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Another example of blatant
self-promotion at the
expense of women
A website that was seemingly created to promote the advancement of Democratic women turns out to be a scheme to promote its editor instead.
 Called "Elect Women," the site was created as a platform for a political gadfly by the name of Kathy Groob.
First, some background: Groob, 61, likes to promote herself as being in the forefront of women's issues.
She has twice run for state office and lost both efforts. Her campaign was run by her husband, who owns a political consulting company called November Strategies. He operates the Elect Women website as well.
At one time, Kathy Groob was a Republican. Switched parties to run for office after a tiff with the local GOP. Became a liberal Democrat, and for a time claimed to be a conservative Democrat.
At issue: Groob's support of Hillary Clinton for president in 2008.
Apparently she was a supporter, but only for a short period of time.
A photo has popped-up showing Groob at an Obama campaign rally in her home city of Covington KY the spring of 2008.
ABOVE | Kathy Groob, editor of Elect Women, seen at an Obama rally in the early spring of 2008. She's the female with the dyed blond hair.
Not only did she ditch Clinton, the first female to have a real chance at being being elected President, Groob also started to play games with a woman's right to choose.
A blogger caught her ridiculing her opponent in a recent campaign for being pro-life.
Groob wrote, using the online username "Lemonysnip":
"(Jack) Westwood is one of the worst senators in the state and continues to do absolutely nothing except his crazy stuff about abortion. He even wears little baby feet on his lapel." [ Link ]
The big problem: As the election neared, Groob ditched her pro-choice stance and did a mailer to voters to proclaim that she, too, was pro-life (see copy of flyer below).
ABOVE | After criticizing her opponent for being pro-life, Groob switched from pro-choice during her failed 2008 campaign
The progressive blogging community howled in disgust. [Link], [Link], [Link].
It's obvious. Groob could care less about women seeking office, and certainly doesn't care about the issues. She only cares about reaching celebrity status for herself -- at the expense of other women.
Richard Hines is an observer of politics in Kentucky and around the nation. Hines was a supporter of Hillary Clinton for President until she conceded at the Democratic Convention in 2008.
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