“HA! Say Online Hillary Supporters,” was The Washington Post headline this morning. I think I’ll
follow Manolo Minx’s lead of graciousness.

Yesterday in a FOX interview I was invited to join, the democratic strategist exclaimed with the utmost bitchiness: “…the only thing Palin and Clinton have in common is a uterus!”

Princess was stunned by the usage of the “U-word.” Shocking even for FOX (and tacky for a political pundit). Throughout the day, high-profile Dems chimed in. Speaker Pelosi injected herself in the race again by reminding women of their obligation to uphold Roe V. Wade. How uncreative, I thought. The dems bullying us (again) into voting for Senator Obama out of fear — fear of the inability to have a legal abortion in America?

Haven’t the media and the dems figured it out yet? Women are NOT low-information voters! (Just ask Chris Matthews.)

Pay attention DNC! I am done being hijacked by Roe V. Wade and the sheer fear it instills in women. Get you butts in gear and protect the rights of women. That is YOUR job, not mine (though lately we’ve had to pick up the fight for you). And frankly, Senator Obama’s track record on women’s rights is downright under-whelming. You jammed him down our throats — you deal with the fallout!

Indeed, this year’s election IS about choice. Do we choose to reward a party that allowed misogyny to go unchecked or do we consider a party that defied its long-standing exclusion of women by actually putting a “uterus” on the ticket (that is the last time I’ll use that word!)?

Does that mean I’m voting for McCain? Of course not. But McCain’s choice validates what I’ve said all along: Neither candidate can win without Hillary Clinton Women. (see my fox intvu from July)…

I have made it clear I do not intend to vote Democratic this year — the Just Say No Deal / PUMA movement leaves no room for ambiguity on this point. Post-denver, I suspect some will follow The Clintons’ lead by grudgingly supporting the democratic ticket — a path I respect and understand.

I cannot. I know too much. I saw too much. But I haven’t said enough.

The Just Say No Deal Coalition will continue its work in the coming weeks as a watchdog group, taking risks and going places where no one else dared go. HireHeels will continue its fight for women’s rightful, dignified place in politics and media and will never forget where it came from or what inspired its birth.

So, should Princess go to St. Paul to size up the only gal left standing? Tell me what you think….

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From Sista:
We at HireHeels are devastated at the loss of the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones. She was a loyal Democrat who fought valiantly for the rights of not only her constituents in Ohio, but for voters across the country. As the first African-American woman to be elected to the House of Representatives from the Buckeye State, she furthered the dialogue and the cause for African-American and women’s rights. I had the honor of personally meeting Representative Tubbs Jones several times while I was on the campaign trail for Senator Clinton. I was struck by the Representative’s warmth and enthusiasm. Her optimism and her laugh were contagious— she inspired me as she did others. Thank you Representative Tubbs Jones, we will honor your memory by continuing your legacy. We at HireHeels will fight with grace for those who cannot fight for themselves, we will stand tall against injustice; we will not back down in the face of adversity. Again Representative, thank you for your patriotism and your service. Now we will take up the baton (and run with it) for you.

From Piper:
We are all devastated at the tragic and untimely loss of Stephanie Tubbs-Jones. I don’t have the words in my vocabulary to honor her properly. Maybe they don’t exist. All I know is that she became a hero of mine this year. She was a joy to watch. Her smile was contagious, and her commentary on cable news shows became ‘must-see TV’ in my household. Her steadfast support of Hillary during the primaries showed her loyalty and the strength of her character, and her appearance at the Rules and Bylaws protest to demand that all votes be counted was a true profile in courage.

She was fierce. She was passionate. She was a force of nature wrapped in a red dress.Sista, Princess and I had the great fortune of seeing Stephanie on the campaign trail in Philadelphia.

Below is the speech Stephanie gave during a rally at the University of Pennsylvania. She brought the house down! Rest in peace, Stephanie. You will be missed, but never forgotten.

From Princess:
A great fortune indeed, Piper — Stephanie Tubbs Jones not only brought down the house that night in Philly with her fiery speech, she awakened my fighting spirit. Princess deeply regrets not navigating the masses to thank our gal’s fiercest and most passionate cheerleader in person. I intended to do so at the WomenCount luncheon in Denver next week. I pray her loved ones take comfort in realizing how many millions of Americans (like me) she moved without ever shaking their hands.

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Hillary Clinton couldn’t win in the potus-chasing boys club. Who could forget that sexist, snide comment by John Edwards, “I’m not sure about that coat,” accompanied by body language that was saying, “girl, you’re frumpy and washed up.” Oh really John? What, you prefer girls with spicier accessories like zebra headbands? You have the audacity to critique our gal’s wardrobe choices when your gal consciously dons a pink satin shirt (the cheap weave) with new age jewelry?

Yesterday many of us received media invitations to dish on Edwards, his affair and the impact on the race. At the behest of our resident moralist SistaChristian (she’s the “Charlotte” of the bunch), we declined. But I cannot let the prettiest boy of politics off scot-free. I just cannot.

I never trusted John Edwards. I never could put my finger on it (thank heavens!). Guess you could call it a girl thing. No, wait a minute…it’s a single-traveling-power-coiffed-biz-networking-hotel-visting-married-man-attracting girl thing. You don’t live this long in that world to not have radar worthy of a nuclear sub.

Last night Bill O’Reilly claimed his show “had the mistress story last spring…” You may as well add the rest of the msm powershouses to that list. I am sure NBC’s Andrea Mitchell and the late Tim Russert knew. No doubt it contributed to Chris Matthews’ constant coddling of Elizabeth Edwards (but this has nothing to do with her). And how about the media’s stealth campaign of non-coverage of the “white guy” (one reason put forth)? Was it because these journalists knew he hadn’t a shot in hell?

Translation: Everyone knew about relationship, including the Obama Campaign. But Hillary Clinton had to once again stand by and watch the boys club fist-bump and congregate on stage to score another faux win at her expense. The Edwards endorsement was, in my view, the most coveted and media hyped of the primary season. The possibility of it going to Clinton, the candidate who shared and later galvanized his base, would have changed the perception of the race. That it didn’t, surprised none of us, but hurt nevertheless.

Now we know it meant nothing. The massive gap between Edwards and his rural supporters was thought to be an economic one. Indeed, that is true. One need only look at his sprawling compound awkwardly facing a trailer park. But more strikingly is the gap in the class department. Mr. Edwards loses hands down.

As mom always said, “money can’t buy you class.”

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With the Euro pushing 1.60, I’m guessing most Americans aren’t rushing to the Lufthansa and Air France Terminals for a culture-injecting summer vacation.  I’ve already declined 2 weddings in Europe for this very reason.  The economy here at home seems beyond repair. If you’re not feeling it, your last name is

Buffet.  Maybe that is why the only bounce Senator Obama is seeing on his summer abroad is a bunch of screaming bra-less German girls.

QUESTION: Why do you think Barack Obama is in a “dead heat” (Chris Matthews words, not mine!) with the 71-year old presumptive Republican nominee?

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Just how many times must HireHeels sharpen its stilettos this week?!? Rumor has it that Hillarista-turned-Obamanista blog Taylor Marsh is talkin’ some trash about PUMA chicks.

Blame it on too many Sex and the City episodes, but I pride myself in being a real girl’s girl. Sure I like mud, but only when it’s from the dead sea and being applied to my bod in a Caribbean spa. Slinging it at former galpals and other accomplished women feels kinda Pelosi-esque and most certainly McCaskillian. What have we PUMAs done to Taylor & Company, other than speak up for what we believe? Why must they resort to character assassination on mere supporters??

Clearly these ‘mean girls’ have taken a page straight out of the Obama playbook. If so, why? HireHeels didn’t ask the fleeing ex-Marshians to join the land of PUMA. They ran to us when they realized they could not support Ms. Marsh’s knee-jerk shift to, well, the jerk. And what they found was a sassy, safe haven where they could continue to support Senator Hillary Clinton and exercise their freedom of ‘choice’ for the remainder of this election.

Apparently that position is not respected at Taylor Marsh. Funny, I don’t ever recall criticizing former Hillary supporters who chose to throw their support behind Senator Obama and fall in line with the Democratic Party. That is their prerogative and ours is ours.

But hireheels gals know full well that principles don’t simply fall in line. Values don’t fall in line. Conviction doesn’t fall in line. People fall in line. Indeed, PUMAs start the line…and that line is snaking all around the blogosphere as it continues to welcome Marshians, Obamabots and any other creature alienated by Obamanation.

A few months ago I called and emailed Ms. Marsh to invite her to appear at an event HireHeels was planning in Philadelphia during the Pennsylvania Primary. As one of her biggest admirers, I wanted to headline and promote her appearance at a cocktail party called “Hilladarity” for gathered pro-Hillary bloggers. I offered my P.R. services to further promote her show, because I knew how many women would have cherished the opportunity to dish with her “live.” I did not take it personally that she didn’t return my communications.

Two months later, Just Say No Deal boasts well over 200 pro-Hillary sites and has created its own haven within a vitriolic blogosphere. Our media coverage has been so continuous and extensive, it has overwhelmed our modest volunteer organization. We are resonating with millions of disaffected voters and Senator Obama struggles to remain in a statistical tie with John McCain in many recent polls.

Don’t blame PUMA for having the insight to sense the troubling signs within the Democratic Party. We didn’t fracture the party. We’re simply revealing its fault lines.

I hope Taylor Marsh will let me buy her that drink one day. But ‘til then, my blog diva of choice is RiverDaughter, the ever-eloquent PUMA who blogs true to her convictions regardless of the backlash. I’ll be joining other PUMAs this Thurday eve at her virtual cocktail party. She’ll be serving up “Causmos” (for a $10 donation to HRC) and her usual sageness. No doubt we’ll all be a bit more shaken and stirred on the way home.

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(I’ll probably get slammed for playing the race and gender card on this one!)

Don’t you just love how the media and blogosphere are handling the “nuts” comment. First of all, when I hear the word “nuts” these days, I either think of my miserable food allergies or my similarly visceral reaction to Nancy Pelosi’s perma-grin. Seriously, I haven’t heard “nuts” in the context of the male anatomy since college.
But now that it’s out there, let’s have some fun with it. The ever witty and daring PaganPower (I gotta meet this guy) has just posted a brand new poll entitled: Obama’s Balls. (Hey it’s Friday!) Do visit and weigh in (with your vote that is).

We’re obviously not shy discussing balls either. Remember our video : Wimp-Gate: No Debate, No Balls!

We were on to the Senator’s shortcomings ages ago. We once told you our gal was rated #2 in LadyBalls - second only to Thatcher! And Remember Carville’s cojones comment: “If she gave him one of her cojones, they’d both have two.” But my all time fav was watching wholesome-hottie Evan Bayh repeat the
words “testicular fortitude” during an MSNBC interview in the Capitol Rotunda. Made me want him all the more!

Listen, we’re not picky at hireheels. (only ‘bout our shoes). We’re not asking for the machismo of Stallone or Schwarzenegger, but give us something to grab on to for heavens sake! Even a geek like Tobey Maguire has more bulge in his Spiderman tights than you know who (figuratively speaking).

Maybe it’s reverse sexism to discuss fortitude and backbone in these crude terms (especially here) but one thing is certain – when you hear the slang term BALLS, you get the meaning immediately. Hope you’ve enjoyed my brief yet ballsy post. I shall return next week, if I’m not blackballed over the weekend! Try to keep it clean.

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Obama, fresh from giving his progressive blogosphere groupies the shaft, is now busy wooing undecided swing voters to the dance floor. After shifting his position on campaign finance reform, Obama attempts more smooth moves than Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (though Johnny masterfully balances Baby in the final scene!).  Obama’s awkward shifts to the right of the political spectrum are so numerous, it’s more like watching Michael Jackson moonwalking sideways.  HireHeels asks: what, you just figured out that swing-dancers no likey-like two left feet?

Obama’s shifts giving the far-left the shaft are blatant and numerous:  granting
telecom immunity on FISA; admitting “heated rhetoric” on NAFTA; making “inartful” statements on the DC gun ban; siding with judges Alito, Scalia, and Thomas on the death penalty; and on his impending trip to Iraq: “I am going to do a thorough assessment when I’m there,” he said. “I’m sure I’ll have more information and continue to refine my policy.”

Translation: That 16-month withdrawal promise that I made was just words.

On abortion: (hat tip to Jeralyn @ TalkLeft)
In an interview this week with “Relevant,” a Christian magazine, Obama said prohibitions on late-term abortions must contain “a strict, well defined exception for the health of the mother.”
Obama then added: “Now, I don’t think that ‘mental distress’ qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises in pregnancy, where there are real, significant problems to the mother carrying that child to term.”
I’m sure this sits well with NARAL.

Thanks a lot, Kos and Arianna. You got played. Obama used you up and kicked you to the curb when he was done with you. You fell for his smooth, sultry “hopey-changey” pick-up lines and laid down for him. Now we’re all doing the walk of shame in step.

Obamabots, this could be your Dancing With The Stars moment!

You remember Hillary, right? The dependable, wonky, pantsuited princess who did everything Precious did only backwards, uphill, blistered, battered, blindfolded and in heels! The gal that you all mercilessly smeared because she had the gall to stay in the dancehall ‘til the last dance.

Well, nobody puts Baby in a corner. She’s tanned, rested, and ready. And there’s 18 million of us who’ve still got her back. And it’s not too late to use your collective platforms (blogs, not shoes) to help sway public opinion in Hillary’s favor. Obama is not officially the nominee until the superdelegates cast their votes in Denver. If there is a tsunami of support for Hillary leading up to the convention, the superdelegates will put their fingers up in the air and feel that the political winds have shifted. You can still help make this happen. You can still say No Deal!

Or you can continue to embarrass yourselves by standing by your right-moonwalker after he’s left you for a hotter, more elusive voting bloc. It’s your call. Just know that as long as you continue to chase him unconditionally, you’ll compromise the progressive values that you proclaim to care so deeply about. Be careful. Don’t end up like poor, knocked-up Penny in Dirty Dancing.

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Wind-blown Princess just completed a rather
uncomfortable and unsafe shoot for Good Morning
America at ABC’s studio in Coral Gables, Florida.
My first hint that the producers Pro-Bama was their
awkward staging of this particular live shot. I was
asked to stand on an unstable 2X2 foot metal box
with exposed hardware (buckles) on top. Did I
mention I was in heels? After nearly tipping over
during my first climb, the assistant attempted to
stabilize my faux platform, insisting this was the
only way we could proceed. The next ten minutes
were spent scrambling for bobby pins to hold back
my hair which was whipping around in 20-mile-an-
hour gusts. My earpiece whistled like a wind tunnel
as I attempted to listen to the questions, balance my
body and not blow away.

At the end of my shoot, was which cut rather
abruptly, I was verbally engaged over my
“ridiculous” choice of voting for McCain. (Gosh, I
don’t remember ever saying that.) But the most offensive
comments by one of these supposed unbiased
production hands was the implication that anyone
who doesn’t vote for Senator Obama is obviously
someone who would never for a black person.

I am still mortified by my experience this morning. I
thought troll infestation was limited to the
blogosphere. Yesterday I received a direct phonecall
from an Obamabot who infiltrated Hireheels. You
may know “PAPA” by his obvious command of the
English language:

“You racist PUMA (pu$$ie$)CeeRackers aren’t fooling
anybody… You racist, man-hating pigettes are nothing but
right wing trash, who are soon going to be extinct in the
NEW America. There is a new generation rising to destroy
you right wing conservative, racist female dogs, and male
pigs. You’re all squealing demons who are going to Hell,
and the world will be a much better place without you all!”

That oughtta land Papa in our greatest hits. I
actually attempted a rational chat with my ill-
mannered hireheels visitor. I tried to disarm him
with a warm, cordial greeting and said I will willing
to discuss his concerns, but he would have none of
that. Papa flat asked me: “Why you hate black men
so much?” Offended but amused, I gave him one
final chance for a civilized exchange until it was clear
that this Obamabot had yet to master civility.
This is the untold story of Obama supporters. The
vile attacks and outright harrassment previously
directed at Hillary now trickles down, in earnest,
to us.

We will continue to “out” these degenerates, as we
document the most heinous language found in the
Just Say No Deal blogosphere. This is political
discourse? This is unity? This is bullshit!

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BREAKING NEWS FROM 6/3/2008
Statement from the Clinton Campaign :
The AP story is incorrect. Senator Clinton will not concede the nomination this evening.

You may recall my recent post “Hillary’s Nuclear Option: It’s The Women Stupid!” where I deem feminism, besieged by an indelibly etched bitter, battered image, in need of an extreme makeover. Harriet Christian has proven my point! Let me state clearly, I admire Harriet’s guts, but her outburst also needed an extreme makeover.

Well ladies, she’s given us both! Donned in “ladies who lunch” garb, she nailed her interview on FOX’s cavuto:

I still say we need to rebrand the chic movement, complete with a hireheels-style-so-smart-and-sexy ad campaign to lure the youtube generation, mobilize the Harriet Christians of the world…and then fuse ‘em! If ever there were a period in history where emotion could buoy such an effort, it would be this very moment.

Hireheels is floating the idea of a “MILLION WOMAN MARCH” in Denver to harness all that creative oestrogen and maybe even inspire a Hillary Independent run (Fox Contributor and Radio Talk Show Host Tammy Bruce is already pushing this on the airwaves) ….we’ve gotta do something, because walking away like good little girls is NOT an option right now!

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Last night on Greta (down boy! y’all know we’re Fox lovers now!) Newt Gingrich opined on the current state of the democratic race and conceded that there is simply no way to predict its outcome, regardless of the media’s mass obituary of Senator Clinton. Here’s the quote he ended the interview with:

“I think this race is the most extraordinary and volatile and uncertain race in history - Obama could be the nominee… Hillary Clinton could be the nominee!”

And from hireheels’ angel, “Pattt Me” Buchanan, “I think he’s makin’ a mistake if he starts doing victory laps while Hillary Clinton’s giving a victory speech in Kentucky.”

Hopefully the bluegrass state turns out in force for our gal….they love a good fight as John Wayne proved in The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) …and they’re not willing to hand this over to Obama. Indeed, the pied-piper of droolin’ dems elected not to campaign in Kentucky (though he outspent her 5 - 1)…. why? Is it because he feared that competing there would validate a Clinton win?

Hmmmm, that sounds familiar, eh?

And from Politico:

“If Clinton wins by a larger margin than the one by which Obama is expected to beat her in Tuesday’s other primary in Oregon, it would also amplify her assertion that she’s ahead in total votes, if Florida and Michigan are counted.”

The new Suffolk University Poll has Hillary ahead 51 - 25, but as we’ve learned, anything can happen.

Keep on dishin’ Kentucky and all things Hillary below!

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