Friday, July 18, 2008

"Obama is a feminist" (by Suzie)



         That's the headline on a story in the Tampa Tribune about Barack's half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, visiting Tampa. Thursday, she told an audience of mostly women that Obama had given her "Our Bodies, Ourselves."
Soetoro-Ng said he has "pretty continuously made strong statements on behalf of women" and backed legislation that particularly helps women, including the earned income tax credit and the Title IX legislation aimed at equalizing treatment of men's and women's college sports teams.
         Read the article here.