Originally Posted By DyGDisney What Donny is saying is that the GOP doesn't mind protecting straight, white, American women from domestic violence. But those non-citizens in the country, well, time for them to go back to their beatin'.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Did the previous version of the bill say only straight white women are protected, or was it implied that all women are included?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 It's almost as if the GOP is TRYING to alienate women and Hispanics lately. Good luck with that in November.
Originally Posted By Donny No there are already laws protecting people from domestic violence but this bill just gives away money and visa's with no safe guards to protect against abuse.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer They are trying to reauthorize funding for the programs that make those laws effective, Donny.
Originally Posted By mele This is hilarious. <a href="http://jezebel.com/5885571/anti+planned-parenthood-video-is-the-most-hilariously-lewd-thing-youll-ever-see" target="_blank">http://jezebel.com/5885571/ant...ever-see</a>
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>This is hilarious. <a href="http://jezebel.com/5885571/ant...ever-see<<<" target="_blank">http://jezebel.com/5885571/ant...<<</a> Unless people are buying into it...then it is tragic. I'm not a praying person, but if I were, it would be to ask for an increase in IQ so that this garbage can be seen through.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones According to the exit polls after almost every primary, women vote for Santorum and Gingrich in huge numbers. Men tend to go for Romney or Paul.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 That's Republican women, of course. Polls also show a huge gender gap in Obama's favor when put head to head with any of the Republicans.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Republican women who vote for either Santorum or Gingrich are what Jungians refer to as "Athena women." Their entire existence and relationship with the world surrounding them is experienced through the filter of what their fathers wanted and expected from them. (Athena was the Greek goddess of war and intellect, as well as domestic arts and crafts. You know... the left-brain stuff. And what motivated Athena's behavior were her attempts to win the acceptance of her father, Zeus.) The classic poster child of the Athena woman is Margaret Thatcher, the female version of Ronald Reagan. Thatcher always seemed to be 'going one better' than the male politicians she was surrounded by, in order to prove her worth to them, especially in matters of foreign affairs. The Athena woman desperately needs the approval of the men in her life, whether they be family members or professional colleagues and managers. She must always appear as tough and rugged as her male counterparts, and demonstrate similar intellectual thinking and beliefs. And what better way to win the approval of the men in your life, as a conservative voter, than to cast your ballot for the most patriarchal candidates running? The candidates on the far right like Santorum and Gingrich are perfect magnets for Athena women. And I'm confident that these same voters were probably huge fans of Thatcher, and are possibly even fans of Palin, another classic Athena woman who's fully embraced the patriarchal belief system.
Originally Posted By mele <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/120217/personhood-bill-passes-oklahoma-senate" target="_blank">http://www.globalpost.com/disp...a-senate</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck >><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/120217/personhood-bill-passes-oklahoma-senate<<" target="_blank">http://www.globalpost.com/disp...<<</a> Makes you wonder just how bad this has to get before even states like Oklahoma rebel against the crazy. Really makes you wonder .....
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "Their entire existence and relationship with the world surrounding them is experienced through the filter of what their fathers wanted and expected from them." Or maybe they just believe in traditional values. It sounds as if you don't come to the proper conclusion you are being brainwashed/disenfranchised/etc. by a male.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^While I am horrified by the current GOP clown car, liberals should sometimes listen to themselves as well, as the right wing doesn't have a monopoly on being fundamentalistic.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones The problem is that we continue to frame politics as red vs. blue. They are both hopeless.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer The only reason that so many GOP women are voting for Gingrich is because he has dated just about all of them.
