“I am crossing party lines to vote for Ronald Reagan for one reason — to protect my rights as a man in America.”
Democratic Men’s Rights
I am a lifetime Democrat — but in this election I’m voting for Ronald Reagan. My decision has nothing to do with the issues of unemployment, the national deficit, nuclear missiles, or the Persian Gulf and Central American crises. I am crossing party lines for one simple reason — to protect my rights as a man in America.
As I mentioned in a previous column, you should be alerted that a woman may become the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, if not in 1984 then in 1988, and may head the national ticket by 1992. I am not in the least opposed to the idea of having a woman president, as long as she is elected by voters who consider her more qualified to lead the nation than her political opponent. What I am concerned about is that feminist leadership may control her candidacy — and the Democratic party — and dominate the White House. The issue today is how much power the feminist leadership will wield over Mr. Mondale, not whether a woman will possibly be nominated.
The Democratic party is fragmented and disorganized and desperately in need of a “political face-lift.” It seems to have no qualms about pandering to feminism in an attempt to tap the vast reservoir of women voters. The Republicans, on the other hand, as incumbents have no such urgency to make expendient political deals.
Watching the recent Democratic presidential primaries and convention hoopla was as educational as it was recreational. I doubt that the Democrats could govern the country even if they do win. I believe that they cannot erase the damage of the vicious primary battles. The Democratic campaign has been a struggle of personal ambitions, and this has been destructive to the party. Now the Democrats have been forced to sell their political souls to the feminist leadership, and there can be no turning back. The feminists’ sole aim is to control politically the White House, the Congress, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
If we choose a president or vice president based on gender politics, it will be only a matter of time before our federal courts become as biased against men as our domestic courts. Once again, let me stress that I am not opposed to women as judges or officeholders, but I am opposed to women who are not qualified to hold office or who are biased against men.
Even a Reagan victory in November will not really stem the tide toward full and eventual domination of the political scene by women. Senator Packwood (Republican-Oregon) is quoted as saying that the Republican party “will be dead” if it does not bridge the gender gap, because women are crucial to the outcome of the 1984 election. Senator Packwood believes that Reagan will be reelected because voters will cross party lines, but that women, a majority of whom vote Democratic, will influence all local races in November and will weaken the strength of the Republican party. Packwood says: “Women’s roles will be dynamite in almost all races except the presidential race.” Thus, the picture is becoming crystal clear: One party has sold out, whereas the other, if need be, is open to negotiations. Political expediency has become the order of the day.
What do women want politically? Given the choice, I believe most women would like to see a woman in the Oval Office, because it would be a dramatic statement and an achievement of equality. But I believe that the real goal of feminist leadership is to control the political policy of the United States and its economy.
All American men cannot be viewed as wimps. Faced with the stark reality of the feminist struggle for political power, men have few choices: They can either surrender totally or fight for men’s rights by joining the National Organization for Men, thereby making it equally as powerful as present feminist organizations. Men have to have their consciousness raised. We have been put down much too long by the feminist cabal.
President Reagan, as the leader of the Republican party, offers us an opportunity to experience the American ideal of gender equality. The Democrats, however, offer us sexual serfdom, with all of its unjust and unequal ramifications. That’s why I’m voting for Ronald Reagan.
Weird how things change over a few decades, right? It pretty much feels like the reds and blues have changed uniforms. That said, as of yet, women have not focused their voting power in any “winning way” overall, but check back with us when the results from this 2024 version in about a week. Maybe we’ll know more then.
Now back at the original publication, the world was a different place, so they actually included a physical address for the National Organization for Men, Inc., that being 381 Park Avenue South, Suite 815, New York, N. Y 10016. Presumably people still used pen and paper and physical envelopes to send mail. Who knows? We decided just to link to a couple of the major organizations taking up space in that arena now. You’ve got your National Coalition for Men, not to be confused with the National Center for Men, which would be totally different from the seemingly more societally-focused National Organization for Men Against Sexism. It would be interesting to drill down and find out which “men” these groups purport to represent these days. Age and culture appear to paint very different interpretations on that simple gender identification.
We do know that both “sides” at issue today will use very little paper as whoever loses bitches about how the world will end now, and something clearly was wrong wtih the entire election process. (The severity of that discord will likely depend upon which side ends up on top, however.) We just know that despite everything — and Reagan had his share of detractors back in his day, mind you — Democracy in general, and the Democratic system specifically, have proven remarkably resilient over the centuries. Perhaps you should just have a nice cool glass of chocolate milk and resolve to whine another day.
For our part, we may still have the chocolate milk, but we’ll also be trying to figure out how to use “sexual serfdom” more often in conversations around the office.
