GOP’s ‘war on women’ continues in Nebraska
State Sen. Deb Fischer came out of nowhere yesterday to become Nebraska Republicans’ nominee for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Ben Nelson. By my count, she’s the first woman to be nominated for Senate or governor by either major party this year — although several female incumbents will almost certainly be renominated when the time comes, such as Democrats Kristen Gillibrand of New York and Maria Cantwell of Washington, and several female challengers are strong possibilities to capture nominations, including Republicans Linda Lingle of Hawaii and Heather Wilson of New Mexico.
If we add each party’s nominations for Senate and governor from 2010, we get 11 Republican women and 14 Democratic women — 10 Republicans and eight Democrats if we don’t include incumbents. (These figures don’t include Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, who lost the 2010 GOP Senate primary but won the general election as a write-in Republican.) Which can only mean one thing if follow liberal logic:
In the “war on women,” there sure are a lot of double-agents!
– By Kyle Wingfield
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stands for decibels
May 16th, 2012
9:14 pm
Nope, can’t imagine where these crazy notions that Republicans think of women as second class citizens come from.
ld
May 16th, 2012
9:15 pm
Republicans think of women as citizens?
Rafe Hollister
May 16th, 2012
9:16 pm
ld
You are just rambling. Not sure you know about progressives and liberals. Google “Progressive”. I think you will find it started with Woodrow Wilson and was popular with the left for a spell, became unpopular and like the left always does, when people start catching onto their agenda, they change their terminology to confuse the situation. So, they became Liberals. They wore that one out and people caught on to their true socialistic tendencies and now they are all claiming to be “Progressives’. If European socialism is “progress” to you, then you can call yourself “progressive”. Otherwise you are just rambling with no destination.
@@
May 16th, 2012
9:18 pm
I must not be a woman. I don’t find Tiberius or LBB bigoted against women. Tiberius can be a bit irritating, but other than that…
Another thing…whenever the topic of women comes up, the left veers off into abortion. It’s as if they see women as nothing more than baby factories that need to be shut down.
Weird!
ld
May 16th, 2012
9:18 pm
TI
See my 9:14 debunk of your erroneous “fact” that there is no effort to restrict the right of women to the choice of abortion–or do you choose to dispute that there is a GOP effort to require sonograms, counseling, waiting periods before a women can get an abortion?
Aquagirl
May 16th, 2012
9:23 pm
Republicans think of women as citizens?
No. Too many….um, adolescent “sessions” with the livestock has left them confused.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/12/442637/georgia-rep-compares-women-to-animals/?mobile=nc
ld
May 16th, 2012
9:29 pm
“veer” off toward abortion?
Kyle’s actual subject (see last line) is the so-called “war” on women–the rest is preamble to his “conclusion” that there are traitors in the female ranks. I would not dispute that–a lot of women do walk around in a religious “follower” stupor.
Each law restricting the right of women to choose the option to have an abortion is another “bomb” lobbed in that “war”–again, not MY choice to name the effort. Kyle used the term “war on women” so I have acknowleged the effort using the words others, including Kyle, have used.
The first comment on this subject –tonight’s blog — said women lobbed the first bomb–the ERA. Bullsh*t. The first “modern” effort of some intelligent, freedom-loving women to fight back against the total domination of women by men was to win the right to vote. Not all women joined the fight then either; however, if there were an effort to REVERSE the right of women to vote, there would likely be more women taking up the cause.
There is no counter-attack — there is no effort to REQUIRE GOP women to have abortions. The effort to defend the individual liberty of women is clearly not being joined by all women but the effort to dismantle it with regard to reproductive rights clearly exists.
The “bombs” on contraception are (hopefully, at least) all duds.
ld
May 16th, 2012
9:32 pm
Aquagirl
Thanks for the link.
Amazing that this mental midget is an elected official.
ld
May 16th, 2012
9:34 pm
I strongly suspect the ONLY reason the animals on the mental midget farm are not given abortions so they can more quickly be again impregnated and be ca$h producing cows/pigs is veternary co$t.
Dusty
May 16th, 2012
9:37 pm
You folks better stop rambling and do something worthwhile. That is, keep up with the Braves. That’s right. The Braves are in a bit of a tight spot. But they are playing their hearts out as usual.
What? This isn’t a sports blog? Well, it certainly is at this moment. Go BRAVES! They know where they stand and even with troubles, they are going straight ahead to victory.
Ahhhh, if only politicians could get that same spirit! Uh OH…en garde! C’est la guerre of the politique!!
Aquagirl
May 16th, 2012
9:40 pm
Amazing that this mental midget is an elected official.
Not in Jawja it’s not.
I would say I’m amazed you missed that story, but here, comparing women to chickens and cows is not news.
ld
May 16th, 2012
9:42 pm
The objective of progressing is improvement–sometimes with trial and error but, preferably with informed choices.
The objective of “conserving” seems to be wallowing in the failures of the past.
Unless, of course, you live walled off from reality with much of the so-called 1% and actually do think there are no problems that need to be solved, working toward resolving problems in a way that produces an improvement for the many rather than serving only the greed of the few makes good common sense.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: The Second Coming of Gengkis Khan, ew!!!
May 16th, 2012
9:44 pm
Eye’m accusing you of being a witch, @@! Er, or whatever women haters are supposed to accuse you of. Cease and desist, wench!
Stop it with the spellcraft, would ya?
ld
May 16th, 2012
9:46 pm
I had read a reference to it on Huffington Post after ending up there indirectly from Drudge. I had not actually read the quotes. It seemed so unbelievable that I did not follow up on it.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: The Second Coming of Gengkis Khan, ew!!!
May 16th, 2012
9:48 pm
Anyway, so I stole some chick’s birth control pills, she chased me and I had to eat them so that she would get pregnant and be burdened with an evil child, foreevermore. Heh.
So what should I expect from the ingestion of female hormones in the coming days?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: The Second Coming of Gengkis Khan, ew!!!
May 16th, 2012
9:49 pm
Who’s this small and obnoxious little ld person?
ld
May 16th, 2012
9:52 pm
If this fella still represents Auburn, voters there need a serious rethink.
The “breaks my heart” line likely was him thinking about his “lo$$”.
Michael H. Smith
May 16th, 2012
9:53 pm
@@,
I offer second to your other thing. Having to face the difficult consequences from ones own individual actions appears to be among a group choices these socialists just can’t come to grips with making: Like focusing on the economy?
Oh let’s talk about contraception or abortion or gay marriage, just don’t talk about trillions of dollars borrowed and spent while millions of private sector jobs are lost. The leftwingers are getting very little traction with the voters by dragging up these social side issues and they are beginning to show signs of frustration.
Hey Mr.&Mrs. America, just one question for ya… are you better off today than you were four years ago?
Just saying…
I Report (-: You Whine )-: The Second Coming of Gengkis Khan, ew!!!
May 16th, 2012
9:53 pm
Are you a female, little ld person? Please say yes so that I may freely trample you.
ld
May 16th, 2012
9:54 pm
Kahn, ew:
“evil” child?
oh, with you the father, ….. nevermind.
NOT A JOKE: Bush To Publish Book On Economic Growth (heeheeheehee)
May 16th, 2012
10:00 pm
@Dusty
May 16th, 2012
7:51 pm
Poor ld,
Never heard of Roosevelt or Truman to mention a few president with big problems. Just all of a sudden, Obama is the only one.
The sad truth is facing us. Obama is not capable of handling big problems. Too bad you ignore the obvious.
**************************************************************
According to The New York Times, former President George W. Bush is preparing to publish a book “outlining strategies for economic growth.”
THIS IS ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT to John Edwards publishing a book on marital fidelity, or Ron Paul publishing a book on racial tolerance.
HEEHEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE
WE’VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE.
DON’T WANT TO GO BACK THERE EVER.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: The Second Coming of Gengkis Khan, ew!!!
May 16th, 2012
10:02 pm
little ld person – You have completely forgotten the dummycrat party platform of us neanderthal Repugs denying women freedom of choice therefore imprisoning them to a destitute existence of motherhood, blah, blah, blah. I don’t believe we have yet been accused of wanton rape and pillaging, although it’s only a matter of time.
How did I become a father, exactly?
All I did was plunder, geez.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:03 pm
“smitty”
I’m certainly not a socialist; work should be rewarded and sloth not; however, dollar$ to doughnut$ the janitors “work” harder than the CEO’s and the pay difference is often outrageous. In a company that is NOT public traded, I would be reluctant impose rules regarding CEO pay; however, there should certainly be no restrictions on labor organizing to get better pay either.
In publicly traded companies, with the failed banks that were bailed out as a prime example, there need to be some serious regs about those arbitrary bonuses and golden parachutes–shareholders need to have the right to directly decide such things AFTER than can determine if they are EARNED and shareholders should be able to directly determine basic compensation as well. As it is there seems to be some serious mutual palm greasing between the boards of directors and management to the detriment of other employees and shareholders alike.
Henry Ford wanted his employees to be able to afford to buy the products they made. In today’s corrupted “greed is good” form of capitalism the voice and needs of the many are ignored in favor of the wants and greed of the few.
Aquagirl
May 16th, 2012
10:06 pm
if only politicians could get that same spirit!
Yes, one of our Legislators can stand around in tight pants, adjusting himself and spitting, before staring intently at another man in tight pants’ groin. After a smoldering, intense, unspoken exchange between the two, he can then throw a little ball at another assemblyman, who tries to hit the little ball with a stick. If the third assemblyman hits the little ball hard enough, he gets to run around a bit before jumping up and down in a tight group with more men clad in tight pants. Then they can slap each other’s bottoms. Firmly. Finally, they can all retreat to a 10 x 30 dark, partially hidden space and crowd together. Oh, and young boys will be kept on hand to periodically retrieve and handle the little sticks for the assemblymen.
We’d have gay marriage in Georgia before the year is out, so maybe that’s not a bad idea.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:09 pm
Joke:
I will not disagree with you that Obama has handled some serious problems poorly — begining with following the lead of his predecessor in bailing out the failed private-owned for mega-profit banks AND doing so without, prior to the bailout, getting in return any meaningful consequence to those that ran the banks into the ground or efforts to prevent a repeat or address the serious and ongoing problems that greed-generated decisions dumped on the public at large.
Dusty
May 16th, 2012
10:11 pm
Shame on you, Aquagirl. 9:40
You know that comment you happened to post was taken out of context. The man was talking about his life experiences obviously from farm life, so he said. I expect most people involved in the birth of animals find it a surprising life experience. Even a family housecat having kittens is quite an event in the miracle of life.
But your souce made it ugly and you jumped right on it. For shame. Anything to try and shame another Georgia citizen. Most men of Georgia that I know would lay down their life to protect women. But you don’t believe in the goodness of individuals, do you? It is there but you cannot see it for running men down. Your narrow vision only belittles you.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:12 pm
Aquagirl
LOL
The GOP Women Just Go With The Tide
May 16th, 2012
10:14 pm
@I Report (-: You Whine )-: The Second Coming of Gengkis Khan, ew!!!
May 16th, 2012
9:53 pm
Are you a female, little ld person? Please say yes so that I may freely trample you.
********************************************************************
GOP’s war on women?
“YOUR” comment to this blogger is a CASE IN POINT for the GOP’s war on women.
OPEN MOUTH………….. PUT FOOT IN IT.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:14 pm
Dusty
Get real; this guys tears were for his lo$t profit–breeder animals cannot be bred again until after the dead fetus is expelled. I doubt he “feels” the lo$$ when he takes them to market to be butchered.
Dusty
May 16th, 2012
10:17 pm
Wow, Aquagirl,
Another stinky at 10:06. I don’t think the Enquirer would even accept your comments.
Have you been drinking again? (Just giving you an excuse for the inexcusable.)
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:17 pm
Kahn ew, by his choice of name, tells us his “character” before he typed the first word–either that or he knows nothing about history.
–not that I’m a historian but I know enough to know Kahn was a barbarian.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:20 pm
Dusty prefers the smell in that 10 x 30 w/partially dark area–especially in the bottom of the ninth?
Dusty
May 16th, 2012
10:23 pm
ld
I don’t think you are an expert in farm life. I doubt that you have ever set foot on a farm. Your opinions on farm life & farmers are about as informed as your views on Romney. They don’t amount to a rwo of pins.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:24 pm
Smitty: Kyles subject of the blog was the “war on women” and NOT the economy so you going on about the economy is YOU getting a little sidetracked.
But if you read above a bit, that has been addressed, too.
Blaming only the current president for this economy is like blaming a doctor for the expiration of a patient after another doctor had amputated all four limbs without any effort to stem the bleeding.
Dusty
May 16th, 2012
10:26 pm
ld 10:20
What? What smell? Have you washed your socks lately?
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:27 pm
Of the forty (at one time) swine (sows and boars) none would eat rice cakes. One huge hog that temporarily escaped rubbed the trim and paint off the side of a car and another hated umbrellas and savaged mine.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:28 pm
Dusty, that smell was not from Aquagirl’s comment.
You maybe need to change your underwear?(you have been, after all, full of it)
The GOP Women Just Go With The Tide
May 16th, 2012
10:29 pm
@Dusty
May 16th, 2012
10:11 pm
Most men of Georgia that I know would lay down their life to protect women.
But you don’t believe in the goodness of individuals, do you? It is there but you cannot see it for running men down. Your narrow vision only belittles you.
***************************************************************************
Her vision is fine.
Maybe she believes what the bible says – “For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.”
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:29 pm
Dusty:
“rwo”?
You have an odd farm.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:30 pm
“…Tide”
I can agree with that Bible quote.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:32 pm
and my opinion of this tool was not as a farmer but as a poor excuse for a man and an even poorer excuse as a representative–especially since he was comparing about half the people he “represents” to the animals he raises for slaughter.
ld
May 16th, 2012
10:36 pm
Aquagirl
thanks for the info link & chuckle
till another time
g ‘nite
and nite all.
Aquagirl
May 16th, 2012
10:36 pm
(Just giving you an excuse for the inexcusable.)
Inexcusable? I’m not the one watching all this sordid behavior. In a taxpayer-financed stadium, no less. Pay for your own pr0n sets, boys!
Dusty
May 16th, 2012
10:51 pm
Uh oh, I fear that ld is a very bitter woman. I guess it was that hog that ruined her umbrella that did it. Looks like Aquagirl is going to have some competition here in her “men are dirty dogs” contest..
But then cometh GOP Woman “tide” who picks up a hatecha comment obviously not from the New Testament. The fact that love in its finest sense is written in the New Testament over and over.
Too bad she forgot to read that part. It is the best of all things offered in this world and includes everybody. Some people are just easier to love than others. Not supposed to matter though.
Tiberius - Banned from Bookman's and proud of it!
May 16th, 2012
10:55 pm
“See my 9:14 debunk of your erroneous “fact” that there is no effort to restrict the right of women to the choice of abortion–or do you choose to dispute that there is a GOP effort to require sonograms, counseling, waiting periods before a women can get an abortion?”
I suggest you re-read my facts, Id.
The first one is the relevant one which neuters your above response.
Dusty
May 16th, 2012
11:00 pm
Aquagirl, 10:36
You passed that poisoned piece of tripe like it was something special. Why give us trash? You can do better. Well, it’s possible…maybe….somehow…..doubtful…
MarkV
May 16th, 2012
11:01 pm
ld @8:16 pm: “MarkV your “reason” for gettin’ your panties in a wad today?”
ld, did you have any particular reason for that stupid comment, or is that just your normal way?
Aquagirl
May 16th, 2012
11:02 pm
Why give us trash? You can do better.
You’re right….Have you ever heard my description of a football game?
Sleep tight, Dusty.
DannyX
May 16th, 2012
11:05 pm
What GOP war on women?
Fox News poll released this evening…
Women likely voters
Obama 55%
Romney 33%.
Its just your liberal imagination!
(Btw overall in the same poll Obama up 46 % to 39%)
Dusty
May 16th, 2012
11:14 pm
Well, “the time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things” and one of them is the fact that it is after eleven o’clock.
Goodnight, sweet things! And you, too, Aquagirl.