Girl Power, page 22
Sally smiled at Debra. "You're right. You said there was another option?"
"Yes, I like this one, but it would definitely land you in the Supreme Court.
Instead of the having the states change their votes in the tie vote, have the
electors change their electoral vote. For instance, if we added the electors for New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia to your vote that gives you exactly two
hundred and seventy votes."
"Can they do that?"
"We don't know."
Chapter Twenty-four – Reconciliation
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.
— Rosanne Barr
Chamber room of the House of Representatives – Jan 7th
After swearing in the 435 congressional representatives, Speaker Balmer
approached the lectern. "The first order of business of this session is to certify the electoral votes for President. Would the Tally Clerk read off and record the
votes?"
"Yes sir:
Alabama: Nine votes for Richardson.
Alaska: Three votes for Richardson
Arkansas: Six votes for Richardson.
Arizona: Eleven votes for Taylor.
California: Fifty-five votes for Cummings.
Colorado: Nine votes for Cummings.
Connecticut: Seven votes for Cummings.
Delaware: Three votes for Cummings.
District of Columbia: Three votes for Cummings."
Speaker Balmer frowned. "Excuse me, Tally Clerk. May I see your list?"
The Tally Clerk handed the list to the Speaker, who scrutinized it for a
minute. "We are going to take a short recess. Would the various party leaders join me in my conference room?"
Six party leaders—two from each party—followed Balmer to his office,
where each party leader swore they had no knowledge of the apparent switch of
fifty-nine representatives. After getting nowhere with the Democrats and brand
new SAFE members, Balmer left Majority Leader Eric Kantdo arguing with the
more liberal leaders while he went to his office to make a phone call to the new Republican National Committee Chairman, Ian Rich.
"Ian, this is John Balmer."
"Hi, John. Big day, huh?"
"Not exactly. Things aren't working out the way our lawyers said they
would. That's why I called."
"What's the matter?"
"Fifty-nine of the electors, who were supposed to vote for Taylor, switched to Cummings. Ian, she has two hundred-ninety-five electoral votes."
"Shit! Let me make some calls. Don't certify the vote; in fact don't do
anything until I call you back."
~ * * ~
Debra Scholtz Waters', intercom rang. "Yes, Julie."
"You have a call from Hairy Rede on line one."
"Thank you."
She pushed the button for line one. "Debra,"
"Madame Chairwoman, this is Senator Rede. I thought you'd like to know.
We just certified the results of the Electoral College. That means on January 20th, Justice Johns will swear in Winfred Opry as Vice President of the United States."
"Everything went smoothly then?"
"Not quite. The Republican's tried to filibuster the conformation, but the
Pinks in concert with our members voted that down. Debra, you have no idea
how good it felt to override a filibuster."
"I'm sure, Thank you, Senator, for a job well done."
"You're welcome, and good luck with the rest of the operation."
Five minutes after hanging up from Senator Reed, her intercom rang again.
"Yes?"
"You have another call on line one from a Mr. Ian Rich."
Ian Rich? "Oh, yeah! He's the one who took Crowe Magnon's place at the
RNC after he left so unexpectedly. I'll take the call."
"Ms. Waters?"
"Yes, Julie."
"I should warn you. Mr. Rich seems a bit agitated."
Debra smiled. I wonder why. "Thanks for the warning."
"Good afternoon, Mr. Rich. We haven't met, but I know who you are. What
can I do for you?"
"I know who you are, too, and I know what you did."
"And what is that?"
"You or your associates bullied fifty-nine electors into switching their vote to Cummings."
"Mr. Rich, we are not the Republicans. We do not bully anyone. Nor do we
feed them misinformation or any of the numerous tricks your party is known
for." "No, how did you get them to switch their votes then?"
"We reasoned with them. After all, since Taylor notified the FEC he was
withdrawing from the race, a vote for him would be wasted."
"Taylor withdrew?"
"Yes, he did, on December tenth."
Debra smiled when she heard a groan on the end of the line. "May I say
something, Mr. Chairman?"
"Go ahead."
"In poker, when someone doesn't have the cards, they are foolish not to
throw them in. Mr. Rich, you don't have the cards. The House could contest
those votes, but you no longer have the votes to win. You could stall on
confirming Sally Cummings as the winner. However, in less than two weeks,
Winfred Opry will be inaugurated as Vice President and if Sally isn't confirmed, will be asked to fill the Presidential vacancy as acting President. Knowing your base, as much as they hate the idea of having a woman President, I'll bet they
would be seething mad at the idea of an African American woman President."
Ian, chuckled. "Ms. Waters, you are a smart cookie and a credit to your
party. I'm going to recommend we not fight Ms. Cummings ascension to the
Presidency. I'm also going to recommend that within the party, we do a little self-analysis and maybe the next time we confront each other, I'll have better cards.
"Mr. Rich—"
"Call me Ian, please."
"All right. And you can call me Debra. I think maybe next time you will
have better cards, and with your help, the whole country will have better cards—
they need them. I look forward to working with and against you."
~ * * ~
After Debra Sholtz Water's conversation with Ian Rich, everything fell into
place. On January 20th, Chief Justice Robert Johns swore Sally Cummings in as
President and Winfred Opry as Vice President. That night the 'Equality for All'
celebration on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial drew over a million people of
all colors, genders and orientations, while almost a hundred million viewers
watched the proceedings on TV.
~ * * ~
It took Sally and her staff a week or so following the inauguration to settle
into the White House. Nevertheless, on her second day, Sally held a lengthy
cabinet meeting, urging Cabinet members to outline any perceived problems
their department faced and make suggestions.
Afterward, Sally asked Lee, her Chief of Staff, to arrange with Speaker
Balmer and Senate Leader Rede, to schedule time for the President to deliver a
speech to the joint sessions of Congress. Sally, when she could, and Carla worked on the speech.
Though Sally's speech was for Congress's benefit, it would be televised, so
the speech was also crafted for the nation's consumption.
~ * * ~
The Speaker of the House scheduled the speech for 9:00 p.m. February 19th,
and invitations were sent out to all members of Congress.
At approximately 8:30 p.m. members of the House entered and took their
seats. 101 SAFE representatives sat in the middle with the Republicans on their
right and the Democrats on their left.
Loudly, Deputy Sergeant at Arms addressed the Speaker. He announced
the Vice President and members of the Senate as they entered and took their
assigned seats. Vice President Opry sat next to Speaker Balmer on the rostrum,
behind the lectern.
The Deputy Sergeant at Arms subsequently announced the arrival of the
Cabinet, some of whom had yet to be confirmed.
Just after 9 pm, the Sergeant at Arms enthusiastically announced Sally's
arrival. "Mister Speaker, the President of the United States!"
To applause and cheering, the President stepped through the doorway and
walked toward the Speaker's rostrum, followed by members of her
Congressional Escort Committee. As was typical, her approach slowed from
pausing to shake hands, hug, kiss, and autograph copies of her speech for
Members of Congress. From the House Clerk's desk, she retrieved two manila
envelopes containing copies of the address and handed them to the Speaker and
Vice President before taking her place at the lectern.
When the applause died down, the Speaker introduced the President to the
Representatives and Senators. "Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you, the President of the United States."
"Thank you." Smiling and waving through another round of applause, Sally waited for them to calm.
"Mister Speaker, Vice President Opry, Members of Congress, distinguished
guests, and fellow Americans:
"I requested time before this august body and the diverse and talented
people of the United States for numerous reasons. Since I'll be around for four or more years, it is important that you get to know me and what I stand for. True,
my opponents spent record amounts of money telling you who I am and what I
stand for, but frankly, about the only thing that was true is that I am a woman."
Slight laughter intruded on Sally's speech, but she continued quickly. "Since I am a former member of the House, many of you already know me, but for the
benefit of those who don't, and for the American people, I will tell you.
"Money and power doesn't impress or influence me. Obscene amounts of
unattributed campaign money have no place in politics and I will propose
legislation that will ban it forever." Sally slowed for strong applause among SAFE and Democratic members.
"I live by the golden rule as every person of worth should, and I pick no
favorites."
Sally spoke through the mild clapping that ensued. "Among other things,
my party stands for women's rights and equal treatment under the law. In fact
we have our own Women's Bill of Rights, for which I will seek inclusion in the
original Bill of Rights."
Enthusiastic applause followed that pronouncement, but mostly along
gender lines.
"I will seek the repeal of any Federal laws which adversely affect women in our society. Common sense laws, including, but not limited to, laws restricting
equal pay for equal work, workplace discrimination, family planning,
contraception, and abortion will replace them. Moreover, I will hold counsel with the various Governors to urge their legislators to do the same."
Sally had to wait half a minute, for the fervent women's applause to die
down.
"As everyone in America knows, we are trying to drag ourselves out of a
massive recession. If this recession had been an earthquake, it would have
registered an eight on the Richter Scale, like the earthquake that decimated
Japan—it was that serious. Worsening the recession, is an income equality gap so extreme that we haven't seen the likes of it since the robber barons of the early nineteen hundreds just before the even more devastating Great Depression. The
truth is, history almost repeated itself and we're not out of it yet."
Sally took a sip of water while the applause passed.
"In the last thirty years while average incomes of the super rich have grown a ridiculous two-hundred and eighty percent, middle class income has gained
less than one percent a year—a paltry eighteen percent. This, even though
worker productivity has increased fifty percent. So much for trickle down.
Consequently, middle class families are inevitably slipping below the poverty
line. Unless we are trying to recreate a middle age feudal system, this is
unsustainable."
The loudest applause came from the center and left of the hall.
"That is why, going forward, we have to work together, for the benefit of
every American. We will no longer tolerate gridlock, and for those who think we
Pinks will rubberstamp Democrat bills, let me correct you. Republican,
Democrat, or Independent, we will work in good faith with whomever we agree
with." That brought a response from the Republicans, too, as the entire body stood and applauded.
"Our country needs us like never before. We must stop thinking as
Republicans, Democrats, or Pinks and start thinking as Americans. We need
common sense fixes to our massive problems and politics be damned. Revenue,
spending cuts, whatever's needed, we must act.
"That is why I propose reenactment of the financial transaction tax. A
quarter of a percent tax on all investment transactions would raise over two
hundred billion dollars a year. We had this before and it worked fine, so there's no reason not to do it again."
Standing applause from the center and left followed her tax the wealthy
plan. "I also propose a yearly recurring luxury tax of twenty-five thousandths of a percent on all second, third or more homes in America. If you lucky enough to
afford two or more houses, you can afford to pay a little more. This would bring an extra one-hundred-forty billion dollars yearly to the Treasury coffers."
Left and center clapped.
"But revenue isn't the only answer. We must create jobs so those collecting unemployment insurance can, instead, work and pay taxes. That is why I will
seek passage of a three hundred and fifty billion dollar infrastructure repair bill to fix our crumbling roads, substandard bridges, and put people back to work."
A few Republicans joined the rest in clapping for this suggestion.
"But I'm not stopping there. We have many more problems that need
addressing, one of which is education. We used to be the education standard of
the world with our fine school and university system, but no more. America now
ranks seventeenth in science and twenty-fifth in math. We can't compete with a
fast-rising, innovative world like that. I will ask Congress to fast track and pass a half a trillion dollar education bill."
Widespread applause ensued.
"Together, we must root out the pervasive fraud and waste. We also need to
pinpoint and address our weaknesses. That is why I'm appointing a committee of
six, three senators and three representatives, one from each party to identify our problems and make recommendations."
Everyone stood and applauded.
"Americans aren't dumb. Rich and poor, they know we're in trouble and, if
need be, they are willing to suck it up to bring prosperity back to our country.
No one person, no one faction built this country. The creation and building of
our great Nation was a monumental joint achievement. That is why, if we once
more join together in resolve, there is nothing we can't accomplish. If we do this we will polish our image and reclaim the glory of our most wonderful, United
States of America."
The crowd rose, clapping wildly. Sally shouted over the noise and into the
microphone, "Thank you all, God bless you and yours, and may God grant peace and prosperity upon this exceptional land of ours—the United States of
America."
The End
WOMEN'S BILL OF RIGHTS
1.
Men and women are created equal and therefore must receive
equal treatment.
2.
Only women shall write legislation, which directly affects women.
3.
The workplace must be free of discrimination and sexual
harassment against women.
4.
Men and women must receive equal pay for the same job.
5.
Women can join any club or organization she chooses (No all male
clubs).
6.
Woman shall not be required to pay more for a service or product
than men do.
7.
Women shall receive access to the same levels of education,
training, employment and housing as men.
Other Novels and Novellas by Dee Dawning
• Fortune Cookie Magic
• Getting Naked at the Hilton
• Love & Seduction in Las Vegas
• Sister Laurel & the Atheist
• Naked Research
• Blind Date
• The Bastard Preacher
• April Showers *
• Angel Love *
• Mysta Ree *
• Dumped
• Duped
• Groovin in Waikiki
• Playing with the Band *
• Felicity Jones
• Felicity Jones – Rendezvous
• Hollywood Witches
• Alice in Eroticland *
• Dreams
• Forbidden Passion
• Seducing a GeeK *
• & several shorter works
* Erotica
Mainstream Books by Dee Dawning
Smooth, handsome, and self-serving, Jamie Lee Vincent decides there's easy
money in religion after attending a big tent revival in his home town of Tyler,
Texas. Catching the interest of Reverend Sonny Riverton's youngest daughter,
the lovely and vivacious
Missy, he charms his way into her bed and in short order the Riverton clan.
Utilizing his charm and natural-born talent for chicanery, Jamie Lee takes
"Yes, I like this one, but it would definitely land you in the Supreme Court.
Instead of the having the states change their votes in the tie vote, have the
electors change their electoral vote. For instance, if we added the electors for New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia to your vote that gives you exactly two
hundred and seventy votes."
"Can they do that?"
"We don't know."
Chapter Twenty-four – Reconciliation
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.
— Rosanne Barr
Chamber room of the House of Representatives – Jan 7th
After swearing in the 435 congressional representatives, Speaker Balmer
approached the lectern. "The first order of business of this session is to certify the electoral votes for President. Would the Tally Clerk read off and record the
votes?"
"Yes sir:
Alabama: Nine votes for Richardson.
Alaska: Three votes for Richardson
Arkansas: Six votes for Richardson.
Arizona: Eleven votes for Taylor.
California: Fifty-five votes for Cummings.
Colorado: Nine votes for Cummings.
Connecticut: Seven votes for Cummings.
Delaware: Three votes for Cummings.
District of Columbia: Three votes for Cummings."
Speaker Balmer frowned. "Excuse me, Tally Clerk. May I see your list?"
The Tally Clerk handed the list to the Speaker, who scrutinized it for a
minute. "We are going to take a short recess. Would the various party leaders join me in my conference room?"
Six party leaders—two from each party—followed Balmer to his office,
where each party leader swore they had no knowledge of the apparent switch of
fifty-nine representatives. After getting nowhere with the Democrats and brand
new SAFE members, Balmer left Majority Leader Eric Kantdo arguing with the
more liberal leaders while he went to his office to make a phone call to the new Republican National Committee Chairman, Ian Rich.
"Ian, this is John Balmer."
"Hi, John. Big day, huh?"
"Not exactly. Things aren't working out the way our lawyers said they
would. That's why I called."
"What's the matter?"
"Fifty-nine of the electors, who were supposed to vote for Taylor, switched to Cummings. Ian, she has two hundred-ninety-five electoral votes."
"Shit! Let me make some calls. Don't certify the vote; in fact don't do
anything until I call you back."
~ * * ~
Debra Scholtz Waters', intercom rang. "Yes, Julie."
"You have a call from Hairy Rede on line one."
"Thank you."
She pushed the button for line one. "Debra,"
"Madame Chairwoman, this is Senator Rede. I thought you'd like to know.
We just certified the results of the Electoral College. That means on January 20th, Justice Johns will swear in Winfred Opry as Vice President of the United States."
"Everything went smoothly then?"
"Not quite. The Republican's tried to filibuster the conformation, but the
Pinks in concert with our members voted that down. Debra, you have no idea
how good it felt to override a filibuster."
"I'm sure, Thank you, Senator, for a job well done."
"You're welcome, and good luck with the rest of the operation."
Five minutes after hanging up from Senator Reed, her intercom rang again.
"Yes?"
"You have another call on line one from a Mr. Ian Rich."
Ian Rich? "Oh, yeah! He's the one who took Crowe Magnon's place at the
RNC after he left so unexpectedly. I'll take the call."
"Ms. Waters?"
"Yes, Julie."
"I should warn you. Mr. Rich seems a bit agitated."
Debra smiled. I wonder why. "Thanks for the warning."
"Good afternoon, Mr. Rich. We haven't met, but I know who you are. What
can I do for you?"
"I know who you are, too, and I know what you did."
"And what is that?"
"You or your associates bullied fifty-nine electors into switching their vote to Cummings."
"Mr. Rich, we are not the Republicans. We do not bully anyone. Nor do we
feed them misinformation or any of the numerous tricks your party is known
for." "No, how did you get them to switch their votes then?"
"We reasoned with them. After all, since Taylor notified the FEC he was
withdrawing from the race, a vote for him would be wasted."
"Taylor withdrew?"
"Yes, he did, on December tenth."
Debra smiled when she heard a groan on the end of the line. "May I say
something, Mr. Chairman?"
"Go ahead."
"In poker, when someone doesn't have the cards, they are foolish not to
throw them in. Mr. Rich, you don't have the cards. The House could contest
those votes, but you no longer have the votes to win. You could stall on
confirming Sally Cummings as the winner. However, in less than two weeks,
Winfred Opry will be inaugurated as Vice President and if Sally isn't confirmed, will be asked to fill the Presidential vacancy as acting President. Knowing your base, as much as they hate the idea of having a woman President, I'll bet they
would be seething mad at the idea of an African American woman President."
Ian, chuckled. "Ms. Waters, you are a smart cookie and a credit to your
party. I'm going to recommend we not fight Ms. Cummings ascension to the
Presidency. I'm also going to recommend that within the party, we do a little self-analysis and maybe the next time we confront each other, I'll have better cards.
"Mr. Rich—"
"Call me Ian, please."
"All right. And you can call me Debra. I think maybe next time you will
have better cards, and with your help, the whole country will have better cards—
they need them. I look forward to working with and against you."
~ * * ~
After Debra Sholtz Water's conversation with Ian Rich, everything fell into
place. On January 20th, Chief Justice Robert Johns swore Sally Cummings in as
President and Winfred Opry as Vice President. That night the 'Equality for All'
celebration on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial drew over a million people of
all colors, genders and orientations, while almost a hundred million viewers
watched the proceedings on TV.
~ * * ~
It took Sally and her staff a week or so following the inauguration to settle
into the White House. Nevertheless, on her second day, Sally held a lengthy
cabinet meeting, urging Cabinet members to outline any perceived problems
their department faced and make suggestions.
Afterward, Sally asked Lee, her Chief of Staff, to arrange with Speaker
Balmer and Senate Leader Rede, to schedule time for the President to deliver a
speech to the joint sessions of Congress. Sally, when she could, and Carla worked on the speech.
Though Sally's speech was for Congress's benefit, it would be televised, so
the speech was also crafted for the nation's consumption.
~ * * ~
The Speaker of the House scheduled the speech for 9:00 p.m. February 19th,
and invitations were sent out to all members of Congress.
At approximately 8:30 p.m. members of the House entered and took their
seats. 101 SAFE representatives sat in the middle with the Republicans on their
right and the Democrats on their left.
Loudly, Deputy Sergeant at Arms addressed the Speaker. He announced
the Vice President and members of the Senate as they entered and took their
assigned seats. Vice President Opry sat next to Speaker Balmer on the rostrum,
behind the lectern.
The Deputy Sergeant at Arms subsequently announced the arrival of the
Cabinet, some of whom had yet to be confirmed.
Just after 9 pm, the Sergeant at Arms enthusiastically announced Sally's
arrival. "Mister Speaker, the President of the United States!"
To applause and cheering, the President stepped through the doorway and
walked toward the Speaker's rostrum, followed by members of her
Congressional Escort Committee. As was typical, her approach slowed from
pausing to shake hands, hug, kiss, and autograph copies of her speech for
Members of Congress. From the House Clerk's desk, she retrieved two manila
envelopes containing copies of the address and handed them to the Speaker and
Vice President before taking her place at the lectern.
When the applause died down, the Speaker introduced the President to the
Representatives and Senators. "Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you, the President of the United States."
"Thank you." Smiling and waving through another round of applause, Sally waited for them to calm.
"Mister Speaker, Vice President Opry, Members of Congress, distinguished
guests, and fellow Americans:
"I requested time before this august body and the diverse and talented
people of the United States for numerous reasons. Since I'll be around for four or more years, it is important that you get to know me and what I stand for. True,
my opponents spent record amounts of money telling you who I am and what I
stand for, but frankly, about the only thing that was true is that I am a woman."
Slight laughter intruded on Sally's speech, but she continued quickly. "Since I am a former member of the House, many of you already know me, but for the
benefit of those who don't, and for the American people, I will tell you.
"Money and power doesn't impress or influence me. Obscene amounts of
unattributed campaign money have no place in politics and I will propose
legislation that will ban it forever." Sally slowed for strong applause among SAFE and Democratic members.
"I live by the golden rule as every person of worth should, and I pick no
favorites."
Sally spoke through the mild clapping that ensued. "Among other things,
my party stands for women's rights and equal treatment under the law. In fact
we have our own Women's Bill of Rights, for which I will seek inclusion in the
original Bill of Rights."
Enthusiastic applause followed that pronouncement, but mostly along
gender lines.
"I will seek the repeal of any Federal laws which adversely affect women in our society. Common sense laws, including, but not limited to, laws restricting
equal pay for equal work, workplace discrimination, family planning,
contraception, and abortion will replace them. Moreover, I will hold counsel with the various Governors to urge their legislators to do the same."
Sally had to wait half a minute, for the fervent women's applause to die
down.
"As everyone in America knows, we are trying to drag ourselves out of a
massive recession. If this recession had been an earthquake, it would have
registered an eight on the Richter Scale, like the earthquake that decimated
Japan—it was that serious. Worsening the recession, is an income equality gap so extreme that we haven't seen the likes of it since the robber barons of the early nineteen hundreds just before the even more devastating Great Depression. The
truth is, history almost repeated itself and we're not out of it yet."
Sally took a sip of water while the applause passed.
"In the last thirty years while average incomes of the super rich have grown a ridiculous two-hundred and eighty percent, middle class income has gained
less than one percent a year—a paltry eighteen percent. This, even though
worker productivity has increased fifty percent. So much for trickle down.
Consequently, middle class families are inevitably slipping below the poverty
line. Unless we are trying to recreate a middle age feudal system, this is
unsustainable."
The loudest applause came from the center and left of the hall.
"That is why, going forward, we have to work together, for the benefit of
every American. We will no longer tolerate gridlock, and for those who think we
Pinks will rubberstamp Democrat bills, let me correct you. Republican,
Democrat, or Independent, we will work in good faith with whomever we agree
with." That brought a response from the Republicans, too, as the entire body stood and applauded.
"Our country needs us like never before. We must stop thinking as
Republicans, Democrats, or Pinks and start thinking as Americans. We need
common sense fixes to our massive problems and politics be damned. Revenue,
spending cuts, whatever's needed, we must act.
"That is why I propose reenactment of the financial transaction tax. A
quarter of a percent tax on all investment transactions would raise over two
hundred billion dollars a year. We had this before and it worked fine, so there's no reason not to do it again."
Standing applause from the center and left followed her tax the wealthy
plan. "I also propose a yearly recurring luxury tax of twenty-five thousandths of a percent on all second, third or more homes in America. If you lucky enough to
afford two or more houses, you can afford to pay a little more. This would bring an extra one-hundred-forty billion dollars yearly to the Treasury coffers."
Left and center clapped.
"But revenue isn't the only answer. We must create jobs so those collecting unemployment insurance can, instead, work and pay taxes. That is why I will
seek passage of a three hundred and fifty billion dollar infrastructure repair bill to fix our crumbling roads, substandard bridges, and put people back to work."
A few Republicans joined the rest in clapping for this suggestion.
"But I'm not stopping there. We have many more problems that need
addressing, one of which is education. We used to be the education standard of
the world with our fine school and university system, but no more. America now
ranks seventeenth in science and twenty-fifth in math. We can't compete with a
fast-rising, innovative world like that. I will ask Congress to fast track and pass a half a trillion dollar education bill."
Widespread applause ensued.
"Together, we must root out the pervasive fraud and waste. We also need to
pinpoint and address our weaknesses. That is why I'm appointing a committee of
six, three senators and three representatives, one from each party to identify our problems and make recommendations."
Everyone stood and applauded.
"Americans aren't dumb. Rich and poor, they know we're in trouble and, if
need be, they are willing to suck it up to bring prosperity back to our country.
No one person, no one faction built this country. The creation and building of
our great Nation was a monumental joint achievement. That is why, if we once
more join together in resolve, there is nothing we can't accomplish. If we do this we will polish our image and reclaim the glory of our most wonderful, United
States of America."
The crowd rose, clapping wildly. Sally shouted over the noise and into the
microphone, "Thank you all, God bless you and yours, and may God grant peace and prosperity upon this exceptional land of ours—the United States of
America."
The End
WOMEN'S BILL OF RIGHTS
1.
Men and women are created equal and therefore must receive
equal treatment.
2.
Only women shall write legislation, which directly affects women.
3.
The workplace must be free of discrimination and sexual
harassment against women.
4.
Men and women must receive equal pay for the same job.
5.
Women can join any club or organization she chooses (No all male
clubs).
6.
Woman shall not be required to pay more for a service or product
than men do.
7.
Women shall receive access to the same levels of education,
training, employment and housing as men.
Other Novels and Novellas by Dee Dawning
• Fortune Cookie Magic
• Getting Naked at the Hilton
• Love & Seduction in Las Vegas
• Sister Laurel & the Atheist
• Naked Research
• Blind Date
• The Bastard Preacher
• April Showers *
• Angel Love *
• Mysta Ree *
• Dumped
• Duped
• Groovin in Waikiki
• Playing with the Band *
• Felicity Jones
• Felicity Jones – Rendezvous
• Hollywood Witches
• Alice in Eroticland *
• Dreams
• Forbidden Passion
• Seducing a GeeK *
• & several shorter works
* Erotica
Mainstream Books by Dee Dawning
Smooth, handsome, and self-serving, Jamie Lee Vincent decides there's easy
money in religion after attending a big tent revival in his home town of Tyler,
Texas. Catching the interest of Reverend Sonny Riverton's youngest daughter,
the lovely and vivacious
Missy, he charms his way into her bed and in short order the Riverton clan.
Utilizing his charm and natural-born talent for chicanery, Jamie Lee takes
