March 30, 2012
Bizarre: GOP war on women

Strangely, the current Republican presidential campaign contains a weird assault on rights of American women. It's freakish.

Of course, the GOP and its fundamentalist base always have fought women's right to terminate pregnancies -- while the Democratic Party's platform upholds women's right to choose. That's a stark difference between the parties. But the new onslaught goes farther.

It began last fall when GOP candidate Rick Santorum declared that birth control is "not OK" because "it's a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be." He contradicted two landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings a half-century ago that gave U.S. couples a right to practice contraception in the privacy of their bedrooms.

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    Posted By: Last Word
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    "Former New York GOP leader Tanya Melich sickened of it, voted for Democrat Bill Clinton in the 1990s, and wrote a book titled The Republican War Against Women."

    So Bill Clinton is now the Democrat role model of how men should treat women? This speaks volumes.
    Posted at: March 31, 2012 8:49:58 am

    Posted By: Grouse
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    Simple solutions for simple minds. No gray areas, only black and white. Such a sad commentary on the Republican party.
    Posted at: March 31, 2012 9:51:01 am

    Posted By: Red Dragon 70
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    Why is anyone surprised? At the behest of the NRA, ALEC, Posse Comitatus, Heritage Foundation, Koch brothers, five justices of the USSC, and the Tea Party; this crowd is out to repeal the 20th century.
    Posted at: March 31, 2012 10:20:06 am

    Posted By: string theory
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    The party of low information voters also happens to endorse sexist policies. No big surprise there.
    Posted at: March 31, 2012 2:32:49 pm

    Posted By: WVTeach
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    @Last Word...Bill Clinton definitely isn't the role model but he is significantly better than the Republican candidates...I am amazed that Santorum has made it to this level...
    Posted at: March 31, 2012 8:16:19 pm

    Posted By: AaronS
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    Bill Clinton definitely isn't the role model but he is significantly better than the Republican candidates

    Newt Gingrich cheated on 2 wifes. Other than that, nothing any of the current GOP candidates has done is worse than Bill Clinton.
    Posted at: April 02, 2012 12:43:25 pm

    Posted By: Blayne
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    Sorry lefties, but your made up "GOP War on Women" isn't working. Polls are showing that women are supporting Republicans at a greater rate. More and more people are realizing that liberalism is nothing but a moral and intellectual wasteland. In fact, this whole "war" stuff sounds like more liberal projection since more women have died under liberal policies than they ever would under conservative policies.
    Posted at: April 02, 2012 1:33:24 pm

    Posted By: hokies2012
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    blayne: nobody had to make anything up, follow what the gop has advocated during the birth control issue. their issues with women are clear, as well as the feminist movement. regarding more women supporting republicans than ever, id love for you to supply those polls.
    finally regarding your comment about deaths from "liberal" policies, that simply isn't true. at all.
    Posted at: April 02, 2012 6:00:25 pm

    Posted By: great american
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    @Blayne: Isn't it time to put on your seat belt ? Your space ship will be taking off soon and you'll be returning to the planet you came from...
    Posted at: April 02, 2012 7:18:37 pm

    Posted By: AaronS
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    follow what the gop has advocated during the birth control issue.

    Upholding the 1st Amendment!!!

    What's wrong with that?
    Posted at: April 02, 2012 10:36:03 pm

    Posted By: Red Dragon 70
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    Well Blayne, it appears that both hokies2012 and the "great american" see you for what you are as well. Like most of your stripe, you delude yourself into thinking that the world around you is as you want it to be, rather than how it really is.

    I truly hope that those of your ilk continue with the delusion right through November. The following links suggest that that is pretty potent rope you're smoking.

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/poll-shows-obama-making-big-gains-female-voters-170245867.html

    http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/120402/women-voters-favor-obama-over-romney-gallup-poll

    http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/217615-poll-obama-leads-gop-field-nationally-on-strength-of-women-voters
    Posted at: April 02, 2012 10:40:40 pm

    Posted By: hokies2012
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    "Upholding the 1st Amendment!!!
    What's wrong with that?"
    the pervasive nature of telling a woman what she can do with her body, throwing the issue entirely on the feet of women, not having a single female represent them during the hearings.
    these are the same people who want less sex ed, less birth control, no abortion, AND no welfare of any kind. guess you missed those, but you only see what you want to see.
    Posted at: April 03, 2012 11:27:38 am

    Posted By: mark83vt
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    I was going to write a response to this, but halfway through it I had run into so much garbage that needed cleaned up that I lost the drive to do it. I don't even know where to begin. Some of it is stretching the truth, while other parts are outright lies. The Gazette is more and more of a joke every day.
    Posted at: April 05, 2012 5:00:47 pm

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