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Brian Snyder / Reuters
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at Alpha Graphics in Hartford, Connecticut April 11, 2012.
HARTFORD, CT-- Mitt Romney pushed back aggressively on Wednesday afternoon against the notion of a Republican-led "war on women," repeating his argument that any such suffering by women is actually the result of President Obama's economic policies.
"This is an amazing statistic ... 92.3 percent of all the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women. 92.3 percent!" Romney said, holding a new piece of campaign literature produced today displaying various dismaying economic statistics. "Now the president says, 'Oh, I didn’t cause this recession' -- that’s true. He just made it worse and made it last longer, and because it lasted longer, more and more women lost jobs."
And while independent fact checkers have questioned the veracity of that number, Romney came prepared with other damning numbers he said were the result of the president's poor stewardship of the economy.
"Under President Obama, 858,000 more women are out of work. 858,000 out of work under this president. And finally the total female unemployment rate has gone from 7 percent when he took office in January 2009 to 8.1 percent in March of 2012," Romney said. "This president has failed America’s women and if I’m the next president of the United States I will go to work to get American women good jobs, rising incomes and growing businesses."
Mitt Romney pushed back against the narrative of Republican-led "war on women." Romney told a group in Hartford that President Obama's economic policies have hurt women. Video edited by NBC's Matt Loffman
While Team Romney has pushed back on the idea that the all-but-official GOP nominee has a problem with female voters, his campaign has begun an aggressive outreach effort -- surrounding the candidate with women on stage, as they did today, and having him meet with female business owners, as he did yesterday.
Democrats have touted stories of the GOP's gender gap, and today seized on a comment by a Romney surrogate on a conference call that called into question whether Romney would have supported the Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009, which extended the statute of limitations for women to file wage discrimination lawsuits.
As the back-and-forth between the Romney and Obama campaigns flared over social media, the Romney campaign sent three press releases from prominent female surrogates focusing on the economy -- not the Ledbetter act, (which a Romney aide later said he would not change), a strategy Romney appeared to double down on towards the close of his remarks here today.
"This president will do, in his campaign, anything he can to deflect from his record. What I'm going to have to do every day is bring him back to his record. I have to show, for instance, that the policies of this administration have led to 92 percent of the people who have lost their jobs being women in this country," Romney said. "When he says, ‘Oh, there is a war on women,’ let's bring him back to the fact that it is the real war upon women that has been waged by his economic policies. Let’s hammer day in and day out what has happened under his policies, and recognize those policies, those things he believes, do not work."
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Mitt Romney (according to Anna Molly):
The GOP only wants to place limitations on women's lives. They don't think they should be entitled to equal pay with men, and they don't think they should be entitled to birth control, while the men are entitled to boehner pills. Only one more thing needs to be mentioned. Vaginal probes. Thus, republicans got the war they have been begging for. Women will be willing to fight it out in November. This is a losing issue for you Mitt. Your team sowed the wind and you will reap the whirlwind.
Interesting you should bring that up Wayne.
So how do you account for this Wayne?
Fine. Tell me what jobs they hold. Equal pay for equal work.
I wonder if a vaginal probe hidden in my handbag would qualify as a concealed carry weapon in my state.
I hope it would. Because I could probably reap some whirlwind if I brandished it in a crowd of conservative men.
Lord only knows I feel threatened.
"This president has failed America’s women and if I’m the next president of the United States I will go to work to get American women good jobs, rising incomes and growing businesses."
Sounds good doesn't it? As I type I'm still waiting to hear how he plans to accomplish this. Not that it actually matters imho as I doubt he'll even come close to being the next president. But once again we have another politician telling us what's wrong with America with no tangible solution other than diatribe that he feels people want to hear.
Here's a notion. Why not explain in great detail what your solutions are to the problems you bring up. Until such time I believe I'll simply sit here knowing that he really doesn't have viable solutions for women or anyone else.
I know how concerned you are about their prostates, Anna Molly.
I don't think anyone is "entitled" to birth control pills that they do not pay for. They cost me $8 a month with no insurance, but now I am forced to buy insurance that covers them with no co-pay among other things are not actually insurance (at a higher cost). This is how Democrats limit my freedom.
Wayne...can you explain how to get a surgical abortion without being probed? Did you know that most ultrasounds do not involve probing anyway?
Nobody is "entitled" to the same pay as someone else in the private sector. Pay is between the employer and employee and if a man is being paid more in the private sector, he may be producing more. Private businesses don't just pay more because someone has a penis.
Me, too, Wayne. ;-)
123ang --
Emphasis on "may."
Depends on the business.
Condom models, for example. Bona fide occupational qualification.
That information is in the annual report which was given as a source. You are free to look it up.
So why aren't the women in the Obama administration getting the better paying jobs? Obama has been running around telling us he's all for women and equality and fairness, correct?
I hope it would. Because I could probably reap some whirlwind if I brandished it in a crowd of conservative men.
Thats it Anna Molly - Bend those suckers over and give em a taste of their own medicine......
Oh, Anna, you know I love you, but give it a rest, sweetie.
We all know that women are fabrications of the Lord Garmadon solely to pleasure and serve men and don't really have any "rights". Women have the same "rights" as a rock or a doorknob.
Now go get me my coffee, woman!
Didn't see any "condom models" working for the Obama administration.
So what's the deal? You Lefties accuse the GOP of being sexist for not wanting women to have better paying jobs, and here the Obama administration itself comes up short on paying the women that work for him, and your first defense is to make an excuse for Obama. All kind of hypocritical, no?
You'd think in an administration that is "all for women" that the pay discrepancy would be even somewhat in favor of the women because Obama is fighting so very hard for their rights, but doesn't seem to be the case now does it?
So why aren't the women in the Obama administration getting the better paying jobs?
Damn that's pretty devastating news.
Obama short changing the women folk on his payroll like that.
http://freebeacon.com/hostile-workplace/
Time for a candle lit vigil or some bra burning if you ask me.
Oh well, we know how this will play out. Remember how the National Organization of Women was just A okay with Slick Willy harassing and raping women. Nothing to see here, just move along.
Ok, let's dumb it down a bit for you.
What jobs did the women hold, which jobs did the men hold?
My director of marketing makes more than my social media marketer, for instance.
If my director is a man...and my social media was a female...
then he would make more money <GASP!>
Give some examples of disparity, plz.
Kk tks.
Chris, you live in your parents' basement and play video games and spend the rest of your time making stop action legos videos, right? This must be the reason for your colossal ignorance.
LoL Absolutely, Chris. Today's special is salt caramel latte.
Excuse me, hon ... the first thing you need to do is go back and show me where I made any excuses for President Obama.
Really?! How hard were you looking?
What jobs did the women hold, which jobs did the men hold?
So your argument is Obama only trusts MEN to do the important jobs.
I get it now. Then everything is A-Okay!
Republicans are going to FORCE Romney to admit that part of the Republican Platform is to repeal Roe v. Wade and to do everything in their power to outlaw abortion.
If Romney refuses to accept and acknowledge that platform, he won't even be able to get votes from the Republican Base.
Romney must be stupid to act as though he doesn't know what we mean when WE say Republicans have an ongoing war against women, and Romney can be SURE that both Democrats AND Republicans will be after him on that issue! It's the "abortion issue" Romney, as well as "who has got the right to rule our womb"!
Obama / Biden 2012
No, Rob.
The secretary of state is female.
That's a pretty important role.
She also might be the next president, mmkay?
It was in the annual report sourced in the original post. You're free to look them up.
But why can't the Obama administration find qualified women that can hold the more lucrative positions in his administration? It just seems odd that a man like Obama who is so much for women's rights, equal pay for women, and fairness for women would have such a decrepancy in the pay for women in his administration. You'd think women would be earning even more than the men in adminstration for a man like Obama that is just so much for women!
Must be that old "Old White Boy" network Obama works off of that explains this problem.
Republicans are going to FORCE Romney to admit that part of the Republican Platform is to repeal Roe v. Wade and to do everything in their power to outlaw abortion.
AG, that's not a very astute assessment. If they weren't able to FORCE him to do it in the primary they sure won't do it in the general. My advice stick with the etcher sketch talking point.
Americanbimbo -
Because they outlawed abortion when bush was president and they had a majority vote right?
You libs are so pathetic and obvious with your blatant lies and propaganda.
why make him say it again?
He already said it once. It was on cameria. It's on youtube.
Just replay that badboy.
Also replay some of his better moments, and cap it off with Santorum's 'Better to vote for Obama than for Romney.'
That last one is a brutal nail to stick in a coffin. His own party-member is telling people not to vote for him. Ouchies.
Republican antics don't fly anymore :) They did for George W Bush, and he got away with a lot.
But youtube is now far too mainstream.
McCain was a victim to it.
Edwards was victimized.
Paul was victimized.
Now Romney is about to be victimized.
And if Santorum was still in the race? You got it. Another victim.
Now republicans actually have to be honest when they talk in front of cameras. And that means, they might actually have to pick someone that doesn't lie as a habit.
Goodluck finding that guy amongst the republican base.
Aww, Wayne, you just don't get it do you?
To quote the great Homer: "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand."
And I understand that you're jealous of my avatar. It is pretty @!$%#ing awesome, isn't it?
Roe V. Wade can only be repealed by a Constitutional amendment. You'd need a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress followed by 75% of the states to ratify it. Yeah, I don't see that happening either, so you can come out of your bunker now.
Chris, It's an awesome avatar for a third grader. I get what you are saying, and I understand that nobody would say anything like you do about women in jest. Please grow up just a little. You need to move out of the basement.
The secretary of state is female.
That's a pretty important role.
The rare exception, tek. Check out the link. Obama's record in just about every quarter sucks it.
And I'm sure you remember all the stories about how anti-women the working environment on Pennsylvania Avenue was early on, right?
http://samali.writersresidence.com/samples/obama-vs-bush-scorecard-on-cabinet-diversity
Doesn't matter.
Romney said 'Repeal Roe v. Wade'
On camera.
It's already splashing around youtube.
All the DNC needs to do is point people at it. A nice 'chop' video of some of his better campaign moments would be epic.
'States should be able to outlaw contraceptives. Repeal Roe v Wade. I like firing people. Corporations are people, my friend. In France, for instance, I'm told that marriage is now frequently contracted in
seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. "It's not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person."<cue Osama bin Laden picture> cap with "It's better to vote for Obama than for Romney." by Rick Santorum.
That's right. He wants to bring out some of that 2008 campaign on Obama, he should be expecting likewise. '7 year itch'. 'How green is your reich.' Everything that made him a bad choice for 2008 are still out there, mis amigos.
Read more: www.time.com/time/specials/2007/romney_gaffes/article/0,28804,1621231_1621230_1621227,00.html
#ixzz1rlUfYEye
Don't worry, you'll get there. Othert Libs have. It's all about what jobs the women have vs. what jobs the men have. Men must be much smarter because they got the cherry jobs in administration while women got the slimmer pickings. Kind of a contradiction of what Obama stands for, correct? He runs around the country telling us how much he's for women, he's for equal pay, he's for fairness, but when he had the chance to back it up, he seems to have come up short.
Can you explain why Obama, a man of the women, can't find women that aren't qualified for the more lucrative jobs in his administration Annie?
It's looking like there might be a problem here, maybe the EEOC should investigate?
I love the "i like firing people" you lying libs like feisty always bring up. Talk about taking something out of context to lie to people. You libs are disgusting.
An interesting question. I don't know what the dildo laws are in your state!
But do you actually feel the Republicans are as bad as some make us out to believe? Yeah, I want bad water, poor air and all of that other junk coming from the Progressive side. LOL! Wayne though, buys into the party line on that.
Don't be a stooge, think for yourself.
A simple question: will you be better off with another four years of Obama? Really???????
Face it, the Obama image is as tarnished as his administration. The real issue with the women financial failures is not the cause of the Republican Party, but the failures of the Obama administration.
Obama says a lot of bs on camera too. Most every day. Like when Obama says "I'm for unions!" or "I'm for women!"
If the Romney administration wastes 2 seconds on this, I'll call for his impeachment.
Because they outlawed abortion when bush was president and they had a majority vote right?
trudat - Is this an admission that the GOP is actually "Pro-choice", and only use "Roe v Wade", anti abortion issue, to pander to the evangelical vote? Or as Carl Rove puts it, "The nut-job vote"
Obama/Biden - 2012
Don't listen to Wayne, Chris ... he's just jealous of your awesome avatar because all the girls here want to meet you in the back alley ....
... while armed with our transvaginal probes.
The Virginia legislature called and said to assure you that it won't hurt a bit.
So I totally checked out your source about diversity.
"In fact, less than half, or 43 percent, of Obama's Cabinet appointments are white and male, compared with Bush, who had 52 percent.
Similarly, 30 percent of Obama's Cabinet appointments are women and 39 percent are Black, Latino and Asian, while women comprised only 21 percent of Bush's initial Cabinet appointments, and Blacks, Latinos and Asians were 30 percent."
Um...I fail to see the problem here. someone fill me in, plz?
From the article, it's saying Obama has given a 9% jump for minority representation in a mere single cycle.
That's kinda impressive, actually. Hillary put a thousand cracks in the glass ceiling, but it takes time for the shards to break up and fall down.
Wayne!!!
OMG, you totally guessed it!!! I didn't think that you were smart enough to figure it out that I am 100% serious in everything I post!!! But you did it!!! I'm sooooo impressed!!! I didn't think any of the posters on this board were smart enough to get that!!!
Gold star for you, my friend!!! Gold star!!!
ANNA, I LOVE YOU EVEN MORE THAN EVER!!! MARRY ME AND HAVE MY BABIES!!!
Who's talking about diversity? Womens pay! 18% less than the men get in the Obama administration. Explain!
Looks like Annie is more interested in talking about vaginal probes than womens pay. To each their own I guess.
Pssst, Mitt, the harder you try to claim there is no war on women, the more obvious it becomes that you are clueless. How silly to fill the backdrop with women in an effort to make him seem more women friendly. We really are not stupid, Mitt, we can spot a fake from 50 yards; we know when it's phoney and we recognize "pious baloney" when we hear it.
Yes, no evidence to the contrary.
Well, if you don't, you sure have a funny way of showing it.
Translation: Think like you.
No, thanks, I'd rather be a stooge with the right values.
Yep. The Equal Pay Act was first passed in 1963 because Congress just KNEW that President Obama was coming.
Dearest Chris --
I DO appreciate the offer, truly, but we don't have to be married for me to do what I want to do to you.
Fabulous post Anna! You do make me laugh!
Always my pleasure, Wayne. And thank you so much for starting it. It's been a trip.
Gotta go do my job for a while. See you later. :-)
tek, please explain what you mean when you say Hillary put a thousand cracks in the glass ceiling? I'm trying to figure out just what did she do besides staying married to a womanizing husband who has no respect for women.
Don't get we wrong, I liked Hillary and feel she would have been better offer dumping Bill. In fact I might have voted for her had she dumped Bill.
“When people ask me, 'Mitt just how many piercings do you have? I always say 'more than I need but less than I want.'"
Romney had many opportunities to convince women that he is not a part of the Teapublican War on Women. He shouldn't say he supports "personhood" legislation that could make many forms of birth control illegal, he could have said that Limbaugh's 3-day rampage of lies against Sandra Fluke was not acceptable, he shouldn't say he plans to end Planned Parenthood, when he was in Wisconsin he shouldn't have supported Scott Walker who just rejected legislation on equal pay for women -- Forgetabout it Mitt. "We don't believe you!"
We'll let Democrats go nuts over all the little "wedge" issues......
In the meantime, Romney will focus on Jobs, Economy, Debt ... the real stuff.
Here's my prediction. Romney lost the fight. ; ) Too little too late.
TO: Rob in ma-3189632 who wrote:
Republicans are going to FORCE Romney to admit that part of the Republican Platform is to repeal Roe v. Wade and to do everything in their power to outlaw abortion.
"AG, that's not a very astute assessment. If they weren't able to FORCE him to do it in the primary they sure won't do it in the general. My advice stick with the etcher sketch talking point."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
We don't have "talking points" in my Party like they do in the Republican Party, and obviously you're not familiar with the "Republican Platform" and you've never watched the Republican Convention.
No matter how you twist it, that's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it!
Obama / Biden 2012
Andrew Stiles staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon wrote this:
"Female employees in the Obama White House make considerably less than their male colleagues, records show.
According to the 2011 annual report on White House staff, female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, which was about 18 percent less than the median salary for male employees ($71,000)".
I see there is a REAL "War on Women" at the White House!!
Now let's see the left wing nut jobs defend this... BOOM... ROASTED!!
Now that's just tooo funny!!
AM -- you're on fire today.
The day Romney and any other right-wingers really addresses the problems of inequality -- not just for women, but any American -- is the day the 99% will give a sh!t. President Obama even mentioned the higher cost for women's dry cleaning the other day. Women care about economic security for damn sure, and that includes affordable health care, education for their kids, Social Security, etc. -- All the things Teapublicans want to destroy.
Lilly Lebetter's story is one that Romney and all Teapbulicans should study. One thing she pointed out was the long-term ramifications of being paid 40% less than her male counterparts, which includes how much Social Security she will collect. What part of this don't people on the Right get?
It's such a shame that even now in the 21st Century women are still discriminated against in so many ways, yet now they are being forced to fight for the most basic, small freedoms they thought they already won -- like Rove v Wade.
As for Romney, how many women has Bain Capital put out of work? How many women's jobs have Teapublicans shipped overseas? If Romney really cared about the Great Recession and women being out of work, he will have to reject voodoo economic policies and Paul Ryan's budget -- gees, you know he'd have to become a Democrat -- well hell, enough of this stupid conversation, just vote for Obama/Biden - 2012!
Romney is desperate to call a truce in the GOP's war against women because he will not win without their votes. He won't be able to negotiate the truce without the cooperation of the virulently misogynist GOP leadership, however. Kinda sucks to be him, doesn't it?
Mittsie,Mittsie, Mittsie, you didn't read the post's you can't lie you can't make sh,it up we have a new thing it's called INTERNET thats INTERNET thats when you can look up statements in seconds and tell if it's true.
Call your owner CARL ROVE and let him know it wont work. Your a liar he's a liar you politician friends are liars and you will lose because you are devoid of truth
True Pat --
Thank you for the kind words. Republicans should be credited, of course, for providing the material.
Well, I can't speak for all of them, but here's what ONE person on the right -- Wisconsin State Senatory Glenn Grothman -- doesn't get --
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/glenn-grothman-wisconsin-state-senator-women-money-important-men-article-1.1059872
And here's some very incisive commentary on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZwTwtUY3lk
The reason I find this whole thing so interesting is that this actually may have happened to me when I was a fledgling lawyer. It was common for lawyers to believe that married male associates should be paid more if their wives didn't work than married female associates whose husbands did work. It didn't matter that they both worked equally hard and did equal quality work. The deciding factor was simply that one couple had made a certain lifestyle choice, and was rewarded for it, while another couple made a different lifestyle choice, and was penalized for it. To take it one step further, I highly suspect that if a female attorney had chosen to work while her husband stayed home, she would NOT have been rewarded for that, on the theory that it was the man who should have been the REAL breadwinner. To many of my colleagues, even in the 1980s, women worked in professions only as hobby jobs.
I know firsthand that this attitude existed then because it was stated to me, more than once, as if it was God's truth. I suspect it affected my pay at that time, as well. And now Glenn Grothman confirms for us all unequivocally that this same sexist, discriminatory attitude still exists.
Cluelessness, your name is Grothman, and those who think like you.
As for Romney, if he was interested in defending women's rights, he would defend women's rights. That goes for Paul Ryan, too. Res ipsa loquitur.
Thank you, True Pat, for letting me vent.
Unfortunately the unemployment number really should be slightly above 9%. The office that produces the monthly percentage unemployment number is not counting workers that have given up looking for replacement jobs.
The total percentage of Americans 18-66 has declined from 66% under Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush, to less than 63% under Obama. That's 7.4 million additional working age Americans not working under Obama. The number includes counted and uncounted unemployed Americans.
Maxx Power -- The president cannot single-handily change eons of discrimination.
Take the 18% less that women earn compared to men -- This is largely a result of female-dominated industries (teaching, nursing) or lower-level positions like secretary versus manager. The fields that require a college degree like teaching and nursing is a shame because the pay is so low in comparison to male jobs like plumbers or what have you. The lower-level position issue was well addressed by Sandra Day O'Conner, who tells the story about when she applied to be an attorney and was offered a job as secretary.
The difference in pay for the same job is absolutely unacceptable. Often times this has gone on for years without the woman knowing it (as was the case with Lilly Ledbetter). Anyone with daughters who can't see what's wrong with this needs to have their heads examined.
In the meantime, the president has done what he can, such as appointing two women to the SCOTUS. To claim that he is as bad about women's right as Teapublicans is complete crap.
Last time I checked, Secretary of State was very important. George Bush put a woman in the same office' where were you then???
And how the hell is Obama waging a war on women??? He didn't cause them to lose their jobs, or voted to send a probe up a woman's vagina, or try to ban abortion in necessary cases, or try to violate a women's reproductive privacy. Last time I checked, the GOP did that. So @!$%# you, Romney. Your policies would only help the wealthy women.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
AM -- That attitude about so-called "bread winners" is still prevalent in many fields...though of course there are many single working mothers out there who ARE the head of the household and the primary wage earner, and yet these women are struggling to support themselves and their family and Teapublicans sure don't give a sh!t.
Here's another example -- Sales jobs with commission. I know a woman who was doing business on her cell while in labor in the hospital. If she did not make quota, she would lose her job. In the meantime, when it came to territory, males sales reps felt they should get better account assignments because they have families to support.
The Mormon religion is very much into the patriarch thing, so I further question Romney's understanding of equality in regard to employment and earnings for women. But suffice it to say he is both a Republican and a 1%er and therefore a complete joke when he talks about women's rights and economic justice.
Exactly so, True Pat. Exactly so. I see no evidence that Mitt Romney has ever had any experience with women who have real economic stress, other than handing out pink slips at Bain.
And neither has Glenn Grothman, one of Stephen Colbert's "Lady Heroes," who knows all there is to know about women, and yet has never been married or had a long-term relationship with a woman.
If you haven't seen this already, it's priceless.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/412126/april-10-2012/stephen-colbert-s-lady-heroes---glen-grothman
Once again, Romney is ducking the actual issues and trying to pull the discussion back to money, the one and only thing he is familiar enough with to comment on.
Money, money, money. It's the entirety of Romney's narrative and being, and it's the reason he cannot relate to any of the issues anybody else raises. If it's not purely about money, Romney cannot talk about it. He literally lacks the ability to talk about anything else.
I have seen how the liberals treat women. The remarks about Gov. Brewer were sexist and immature.
Jan Brewer is mentally incompetent, and that has nothing to do with her gender.
1. Romney is the most radically anti-women candidate in a generation. He supports banning all abortions, backed a so-called "personhood" amendment that could make certain forms of birth control illegal, and says he would "get rid of" federal funding for Planned Parenthood that provides preventive services like cancer screenings for millions of women.
2. Romney would repeal Obamacare. Insurance companies would once again be allowed to run up premiums, unjustifiably deny coverage for pre-existing conditions, drop patients when they get sick, discriminate against women by charging them more for coverage than men, and spend more of your premium dollars on CEO profits and bonuses instead of your actual health care.
3. Romney doesn't have what it takes to be Commander in Chief. He shifts positions on serious foreign policy and security questions for political reasons, and his only clear commitment is to endless wars: He has no plan to end the war in Afghanistan and would leave our troops there indefinitely. He called the President's decision to bring our troops home from Iraq by last Christmas "tragic."
4. Romney's economic plans would take more money from the middle class and give it to corporations and millionaires like him who don't need it. Under Romney, millionaires and billionaires would get a $250,000 tax cut, while families with kids making less than $40,000 a year would, on average, actually see their taxes go up. He also opposes the Buffett Rule so that millionaires can continue to take advantage of loopholes and special deals to pay a lower tax rate than the middle class. And he supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.
5. Romney would end Medicare as we know it -- replacing it with a voucher scheme that would drive profits for insurance companies by forcing seniors to purchase private insurance, paying whatever costs a voucher wouldn't cover out of their own limited budgets.
Jim Messina
Kevin T. I would not hold the door open for Sarah Palin, or Jan Brewer. I will not stand to let either of them sit in a crowded room. Palin and Brewer have forfeited the right to be treated like ladies in my eyes.
Anna Molly, now this is just the dumbest statement you could make!
Are you really for real? Better watch out, you are nearing Feisty in rational.
The 92.3% stat is impossibly high--it makes no statistical sense and it fails the test of common sense.
What is the source of this misinformation (classic Republican strategy)?
@Fancy This, Romney knows his idiotic base will fall for this ploy.
He's Mitt Romney, he don't need any facts. If he says it, its true. I thought everyone knew that by now.
Or was ... or will be. At some point.
It's not true. 3.4 million men have lost jobs and 1.8 million women lost jobs in the recession, and the unemployment rate is still lower for women than for men. See here for one source: http://www.khou.com/news/national/147071725.html
I knew it didn't make any sense. Thank you for that link.
My pleasure.
The Mittronic Rombot strikes again, programmed with non-sensical R.N.C. talking points, he spews forth his anti-reality gobbledegook. They should upgrade him from Commodore 64 to Intel w/ Windows 7.
How can anyone take this piece of work seriously? Seriously.
Fore: Many, many people take Romney seriously, because they realize our country is in dire trouble and we need Romney's vast expertise to turn this country around.
3 Consecutive Years of Unemployment over 8% -- not acceptable
3 Consecutive Years of Under-employment over 16% -- not acceptable
Debt over $15 Trillion - not acceptable
Deficit over $1.1 Trillion - not acceptable
Credit downgraded - not acceptable
Half-a-Billion Dollars Wasted on Solyndra alone --- not acceptable
ObamaCare Disaster - absolutely Not acceptable....
TO: paul-440967 who wrote:
Pauly, Romney's experience is eliminating jobs, laying off American Workers, and shipping American Jobs overseas, not to mention all of those employee pensions he kept for him and his partners to divide, leaving all those folks who put their hard money into their pension plans high and dry, you know, just like he wants to do with out Social Security and Medicare money!
And Republicans have ALSO had 3-1/2 years to turn this country around but instead did everything in their power to STALL our recovery because they were more interested in the political benefits of maintaining a POOR economy than they were in creating any JOBS JOBS JOBS for the American People.
Now you want to give the folks who caused the Economic Collapse of the Entire United States Economy their jobs back, even though they did NOTHING to solve any of the problems they created!
No way.
Obama / Biden 2012
Paul 440697BR549,
Who was responsible for crashing the economy? Not this president, so that takes care of your first four talking points. Oh, and 25 consecutive months of economic growth, but you can't have a recovery without a disaster.
Standard and Poor credit rating agency specifically cited the Republican party unwillingness to compromise on the budget as the reason for the downgrade.
Next up, Solyndra put out of business by Chinese government subsidized solar technology. Those dumb Chinese, investing in alternative energy; what are they thinking?
And finally, the ACA, modelled on both Bob Dole's legislation in '93 and Romney's successful Massachusetts plan.
That all you got?
*ding*
School is OUT.
Wrong, wrong. ALL WRONG.
3 Consecutive years of unemployment over 8%-caused by the worst recession since the Great Depression and a lack of cooperation from both parties.
3 Consecutive years of underemployment over 16%-caused by all of the above and a lack of spending bills to stimulate economy.
Debt over $15 trillion-caused by the recession and the reckless fiscal policies of the Bush administration.
Deficit over $1.1 trillion-caused by the recession and the reckless fiscal policies of the Bush administration (i.e. tax cuts, wars, Medicare part D).
Credit Downgraded-caused by the GOP refusing Obama's deficit package because it had some tax increases (THANK YOU TRAITOR NORQUIST!!).
Half-a-billion wasted on Solyndra alone-terrible miscalculation but a normal failure; hurt by Chinese subsidies.
Obamacare Disaster-will reduce the deficit, insure millions more people, and save money from Medicare savings. Also step towards universal healthcare.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
Absolutely right, 3 major fallacies of politics,#1 entitlements/welfare cures all societal ailments. #2 The Republican Party is fiscally responsible. #3 tax cuts act like pixie dust and cures all economic chaos.
The downgrade happened because we were unable to cut the deficit. That is the democrats fault. They owned all 3 branches of govt.
The crash of the housing market started the mess. Barny Franks said Fanny and Freddie were ok, no problems. He and Chris Dodd are the main culprits. Republicans were stupid and believed him. And if you all recall, the crash happened under a democrat controlled congress. Bush was a lame duck. The business community will not expand when they are unsure of the leader to be. They did not trust Obama then, and the poor economy shows they still do not trust him.
I am a Clinton supporter. Bill said the era of big govt is over. Guess he was wrong. Bill compromised with the republicans, and all went well for everyone. Obama will not compromise and we get a disaster. High gas prices, middle east in turmoil, N. Korea set to launch a ICBM. NDAA 2012. Hell I can go on and on.
No don't, have mercy and spare us from any more of your ignorance.
Amen, TruePat.
Unfortunately, that is not true. The downgrade did occur because we were unable to cut the deficit, but it was not entirely the Democrats' fault. They only controlled 2 branches (Senate and White House), and their hold on the Senate was precarious thanks to the filibuster. In addition, Obama could not have cut the deficit during the recession, as that would have made things worse. Obama did actually offer a $4 trillion deficit package that was bipartisan, but the GOP balked because it had tax increases. In a way, it was primarily the GOP's fault that we got downgraded because they refused to compromise.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
Onward gallant Republicans, and draw your mighty swords, err, I mean "vaginal probes", and put these damn women in their place!!!
They belong in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant, the way God intended it to be.
Palin/Snooky - 2012 YeeeHaaaa!
I nominate Octo-Mom as Press Secratary...
They all know plenty about birthin....
Feisty, If Octo-Mom has one more kid, we'd also have a Supreme Court....
Actually, she has 14 so we have a couple of spares... lol
I've had sonograms during my pregnancies and none of them involved probing...just gel and a wand on the tummy. All that aside, how can you even get a surgical abortion without going through the vagina?
I've had a medically necessary vaginal ultra-sound & it involves more then 'a little gel & wand on the tummy'.
Let's just say it is not a pleasant experience!
Forcing someone to go throught one, endure the humilation & cost involved = State Rape!
I've had sonograms, too. The uproar is over these men in various states such as Virginia and Texas, who decided that, pre-abortion, women should be subjected to vaginal sonograms. Totally unnecessary. Even if the abortion will be done vaginally, why have someone probing around before just to "take a look at things." It's just one more demeaning hoop for women to jump through. Men who come up with these things are just creepy.
ultrasounds, sonograms, contraceptives...
Gee, if Obama did screw his female staff over on pay they probably could afford such services, huh?
123 -
i guess it isnt intrusive as long as you are pulling a fetus out.
As soon as the details of the ultrasound became apparent, nobody agreed to it. The fact is, Nobody knew it would involve anything like that.
I was under the impression the purpose of the ultrasound was to determine how many weeks along the baby was.
Judy, stop LYING. Nobody knew the details of the sonograms, and as soon as they did -- they put a stop to it.
Jeez...they just do abortions without even knowing how far along the pregnancy is? Pretty sick.
"Nobody knew the details of the sonograms, and as soon as they did -- they put a stop to it."
So nobody knew a vaginal probe ultrasound would actually involve probing the vagina? Really?
Well, of course this Republican idiot is going to try and spin the war on women. I'm going to have to assume Mrs. idiot is either really stupid, or really wants to be the First Lady as much as the Mittster want to be POTUS. Either way, she has alot of nerve standing there behind him all smiles and waving. Stupidity and/or ambition won't cut it come November, when actual thinking women re-elect President Obama.
The current Democrat take-over of women's health and bodies.... will hold back
women 40 years. Its demeaning and condescending.
I work with mostly women, and they think its ridiculous for Democrats to pretend that grown-up women want government to tell private employers how to pay females.
It could actually backfire on women, because many women are paid more than men if they do a better job.
hmmm...
The economy is lousy for everybody, including women.
While I've been critical of Romney's moderate tendencies with good reason, it is clear he is prepared to contest Obama. His narrative is much sharper than McCain's and let's face it- the guy's younger, better looking, and more articulate. Obama did not distance himself from McCain until the housing meltdown- he will have no such luxury this time. Polls are meaningless right now- incumbents are always leading this far ahead of an election.
The mainstream media polls like ABC News/WaPost are especially meaningless, since they stack the deck...their last poll had 23% Republicans, 34% Democrats...and surprise, Obama won that poll! The one on election day wont be so biased.
Romney's highly prepared; highly educated, highly qualified and highly experienced.
Romney worked 25 years in the real world, along with being a Governor. Being a Governor is one of the
Best Qualifications and preparation for being President, too.
Romney is presidential.
Are you kidding? Fred Flintstone would do a better job than Romney, Paul.
I see the liberal press is abandoning all pretext of being unbiased. From now on, even the most off-the-wall criticism of Romney will immediately become headline news.
Meanwhile real stories - like Obama's begging Putin to give him until after the election to kill our missile defense program - are swept under the rug.
Were you under the impression this was a news source?
Sorry bud, its just a propaganda machine.
<sigh> You got me there, truedat ...
Obama made the Mother-of-All-Gaffes when he warned/threatened the Supreme Court.
That's the epitomy of arrogance and stupidity. Nothing can top it.
"Corporations are people too, my friend."
"I don't care about the poor."
He openly boasted about the pleasure he takes in firing people.
Romney inserts his foot in his mouth every time he speaks
I can go on and on Paul, and I will if you continue to spout faux talking points.
Go Mitt....this country needs a bright, articulate, intelligent, family loving leader.....
We already have one...
The last thing we need is Willard, the 'poster boy' for cruelty to animals...
We have no leader
Feisty, you go, girl..Please, please go with the shameful lies about the Romney dog Seamus, in the dog carrier in 1983.......it is all ya got. Cant defend the indefensible economy under the failure Obama.
It only highlights that liberals have no "shame'. Any lie goes...
Yes rukidding, your party has no leader. How sad.
For once and for all Boob, the dog story was even on your god Fox News! His own son used this story, which the family still finds hilarious, as an example of how Mitt is a great problem solver. Mitt knew just what to do when his dog, stuffed in an "airtight" box on the roof of his car, crapped all over the rear window on a 9 hour drive to Canada. He took the dog off the roof, hosed it down, hosed off the box and the car, and put the wet, panicked, deafened dog back onto the roof. Wallace asked Romney what he was thinking in a Fox interview. Look it up on www.dogsagainstromney.com You Boob, are the liar.
To this day Willard insists Seamus enjoyed it up there...
Even though the crap all over the car said otherwise...
Say Boob - aren't you running late for your daily probe? Your day without one is like a day without sunshine!
V-Bob, It's like Deja-Vu. Seamus @!$%# on him in 1983, and the American people are going to @!$%# on him in 2012!!
Obama/Biden - 2012
We can't afford 4 more years of Obama.
Under Obama, we've had:
3 Consecutive Years of Unemployment Over 8%; and Under-employ't. 16%;
$15 Trillion Debt and over $1.1 Trillion Deficit;
ObamaCare Disaster;
Half-a-Billion Dollars Wasted on Solyndra which still went under; 1100 jobs lost;
etc.
For Romney to do what he did to his dog, he was either stupid or cruel or both. Does this qualify him to be president? In Romney's case, wisdom will not come with age. Bush was an animal abuser as well, and look where that got us. He used to mutilate frogs for kicks when he was a kid. Again, stupid, cruel, or both? Nobody would look in "W's" direction and say, "Now there is a wise, self actualizing person!"
@ Paul- You forget the almost trillion bucks lost in that pointless war in Iraq. There is a huge difference cash wise, isn't there? Let's vote republican and do the double dip recession! Obama has been cleaning up your guys mess!
Paul, you are nothing but a tiresome, tedious fox news drone. Your man did the damage.
Wayne: I love animals and don't believe this was cruel and inhuman to put the dog in a carrier on top of the car. I see people driving around in trucks with their dogs running loose in the bed of the truck and I'm more concerned they'll jump out when the truck is running and get hit by an oncoming car. Also do you know where they store animals on airplanes. Not all animals fit in a carrier under the seat.
Well gran canyon, let me strap you to the roof of my car. I'll even give you a magazine. Let's see how pleasant it is for you. Then I'll have you try some of that water boarding. That isn't supposed to hurt either according to your guys. I am with you on putting dogs in pick up beds. That is cruel as well. Yours is a weak defense though.
Well, seeing as how Obama loves to throw money around like its going out of style. Isnt he spending that in deficit spending for ONE FISCAL YEAR? Yup, just what I thought.
Obama care is not a disaster, it hasn't started. Can't be worse than what is currently available where we pay double per capita income than all other industrialized countries, and our outcomes in cancer, vascular disease, diabetes, pulmonary disease IS WORSE! 2 wars at a cost of +2 trillion, 10+ years of Bush tax cuts= 4 trillion in lost revenue and The Great Bush Depression.
The other Paul needs less Hannity.
www.usdebtclock.org We are all in trouble - men, women and children. US debt per person nearly $50,000 and growing. It has to stop. Obama is turning us into Greece.
And, what did George W. Bush turn us into with HIs 10 year old wars, 9/11, and the total Collapse Of Our Financial Institutions?
Give me a break.
Wow, are you dense.
9/11 wasn't Bush's fault. And Obama spends over $1T in deficit spending in one year. Now THAT is troubling.
Give ME a break.
With alot of help from George Bush wars costing +2 trillion and Bush tax breaks costing lost revenue of 4 trillion, and The Great Bush Depression that caused us to throw money via a stimulus (which has done more than what Faux news will admit) 450 major infrastructural projects) and the big bail outs, 9/11 wasn't Bush's fault true, invading Iraq for WMD was, Obama spending 1 trillion in one year in a modern day depression scenario IS NOT troubling, to prevent a collapse.
This analysis by the Washington Post of the deficits of the Bush years vs. the President Obama administration is very revealing:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/adding-to-the-deficit-bush-vs-obama/2012/01/31/gIQAQ0kFgQ_graphic.html
Mitt, Listen to this, You can state whatever "fact or percentages" on Women you may come up with. But, you're NOT one of us And I don't Believe One Word You Say - not one.
Period.
Face it, ladies. I don't which side of the political divide you are on, as long as men are the ones holding power, they will do everything they can to keep women barefoot and in the kitchen (I don't say pregnant, because a few of us ladies here are a bit, just a little bit, over the child bearing age).
Quite a bigoted remark there phine. You need to look at the Gread Divider and his administration to answer you queries. There lies the issue - Obama.
winemaker,
I am in a "I hate all men" type of mood. And both parties (the men in them) love control - and controlling the little woman is part of the plan.
Well Phine, I certainly won't take that last post personally, but I am not in a mood to stick up for my gender. You are right. Controlling women and "keeping them in their place," has always been a part of the plan.
" But, you're NOT one of us"
Us, being, of course, the Democratic base...those who, as Gov Christie said, are "a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for their next government check"..
and if ANYONE knows a thing or to about sitting AROUND the couch cashing government checks, I'd say Crispy Creme is ON IT!
Obama can't run on accomplishments.....so he has to make up issues.........can't wait till the presidential debates!!!!
He doesnt have to make up issues, all his little minions do that for him.
1hiram
Of course the President can run on his accomplishments, and he will. These vaginal probe issues all started with the Republican/Tea Party vowing to create jobs and instead created the war on women. Now your nominee is going to have to deal with it. But I do agree with you on one thing......the debates will be AWESOME!!!!!! OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me either!
Willard will have to take a stand right then & there!
He won't be able to see what the latest polls are saying before he gives an answer!
Best part is, the majority of America will get a first hand look at what a flip-flopper the worm is...
*popcorn*?
Willard needs to expand his horizons and get some real interviews on real news networks. The president will not agree to hold the debates with all foxnews commentators.
Urkel will be clueless without his teleprompter and planted questions.........
Will Obama actually answer a question this time around? Probably not, his constituents dont expect that much from him, just pander away.
Would you be so kind as to point me to WHEN teleprompters have EVER been used in Presidential debates?
Or ANY debates for that matter...
Keep on digging - you are making a bigger fool out of yourself with each passing post! lmao
The mind truly is a terrible thing to waste - what is left of yours resembles a 'noocular' wasteland!
So what part of "without teleprompter" do you not comprehend??
and yet, in all those debates in 2007 and 2008, then Candidate Obama didn't use a teleprompter and he won the Democratic Nomination and the Presidency DECISIVELY!
I would argue based on the hoof in mouth disease Romney seems to suffer from,...it is Romney that will be buried under his own inability to HAVE a position and articulate it.
Hey, Feist! Popcorn?
Mitt: Already having to flip-flop, backtrack, scamble to remove himself from the GOP "war on women". He forgets one thing...women know better and majority of women will NOT vote GOP.
Mitt will be doing alot of flip-flopping, backtracking, scrambling, denying...but it is all there for the nation to see!
Bob, the head Clown of the Posse must be lighting up her nose a bit today with her constant critism of you. I though you were on the ignore list?
The Republican / Tea Party clearly demonstrate a stubborn and arrogant focus on conning the people and manipulating public opinion to allow their return to dominance. Teamed with “big money’s” power, influence and financial support and emboldened by past successes they are cocky with confidence in their ability to deceive, control and sway people’s thinking to first, fault Obama for all problems, second, to accept their goals benefitting only the few and last, to support a return to “more of the same”. Can we endure “more of the same”, Bush-Cheney style?
This list is just some of the deceptions included in “more of the same”, without elaboration, and simply assuming that the arrogant and insulting, grossly self-serving and belligerently dishonest nature of the issues will be remembered. Remember: the multiple tax cuts heavily weighted for the wealthy; Global Warming stated as not a problem; private accounts recommended for Social Security; the actual minimized/ignored warnings before 9/11 while concentrating on Iraq; trumped up justification for attacking Iraq; abandoned effort in Afghanistan; Afghanistan presented as secure; the false coalition with America paying 95%+; Iraqi oil money never paying for the war as was proposed; pressure put on the intelligence community for finding justification; including the authorized departure from Geneva Convention rules; frequent misrepresentations to manipulate public opinion; no bid contracts ($100B’s) to favored vendors; responsibility for port security offered to Dubai Ports; always excusing the growing deficit and unfavorable trade deficit; the apathetic reaction to the hurricane Katrina aftermath; blocking bringing less costly American drugs back into the US; vengefully exposing the CIA agent's identity; squelching the “wiretapping without court order” story; falsely raising the security threat level before 2004 election; the excessive deregulation and the lack of any responsible oversight always favoring the few and resulting in unchecked greed, gross dishonesty and criminal self-indulgence eventually bringing down the financial industry; encouraging the deportation of American jobs and taxes; the sociopathic GWBush falsely presented as a “born again Christian”; and then after Bush-Cheney: the Republican continually belligerent total concentration on their political ambitions; stubbornly obstructing and faulting all efforts to address problems; irresponsibly withholding any bipartisan cooperation; aggressively intimidating and coercing their own representatives to force unity; supporters organizing, directing and sponsoring the Tea Party movement, much like the ‘Swiftboat” effort and the manipulation of the Christian block, aimed to deceptively excite and sway public opinion; ... on and on, everything totally without any conscience, with complete disregard for responsibility and always aimed to benefit only the few, their supporters and controllers, while insultingly taking the people for granted.
Rgiles: Is this really Axelrod or Plouffe? This is quite an angry- lengthy post. I'm sure we could also list as long of a post about the failures of the Obama administration. But I'll just mention one: 17 mil people STILL unemployed.
RGiles:
NAILED IT!!! Blast back kudos, the hammer don't hit any harder than that!
It is what it is. I don't know who these independent fact checkers are but Romney's numbers are accurate and have been verified. Obama is worried about whether the Catholic Church will pay for Condoms and Birth control pills. Romney would like to help people, not just woment, find and keep jobs. The people will decide who has the better ideas.
Sorry Ron, But the independent fact checkers are finding that most Romney's numbers are not very accurate.
I guess Romney's numbers were "verified" by fox news, the network for RWNJ suckers.
GT, Wayne, Don't let a little thing like the facts get in the way of your Bull$hit. Here are the facts.
From January 2009 through the release of the March numbers on Friday, women lost 683,000 jobs and men 57,000. That’s the sources of the 92.3 percent." Well, it is what it is.
Now if you have different numbers, let's see them. If not, STFU.
Ron, Read the whole article you are quoting. You forgot the BLS take on his innaccurate statement.
Ron, if the numbers are correct how many of the construction industry that built houses, the electricains, plumbers, carpenters....that lost there jobs, how many of them were women. To get to a number of 92% almost all of them would have to be women. And you know I've never been at a construction site where more than about 1% of them were women.
Explain that....are you telling me the construction industry is made of of 100% women...90%, give me a number
Ron, Women make up only 9% of the construction labor market. How can you get 92% of those laid off women when the construction industry (those that built new homes) got decimated in 2009. The sector alone would make the 92% impossible.
Verified....where....
All we seem to get from the simple minded like Don, GT,and Wayne is Rhetoric, with no facts. I could give a $hit less what sector took it in the shorts. We're talking about job loss, not sector, and gender, not who can swing a hammer.
Here are the facts.
. In January 2009, there were 288,000 jobs lost by women in the private sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The next month, there were 201,000. In March, there were 240,000. In April, it was 276,000. That's more than 1 million private sector jobs lost by women in the first 3.5 months of Obama's presidency.
Now the facts are what the facts are. You can point the blame finger. You can say it's not true, or you can keep your mouths shut and quit showing your ignorance. Romney's numbers are accurate. There are all kinds of reasons why it happened, none of which change the facts. If Obama wants to explain it, fine. But deny it, he can't.
And folks that say it isn't true are just plain ignorant.
"In January 2009, there were 288,000 jobs lost by women in the private sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."
And the president didn't take office until 1/20/09, so how could his policies possibly have caused those job losses? Just btw, when you quote Rush Limbaugh word-for-word, it doesn't do much for your credibility. Just sayin.
Here's where it's been fact-checked: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/apr/10/mitt-romney/romney-campaign-says-women-were-hit-hard-job-losse/
News flash -- It is NOT Obama who is turning us into Greece, Its the GOP/tp's ala Grover Norquist who REFUSE ANYTHING that RESEMBLES TAX FAIRNESS. It is NOT fair that someone who basically gets to sit back on their @ss, collecting nice tidy sums of money and THEN has to pay WAY less in taxes then someone who ACTUALLY goes out and MAKES something.
PLEASE Tell me the FAIRNESS in THAT ! ?
(see Buffett Rule)
The GOP is REALLY GOOD at railing against the deficit, and blame in on Obama and the *liberal* agenda. BUT when it comes to them actually *chipping in* to decrease the deficit?
NO ! NO ! NO! We CANNOT RAISE TAXES!
If the GOP wins the senate and the POTUS come Nov. You'll see them devastate social programs and CLAIM its to "pay down" the deficit! But ask the RICH to do the same? They have already shown their hand at how they will *bait & Switch* with their style of campaigning!
Especially with this crap about womens issues.
Oh where to begin: contraceptive coverage? (if a MAN can get Viagra coverage, WHY can't women get contraceptive coverage? )
Forced ultra-sounds?
restricting access to abortions even if the mothers life is in danger? (NOTE: My own DAUGHTER had an octopic pregnancy. She even ASKED The Dr if there was a way to *MOVE* it to "where it belongs" And was told no, there is no way to do that)
Equal pay for equal work?
Throw in the mix about voter suppression rules cropping up all over the place, and you have the *START* of a pretty good picture of GOP style campaigning, 2012!
AND they are starting to realize how stupid this *war-on-women* has been with their Ostrich-style head-stuck-in-the-sand mentality. IF they DENY it, it doesn't exist !??! Reminds of a little child who doesn't want to HEAR any criticism, so they stick their fingers in their ear and then sing REALLY LOUD;
" LA, LA-LA, LA-LA' i CAN'T H-E-A-R YOU "!!! ( see Mitch Mc Connell's comment on how the women of the senate "aren't mentioning"? the war-on-women! )
I've been voting since '73, and in all those yrs, I have NEVER seen a candidate as proficiant at flip-flopping as *Etch-A-sketch Romney! Its going to be almost funny, if not ludicrous, or sad or dangerously stupid to watch Mitt trying to *walk-back* from his stand on issues.
I also think that though the GOP LIKES the negative-style of lieing and cheating and throwing other candidates under the Bus, indies and Dems? NOT so much! And nor -- as has been pointed out -- has he -- OR the GOP, come out with ANY plan with SPECIFICS on HOW they will manage the steward-ship of the country other then to give BIG tax breaks to those that need it the LEAST !
This really saddens me to see this. I am an *INDIE* I VOTE For whom I feel the best candidate is based on what I believe in. But the GOP this yr is SOOO Far to the right, they aren't going over the cliff, they are going off the EDGE OF THE EARTH !
Why don't romney aknowledge what the repug governors are doing to women access to birth control and reproductive rights (AZ, MO, PA, AL, MS, TX, FL,) just to name a few. This is where the WAR on WOMEN is taking place. Republicans have never been for equal pay for women or equal anything for women. As for romney, his morman faith will never allow him to see women as equals! LADIES! if you don't do it for yourselves, do it for your daughters. I'll alway vote for those that are the least threatening to her!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!
Strong, independent-thinking women DON'T NEED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY to protect them, to speak for them, to give them freebies or take-over their healthcare, etc.
Democratic Party will set women back 40 years if they keep up this garbage and their manufactured war on women.
Its Obama's OWN Democratic Party, his own administration--- where women Complained it was a "boy's club" and complained that they were treated badly.
Hillary Clinton is Secratary of State. So much for the boys only club idea, or are you claiming she is secretly a man?
From January 2009 through the release of the March numbers on Friday, women lost 683,000 jobs and men 57,000. That’s the sources of the 92.3 percent." Well, it is what it is. You got those two numbers. Wom
Except a) the recession started in 2007, b) unemployment is a lagging indicator, and c) industries where men are chiefly employed like construction, etc., took their big hit before 2009.
Strong, independent-thinking women DON'T NEED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY to protect them,
Ron -
Independent-thinking women are only independent thinking women because they fought for these rights and are fighting again to maintain them. By the way, you won't find many of them in the Republican party......
Obama/Biden 2012
Sorry Ron, Above comment meant for Paul
GT-202 I AM a strong independent thinking woman and I don't want the Democratic or Republican Party telling me what I should be concerned about. I'm concerned about equal pay for women but more than that right now, I"m concerned about being unemployed because I have to feed my family and pay the mortgage. I resent President Obama's statement that this is a "war on women" campaign because he is trivalizing what women are really concerned about right now.
Sorry you missed it, but it is a war on women, from women's health issues to equal pay for equal work. I don't agree that he is trivializing the issues. Listen, we understand that it isn't just about one issue but when a certain party brings a fight which threatens to take away ANY one of womens' rights then I consider it, and I think many many many other women do, too, a war. I am not calling you selfish, but people, women especially, have to stand together against those that wish to put us back to the 19th century. Too many people have worked and died to make sure that women are treated equally and have the right to decide what is best for our bodies.
Romney will say and do anything to get elected! NOT GOING TO HAPPEN... He is such a at the moment person which would not make for a good President number one and number two, HE'S A 1%er who doesn't care about poor, middle class women or men and of course he want to repeal the healthcare act. What needs to happen if the Supreme Court Repeal it is to get more people in the Senate and the House that believe that all people should have health care and GET THE PUBLIC OPTION BACK ON THE TABLE. Forget the Republican's and their 1% friends - ALL PEOPLE DESERVES EQUALITY!!!!
*MANUFACTURED* WAR ON WOMEN ! ?
I suggest you take that question to Lisa Murkowsk-- (I Alaska) who voted FOR the Blunt-amendment, and then got her butt chewed when she got home by her constituants- then had to go back and make a press release about iT-- and SUGGESTS the nay-sayers to "GO HOME, AND ASK YOUR WIFE AND YOUR DAUGHTERS ABOUT IT"
I suggest you go ask Olympia Snowe OF (R)MAINE about if this is a "MANUFACTURED" WAR ON WOMEN.
I suggest you go and ask Kay-Bailey-Hutchison of TEXAS if this is a 'MANUFACTURED" WAR ON WOMEN!
Ain't nothing manufactured about it! Besides, Republicans are against manufacturing of anything in the U.S. so how can it be?
Yeah, the Republicans will probably outsource it to China and expect a tax break for doing so!