I haven't watched every moment of the political conventions in Tampa and Charlotte. Instead, I checked the schedule of events and marked down the speakers I really wanted to hear and tuned into them. This week it was some amazing women at the Democratic convention, women anyone should admire.
There was Michelle Obama of course, who really can sock out a great speech no matter whether you agree with her or not. I admire her work with military families, I've read her book on the White House Garden and think her fight against childhood obesity is right on. Her biceps are incredible, too. But there were other interesting women, too.
Sandra Fluke was there. Yes, that Sandra Fluke, who rose above Rush Limbaugh's insults to come to the convention to talk about the twelve men in the House of Representatives who were to decide on women's reproductive issues but refused to allow women to talk.
Elizabeth Warren is the economics professor who helped form the Obama Administration's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but was forced out of her position as its head by the Republican Congress. She now is running for Ted Kennedy's old seat in the Senate. She gave a rousing speech about corporate greed.
Tammy Duckworth came on the stage on prosthetic legs to talk about the military. Despite losing her legs in Iraq, she has never resigned her commission and still serves in the National Guard. She is running for Congress against Representative Joe Walsh, that crude, crude man who said Duckworth is using her disability politically, who said he would debate Duckworth about fashion. She carries on.
Gabby Gifford was there, too, to pledge allegiance to the flag in a clear, loud voice. She is coming back from that awful day when she was shot in Tucson. She isn't running for Congressional office this time around but I wouldn't count her out entirely.
But the one female speaker I liked the most was Sister Simone Campbell of the Nuns in a Bus. If she had Congressman Paul Ryan in a classroom, that nun would give him a sharp crack across his knuckles with a ruler for telling whoppers. The Nuns on the Bus say that Ryan's budget hurts the poor and that is not what Christianity is about. A Catholic boy should know better.
Strong women all of them. The men of the GOP should be sweating.
There was Michelle Obama of course, who really can sock out a great speech no matter whether you agree with her or not. I admire her work with military families, I've read her book on the White House Garden and think her fight against childhood obesity is right on. Her biceps are incredible, too. But there were other interesting women, too.
Sandra Fluke was there. Yes, that Sandra Fluke, who rose above Rush Limbaugh's insults to come to the convention to talk about the twelve men in the House of Representatives who were to decide on women's reproductive issues but refused to allow women to talk.
Elizabeth Warren is the economics professor who helped form the Obama Administration's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but was forced out of her position as its head by the Republican Congress. She now is running for Ted Kennedy's old seat in the Senate. She gave a rousing speech about corporate greed.
Tammy Duckworth came on the stage on prosthetic legs to talk about the military. Despite losing her legs in Iraq, she has never resigned her commission and still serves in the National Guard. She is running for Congress against Representative Joe Walsh, that crude, crude man who said Duckworth is using her disability politically, who said he would debate Duckworth about fashion. She carries on.
Gabby Gifford was there, too, to pledge allegiance to the flag in a clear, loud voice. She is coming back from that awful day when she was shot in Tucson. She isn't running for Congressional office this time around but I wouldn't count her out entirely.
But the one female speaker I liked the most was Sister Simone Campbell of the Nuns in a Bus. If she had Congressman Paul Ryan in a classroom, that nun would give him a sharp crack across his knuckles with a ruler for telling whoppers. The Nuns on the Bus say that Ryan's budget hurts the poor and that is not what Christianity is about. A Catholic boy should know better.
Strong women all of them. The men of the GOP should be sweating.
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