NOW Blasts Kennedy For Obama Endorsement

Filed Under Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, NOW, Ted Kennedy

The New York state chapter of the National Organization for Women blasts Ted Kennedy for not supporting Hillary Clinton and instead backing Barack Obama, reports James Taranto in the Wall Street Journal.

(T)he New York state chapter of the political fringe group National Organization for Women put out a statement yesterday blasting Ted Kennedy for endorsing Obama:

Women have just experienced the ultimate betrayal. Senator Kennedy’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the Democratic presidential primary campaign has really hit women hard. . . .

And now the greatest betrayal! We are repaid with his abandonment! 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). “They” are Howard Dean and Jim Dean (Yup! That’s Howard’s brother) who run DFA (that’s the group and list from the Dean campaign that we women helped start and grow). “They” are Alternet, Progressive Democrats of America, democrats.com, Kucinich lovers and all the other groups that take women’s money, say they’ll do feminist and women’s rights issues one of these days, and conveniently forget to mention women and children when they talk about poverty or human needs or America’s future.

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2 Responses to “NOW Blasts Kennedy For Obama Endorsement”

Kristen Peters on January 30th, 2008 3:33 pm

This ridiculous press release was issued by the New York State chapter president, Marcia Pappas, and has nothing to do with national now who issued their own press release. Even the New York City chapter has come out against this ignorant statement.

Statement of NOW President Kim Gandy

January 28, 2008

The National Organization for Women has enormous respect and admiration for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D- Mass.). For decades Sen. Kennedy has been a friend of NOW, and a leader and fighter for women’s civil and reproductive rights, and his record shows that.

Though the National Organization for Women Political Action Committee has proudly endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, we respect Sen. Kennedy’s endorsement. We continue to encourage women everywhere to express their opinions and exercise their right to vote.
Chris on January 30th, 2008 3:43 pm

Hi Kristen,

Thanks for the update and the clarification that the news release was from the New York State National Organization for Women’s chapter president.