Do you all remember the controversy about NOW's defense

[Blue_In_AK]

of Palin during the campaign? The Palingates blog has been following up on this and discovery that principals in the National Organization of Women were paid by SarahPAC. It's all pretty interesting if you want to dig into it.

http://palingates.blogspot.com/2010/04/shelly-mandell-did-she-or-did-she-not.html#disqus_thread

[supernova]

1. What?!?

This is the first I'm hearing about it, but then again, I'm here at DU a little less these days.

[joeybee12]

2. I know they defended her against Letterman, and they shouldn't have...

...they should have come after the Quitter, blazing, because she was the one belittling rape.

[joeybee12]

3. I know they defended her against Letterman, and they shouldn't have...

...they should have come after the Quitter, blazing, because she was the one belittling rape.

[babylonsister]

4. I'm shocked people in NOW could be paid off. That won't do a lot

for any respectability they have earned. As for the SarahPAC, nothing would surprise me there. I think morals or ethics aren't a big part of her/their shtick.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Be sure to read this link, too

http://palingates.blogspot.com/2010/04/current-now-president-terry-oneill.html "Current NOW President Terry O'Neill Bought and Paid for by SarahPAC?" It's not looking good.

[babylonsister]

7. Will do; thanks, Blue! nt

[orwell]

6. Nice find...

...It makes a lot of sense when you follow the money.

There are still a lot of HC supporters who can't stand the President. It's too bad they don't follow the lead of Hillary who is doing a superb job for this administration. That is the difference between being an American citizen and a spoiled child.

I'm sure the teabaggers will welcome them with open arms...

[TheBigotBasher]

8. There are some links

but I do not believe that they are linked to the new faction or to NOW as a body. I am not one to defend PUMA bigotbots but there are some errors in this story.

Firstly, it was individuals from NOW that endorsed Palin in the run up to the Presidential Election, not NOW as a body. Now originally endorsed Hillary for the Primaries and Barack Obama for the General Election. This however was too much for PUMA bigotbots though. As a result some PUMA groups attempted a coup at the NOW General Meeting, this they tried to arrange through the PUMA blogs, NoQuarter being one of the blogs. They were not however able to run their own slate, so they decided to campaign against Kim Gandy.

After the meeting, PUMA bigotbot Amy Siskind declared on NoQuarter and at the New Palin Agenda that they had successfully pulled off a coup.

The winning slate made very clear that they did not want to be associated with PUMA bigots.
On the New Agenda blog, the PUMA bigots were told quite clearly to shove it. The new group wanted nothing to do with them and one of the reasons for that was because of the New Agenda attitude to race relations and abortion. Diana Castaneda, of the NOW Combatting Racism Task Force, made it clear – The New Agenda can get lost.

Diana Castaneda on June 30th, 2009 6:52 pm

You cannot claim A COUP, when all the work to give NOW new life came directly from NOW Feminist like me, that have never heard of the NEW Agenda. The fact that a very few of you attended does not make a coup! I am a National Board member from Texas. The first I have ever heard of you was from a NOW President,.We are not new agenda/Palin supporters. We support candidates and women that adhere to choice . We also do not condone Letterman or any one that promotes misogyny and abuse of women either in Word or Deed. I for one supported Terry O’Neill because she is the most qualified to take on the Fiscal challenges that NOW is facing. In this country there is room for all concepts of inclusion including the NEW AGENDA, but NOW is NOT RIPE for the picking! YOU, will have to do your own joint collaborations with other Legitimate groups to build a network just as NOW has in over 40 years. No coup was masterminded by the New Agenda, it was the membership that wanted a new direction. NOW is happy to have people that support our AGENDA, and inclusion of All women , and Women of Color.
Diana Castaneda, South Central Region, Texas/Combating Racism Task Force Member