Perhaps we should form a Men's Political Action Co

mens_issues writes "It occurred to me this week (Primaries) that the men's movement
might be able to form a Men's Political Action Committee (MPAC?)
along the lines of the Leauge of Women Voters and Emily's list.
What if the NCFM were to team up with, say, the fledgling League of
Men Voters to form such a MPAC. We could contact various political
parties (Republican, Democrat, Reform, Green, Libertarian and
Constitution) with a list of men's issues questions for their
candidates."



More under Read Comments section.Those candidates for the U.S. Senate and House that are
most amenable to men's issues would be supported by the MPAC list.
We could then fund those candidates as well as endorsing them -
after all, money talks in politics, as well as votes.



Here is a good site for finding the various candidates and their
views:

http://ontheissues.org/default.htm



Interestingly, I found many of the positions of the Constitution
Party to be similar to the traditional part of the men's movement.
For example, Michael Peroutka (their nominee) decried the
denigration of fathers in the media and society:

http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=107



However, I can see where more liberal men's advocates may take issue
with other parts of this party. Well, it was a thought.



On a bit of a tangent:

I find the political diamond concept this site uses (i.e. Liberal,
Centrist, Conservative, Populist, and Libertarian) to be
interesting, although perhaps a bit superficial on specifics. I did
an unscientific survey by comparing the people who cosponsored the
Office of Men's Health with their position on this political
diamond. I expected that there would be a cluster of these
politicians centered in the moderate conservative range. Instead,
it turned out that they were scattered across the political spectrum
from liberal to conservative. So perhaps men's issues aren't soley
the domain of moderates to conservatives.



The list of Men's Health Office supporters is here:

http://www.menshealthoffice.info/list.htm



For example, Randy "Duke" Cunningham came out a conservative, but
Mark Udall (D-CO) in my district is a moderate liberal (well, it
does include Boulder). And he's on the list because I went to one
of his meetings and handed his legislative assistants a hard copy
letter advocating for the Office of Men's Health. So even if your
Senator or Representative is a Democrat, that doesn't mean that they
won't be receptive to men's issues, provided you contact them.



On the other hand, it's possible that different politicians will
react differently to different men's issues. A Democrat may be more
receptive to government solutions to these issues (and an Office of
Men's Health is one). A Republican may be more receptive to
amending overbroad feminist-inspired legislation that impinges on
men's rights.

Anyway, that's my download for tonight. Let me know what you think.



Steve Van Valkenburg

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