Attention, ladies: Obama wants to be your ‘first’ (with video)
An intellectually honest feminist would be horrified by this sexualization of women’s suffrage, the reduction of young women to Harlequin Romance voters finding the right man** to give themselves to. Are there any such feminists left?
It’s funny: Democrats tell women to “vote like your lady parts depend on it” — or at least they used to. You had the Code Pink protesters who, at the GOP convention in Tampa, actually got dressed up like vaginas. Now this. I try not to play the “what if Republicans did it” card too often, but seriously: Can you imagine the outrage on the left if the Romney campaign put out an ad like this?
At what point do women decide to turn away from such patronizing, superficial pandering?
Oh, right. Many of them already have.
**Note that this ad pretty much implies women should only vote for male candidates. Or that only a lesbian would vote for a female candidate. Or something. Honestly, this is such an amazing example of sophomoric pandering I’d like to believe they simply didn’t think through it that far. But hey, Democrats can get away with it because, WAR ON WOMEN! Also, Obama evolved on gay marriage. Or something.
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Kyle Wingfield
October 26th, 2012
12:10 pm
Akin was shouted down by the GOP after his comment and lost a boatload of funding for what would have been a cakewalk of a race and now is a toss-up at best for Republicans. That’s one reason “Team Rape” is such a ludicrous term.
Kyle Wingfield
October 26th, 2012
12:11 pm
A bit over the line, Thomas.
Mr. Holmes
October 26th, 2012
12:12 pm
An uninhibited female va-jay-jay is fine with me, just don’t expect me to pay to help keep it exercised.
Then I’m sure you’ll agree that Viagra (and similar drugs) should immediately be dropped from Medicare coverage and every other health plan in the country?
Stephenson Billings
October 26th, 2012
12:13 pm
So that’s what they meant by “Team Rape”….. for a minute there I thought we were talking about the Clinton presidency again.
carlosgvv
October 26th, 2012
12:13 pm
The Republican candidate who implied that God causes raped women to get pregnant symbolizes the mindset of those currently in control of his party. Ryan co-authored a bill to make a fertilized egg a “person” with full legal rights. The far-right Republican mentality and the Talaban mentality towards women are not that far apart.
If you really love your country and our constitution, vote accordingly.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 26th, 2012
12:14 pm
Energy giant Chevron contributed $2.5 million in October to the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC supporting Republicans to the House. According to campaignmoney.org, the contribution is the largest from a single corporation to a super PAC since the Citizen’s United verdict enabled corporations and unions to make unlimited political contributions.
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/26/chevron_gives_2_5_million_to_house_gop/
Isn’t Chevron originally a Venezuelan company?
Stephenson Billings
October 26th, 2012
12:15 pm
CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/
snoqualmiefalls
October 26th, 2012
12:15 pm
Washington Post Nov. 1 1980, for some of you youngsters who do not remember St. Reagan’s comments about “your first time”
Tban and company your faux outrage is hilarious and very entertaining to say the least… do a little research on the internets before exploding… please.
Stephenson Billings
October 26th, 2012
12:16 pm
“Isn’t Chevron originally a Venezuelan company?”
No, but Citgo is….
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 26th, 2012
12:17 pm
Thanks Stephenson
Stephenson Billings
October 26th, 2012
12:17 pm
British ExxonMobil oil chief ‘assassinated’ in Brussels street
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/9634530/British-ExxonMobil-oil-chief-assassinated-in-Brussels-street.html
resno2
October 26th, 2012
12:18 pm
Then I’m sure you’ll agree that Viagra (and similar drugs) should immediately be dropped from Medicare coverage and every other health plan in the country?
I do.
Kinda lets the air out of your balloon… doesn’t it?
Thomas heyward Jr
October 26th, 2012
12:18 pm
Whatever?
.
Chris Mathews would have been more effective.
mike
October 26th, 2012
12:19 pm
DNM @ 12:00: Great post!
Tell it! Speak it! Live it!
Mr. Holmes
October 26th, 2012
12:19 pm
resno: On the contrary, I applaud you for consistency! And I suspect the majority of your aging white male GOP brethren do not share it.
resno2
October 26th, 2012
12:22 pm
Then I’m sure you’ll agree that Viagra (and similar drugs) should immediately be dropped from Medicare coverage and every other health plan in the country?
For any taxpayer funded coverage, yes. You shouldn’t have to pay for a man’s little blue pill just like I shouldn’t have to pay for Sandra Flukes birth control.
For consumer paid coverage, that’s up to what the consumer wants to pay for.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 26th, 2012
12:23 pm
Kyle, you have a teenage daughter or know someone who does? Maybe you should ask them what this is about before you freak out about it.
Oh, I forgot, it’s up to white men to TELL women of all ages how they should think and feel. My bad.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 26th, 2012
12:25 pm
Then I’m sure you’ll agree that Viagra (and similar drugs) should immediately be dropped from Medicare coverage and every other health plan in the country?
Yeah! Think about all that competition for the ladies that we younger guys are now getting from old guys who we used to be able to count on for being out of the race.
Beyond the Middle of the Road
October 26th, 2012
12:26 pm
Methinks that AP poll may have a problem or two. Seems like such a coincidence that the gender gap vanished, in BOTH directions, at pretty much the same time and amount.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 26th, 2012
12:27 pm
Illegal immigration up, called a sign economy’s better
And gun and ammo manufacturers rejoice — “Here come the bubbas, back for more ammo”.
resno2
October 26th, 2012
12:29 pm
Yeah! Think about all that competition for the ladies that we younger guys are now getting from old guys who we used to be able to count on for being out of the race.
It has nothing to do with the little blue pill… it’s because the old guys are smarter than you and won’t disappear if that gov’t paid birth control fails.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
October 26th, 2012
12:33 pm
“You likely won’t see the likes of a statesman of Obama’s caliber again in your lifetime.”
Yeah, ’cause the only direction we can go is up from this disaster.
Dawg'88
October 26th, 2012
12:33 pm
Obama campaign promoting sex to get your vote.
If you fall for it, its says something about your ethics,
morality and disdain for God’s law.
Sad….the liberal train of thought is to use sex at any turn
to promote their agenda. Good and decent women care about more
than sex and contraceptions. They care about morality and
doing what is right and not promoting this garbage.
TRUTH
October 26th, 2012
12:35 pm
C’mon, Kyle. Really? So, the Dems who would allow a woman her health choices vs. the Repubs who would reverse every forward step earned by women rights groups, Presidents, congress, and darn near every woman in this country. Hmmmm, call me crazy, BUT THAT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN!!
C’mon, Kyle, really??
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
October 26th, 2012
12:35 pm
Big Bird, binders, Romnesia and Team Rape.
Can this campaign from the left get any more shallow?
Stephenson Billings
October 26th, 2012
12:37 pm
“Can this campaign from the left get any more shallow?”
Or desperate…………
Really?
October 26th, 2012
12:37 pm
Nice deflection, Kyle. If only Akin were the only one? Btw, do you have a Romney sticker on your car? Have you contributed to his campaign? (Other than using this blog space to bash Obama?) Are there any points of Obama’s platform that you agree with?
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 26th, 2012
12:41 pm
fivethirtyeight.com has Warren with an 89% chance to win Massachusetts.
I guess Scott Brown can go back to the male modeling?
resno2
October 26th, 2012
12:44 pm
Are there any points of Obama’s platform that you agree with?
I agree that he was Commander and Chief when the Seals killed Bin Ladin.
Really?
October 26th, 2012
12:45 pm
Interesting how the GOP uses “God’s Commandments” in the same way Islamic Extremists do. They like to cherry pick scriptures to support their claims and ignore the scriptures that condemn their behavior. How quickly they forget Jim Jones, Jimmy Swaggart, Timmy McVeigh, The Uni-bomber and David Koresh. Oh yeah, and that “lady” that used to be on TBN with the massive blonde wig and enough make-up for a whole sorority on one face. It’s just another reason why their base is shrinking daily. November 7th is the rude awakening.
Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer's ineptocracy
October 26th, 2012
12:45 pm
Finn
Oh, I forgot, it’s up to white men to TELL women of all ages how they should think and feel. My bad.
__________________
Yep, it is sad that the Dems are down to a single issue now, telling women that they decided can’t think for themselves, that the GOP has declared war on them. You would think that women with smarts would not need to be told by a political party that they are under attack. If I was under attack, I would not need a stupid politician defending me. The Democrat fallback, be paternalistic to those who are so mistreated and unable to fend for themselves. Shows what the Dems think of women!
As far as your “reproductive rights” rant. No one is attacking anyone’s right to reproduce, go ahead, have as many as you can feed, raise, and financially support. Only in China, as far as I’m aware, is reproduction not a right. Produce all the little Dems you want, Finn, it is a free country, for now anyway.
resno2
October 26th, 2012
12:47 pm
The GOP base is shrinking because of Tammy Faye Baker?
Are you standing any where near that shiny object that NASA discovered on Mars?
cc
October 26th, 2012
12:48 pm
“Well I have heard they are going after the moron vote….”
Needless to say, they have your vote . . .
“Don’t worry. Romney will carry Georgia, all because of you.”
Yes, and he will win both the popular and electoral vote nationally. Breaks your heart, doesn’t it? It will give an experienced race-baiter plenty of fodder, though, so take heart.
“Then I’m sure you’ll agree that Viagra (and similar drugs) should immediately be dropped from Medicare coverage and every other health plan in the country?”
YES! The taxpayers shouldn’t be bearing that cost.
Tiberius: Great post at 12:33 pm! I’m still laughing . . .
Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer's ineptocracy
October 26th, 2012
12:49 pm
If I was Romney, I would take this ad and put a preview statement saying this is what Obama thinks of women, demonstrated by the ad we are going to play. At the end, I would say, I am Mitt Romney and I do not approve of this ad, do you?
Really?
October 26th, 2012
12:49 pm
These Obama Bashers never gave him a chance to begin with. Their hatred of Obama is greater than their “support” for Romney. The Bashers would just as soon vote for a baboon with an (R) after his name. Which is why Romney is still “in it.”
TBone
October 26th, 2012
12:49 pm
I asked my 17 year old daughter who has a steady head on her shoulders about this and she thought this ad was disgusting but she understands that our society is becoming more and more depraved so certain demographics will respond like moths to a flame. Talk about the party that debases women.
Aynie Sue
October 26th, 2012
12:50 pm
Kyle, your outrage is overblown! It’s a good ad addressing women’s issues presented by a typical young, slightly silly American woman.
Women can’t vote for a woman candidate: they must choose between two men. One of the men treats women as if they are morally and legally equal to men. The other treats women in the Biblical way, as chattel who must be closely managed.
Robert Lee
October 26th, 2012
12:50 pm
This is so funny. Tell me some more how stupid and idiotic I am to have any opinions other than the ones you hold. The more you expect everyone to share your antiquated views on women and minorities, the more you are out of touch with the young peoples train of thought. Just remember, things change as generations change and what was once the general concensous may not be the majority opinion for the next generation, so go ahead and tell them they are stupid and must do what you tell them.
…and regarding “An uninhibited female va-jay-jay”…..can anyone tell when they last saw a va-jay-jay of any type other than female?
Kyle Wingfield
October 26th, 2012
12:51 pm
Really? @ 12:37: No stickers, no yard signs, no campaign contributions. I’ve never done any of those things for any political candidate, and I never will as long as I’m a journalist. Heck, I don’t even have a UGA sticker on my car.
And given that Obama’s platform, such as it is, is nothing but a warmed-over version of the past four years’ policies, no, there’s not much there for me to agree with.
As for your 12:45: No Christian I know claims that any Christian, much less all of them, is perfect. Actually, the central tenet of the faith is rather the opposite. One of the first clues that someone’s a charlatan or someone hijacking the religion for other purposes is when they suggest otherwise.
Really?
October 26th, 2012
12:55 pm
No resno, the “religious right” being led astray by such buffoons is what is shrinking your base. Research the under 30 demographic and you’ll see why too. The future is very bright, indeed. Unless you are a ditto-head.
Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer's ineptocracy
October 26th, 2012
12:56 pm
Really?
I support parts of the Obama agenda, like he is going to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term and he is not going to have lobbyist in his WH and he is going to have the most transparent agenda ever for a President. When he puts those in place, I may consider voting for him.
Really?
October 26th, 2012
12:57 pm
Nice response, Kyle. How do you feel about Joseph Smith then?
resno2
October 26th, 2012
12:57 pm
Aynie Sue
One of the men treats women as if they are morally and legally equal to men. The other treats women in the Biblical way, as chattel who must be closely managed.
What?!?!?
Maybe you should ask some of the potus’s female admin staff… I’ve heard they may not agree with you.
JamVet
October 26th, 2012
12:59 pm
The salient question appears to be, will the GOP ever again get a majority of female voters in presidential elections?
The losing streak is at five (since 1992) and I have little reason to conclude that it will not go on for the foreseeable future.
Own it cons, because regarding women’s rights and issues, you stink on ice…
Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer's ineptocracy
October 26th, 2012
1:01 pm
The Bashers would just as soon vote for a baboon with an (R) after his name.
Well, considering the possibility that he might do a better job, that is not a far reach.
Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer's ineptocracy
October 26th, 2012
1:04 pm
What party is Joseph Smith running under? Let’s see Rosanne Barr, Rocky, Gary Johnson, Joseph Smith, Obama, Romney. How will we ever choose?
Really?
October 26th, 2012
1:08 pm
Rafe, Joseph Smith did try to run for president. And if you put any credence in the Mormon doctrines, specifically the White Horse Prophecy, you’ll see how he is trying to run again, today.
Dusty
October 26th, 2012
1:11 pm
Woohooo..Obama is giviing us some big laughs! Who in the world approved that video?
I’m telling you.,.just go out and find a nice pleasant man and ZAP! Cuddle up! That’s all women need!!
Dunham, such a sweet little flaky thing with the finest of tattoos! Who could ask a better one to give “advice” on how to run wild in the “correct”and up to date ways!!
I can’t help but wonder if the Obamas will show this “female advice” film to their daughters.
Jaynie
October 26th, 2012
1:12 pm
I think this is a great ad. I think it emphasizes the GOP view of women as useless unless giving birth through legitimate rape to a God’s will baby. I am not college aged, but my college aged granddaughter thought it was a hoot. Seem to me, on this one Kyle, you are the one pandering…..to the GOP who wants to take women back 100 years.
getalife
October 26th, 2012
1:12 pm
The days of old white pols telling women what to do are over..
You lost the war on women.
The reelection of President Obama proves this fact.