Armstrong Williams on "Women" in Politics?...About what'sis all of that?

"What does belonging to either the Democratic or Republican Party have to do with insuring that citizens are protected against the greed of corporations and the “market” that that body so affectionately controls?"

Aside from the fact that the US is one of the only advanced nations on this planet that refuses to sign the International E.R.A. Treaty, why are women, whether “conservative” or “liberal”, African American or non-African American, Republican or Democrat, being any less exploited, by agreeing with men who don’t even give women the respect of allowing them to speak about, much less endorse, E.R.A. being law in our own country?

That’s equivalent to praising Clarence Thomas for being on the US Supreme Court, when he has consistently voted against any measure that promotes human progress. Sometimes the vote is 8 – 1, where he even snubs his master Anthony Scalia. So what good is a Black man on the Supreme Court, if he’s like Clarence Thomas? It’s, at best, a hoax.

A few years ago, Uncle Armstrong Williams wrote that the Democratic Party platform promotes equal social and economic outcomes with an emphasis on women’s rights and liberal social policies. These policies are designed to appeal to the disenfranchised members of society, which formerly included most women.

Huh?

What does belonging to either the Democratic or Republican Party have to do with insuring that citizens are protected against the greed of corporations and the “market” that that body so affectionately controls?

When we live in a society where women are raised to have a “sense of self” and are not compelled to behave according to the whims of men, and, consequently, are not so disrespectful towards themselves that they have no self-esteem whatsoever, and buy books with insulting titles like, “Act like a lady – Think like a man”, then we’ll have legitimate political and social organizations. THen the world won’t have to experience the likes of Armstrong Williams or any of these other clowns that the rulers use as their mouthpieces.

G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.baystatebanner.com/Opinion58-2010-09-02