Before I Lose All The Women’s Votes

Earlier today, I posted an article titled, “Wage Slaves: Women Ponder Feminist Betrayal,” which is by Jewish-Canadian author, Henry Makow. This writer, which I’ve had the pleasure of corresponding with before, is a Feminism and Illuminati researcher. Through his many years of researching Feminism, he has concluded the feminist movement was socially engineered by Illuminati-sponsored organizations to destroy the family unit and cast men in a negative light. Before you draw conclusions based on my description alone, please read his feminist articles or read his book, “Cruel Hoax: Feminism and the New World Order.”

In response to this article appearing on my personal blog, Stacy Holmstedt posted the following message via Twitter:

Guess who just lost my vote for gov next year? @aznextgov, for writing this: http://bit.ly/15GqTC.

Stacy erroneous gave me credit for the article, when the article is written by Henry Makow. She further states:

Sad that you attack working women like me to get the votes of the fringe right. Guess I’ll be voting for Brewer.

Now, before I lose all the women’s votes — that I have earned through my election campaign platform and candidacy — please allow me to clarify a few things.

First and foremost, I am a grown man of 30-years of age, who was raised mostly by his mother. She has been divorced twice and married three times. Between divorces — even during the worst years of her first two marriages — the duties of providing for her only child fell upon herself. She did exactly what was needed to be done in order to survive. She was the hunter, provider, caretaker, and more.

My mother instilled within me the value of working hard, never calling out to work, unless absolutely necessary. She had the mentality, “You don’t work unless you’re on your deathbed!” This same value has resonated with me to this day, affording me motivation and success when I need it the most. When I work, I remember how hard my mother worked to support me.

My mother worked most of her life, with very few periods where she did not. She went from working at Dairy Queen in a small town in Oklahoma to a successful, award-winning real estate agent in Phoenix, Arizona. For all my mother’s life, even after she married her third and last husband, she was independent, strong-willed, and hard working. Rumors abound from her real estate office and Valley realtors that she was a “pitbull with lipstick” during contract negotiations.

What I gained from watching my mother work hard all her life is a deep respect for working women and their diverse role in society. I take a firm stand on letting a woman decide whether she works or doesn’t work, and whether she chooses to stay at home or doesn’t wish to stay home. It’s her choice, one she should make fully of her own will.

On a personal note, for my candidacy, I’m running behind a platform that values the decisions of gay men and women, recognizing they have a civil right to marry just like a man and a woman. A lot of my social beliefs are Libertarian or left-leaning, so I’m not catering to a fringe-right, like Stacy believes. I value constitutional rights, but I also respect and value the individual — including ALL women. Individualism and independence are at the core of American society.

Let’s admit it: where would we — and the world — be without women?

From the moment we are born till the moment we die, we are surrounded by women and all their strength. Yes, they can be frail and beautiful at times, but they are also strong. Even with the freedoms and rights that women have gained over the course of American history, I’m sure it’s still tough to be a woman. Especially working women with families to attend to.

On a final note, I’m not opposed to women who embrace feminism and it’s philosophical standpoints. I don’t agree 100% with all conclusions that Dr. Makow asserts in his article, Wage Slaves. However, I found the below facts startling, from an economic perspective:

• In 1950, less than 30% of the workforce were women.
• In 1956, 35% of all women worked.
• In 2009, 60% or 72 million women work.
• 30 million American women would not be in the workforce today, if 1956 levels were maintained.
• In September 2009, over 15 million Americans are unemployed.*

The American economy has grown too large, too fast. The Great Recession of 2008-2009 is the contraction of too many laborers coupled with too many consumers living beyond their means. There are a number of factors responsible for the weakened economic state. Part of that responsibility falls on the growth of the American workforce, which doubled in a matter of 50 years. Other factors include the profiteering of major corporations, globalization, immigration, and the explosion of the American population.

* Note: This last bullet point doesn’t appear in Makow’s article, but was taken from recent U.S. unemployment statistics. It’s merely put at the end to put the 1956 numbers into a modern context and perspective.