Bring It On: Top Ranking GOP Woman in House Battles ‘War on Women’ Meme
As it presses the accusation that Republicans are waging a “war on women,” the White House has a key adversary saying otherwise on and off the Hill: the top-ranking GOP woman in the House, Washington state Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
“The war on women is a myth and it’s been manufactured by the Democrats as a wedge issue,” the vice-chairwoman of the House Republican Conference told PJM, stressing it’s “unacceptable” to be diverting attention away from the mounting national debt and economic insecurity.
McMorris Rodgers said Republicans won the women’s vote in 2010 midterm elections for the first time since the Reagan era, and she believes opposition to President Obama’s policies such as the healthcare law will drive women to the polls in 2012 as well.
“They do not want the federal government interfering with their ability to make decisions,” she said, stressing that women not only make 85 percent of healthcare decisions in this country but comprise the “vast majority” of healthcare professionals.
On the last day of healthcare arguments before the Supreme Court, McMorris Rodgers and nine other House Republican women held a press conference outside the Capitol to talk about their gender’s opposition to the healthcare law.
“As the Democrats keep talking about a ‘war on women,’ the biggest reason they haven’t gained any traction on this issue – according to polls – is that it only reminds women about what they don’t like about ObamaCare,” she said then. “And as women look at this entire controversy more closely, what they see isn’t Republicans trying to undermine women’s health, it’s that Democrats are trying to scare American women. But what American women really find scary are the president’s policies.”
The congresswoman also noted in her conversation with PJM that women are starting 400 new businesses every day and face burdensome taxes and regulatory efforts.
This puts the White House on the defensive, she charged.
“President Obama and the Democrats recognize they have to do better among women,” McMorris Rodgers said. “They’ve manufactured this war on women as a distraction.”
The contraception-mandate testimony of Sandra Fluke, for instance, was “all part of their campaign orchestrated to make a point and it’s unfortunate that we stepped in the trap.”
The fourth-term House member said she is “working to expose what I think is really going on — this is a campaign issue, this is a political ploy.” Republicans should “not allow President Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz to paint a false picture.”
“I think for a number of years the Democrats have talked to women like they are single-issue voters,” she said. “They are concerned about a whole host of issues: economy, energy, energy prices.”
McMorris Rodgers’ name is on most analysts’ veepstakes lists, considering her experience on the Hill and Mitt Romney’s need to build support among women voters.
Intrade has McMorris Rodgers at a 0.5 percent chance of being on the ticket and political expert Larry Sabato puts her in the fourth tier of potential VP picks, along with Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Race42012.com put the congresswoman at No. 7 in its March power rankings.
“I’m really focused on being the best representative I can be for the people of eastern Washington,” McMorris Rodgers said. “I’m really not expecting to be on the ticket or seeking to be on the ticket, for that matter.”
I couldn’t have said it better myself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DoJIzlXoNbA
Yes, Ann this is what Democrats have been arguing all along. We need to respect the choices that women make. She should sign up as the Obama campaign spokeswomen. lol
They have no idea how they are being played …
Nice. And should we call abortion advocates anti-life, as well? Fair’s fair, right?
My first link was censored – but I’ll try to post it without the filth. Maybe it’ll post and maybe it won’t.
You need to see what YOUR people are tweeting to Mrs. Romney:
http://twitchy.com/2012/04/12/new-tone-alert-libs-attack-ann-romney-as-c u n t-b i t c h-w h o r e/
There is nothing so intolerant as a tolerant liberal.
Tinyurl.com is your friend. Here’s the link:
http://tinyurl.com/85zohsm
Since the offensive words are not part of the URL, it doesn’t get censored.
Tinyurl.com is free, and there’s no signup. You can just use it.
Right you are, Consummate Masturbator.
Mrs. Romney should ask Ms. Rosen for a date.
Short of selecting Hillary Clinton as VP or repealing the 19th Amendment Romney has little if any chance of significantly improving that 20 point gap in just more than 6 months. You can bet Axelrod & Co. have a bag full of tricks and plans to exploit this gap, and perhaps even expand it. But the GOP brought this all on themselves. The Democrats took an opportunity when they saw it. Can you blame them? Any good Republican would have done the same.
Absolutely, “C.M.”
Show them you can be more crude, rude, and socially unacceptable than they could ever imagine.
You’re on a roll, boy!
The “20 point gap” is fake, the product of polling that oversamples Democrats by a ridiculous margin. But don’t take my word for it, Clueless Wonder. Just hide and watch.
I think you might be talking about Rasmussen. But I’m sorry the data doesn’t support what you already want to believe. lol
GOP War on Women
1) Republican controlled House brings the government to the brink of a shutdown over their insistence that Planned Parenthood be defunded.
2) Republican controlled states have passed 135 reproductive healthcare laws in addition to trying to pass Personhood Amendments and transvaginal ultrasounds.
3) Tea Party darling Scott Walker repeals Wisconsin’s equal pay law.
4) Mitt Romney can’t say whether he supports the Federal Lilly Ledbetter Equal Pay law.
Democratic War on Women
1) Hilary Rosen a political pundit employed by CNN says Ann Romney “has never worked a day in her life,” which is the truth, she hasn’t.
Nothing fake about that, hun … And you dummies wonder why President Obama has a significant lead among female voters? You really don’t get it do you hun? Guess you’ll have to learn the hard way.
DEmocrat war of women is really a war on people. Obama’s anti-business, anti-oil and anti-freedom agenda have led to the slowest recovery in history. The ignoramus expected that the economy would rebound in spite of his politburo policies but fortunately, he couldn’t hide the impact of his attempt to teach Americans a lesson. So millions of women and children have lost their homes because Obama doesn’t give a damn about the middle class past getting a second term. He is a total sociopath.
This woman is in the terrible habit of blaming others for her shortcomings. Nice road to walk. Her bitterness is vividly apparent. A lesson to us all.
Not all women are created equal. Their abilities and health varies. Some working mothers have nannies and household help. Some work to really help support thei families. As with any other group of voters, their interests and attitudes vary. Stay home mothers provide many services that working mothers cannot provide but some women need other activities to keep them “sane”. If either group of women suddenly collapsed, this nation would really miss them.
This is assuming that the stay at homes provided real care of families and the working women were able to contribute to the general well being of the community….not all women fit this category.
I agree with everything you say. My question is in what way is Mrs. Romney prepared to address the concerns of the average woman who has to not only raise a family but works as well. Mrs. Romney is the privileged exception not the rule.
I wonder when the last time was that Ann worried about car repairs (to one of her Cadillacs)? When was the last time she worried about the roof on one of her mansions? They are in the process of tearing down a multi million $$$ house, to build a bigger one, complete with an elevator for their cars to transport them to the basement garage!!! They employ people to do their yard work, plus everything else. That is fine, more power to them, but do not pretend that they in any way relate to working people of either gender. Good for them, but it still leaves the question as to how Mrs. Romney is in any way qualified to address the concerns I outlined above. Can you answer that?
I don’t see how any of that is any of your business. She married a man who provided well for her – isn’t that a something most women dream of if they decide to marry and have a family?
It’s a matter of choice and the problem with liberals is they reward poor choices. You call it compassion and while people don’t want to see people making poor choices unable to pull themselves out of those poor choices liberals insist on rewarding those poor choices so that people don’t have make the effort to make the right choices in their lives.
“I don’t see how any of that is any of your business. She married a man who provided well for her – isn’t that a something most women dream of if they decide to marry and have a family?”
Thanks for at least answering the question as to whether or not Mrs. Romney is qualified to address the concerns of average working women. She isn’t. I don’t hold it or her life against her, but she isn’t qualified to address these issues. There is certainly nothing wrong with being a “stay at home” mom. All I am saying is that it is disingenuous to suggest that the viewpoints of an extremely wealthy homemaker represents the needs and concerns of women — whether married or single, with or without children — who need to earn a living in the workplace to make ends meet.
Remember, all of this started because Mitt Romney said that he knew what women care about because his wife had told him: “She reports to me regularly that the issue women care about most is the economy, and getting good jobs for their kids and for themselves,” he said last week. Apparently, he is unable to speak to these alien creatures himself, nor can his surrogate wife identify with them.
Have you actually received your certificate for Journalism 101 from your local community college? You should post it.
Like you, as a stay at home insignificant commenter, Mrs Romney really had no responsibilities.
You have a real connection to fame!
I don’t hold it or her life against her, but she isn’t qualified to address these issues.
Sure you don’t. Class warfare is a loser. The sooner you accept that fact the sooner you’ll start making sense.
Ann Romney’s input about women’s concerns (as discussed by Mitt Romney) was based on working women she talked to versus just her own experiences as a SAHM. If you are going to forge an argument, at least try to be accurate. Otherwise you look simply foolish.
Doesnt this same thing apply to Michelle Obama. She may have worked outside the home but certainly is a woman of privledge. So your argument is weak at best.
Michelle Obama, unlike Ann Romney, has not always been a women of privilege, so there is a distinct difference. Moreover, what most Americans don’t realize is that Ann is simply reciting her Mormon teachings. Mormons are thoroughly indoctrinated (as a pre-condition to marriage in the Temple) that the woman’s place is in the home. Ask her why Mitt went on a mission and she didn’t. Ask her why no women ever go on missions or hold a place of importance in the Mormon church. Ask her why all the Mormon apostles are men. Ask her how many Mormon families have professional women working to support a “stay-at-home” man. Ask her how she feels about same-sex partnerships/marriages. The media needs to get educated about mormon beliefs and lifestyles in order to have some insight and perspective on Mitt and Ann Romney and to stop treating them as if they were non-mormons.
Hm, religious prejudices added to misogyny makes me even less impressed than I was with your initial “arguments” — might as well throw in a few comments about the evil Jews sacrificing babies and light up a cross on the lawn, neh?
I believe Mrs. Romney converted to Mormonism.
Now you going to use religion to make your case how she’s an unfit First Lady?
My question is in what way is Mrs. Romney expected to address the concerns of the average woman?
She’s not running for office. She has no say in policy (or shouldn’t, at least). Her views or worries or qualifications are irrelevant.
Your implications that someone who has achieved a life of financial privilege is unaware of reality is the same stupid, MOB “visioning” that Rosen used – and that most Dems use. Hilary just made it clearer — anyone who isn’t doing what WE say makes them aware of reality is an idiot. The obvious result of pushing this farther is Obama’s distrust of the Constitution and the American people – and the resultant need for everyone to let him smash freedom and take power from Congress and the SUpreme Court. Bu leftists make claims, not arguments… because they have no arguments that stand up to reality, history and logic.
SO the Dem shibboleth goes –If someone is rich (unless they are Dems) they are idiots. If they are working women (like Palin) they are uncaring idiots – if they are homemakers (like Romney) they are idiots. If they think that freedom has made this country great and allowed people to have the greatest opportunity (instead what we see with the ever increasing entitlements approach that creates financial inhibiors to work (the economic “nothc” problem), Dems say they are idots.
Republicans are idiots when they perform like Dem-lites and buy the mob-BS that Dems fantasize. BUT the fact is that the Dems are hateful utopians who use division, steal from workers to create dependent classes in their efforts to secure wealth, power.
Cynical at 1 above is obviously a spokesperson for the administration or is otherwise some sort of party operative.
I note that Rosen, after being hit by an avalanche of bad press for her neanderthal remark, (even Axelrod and Debbie Shultz nailed her) has issued an apology. It’s nice to see Republicans closing ranks and speaking with one voice to condemn Rosen and the thoughtless drones who support her remarks.
Obama has nothing positive to run on as his first 3 years as President have resulted in sustained high unemployment, an anemic economy and a health care bill that is one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation in US history. We will be treated again and again to fake wars and 1% distractions until November 6, Obama and Cynical have nothing else to work with.
The Republicans would be wise to pound home a positive message about the benefits of free markets and freedom and sledgehammer the Dems every time they disassemble and attempt to distract as they tried with Rosen. Hopefully, she will run her sewer again soon so there will be another opportunity.
Cynical at 1 above is obviously a spokesperson for the administration or is otherwise some sort of party operative.
Not necessarily. As hard as it is to believe, some people are actually stupid enough to believe liberal drivel. They’re known as morons.
Actually Larry they are not Morons those are people with an I.Q. of 51 to 70 and considered mildly retarded while Imbeciles are those people that would score an I.Q. of 26 to 50 and an Idiot would be one of poor souls who would score between 0 and 25 on an I.Q. test.
It is now my belief that most people that vote or favor any democrat would fall into to imbecile range and all others excepting those that are dead would be the idiots, which tend to be “Yellow Dog Democrats” who don’t even understand that the Democrats are now the communist party, and a bunch of G..D… liars and thieves on top of it, vote democrat at your own peril
I’m not sure what point you are trying to make. What is being argued is who best understands the issues that average women face and deal with on a day to day basis. Here is the text of what Rosen said:
“What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying, well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues. And when I listen to my wife, that’s what I’m hearing.
Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. She’s never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and how do we — why do we worry about their future?”
I think Rosen could have chosen her words better about the work thing. She, herself has already admitted that and apologized to Mrs. Romney if her feeling were hurt. I also don’t fault Ann Romney for being a wealthy stay at home mom, but I’m not sure how she is qualified to speak about the concerns of average women since she isn’t one herself and has never had to deal with any of those issues, which is precisely what the Romney camp is putting her out there as a surrogate for. Perhaps you can enlighten us as to how she is qualified to speak on behalf of average women?
And, our current First Lady is better able to relate to the hoi polloi than Mrs Romney? Explain that one to me, pls.
Actually, she is. You can go read her life story yourself. Compare Michelle’s story of growing up (basically in the hood) and getting an education, getting a job and raising a family to Mrs. Romneys. Ann Romney is no more qualified to address the concerns of average woman any more than Leona Helmsley would have been qualified to address the plight of migrant workers.
I’m not trying to compare these two women. I am sure Mrs. Romney is a very nice lady, but I stand by my point that she isn’t especially qualified to speak on behalf of average working women since she isn’t one herself. Michelle Obama is.
Mrs. Romney married well – do you know her background before she married?
Mrs. Obama also married well – but had the added benefit of her skin color that allowed her to be accepted to schools (as was her husband) that are barred to most people who had their grades.
So the obama’s are no more qualified to speak for ordinary people than you say the Romney’s are.
Michelle had a job? Well I guess you could count the $300,000+ dollar a year kickback(for obama getting them even mo money) she received from University of Chicago Medical Center as a job… well ok.
Americans call that corruption. But hey, you are a liberal , not an American, so I’s cut you some slack.
Oh, and I’m still waiting for you people to explain to me in specific detail how Ann Romney is qualified to speak on behalf of the issues that concern average working women. What life experiences has Mrs. Romney had that would suit her to that task. Can you explain that?
Sigh….She is the mother of five children. She was a homemakers which means she was responsible for running her household. Her husband entered politics which meant she also supported her husband in his endeavors.
You assume that because they have money she did nothing. How do you know? Did it never occur to you that their religion encourages them to live their life according to God’s will which includes raising their children themselves and not hand them off to strangers?
And, you guys say WE’RE the dividers… It’s seemingly impossible for you guys to square this circle?! Stay at home Mom raises 5 childre are not qualifications to speak to middle class mother’s concerns?
I guess the same would be true for Mary Todd Lincoln, Martha Washington, Rachel Jackson.
Well Mrs Romney is not a lesbian for starters. That alone puts Mrs Romney on a far better footing to speak on behalf of the average woman than the pervert Rosen.
how Ann Romney is qualified to speak on behalf of the issues that concern average working women.
Certainly more so than the pampered, affirmative-action, race-baiting Michelle with her payoff flack job, who is ‘finally’ proud of America.
And certainly no less so than any other American woman who isn’t fixated on class-warfare balkanization.
True, Ann Romney doesn’t have nearly the experience defending the indefensible as your heroine, Hilary Rosen.
http://tinyurl.com/bprosen
You can diss the Romneys all you want, CW. But….I don’t think most Americans would find Bain & Co to be nearly as slimy as Ms Rosen’s most infamous client, right? Gee. I have NO IDEA WHY she wouldn’t be extremely proud of her hard work for them!
Don’t bother with this woman. Governor Scott Walker is the reason she’s struggling, not because of Obama (for whom she voted) or because of herself. (Gee, with Obama in power for three years, you’d think her life would have turned around by now. Because everyone knows that Government is responsible for everyone’s success and/or failure, not the individual.) With the Left, it’s ALWAYS someone else’s fault.
“…how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and how do we — why do we worry about their future?”
“We?” Typical hypocritical liberal. Ms. Rosen and her partner, Ms. Birch are millionaires in their own right. Rosen is a highly-paid lobbyist and Dem stratgegist, and Birch was the cormer Worldwide Lead Litigator for Apple Computer. Both are LGBT activists who choose to work and chose to have children; neither has any inkling of what they are taling about. The fact is that twice as many women who stay at home and raise children say their lives are ideal as those who must work outside the home, or, like Rosen and Birch, choose their careers over spending time raising their children.
I’m just sad that the original point of this whole “War on Women” nonsense was lost in the debate. The original argument was whether or not the Federal Government could force churches that were opposed to contraception to give insurance policies guaranteeing them (including abortion) to its workers. Believe it or not, that fight is still going on and if Obamacare is upheld by the Supreme Court, the Catholic Church is going to have to make some big decisions. There was never a “War on Women.” But there most certainly is a war on organized religion by the Obama administration and Catholics in this country are going to have to choose sides real soon if the Supreme Court lets us down. And those Catholics will have to make up their minds just before the election, too.
They’ve already made their decision and have shown so in the past. If they are forced to provide contraception and abortions they WILL close down just as they closed down their adoption agencies when forced to allow gays to adopt.
Why can’t they just stop providing health insurance rather than shutting down? That’s what I’d like to see them do.
They are an employer and I believe by law if you have so many employees you have to provide coverage. If they are able to stop coverage wouldn’t that just throw those people into obammycare like the government wants in the first place?
But seriously, birth control is a small matter and any planned parenthood (or Walmart) can provide this product. Making a church provide it is just mean spirited and in direct violation of the 1st amendment. I wish they could get that through their thick skulls!
Health insurance is a major union demand. And guess who is getting amnesty from participating in ObamaCare? Unions, of course.
I wish all Republicans, Conservatives and bloggers would from henseforth call it what it is PRO- ABORTION! Really sets them off.
Pro-abortion?… Ah, you mean the democrat war on babies.
Nice article, Bridget. It’s good to know some Rs are able to focus on real issues that concern us all and clearly and coherently make the case.
4-Libertyship. You’re right. Obama likes to throw chum in the water, and the doofus Rs fall for it. Every. Single. Time.
True! Individuals (such as those on this forum) have stayed on point, but the politicians always answer the strawman and never call them on it.
MUT’s Badass of the Week: Ann Romney — Some humorous aspects of my analysis of the Rosen fiasco: 1) A Mormon mother tagged as a “Badass”; 2) A reference to how Ann Romney will be Palinized with email inquisitions, requests for clothing expenditures, and rumors of affairs; and, 3) A hilarious pain scale, with an addendum as to how much pain Team Obama is in right now.
I’m no fan of the Romneys, but somehow I don’t think that approach is going to work well for the left.
By the way, the word is adultery, not “affairs”.
“War on woman”! The Left knows no shame. The ones who gave birth to “Palinizing” are accusing the Right of making war on women?
Fantom said:
“Well Mrs Romney is not a lesbian for starters. That alone puts Mrs Romney on a far better footing to speak on behalf of the average woman than the pervert Rosen.”
This is why filth like you need to be defeated and you will be.
You’re right. It doesn’t matter who Ms Rosen comes home to each night.
What should concern Americans is how dedicated Ms Rosen has been to her clients, the RIAA and BP. (And that was after 5 minutes of Googling. How many more scuzzy outfits has she been defending, CW? Please enlighten us.)
What does that have to do with what we are talking about here? You want to talk about skuzzy politics? I’m sure we can find a lot on both sides. That said, why the new concern over the environment? That’s a new and unexpected twist.
The fact that Ms. Rosen identifies as a gay women, who has also adopted children, has little to do with what we are discussing, which is whether or not Ann Romney is qualified to address the concerns of women who work *outside* the home. I don’t think Ms. Rosen needed to apologize, she just needed to add a word or two to her statement to clarify what she meant. She wasn’t attacking mothers. She’s one herself!
But the implication here that somehow, Rosen’s family is less valid, less worthy of respect because she adopted her children is really a bigoted and harmful position. This insults not just lesbian couples, but all non-birth mothers. In fact, it seems like few of the conservative stripe even recognize that Rosen is a mother at all, perhaps an inherent cultural consequence of her choice (or lack of choice) to not be a stay-at-home mom. Is that really how conservatives view women?
It gets down to character and Ms. Rosen apparantly has none. But most democrats don’t. They have no standards except double standards. The fact this woman said this about another woman sickens me. What the left did to both Sarah Palin AND Hilary Clinton absolutley disgusts me. And here they use another woman to attack someone who is not even running for office. Shameless.
lolly, you old hen, clucking around with all your pecking. It is a fact that Mrs. Romney has never worked a day in her life outside the home. Now you may not like what Ms. Rosen said but you can’t in any way say she said something that wasn’t true. How is stating something that is true an attack? I see nothing in her statement (see above) that was an attack on women or mothers. She was simply pointing out that a wealthy housewife is probably not qualified to speak on behalf of the concerns that average working moms deal with on a day to day basis. Sorry the truth hurts.
Of all the available responses, Ann would have done better to avoid arguing that staying at home with your own children is just as much of a job, or career – it’s not. I’ve been both a SAHM and a working mom in my lifetime, enjoyed both roles and accepted the challenges of each. But they’re different – one involves working and the other doesn’t, hence the term “working mom” – and not everyone gets to choose between being one or the other risk-free like Ann did, so the distinction in her case is meaningless. If you’re not worried about paying the bills, you’re way out of the league of most mothers, period.
@Cynical – Yeah – go ahead and call me names. I may be an old hen, clucking around, but I used to be one of you. I voted for Bill Clinton. I voted for Al Gore. I’m not a republican – but you’ve lost me.
The true war on women comes from the left. Saying a woman whose raised five childen has never worked a day in her life is preposterous. Raising children is the hardest job in the world and working outside the home is a vacation – and yes I know both. What’s more rewarding – being at home and raising the future and seeing them succeed in life because of the values you instilled in them or escaping the home and being able to associate with grownups all day?
What this truly is is some tired old class warfare schtick the left has been waging for years. Most billionaires are democrats and yet demorats whine about Romney’s “millions.” Millions that he earned through hard work to provide for his family. Democrat billionaires, on the other hand, use their billions crush the rest of the economy to ensure that other people CAN’T share in their wealth – while at the same time refusing to pay their taxes (their FAIR share). Because one thing I’ve noticed about democrats is they can’t seem to enjoy their wealth unless everyone else is poor so they can lord it over the unwashed masses.
But cheer up, Cynical. You can drop the rant on a housewife, because your side has thrown up the white flag (groveling in surrender) over this issue because they realize what a loser it is. NOOOOOOWWWW they want to get back to the issues. heh……
“If you’re not worried about paying the bills, you’re way out of the league of most mothers, period.”
Just like Michele Obama.
These two comments above are typical of people who have become accustomed to blaming others for their predicaments. Here’s a thought, if you want to be rich: Do things that will make you rich instead of complaining about it. Big Government is not going to come to your rescue. It’ll only make things worse. Obama’s been in power for three years, and the economy — and people’s lives — have not improved.
RobertMN, I don’t have a predicament – I have people asking for my vote. Here’s a thought for you: stop creating divides, warring camps and false equivalencies at every given opportunity; it might be fun on message boards but it’s a hell of way to build a coalition. Someone who doesn’t get that concept while smack in the middle of a campaign for public office is a complete waste of time.
Right, I forgot. I couldn’t *possibly* care about the environment because I post here. Stereotype much, CW? Mark of the mentally lazy…..which is what you are to the core.
But it is nice to see that you think BP and the RIAA are just peachy when they pay out cash to your faves. Wouldn’t want to have any absolute standards about what is acceptable or not, would we?
Ms. McMo-Ro is my “representative”. She is a tool of the Republican Party that hasn’t had an original thought since she stepped out from behind her father’s fruit stand, “graduated” from an unaccredited Christian College and had her position purchased for her with her daddy’s State political influence and the Republican machine looking for an easy “yes girl” vote. She’s an embarrassment to Eastern Washington and a disgrace to women everywhere.
So much bitterness, so much resentment. Man, you people are miserable souls. But this is what happens when you give power to people to make choices for you instead of taking responsibility for yourself and your future. Good luck to all of you. It will be needed.
“Resentment”???…..doesn’t even come close! I am totally incensed that this woman dares to tell me I don’t recognize a “war on women” when some 1,100 laws are now making their way thru State legislatures say otherwise…..does she think I am incapable of understant what is right before my eyes. Banning birth control and legal abortion services, vaginal probes…really?, employer notification for birth control prescriptions, “no” vote on the equal pay legislation, defunding woman and children healthcare legislation…..oh yes indeedy there is a “war on women”….and the best quote I’ve heard lately is…”WOMEN WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER”. The right-wing crazies are running scared and have marched their token lady out to smooth our ruffled feathers…..TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.
If she is truly “old-school” why doesnt she dehyphenate or ditch the grammatically correct way of Villaraigosa-ing? Good thing Romney won the nomination – he might be the only candidate that can afford the extra letters on the campaign stickers.
Actually you are the embarrassment to the region. She’s got my vote.
The previous response was to lulubelle.
You know, Ms. Johnson, this conservative “war on women” meme is mostly a he said/she said argument now because, unfortunately, conservatives have not presented much of a coordinated, well-researched exposition of the Left’s multiple, REAL wars on women. I entered that meme (“war on women”) into Another Slow News Day’s search engine and was presented with several useful results.
http://anotherslownewsday.wordpress.com/?s=%22war+on+women%22
Entering the same quoted phrase (“war on women”) into a CRTL-F page search on each resultant ASND page drives readers directly to the cited stories containing the phrase.
When conservatives begin responding to this latest leftist lie with real examples of the true warS on women perpetrated by the Left, rather than simply denying their charges, we may begin making some progress refuting this lie.
Update: Another Slow News Day has a new page today devoted to the conservative “war on women,” which includes the aforementioned citations plus some new ones.
http://anotherslownewsday.wordpress.com/war-on-women/
Cynical,
Let’s see, Ann Romney has dealt with the birth and rearing of 5 children, breast cancer and MS. She worked for her fathers heavy equipment company before she married her husband. Yesterday she demonstrated class and dignity in her response to Rosen’s crude attempt to denigrate and belittle her. Her response exposed Rosen and others who think the way she does for the small mindedness that possesses them.
I love how you elitists always try to red light and green light other peoples experiences passing judgment as to who is qualified and who is not. Given Ms. Romney’s experiences in the real world, what makes you in any way qualified to judge her?
I note that Michelle, the President, and other administration types condemned Rosen’s type of thinking after they witnessed the Sh%@t storm that developed and the near universal condemnation that ensued.
One final point Cynical, your side is in no way superior judging how others live their lives. You have zero credibility regarding your ability to pick who makes correct decisions and who doesn’t. Ann Romney’s decisions resulted in the development of 5 upstanding productive citizens of our country. That is one hell of a track record. She is a survivor and nurturer. She is also far more gracious and dignified than Ms Rosen.
Your lack of credibility is showing.
It seems that Ms. Rosen has some issues of her own, both family and gender.
If people demand tolerance why are they not prepared to give others the same courtesy?
Again, revealed religions don’t so why should anyone else?
A few points: I didn’t see one mention from the expert opinionators that Ann Romney has fought breast cancer, and is afflicted with MS, plus raising successfully five sons. Not bad a career.
And it is, I believe, a good sign that there are increasing numbers of female members in the House of Representatives.
Third: I wonder if Michelle has any influence on Barack; does he listen to her opinions and suggestions? She is pushing nutrition rules on to the U.S. population. I would believe she also has strong ideas to present to “the One.”
There is a reason for the term “useful idiots” the democrats use them in every election they have groups like oh well “Acorn” who i now something else and use terms like social justice (which is what)? It is voter fraud that gets these idiots into office, they have now intelligence just what they are told and actually obey the orders of the day regardless of how absurd like Debbie Wasserman Shultz (as a prime example).
Do these idiots not know that now most of the country sees through the BS that they spout? Please tell me that as a country we are not at that idiotic level of thinking. For God’s sake or at least your fellow countryman’s sake vote for something that makes sense instead of hop and change and Greek columns made of Styrofoam and some paint.
The emperor has no clothes and it shows, not a single positive accomplishment, it is very sad indeed that we had so many that did not vote in the last election and we ended up with this disaster that is so idiotic that he thinks he should be re-elected…what you have wrecked the economy and put us further into debt while stealing from our great grand-children and you want to try out again? Sorry Dude you are not worthy of it nor is the suffering you have caused worth it, your hope and change is a nightmare, as your term in office, leave in peace and never be heard from again.
In the end your presidency will reveal that you were the first mostly BLACK president and also the worst and best Black president you are a disaster to my country and not only should you not only not be re=elected but you belong in prison as well as Eric Holder and Janet as well as most of you cabinet and Czars!