Annie's List: "Put a Woman in the Governor's Mansion"
Between vetoing the our state's own equal-pay act and calling a special session on limiting choice for women, Rick Perry has started some sort of renaissance for sexists across Texas.
Naturally, many women (and modern-thinking men) have become upset. Shelby and Katherine clearly articulated their outrage over the past week. And Shelby pointed out that you can do something about it -- just this evening.
Annie's List, the excellent organization dedicated to electing Democratic women, proposed a new, extremely tempting long-term solution during their latest fundraising ask:
That brings to question: can we make that happen in 2014? One has to wonder who Annie's List has in mind. The most notable female Democrats in Texas are State Senator Wendy Davis and Houston Mayor Annise Parker, but both have indicated that they will not run statewide, focusing on reelection, instead.
More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13670/annies-list-put-a-woman-in-the-governors-mansion
From the Annie's List fundraising e-mail:
Then he did the unthinkable-vetoing the Texas Lilly Ledbetter Bill.
Perry has it in for Texas women. He's waging war on our right to equal pay for equal work and access to reproductive healthcare. And we're not going to take it anymore.
Here at Annie's List, we're officially putting Rick Perry on notice.
Two years ago, we created the Statewide Opportunity Fund for just this purpose-to set aside a war chest for the first Democratic woman ready to run statewide, and to make a significant impact in her campaign.
Help us elect Perry's replacement-give to the Statewide Opportunity Fund to put a woman in the Governor's Mansion.
End Rick Perry's reign of anti-woman extremism, and defeat his shameful policies for good.
Give to Annie's List today and let us know you're ready to elect the next woman Governor of Texas to send Perry packing.
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I bring it up here because this is Republican country. And I see just as many women opposed to the right to choose as supporting it. And Newport Beach is relatively "socially liberal" compared to Texas. Either these protestors are faking it for the sake of winning elections, or way too many conservative women in CA don't mind watching women retreat to back allies. I fear it's the latter.
A coarseness has overtaken our country that is depressing. I wish like crazy that Ann Richards and Molly Ivins were still here to help us through this dark time. 
