W Stands for Wack

Check out this great article from Democracy Now yesterday that covered a “W Stands for Women” event at the Waldorf Astoria lead by Laura Bush and Lynne Cheney, as well as a interview with radio host Laura Flanders.
The article includes the transcript of the speeches given the First Lady and Mrs. Cheney, which I must say are pretty corny and lacking of substance. The interview with Flanders, however, was quite interesting.
Flanders is the author of Bush Women: Tales of a Cynical Species, and her latest book, The W Effect: Bush’s War on Women. You can hear her on public radio, KALW FM, and on Air America. In her interview with Amy Goodman, she has some really great and informative views on the event and Laura Bush’s campaign, “W Stands for Women”. Even though I recommend you read the whole interview, here is a bit of what she has to say:
“This is a woman from a family who models disdain for facts and reality. She wants to be doing her needlepoint, she says, instead of paying attention to the news; and she really counts on the people of America, I think, to show the same kind of lack of interest in what’s really going on…This event yesterday became a kind of grandmother contest. The substance of the — the biggest substance was: Who is the grandmother of America? Is it Lynne Cheney or is it Barbara Bush? It was a very, very, kind of pathetic display.”
Me like Laura — Laura Flanders, that is.
For Feministing’s take on the “W Stands for Women” campaign, check this out!