Posted on 10/11/2004 9:43:44 AM PDT by Willie Green
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While she attended her first political march at Kent State during the controversial shooting incident in 1970, Karen Deutsch replaced her quiet nature with political activism.
A product of a strict upbringing, Deutsch said she was not used to voicing her opinions at home. She said she was very quiet because of the atmosphere created by her family.
"My country right or wrong," Deutsch said. "That's what my mom used to say."
But since then, Deutsch has begun to question her government and vocally oppose policies she sees as wrong.
For that reason, she is voting for Sen. John Kerry.
She is concerned about American foreign policy, especially the parallels between now and a war in Vietnam she protested decades ago.
And as a mother, she has passed those ideals on.
"It's so important for young people to vote," she said, adding that the impact young people can have is something she tried to instill in her own son.
"I think we raised a son who's compassionate," she said of Josh, now a 28-year-old resident of New York City.
She said he is not very politically active like his mother, but he is a registered voter, making his voice heard in that way.
Deutsch herself is a little more vocal.
She is a self-proclaimed "child of the 1960s." And the message of Mothers Opposing Bush (MOB) sucked her in last December.
She said she disagrees with what is going on in the world and wanted to do something about it. MOB provided the means.
MOB, an organization started in Annapolis, Md., by Iris Krasnow, launched a campaign strategy in State College with Deutsch at the helm.
Its mission is to "get the facts out, get the voters out, and get this administration out of office," according to its Web site, www.mob.org/.
"For some reason, the message took hold," Deutsch said. "[It's] a powerful picture of mothers pushing strollers. Who's gonna mess with mothers pushing strollers?"
She said that it was when she met her husband, Steve, during the 1960s, she began to become involved in politics.
"We went to our first march together. He was a bad influence," she added, as she teasingly stole a sideways glance at her husband.
A former Penn State art teacher with a master's degree in education, Deutsch currently sells books through an online book business with her husband.
Deutsch said she lived in several places including Marietta, Ga., Maryland, New York and State College. She said living in big cities and small towns has added to her understanding of the country.
"There are certainly differences," she said. "I would like to do more traveling to learn more about the country, but I'm very excited there's a new theatre here," she added with a smile.
Who still hasn't grown up.
So they arent for gay rights then?
Mohammed Atta et. al.
I don't get it...
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A product of a strict upbringing, Deutsch said she was not used to voicing her opinions at home. She said she was very quiet because of the atmosphere created by her family.
But since then, Deutsch has begun to question her government and vocally oppose policies she sees as wrong.
She is concerned about American foreign policy, especially the parallels between now and a war in Vietnam she protested decades ago.
She said he is not very politically active like his mother, but he is a registered voter, making his voice heard in that way.
Deutsch herself is a little more vocal.
She is a self-proclaimed "child of the 1960s." And the message of Mothers Opposing Bush (MOB) sucked her in last December.
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I don't get it...?
From here own words...
Not used to voicing...vocally oppose...a war in Vietnam she protested decades ago...not very politically active like his mother...Deutsch herself is a little more vocal...a self-proclaimed "child of the 1960s."...
She seems pretty stupid and flip-flopping, guess that is why she is for Kerry.
So she's still a twit. Big deal.
It's the same old doublespeak long practiced by campus radicals and marxist subversives.
"Peace" protestors aren't exactly peaceful, you know.
The mob always starts a violent riot, then they blame the police when they try to restore order.
Wondering if she was one of the kids who broke the Natatorium windows at Penn State in 1970
A twit with a history and connections.
Why doesn't some conservative investigative reporter do an exposé of organizations like MOB and their founders?
This isn't just some soccer mom who woke up one morning and suddenly decided that she wanted to protect Al Quaeda terrorists.
I heard these MOB people on Michael Medved. They are just Democrat activists trying to disguise themselves as "non-political ordinary housewives", ala the Million Mom March people. They kept denying that they were leftists who supported abortion rights, socialized medicine, etc. even though Medved read positions supporting that stuff from their own website. They said they supposedly had lots of Republicans and Independents in their organization, but couldn't name a single Republican in a leadership position. Typical leftist fraud that the LSM is only too happy to play along with.
Just another America hater. Unfortunately we allow that!
Another soccer mom who wants to wait at home to die.
Another burned out Marxist hippie jabbering to the MSM .... the Worst Generation are also known in my book as the Generation of Treason, Sedition and Conspiracy,
I don't recall that...
Of course, I didn't start there as a freshman until Summer Term. IIRC, it was Spring Term (just before I arrived) that they ended early because of the trouble. There were, of course, other commotions and incidents after that, but not nearly as bad. I didn't have time for that crap. I was an engineering student.
The terrorists that we are killing today want to murder women in the U.S. pushing strollers. This woman is delusional. Senator Kerry would be a horrific mistake if he were elected. Vote conservative.
Correct; this happened in reaction to the Kent State students being shot
I never had much sympathy for them, even though 3 of the 4 who were killed were supposedly innocent bystanders and not actual protestors. The "peaceful" protesters had burned the ROTC building and interfered with firefighters 2 days prior to that, and students had plenty of notice that the National Guard was there to restore order and that they weren't to assemble in large crowds. Any sensible person would have stayed the hell outta the way, and wouldn't have been standing there gawking.
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