Tag: Maxine Waters

Nevertheless

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Dear Kamala, Liz, and Maxine:
The old boys think you’re bossy and mean.
You’re forsaking the feminine touch
by expressing opinions and such.

Yes, you women who serve on the hill
are depicted as strident and shrill.
They would like to send everyone home
who is missing a Y chromosome.

Nevertheless …

Passionate female persisters,
heroines to the resisters,
you are the reason we’re hopeful
reason will win in this rope-pull.

Strengthening every muscle,
giving the carpers a tussle,
courage and truth are your purview.
Don’t let the dunces deter you!

 

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cc-by-nc-nd Mary Boren, 2017

Distract, Retract, Distract

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“O’Reilly is a skilled media tactician and knows how to shift mass media attention and therefore our conversations in exactly the direction of his choice.

 

In Congresswoman Waters’ remarks during what is known as the CBC’s “Special Order Hour,” with back-to-back speeches on select topics, Congresswoman Waters breaks down this administration destructiveness in name and in number like only Congresswoman Waters can.”

 

The Words From Rep. Maxine Waters That Bill O’Reilly Didn’t Want You To Hear
Ayofemi Kirby, Opinion, The Huffington Post

 

 

 

 

With the media riled by O’Reilly
they were played when he ever so slyly
drew attention away
from her speech of the day
by dismissing Ms. Waters entirely.

© 2017 Susan E. Eckenrode