Eleanor Smeal rocks my world

(From left to right, NOW's Kim Gandy, AMERICAblog's John Aravosis, and Feminist Majority's Eleanor Smeal)

Chris, Panayioti and I were having dinner at CNN's "tent" last night and sitting behind us was Eleanor Smeal, the former president of NOW, and the current president of Feminist Majority. Smeal is one of the top feminist leaders in America, and a former Hillary supporter. And we all happened to be watching Michelle Obama's speech, and I was curious what Smeal and her friends thought. So I walked over and interrupted their meal, mentioned who I was, and Smeal immediately exclaimed "you're my son's favorite blog!" Needless to say, I got the interview :-)

In this interview, about 7 minutes long, I ask her about Obama's speech, about Hillary partisans, and then we have a longer discussion about the Supreme Court and why women should be terrified of John McCain. Talking to Smeal was an absolute joy. The energy this woman has. My God. She is what we need more of in the Democratic party. She is an activist, to her core. And she knows her stuff. Watch the interview, she is simply great. Then tell other women you know about the interview, she really does a great job explaining why women should support Obama and oppose McCain.



Towards the end of the interview, Smeal saw Kim Gandy walk by - Gandy is the current head of NOW. She asked Gandy if she wanted to talk to me, and Gandy said sure. My favorite part is in the first couple seconds when Smeal tells Gandy that AMERICAblog is "my son's favorite blog!" So here is another few minutes talking to Gandy.