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		<title>2010 Political Review (Slideshow)</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/12/2010-politics-in-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a look back at just a few of the political stories we were talking about in 2010. What do you think 2011 will bring?]]></description>
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		<title>Mac D’Alessandro: We Don’t Need More Democrats; We Need Better Democrats UPDATED</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/mac-dalessandro-we-don%e2%80%99t-need-more-democrats-we-need-better-democrats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[congressman stephen lynch]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=2210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Time magazine predicts healthcare is no longer the number one issue on midterm voters&#8217; minds. &#8220;Voters are far more concerned about the stalled economy or soaring budget deficits,&#8221; writes Time. But here in Massachusetts, the state that elected the 41st vote, healthcare is still dominating the discussion in at least one race leading up to the September 14 state primary. What little discussion taking place, that is. Incumbent Stephen Lynch is facing a challenge in the ninth Congressional District from Mac D&#8217;Alessandro, the former New England Political Director for the Services Employees International Union. Lynch, you will recall, voted no on healthcare reform because he says the bill &#8220;stripped out all the significant reform.&#8221; D&#8217;Alessandro disagrees. &#8220;He should tell that to the people in the district whose children have pre-existing conditions,&#8221; he says. D&#8217;Alessandro says he got in the race because &#8220;The thought of (Lynch) going unchallenged gave validity to his healthcare vote.&#8221; Winning in September won&#8217;t be easy for D&#8217;Alessandro. He entered the race late with little name recognition and far fewer funds and insider connections than Lynch. But he is running a smooth grassroots campaign and he easily wins over many of the people he meets on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Things We Need to Do to Send a Woman to the White House</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/07/six-things-we-need-to-do-to-send-a-woman-to-the-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2010/07/six-things-we-need-to-do-to-send-a-woman-to-the-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[connie saltonstall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[She Should Run]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I posted a question at SkinnyScoop: Do you think a woman will be elected president in your lifetime? Most of the respondents (81 percent) said yes. No one answered definitely not. I sure hope the respondents are right, but getting there won&#8217;t be easy. One respondent at SkinnyScoop wrote, &#8220;We are ready and there are more of us than them, we just need to get out and vote ladies.&#8221; It seems simple. But it&#8217;s not. The sad truth is we haven&#8217;t moved past the misogyny and sexism we witnessed during Hillary Clinton&#8217;s candidacy. Senate hopeful Martha Coakley didn’t do herself any favors when she made some bad campaign decisions last winter but the press didn&#8217;t do her many favors either. And the Republicans don&#8217;t seem to treat their women much better, as Newsweek recently pointed out. I remember during Clinton&#8217;s presidential run people groaning about the word misogyny. &#8220;I&#8217;m so sick of feminists talking about misogyny,&#8221; friends and coworkers would tell me when I was discussing things Tucker Carlson, Chris Matthews, Glen Beck and Keith Olbermann had said on television the night before. I challenge those same people to come up with a better explanation for Playboy&#8217;s recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connie Saltonstall and the MDP’s Big But</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/05/connie-saltonstall-and-the-mdps-big-but/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=1481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday  Connie Saltonstall announced she was withdrawing from the Democratic Primary for U.S. Representative in Michigan’s First Congressional District, and blamed  a lack of support from the state’s Democratic Party for her decision. She had been hoping to replace Rep. Bart Stupak, an Ignorant Male Legislator recipient. In a statement, Saltonstall said, &#8220;I am forced to do this because it has become apparent to my campaign that the leadership of the Michigan Democratic Party has preemptively anointed Gary McDowell as their Democratic candidate. … While I think Gary MacDowell is a very nice person, I cannot support his anti-choice politics, and I cannot support a party that endorses candidates who vote to restrict women’s legal rights and access to healthcare.&#8221; State Representative McDowell voted against an amendment that would allow late-term abortions if a physician determined the procedure was necessary to preserve the health of a woman. Some have even referred to McDowell as Bart Stupak&#8217;s hand-picked successor. After reading Saltonstall&#8217;s comments about the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP), I visited their website to get a better understanding of the group&#8217;s mission and values. What I discovered: the MDP has a big but problem. There is a document on the website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking: Connie Saltonstall Out</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/05/breaking-connie-saltonstall-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=1475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Connie Saltonstall, the would be successor to Rep. Bart Stupak, has withdrawn from the Democratic Primary for U.S. Representative in Michigan’s First Congressional District citing lack of support from the state&#8217;s Democratic Party. We will write more on this tomorrow. For now, here is the press release. &#8220;I regretfully announce that I am withdrawing from the Democratic primary for U.S. Representative in Michigan’s First Congressional District. I am forced to do this because it has become apparent to my campaign that the leadership of the Michigan Democratic Party has preemptively anointed Gary McDowell as their Democratic candidate. They are replacing Bart Stupak with another Upper Peninsula, Anti-Choice, Anti- Women’s healthcare rights candidate.  From past experience I realize that with the Michigan Democratic Party actively opposing me, I will not be able to raise the money necessary to conduct a winning campaign. I am not the only candidate that has been the target of this kind of manipulation. I hope that in the future the Party will reject this interference and insist on an open primary allowing voters to choose the candidate who represents their values. I challenged Bart Stupak because he was threatening to take down the healthcare bill. His amendment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bart Stupak and Carrie Bradshaw</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/04/bart-stupak-and-carrie-bradshaw/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2010/04/bart-stupak-and-carrie-bradshaw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[   It&#8217;s good news Friday. First, one of our top picks for IgnorantMale Legislator, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), is not seeking reelection. And the trailer for &#8220;Sex and the City 2&#8243; is available. Check it out here and enjoy the weekend.]]></description>
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		<title>WWND?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/04/wwnd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ladies, I need advice. Here&#8217;s the dilemma. What would you do if you wanted to affect positive change but you knew the change would not be well received if it was presented by a woman to an entrenched ole&#8217; boys network? My head is telling me to get a man to make my case publicly and to stay behind the scenes for the sake of my cause.  After all, isn&#8217;t the cause more important than being right? But I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s that simple. By remaining behind the scenes, do I risk winning the battle and losing the war? My heart is telling me to own the process and the &#8220;boys&#8221; will have to just deal with it. If I take this course of action, my proposal might fail, but at least a woman will have stepped forward and spoken up for what she believes. And frankly, I think we need to see a lot more of that going on. But then again, if I do speak out and lose the battle, does the establishment get to use me as yet another proof point for why women don&#8217;t belong in the game? When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April Fools</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/04/april-fools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[   ]]></description>
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		<title>Another Wild Weekend</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/03/another-wild-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=1228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We spent all day yesterday glued to our Blackberry and to C-SPAN. The House finally voted in favor of healthcare reform sometime around 11 p.m. Sunday &#8211; but not before some very ugly moments elapsed and some serious negotiation –using women&#8217;s health as the bargaining chip – took place. On Saturday, protestors in Washington yelled hateful racial and homophobic slurs at several Congressmen, and in cyberspace plenty of hateful posts could be viewed in Twitter streams. Then late Sunday night, someone on the House floor yelled &#8220;baby killer&#8221; at Rep. Bart Stupak. Stupak had been threatening to derail healthcare reform unless the final bill included his amendment containing some very restrictive abortion language. But the bill before the House contained the Nelson amendment, which also restricted access to abortion coverage. Even though pro-choice advocates said the Nelson amendment was a major blow to women&#8217;s reproductive rights, Stupak wouldn&#8217;t yield. After whisperings about closed door negotiations between Stupak and Pelosi, and Pelosi and pro-choice Democrats, a deal was struck. President Obama agreed to sign an Executive Order effectively supporting the Hyde amendment, which is already in place and prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions, and Stupak agreed to support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A job opening and an induction</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/03/a-job-opening-and-an-induction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wanted: A candidate for the Mass Ninth Congressional District. This individual will represent all of the people of the district and lead with courage and integrity. The candidate must value diversity and equality and must not allow their personal religious views to enter into politics. Must be able to vote for the people &#8212; not just to keep the seat. Disingenuous candidates need not apply. A strong track record of pro-woman actions and support is a plus. A small army of supporters is ready to assist you in this position. Applications will be reviewed immediately. And now, an induction: Hello Ladies has &#8220;deemed&#8221; that Representative Stephen Lynch D-MA &#8220;passes&#8221; the test for an Ignorant Male Legislator Award and we are inducting him into the group. Rep. Lynch probably could have joined after he voted yes on the Stupak amendment, but we gave him a pass. However, after hearing his &#8220;disingenuous&#8221; reasons for why he plans to vote no on healthcare reform, we are welcoming him to the club. Lynch told WBZ radio that the bill &#8220;stripped out all the significant reform.&#8221; We disagree. In the current system women pay significantly higher premiums and face other discriminatory practices based on pre-existing [...]]]></description>
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