington Native Americans in my book, and I was all for a good ERA until I found out it wasn't a baseball statistic. I put up a "holiday tree" in my living room each December.
As per women, I respect them a great deal. My wife is a woman. So is my mother. The two scariest people in the universe are Judge Judy and that British chick who used to host "Weakest Link." I'm not a fan of Maria Sharapova because she happens to be a babe (I mean non-mirror challenged), or a 6-foot-2 goddess I just like the way she, uh, plays basketball. And I love all those TV shows in which 100-pound women routinely pound men into the sidewalk. You go, girl (I mean, woman, whatever)!
Angry might be an understatement if you're describing this rant, which runs longer than the State of the Union address and sounds like a declaration of war. Who wrote this thing, Martha Burk?
"Women have just experienced the ultimate betrayal," the statement reads. "Senator Kennedy's endorsement of Hillary Clinton's opponent in the Democratic presidential primary campaign has really hit women hard. ... He's picked the new guy over us. ... He's joined the list of progressive white men who can't or won't handle the prospect of a woman president who is Hillary Clinton (they will, of course, say they support a woman president, just not 'this one.')"
(As we all know, the Kennedys have always been great advocates for women's rights, so we can certainly understand why NOW cherishes the senator's support.)
Recent comments
Please, lighten up! You all missed the humor in the article. I...
M | Feb. 5, 2008 at 10:18 p.m.
I found this article to be extremely annoying, offensive and sexist....
Anonymous | Feb. 5, 2008 at 12:54 p.m.
Who did you expect NOW to support...McCain?
Lo | Feb. 5, 2008 at 12:29 p.m.
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