Two years into President Clinton's first term, Republicans swept to power in the House and Senate both. The "Republican Revolution" of 1994 was led by Newt Gingrich, at least in political terms.
In this video unearthed by James Carter, the women of the 1994 Republican freshman class then met at the Heritage Foundation and made a special presentation of gratitude to another hero of theirs, Rush Limbaugh. Congresswoman Barbara Cubin of Wyoming told Limbaugh:
"Talk radio, with you in the lead, is what turned the tide, Rush, and we know that. You were the voice that everyone else could follow."
The lawmakers promised there wasn't a "feminazi amongst us." They gave Limbaugh a placque reading "Rush was right" and a copy of Gingrich's Contract with America.
Accepting their applause, Limbaugh told them, "Thank you all very much. This my kind of 'Year of the Woman.'"
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You are wearing an apron as you post this I hope. When stirring the @!$%# one can get splashed.
Rush is circling the bowl.
He certainly seems to keep floating in it.
Well, it seems a fair assumption that, given enough money and power, even some women might put aside the interests of gender. Money and power have a way of overcoming such things, since it protects those Republican women from the consequences of supporting these misogynist policies. Should one of them need an abortion or find themselves in any of the myriad of other difficulties that the rest of the female populace will deal with under such policies, it's a sure thing that they will not be inconvenienced by it.
I'd imagine very few conservative women ever need an abortion. Probably a lifestyle thing.
You have quite an imagination. Liberal or conservative, everyone is young at some point and young conservatives are just as likely to make stupid decisions as young liberals. Additionally, the lack of support for educating kids about safe sex on the conservative side probably balances out the 'lifestyle choices' that you are assuming they make.
The conservative women use the vinegar douche method to prevent pregnancy.
I got pregnant at 18 and chose to have my son. I fight for other women to be able to have that same choice. But being pregnant and single in the South in the early 90s, I met lots and lots and lots of Pro-Life women. They had all had abortions. Because I had not, they assumed I was against abortion for all. I am for choice. But listening to their stories was very interesting. They are anti-abortion because they were treated callously by the places that provided their abortions. They were not given any sort of follow-up care. Many of them bled alone in their rooms after. They were not provided with counseling or anything... and because of that, they were left to wallow in their own guilt and shame, then began to work to "save other women from the same torture."
I know the clinics don't want the bad stats, but every woman you leave on her own after a procedure is a potential Pro-Life advocate. Voracious activist. It would do the clinics well to provide comprehensive after-care and group support.
Every big decision is almost always followed by remorse. Even something as relatively trivial as buying a car triggers a bout of regret afterwards. I can only imagine (and fail) what a woman who has just had an abortion, however necessary, must feel when it's over. I think you're right. Any clinic that fails to provide support for the inevitable emotional crash after the procedure is being negligent.
MeddlingMonk, of course they were negligent - but they don't care. They have the woman's money - and that's that.
Let me know when the Rachel Maddows of the world will EVER do a story on abortion clinics - and the grief that many women who have had abortions bear. She's more interested in presenting image-enhancing documentaries on abortionists who do late-term abortions.
Sick.
'Yes you little women. At least you know your place'. He is a pig and I wanna puke.
"That boy is a P-I-G, pig!"
-- National Lampoon's Animal House
Remember 49% of working Republican women voted for Santorum, according to exit polls.
No real surprise. Women or not, they are still Republicans. These aren't people who have a reputation for thinking for themselves.
It is also very likely they are Evangelicals, or at least single-issue anti-abortion voters. To such people, nothing else matters. If their religious leaders told them to vote for Santorum, then that's what they did. Simple as that.
In any case, keep in mind that only 25% of female registered voters identify as Republican, so that statistic actually only counts for a small (and very closed-minded) slice of the vote.
Sheesh, how condescending is that statement.
No, these women HAVE thought for themselves. They, like Rick Santorum, simply haven't come to the same leftist conclusions on life.
For some strange reason, they can't get their arms around supporting infanticide. I realize it's a strange conclusion - but I guess, shockingly, they put a greater value on preborn life than liberals clearly do....
I stand by my statement. I suggest you google the word "condescending." It doesn't mean what you seem to think it means.
I think the liberals you are referring you are just too concerned with helping real people to show your requisite concern for the contents of another woman's uterus.
(now THAT was condescending, heh)
Only a couple of them are left...Linda Smith and Olympia Snowe.
OMG. Talk about selecting against your own survival. How very stupid. Victims of domestic violence often suck up to their abusers, too, which is so sad and so dangerous. Rush Limbaugh is a woman hating verbal abuser.
"What with liberal women constantly talking about their vaginas suddenly pretending to be offended by the word "s l u t," and conservatives pretending to be as pussified as liberals about the nasty names they've been called, I never got an answer to the most pressing question about Sandra Fluke: Who are you again?
Was Fluke dragged out of obscurity after the women of America took a vote and chose her as our spokeswoman? Please, Sandra, we know how deeply private, publicity-shy and terribly busy with law school you are, but we need you to speak for us!
I don't think that happened. Rather, Fluke is the latest in a long line of my absolute favorite liberal typology: hysterical drama queens.
From Murphy Brown to the Jersey Girls, Cindy Sheehan, Joe Wilson and the New School's Jean Rohe, these fantasists inject themselves into a boiling-hot public debate and then claim victim status when anyone criticizes them.
In full indignation, Fluke said her critics were trying "to silence women's voices." She said this on ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, NPR and a number of other national media outlets.
Thus, Fluke became a liberal hero even braver than an actress standing up for abortion rights in front of a Bill Maher audience.
President Obama called Fluke and told her that her parents should be proud of her and to make sure she was OK. Hillary Clinton said conservatives were trying to control women. Bill Clinton called her to see if she had any plans for the weekend."
(Ann Coulter, March 14, 2012)
Classic.....
Yeah, don't you just HATE someone like that? Hypercrite!
And ironically, maybe he triggered the opposite outcome this year.
Just wait. Rush's fans are louder and crazier and are not above threatening violence when they feel their glorious leader is being threatened. If his words are really going to result in a change for the better, we are going to have to slog through a loud and volatile backlash from the dittoheads to get it.
They have mastered the tactics of bullying and intimidation. They will double down and then double down again. They will rely on their proven ability to be more aggressive than their detractors. They will saturate the net with conspiracy theories and hate, and shout down anyone who disagrees (and if the shouting doesn't do the trick, they will resort to more violent means).
If we want this change to happen, we are going to need to be willing to let blood be spilled over it. It's worth the effort, but it will absolutely require courage.
Isn't it amazing how people will support something that is directly against their own best interests? People who are on Social Security and/or Medicare or some government assistance program supporting a political candidate who has stated that he intends to do away with them. People who might well lose their voting rights by voting in people who aren't honest. I suppose there is some kind of psychological explanation for this which affects a lot of people. They believe the lies and distortions fed to them in 30-second sound bites even when they will be adversely affected.
Robert A Heinlein
I grok - note my handle above.
Don't forget RAH's definition of an "honest politician".
Cooper-If this goes on
"One that stays bought"
Very good handle :)
Gosh could she kiss his ass anymore! I felt sick listening to this! They made Rush seem like a demigod!
At sixty-five I am broke, unable to find employment, and living with my adult son. The, my, American dream is dead, my education and experience are worthless. Now, I am just marking-time…
I no longer have ANY religious beliefs! I am sick-and-tired of the Religious Right (AKA: American Taliban) deciding what I am allowed to do based on their delusional beliefs. Their interpretation of the “Christ’s” teachings is shameful!!!
Each and every “religion” was established and designed to control others. Any group that claims to have the “Only Truth” should be considered a Cult.
I listened to Maher's show last Friday to see what all the fuss was about. I
heard a lot of bad language that wouldn't be allowed on this Forum but there
was nothing that rose to the level of slander.
Ed Schultz did cross from insult into slander when he called Laura Ingraham a
"slut" on his radio show. To MSNBC's credit, they promptly disciplined Schultz,
making him really apologize on air and suspending him without pay for a week. If
Premier Networks and Clear Channel had done the same with Limbaugh on the first
day of his sexual tirade against Ms. Fluke, we wouldn't be having the uproar we
have now. The management at Premier and Clear Channel are incompetent and will
likely pay for the trouble they caused with their jobs.
If memory serves me correct, MSNBC frequently disciplines its on-air
personalities when they cross legal or company standards. In addition to Schulz,
MSNBC promptly canned the popular Don Imus when he called a women's basketball
team "nappy-headed hos" - a comment that is slanderous. Also they had a
right-wing personality a few years ago who told a caller to "get AIDS and die."
Although that's not slanderous, it violated company standards and the show was
promptly cancelled.
Premier and Clear Channel management could have avoided a lot of problems by
taking some disciplinary action against Limbaugh.
The difference between Limbaugh and Maher is that Limbaugh didn't use bad language - Limbaugh used slander. Limbaugh went on for three days defaming Ms. Fluke's reputation by describing every sex fantasy involving her personally that he could think of. A person's reputation in the community is one of their most valuable properties and deserves to be defended when malicious people try to destroy it
The First Amendment does not protected slander. Never has and, as long as we value our reputations, itnever will.
MSNBC didn't make Ed do anything. He said it on his radio program. BECAUSE of his affiliation with MSNBC, HE took himself off the air, radio and TV, without pay. It was strickly HIS choice.
You can turn off the profanity filter if you want to. It's in your account settings.
I hope he fails,"--Rush-Right-Into-It-Without-Thinking Limbaugh
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