So who's gonna give it to me? How am I gonna know? Anyone have a candidate they think is the bomb on urbanMama issues? Someone who's (finally) going to provide some national paid family leave, someone who can offer some real health care options so we're not all stuck in our 9 to 5 lives just so we can get our kids to the doctor? Someone who gets the fact that childcare is bankrupting the middle class? That child care providers are making next to nothing to raise the next generation?
Brain, Child mag ran an article in its most recent issue on the '08 election and Soccer Moms, which states that: "Quite contrary to the idea that mothers become depoliticized by their motherhood, we found women motivated to a wide variety of political actions because of their motherhood." Hear, hear. And if the candidates are listening... I'm here to tell them that I don't just want to leave the world a better place for my grandchildren (lofty a goal as that is), I want to make it a better place NOW. Yesterday. Who's got time to waste? The clock is ticking and I plan to do something about it.
OK, so we already know that I'm political, that I'm all riled up, and if you're reading this, likely you are too. So what do you think? Who's the best one to push the mamagenda, who's gonna make our politics real?? Who's gonna actually DO something about our issues? Do we need a woman in the White House, or no? Do we need a parent of young kids in the White House? Or are we a loud enough, strong enough, powerful enough voice that we can force the candidates to answer us in order to get to the White House? Oh how sweet that sounds! November 2008 may seem like a long way off in pre-school years, but in national politics, mamas, it's just around the corner. Let's put out thinking caps on and get this train our of the station and on into the Oval Office. Ye-ha.
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