Not one GOPer on the Planet Can Deny This — Go Ahead Try
Update (August 4, 2013): This is the latest from the GOP via The Hill. It is something they hope will counter that which follows below and elsewhere on their "War on Women."
From The Hill in part, the GOP has launched their "Dems War on Women" campaign with these two Dems out front as the poster boys for the Democrats, the GOP thinks, that will work counter their own past actions vis-ä-vis women and their health care decisions, for example.
The GOP'S five major committees released a joint statement blasting Democrats for the behavior of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner (D) and New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (D), stating this in part: "Democrats' hypocrisy is appalling. And with their silence, they are sanctioning the actions of Bob Filner and Anthony Weiner and numerous others who have assaulted, harassed, and preyed on women."
The joint memo in part that was released by the Republican National Committee (RNC), National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), Republican Governors' Association (RGA), National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), and Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC).
However, the DEMS are not taking this sitting on their hands. Democrats have fired back in recent days, releasing a memo outlining again, the GOP's push to limit abortions in a number of states. The memo says in part: "Republicans are desperately trying to change the subject because they know that their policy proposals continue to be toxic with women. In 2012, Republicans’ offensive rhetoric and extreme positions cost them the White House and numerous Congressional races – and it’s clear they haven’t learned their lesson. Instead of learning from their mistakes, Republicans have doubled down on the same old proposals that adversely affect women – on issues like access to their own health care, pay equity, and education. Republicans don’t just have a message problem with women – they have a substance problem, and until they reverse course and change the policies that they’re proposing they’ll continue to lose the support of women voters at the local, state and national level."
This short update here from the Washington Post. Republicans’ hope that all of this will reflect badly on Democrats nationally and not just in those districts or states where the male elected official has been behaving badly. There’s no polling on whether these scandals have had any impact on views of the Democratic Party and women, however. We shall see.
Either way, this war will heat up and drag out until 2014. Bet on it.
Original Posts Follow: BTW: The GOP's "War on Women" is real despite all the GOP denial otherwise. More to the point. Their words follow — not mine:
Chuck Winder (R-ID): "I would hope that when a woman goes in to a physician with a rape issue, that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage, was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage or was it truly caused by a rape. I assume that’s part of the counseling that goes on." - March 2012
Rick Santorum (R-PA): “I think the right approach is to accept this horribly created — in the sense of rape — but nevertheless a gift in a very broken way, the gift of human life, and accept what God has given to you… rape victims should make the best of a bad situation.” - January, 2012
Roger Rivard (R-WI): ”Some girls rape easy.” – October 2012
Richard Mourdock (R-IN): "I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen." – October 2012
Todd Akin (R-MO): “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways of shutting that whole thing down” - mid 2012 Senate Campaign
An effort that failed and for good reason: GOP lawmakers seek to legally redefine rape as “forcible rape” so fewer women will qualify as victims. The definition of rape in the noxious H.R. 3 “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion” bill. These efforts included Todd Akin and Paul Ryan and were aimed at siphoning off the number of abortion-funding exemptions so that only the rarest few qualified. What offended women most — and eventually scuttled the bill — was the idea that the government could weigh whether your rape “counted” or not.
I guess it is in their DNA - they can't help themselves. And, as 2012 proves, they sure ain't gonna help women, either.
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