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Among the more respectable women groups that support Carolyn Maloney are organisations such as NOW (National Organization of Women) and Feminist Majority. But the wild card is PUMA. Yes, that PUMA, complete with a spiffy logo that you may have glanced at, when you paused at this post:


And they are ready for Bear. …

OK, let’s remove the metaphor, and “cut to the chase”. PUMA consists of Hillary fanatics, who apparently go off without Hillary most times to take stances based on what they think Hillary would like to have done on her behalf (but more likely on their behalf).

Two articles posted on their site: “Princess Caroline Demands a Pony Named ‘Senator’ for Christmas" and “89% Believe Obama Involved in Blagobamagate” (note the oh-so-cute spelling of Blago and obama with overlapping “o”s), are dead giveaways. They have not given up on former Senator Clinton becoming President someday, but that is a dormant wish at the moment. Her move over to President-elect Obama’s team as Secretary of State has not altered their view of him in the least. Officially, they are an unaffiliated Political Action Committee, or PAC.

Congressperson Maloney may not want their overtures at this stage, but that has not stopped PUMA in the past or the present. Whatever Ms. Maloney's merits, IMO there may be a bit of a problem with this "other" association.




Puma P.A.C.
People United Means Action

Carolyn Maloney for Senator from New York

by murphy (aka Executive Director Darragh Murphy – Z)
on December 4, 2008

in 30% Solution, Action, Hillary Clinton, Women Who Smoke

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ACTION ALERT!! Please sign the petition to NY Gov. Paterson, urging him to appoint Rep. Carolyn Maloney to the US Senate to replace Hillary Clinton. The petition was started by our friend and ally MadamaB of Oh! Nuance and the Confluence. Sign the petition HERE and please pass along to all your friends and family.
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With Hillary Clinton ascending to the cabinet and taking the reins as chief diplomat for the United States, her senate seat should be filled with a qualified and experienced woman. Representative Carolyn Maloney, of New York’s 14th District, is the perfect choice. Hillary’s legacy in the Senate deserves no less, and Governor David Paterson should ignore calls to appoint an up-stater like NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. While Cuomo would likely be a reasonably good senator, his record, experience, and accomplishments are inferior to Maloney’s. He also has ties to the the sub-prime lending industry, widely acknowledged as a lynchpin in the current economic meltdown.

Rep. Maloney, on the other hand, has been a leader on issues affecting working families, women, and children since 1991. She is the first woman to represent Manhattan in Washington and has been reelected 8 times. A best-selling author, Rep. Maloney earned an “A” on middle class issues in 2005.

Some highlights of her legislative career, from her wiki page:

Maloney has been active on issues involving women, children and families. A former Co-Chair of the House Caucus on Women’s Issues, she authored and helped secure the enactment into law of a measure to provide federal funding to clear the backlog of rape kits for which evidence had been collected, but never entered into law enforcement DNA databases. It was called “the most important anti-rape legislation ever considered by Congress” by the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network [12]. Maloney’s bill, included in the “Justice for All Act of 2005_, was named in honor of Debbie Smith, a rape survivor; the effort to enact it was later the subject of a Lifetime Television movie, “A Life Interrupted: The Debbie Smith Story” [13].

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In 2008, Maloney authored and secured passage through the House of a bill to provide four weeks of paid parental leave to federal employees [15]. She has also authored and introduced the Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act that would expand the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act to include couples in domestic partnerships, civil unions, and same-sex marriages [16].

In 2008, Maloney published a book on women’s issues entitled “Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women’s Lives Aren’t Getting Any Easier — and How We Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters” [17]. In the book, Maloney argues that progress for women has stalled and offers recommendations for resuming their advance toward full equality [18].
Marcia Pappas, head of New York state’s chapter of NOW (you remember her for her rock-solid support of Hillary during and after the primaries. She was publicly critical (aghast even) that Kim Gandy and the national NOW endorsed obama and the all-male ticket), has been an early and ardent supporter of Maloney.

And Puma PAC’s good friend MadamaB has been watching Rep. Maloney for a LONG time. Back in September she published a fascinating 2-part interview with Rep. Maloney about why women are still so far behind. I loved the interview because of Maloney’s long, detailed answers and especially her unflinching honesty about how much sexism women continue to face. Rep. Maloney is a treasure. In a better world she would have already run for president.

It goes without saying that Maloney is a die-hard Hillary supporter.


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Please use this template and send a letter to Governor Paterson’s office.

Also, call the Governor’s Office and urge him to appoint Rep. Mahoney!

• PHONE: 518-474-8390
• FAX: 518-474-1513
• EMAIL: http: // www state ny us/governor/contact/index.html (use 555 Fifth Avenue, NYC 10020 for your address)

Dear Gov. Paterson,

I urge you to appoint Rep. Carolyn Maloney to the US Senate to replace Senator Clinton when she is approved as Secretary of State. Rep. Maloney has been an outstanding representative to Washington DC for the men, women, and families of New York and her experience and legislative accomplishments clearly make her the best choice.

It is imperative that you replace Senator Clinton with a qualified and experienced woman. Today women make up about 16% of both houses of Congress, a far far cry from their 52% majority of the citizenry. Studies show that countries with governing bodies made up of less than 30% women have much higher rates of poverty, crime, illiteracy, and many other social ills.

Puma PAC, People United Means Action ([www pumapac org) is committed to supporting and promoting as many qualified women for office as possible, until the United States has at least 30% woman representation in national office. But we don’t support just any woman candidate, only qualified, experienced, and competent women. Rep. Maloney is CLEARLY on of these women and truly deserves the opportunity to serve the people of New York in the US Senate.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Your Name

Puma PAC Member



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