Somebody Stop Me!
Published by Lisa Kansas June 19th, 2008 in Politics, Mutterings Of The Disturbed, Remember November, A million ways to mortgage the future, for reals, sharing the awesome
I live right on the commuter train line to DC. Seriously. It would cost me less than ten bucks to attend this thing AND in an environmentally-friendly fashion too! (Okay, plus $95 for the ticket, but still! CHEAP!)
For $95, they do emphasize a refusal to feed you, but you get to call yourself a “Value Voter” and you purchase the package NAMED AFTER YOU that includes both briefing and exhibit passes. Also, I absolutely loved their description of their exhibitors, which I have expanded upon only slightly below as a total favor to them ’cause I thought they were just being too politically correct in their phraseology and I know that these are the folks who would never, EVER want to be politically correct:
Join with other
pro-familyanti-birth control conservative organizations from across the country and reach an audience of grassroots activists who believe intraditional marriagegay-bashing,the protection of our religious freedomsforcing Fundamentalist Christianity into public schools, defending the sanctity of life prior to birth and after brain death has occurred but not at any other time,protectingpreventing the brown tide from sweeping across our borders anddefending our homelandpumping even more tax dollars and young socioeconomically disadvantaged lives into Iraq.
This year’s speakers include:
Carol Franz, Adult Stem Cell Transplant Survivor*
Newt Gingrich, Who Has No Descriptive Tag After His Name
Star Parker, Author and Speaker
Phyllis Schlafly, Founder of Eagle Forum
Michael Steele, Chairman of GOPAC and ex-Lt Gov. of Maryland
and oh, so MANY MORE!
Last year they had Senator John McCain as a speaker. Imagine! They’ve invited him this year too but apparently he has not yet accepted. How astonishing!
*Not a descriptor I’ve actually ever encountered before.
How can you ever resist? Their speakers, whether you look at invited or only the ones who’ve accepted, are over 3/4 male and 70% white male. Doesn’t every woman want to pay a bucket of money for a bunch of privileged white dudes to tell them what to do with their bodies and their country?
It’s been about a year or so since I commented over here (although I read you guys ever single day of my poor sad lonely feminist mommy life) but I had to chime in here. I have seriously contemplated going to this thing myself. Just for the entertainment value alone. I mean, c’mon, Phyllis Schlafly? Who can resist that?
If you do go, please remember to find out how Carol Franz managed to survive the stem cells. And tell us about it.