The Democrats war on women
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A few days ago it was the republicans that were declaring war on women. Sounds like US politics causes men to become chauvinist pigs, no matter what party they belong to. Outlaw male politicians.Here are some of the current warriors.
Temptation from the Temptress...Got us kicked outta the Garden of Eden... Kicked to the Couch...Out of our houses...To the Dog House....To a Cardboard Box Down By The RIVER!...
Saw the headline and laughed Walter this is too funny to be serious.
At least come with some worthwhile issue to debate when being
critical of the Democrats. Yes there are some dirty old men in the
political arena and yes it give the party a black eye a small one but
nonetheless.
When it comes to scandals Democrats have sex scandals, and they
are forgiven. Republicans have monetary scandals and they are
forgiven. If the Democrats have a financial scandal they pay a huge
price. If Republicans have a sex scandal. they are not forgiven.
Jim Carville put it best, don't get caught in bed with a dead woman
or a live boy.
The Democrat scandals are doing well women love Democrats they
just expect Republican men to pay.
At least come with some worthwhile issue to debate when being
critical of the Democrats. Yes there are some dirty old men in the
political arena and yes it give the party a black eye a small one but
nonetheless.
When it comes to scandals Democrats have sex scandals, and they
are forgiven. Republicans have monetary scandals and they are
forgiven. If the Democrats have a financial scandal they pay a huge
price. If Republicans have a sex scandal. they are not forgiven.
Jim Carville put it best, don't get caught in bed with a dead woman
or a live boy.
The Democrat scandals are doing well women love Democrats they
just expect Republican men to pay.
Re: The Republican war on women
Rating the Greatest GOP Sex Scandals of the Past 20 Years | Alternet
Rating the Greatest GOP Sex Scandals of the Past 20 Years
From Clarence Thomas to Mark Sanford, the definitive guide to randy Republicans
June 26, 2009 |
Give this to Republicans: They know how to conduct sex scandals in style.
Oh sure, Democrats have their sex scandals, but they're not nearly as interesting. For one thing, most Democrats busted in sex scandals aren't the same type of overbearing moral scolds as your average GOP politician. (The one recent exception was former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, whose work shutting down prostitution rings left him open to charges of bald hypocrisy when he was caught rendezvousing with a prostitute himself.)
Additionally, Democratic sex scandals tend to be of the more vanilla nature: affairs with campaign workers and interns are pretty standard fare as far as modern political culture goes, as are visits to high-priced call girls.
The GOP's deviants, on the other hand, have brought a wealth of oddball debaucheries to the table, from failed bathroom-stall hookups to slimy messages sent to underage congressional pages to rumored S&M diaper fantasies. So let's review the past 20 years of Republican sex scandals and rate each one on a scale of 1 to 10 based on factors such as hypocrisy, legal liability, the damage inflicted upon the perpetrators' careers and overall comedy.
1991: Clarence Thomas
To be fair, none of the allegations against Thomas could ever be proved, and most of the congressional hearings on the matter amounted to he-said-she-saidtestimony. Even so, Anita Hill's cringe-inducing charges that Thomas allegedly talked openly about pornographic films and pubic hair in the workplace captivated the nation. The hearings also marked the first -- and hopefully the last -- time that Orrin Hatch mentioned"Long Dong Silver" on the floor of the Senate.
Rating: 6. Thomas was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice despite the controversy, so it's not like the scandal had any lasting damage on his career. Also, there's nothing particularly funny about sexual harassment in the workplace, so this rating is only as high as it is due to Hatch's appreciation for Long Dong Silver.
1993: Sen. Bob Packwood
Interestingly, Packwood was a rare Republican who was supportive of abortion rights and was described by Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman as a "friend of feminism." That view changed for the worse, however, when 10 women accused him of sexual harassment or misconduct in the pages of the Washington Post. Packwood's friends tried to come to his defense, but for the most part, they ended up doing more harm than good. Ed Westerdahl, a member of the steering committee for Packwood's first Senate race in 1968, told the New York Times that we should be more forgiving of his old boss' behavior because "20 years ago, at parties, I'd see people doing much more than he's being accused of, and nobody gave it a second thought," and "the pinching, touching, feeling was considered to be friendly, not harassing." Even if we accept this preposterous premise, of course, it should be noted that the Oregon senator was also committing adultery, and I'm pretty sure there are some very old laws around describing that as a no-no as well.
Rating: 2. The lack of overt hypocrisy, and the creepiness of Packwood's advances leave this one without any innate comic value. Sex scandals are only funny if they involve consensual sex, after all.
1990s: Rep. Newt Gingrich
Now this is where things get fun.
Throughout his career, this Georgia lawmaker has been one of the biggest moral charlatans in American political discourse. While he was impeaching President Bill Clinton for lying under oath about his affair with Monica Lewinsky, Gingrich said that Clinton had shown "a level of disrespect and decadence that should appall every American" after he had reduced the office of the presidency to the "rough equivalent of the 'Jerry Springer' show." The whole time, of course, Newt was cheating on his second wife with a woman more than 20 years his younger (who would later become his third wife). And then there's the matter of his first wife, with whom Gingrich initiated a divorcewhile she was recovering from cancer surgery.
Rating: 7. Newt's untamed loins get high marks for their comic levels of hypocrisy. What's amazing about the guy is that he has absolutely no shame, even after being exposed as a fraud. Rather than taking a more, dare we say it, Christian approach, in not judging others lest he be judged, Newt is still going on television ranting about "a gay and secular fascism in this country" that is "a very dangerous threat to anybody who believes in traditional religion."
2006: Rep. Mark Foley
Just over one month before the 2006 midterm elections, ABC News reported that Florida Republican Foley had sent several sexually explicit e-mails to teenage congressional pages. He referred to one of the pages as "my favorite young stud" and told him that he was "never too busy" to "spank it." Foley abruptly resigned in disgrace.
Rating: 8. As I've said throughout, there's nothing funny about sexual harassment. However, this scandal rates highly because it not only doomed Foley's career, but it exposed him as an enormous hypocrite. Foley, you see, was fond of portrayinghimself as a defender of children. Indeed, the Washington Post reported after the scandal that Foley had "built his political career in large measure on legislative proposals meant to halt the sexual predation of children and others." Foley later explained to Timemagazine that he wasn't at all hypocritical for hitting on underage pages because "There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying this,' or 'This is inappropriate.' "
2007: Sen. David Vitter
On the surface, Vitter's habit of frequenting the infamous"D.C. Madam's" alleged den of inequity doesn't seem so bad. After all, he's just another family-values-lovin' pol who cheated on his wife with prostitutes. However, the rumors flying around that Vitter liked to be dressed up in adult diapers while at the brothel are what catapult this into an "Oh-this-must-be-a-Republican" sex scandal. The fact that the Louisiana senator would later co-sponsor the so-called "Marriage Protection Amendment" with Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, (see next entry) makes this all the juicier.
Rating: 6. A solidly weird effort on Vitter's part, but the scandal so far hasn't forced him out of his Senate seat.
2007: Sen. Larry Craig
This scandal had everything: failed attempts at sex in the seediest location imaginable; fumbling mishaps with law-enforcement agents; and one of the all-time greatest coverup lies told by any politician. Admit it: When you heard that Craig had been arrested for allegedly playing footsy with a cop in an airport bathroom stall, you heard a muted trumpet in your head going, "Waaah, waaaah, waaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Craig's subsequent denial of the charges was classic as well, as he said he only rubbed the cop's foot for five minutes because he employed a "wide stance" while sitting on the toilet.
Rating: Like Spinal Tap's amplifiers, this one goes to 11.
2009: Gov. Mark Sanford
What makes this scandal so bizarre really has nothing to do with the sex itself, but rather that: (a) South Carolina Gov. Sanford flew all the way down to Argentina to see his mistress and planned to stay there for more than a week; (b) he didn't tell anyone on his staff, who proceeded to embarrass themselves by claiming that Sanford was "hiking the Appalachian trail"; and (c) he apparently didn't think anyone in the state would notice that their governor had disappeared. If he had just kept his affair closer to home, he might still be on the fast track to the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. Alas, now it seems the Republicans are going to have to go to their fallback plan of nominating Joe the Plumber.
Rating: 9. Plenty of politicians have out-of-control libidos. But few are willing to go AWOL at their jobs for over a week to satisfy them.
Rating the Greatest GOP Sex Scandals of the Past 20 Years | Alternet
Rating the Greatest GOP Sex Scandals of the Past 20 Years
From Clarence Thomas to Mark Sanford, the definitive guide to randy Republicans
June 26, 2009 |
Give this to Republicans: They know how to conduct sex scandals in style.
Oh sure, Democrats have their sex scandals, but they're not nearly as interesting. For one thing, most Democrats busted in sex scandals aren't the same type of overbearing moral scolds as your average GOP politician. (The one recent exception was former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, whose work shutting down prostitution rings left him open to charges of bald hypocrisy when he was caught rendezvousing with a prostitute himself.)
Additionally, Democratic sex scandals tend to be of the more vanilla nature: affairs with campaign workers and interns are pretty standard fare as far as modern political culture goes, as are visits to high-priced call girls.
The GOP's deviants, on the other hand, have brought a wealth of oddball debaucheries to the table, from failed bathroom-stall hookups to slimy messages sent to underage congressional pages to rumored S&M diaper fantasies. So let's review the past 20 years of Republican sex scandals and rate each one on a scale of 1 to 10 based on factors such as hypocrisy, legal liability, the damage inflicted upon the perpetrators' careers and overall comedy.
1991: Clarence Thomas
To be fair, none of the allegations against Thomas could ever be proved, and most of the congressional hearings on the matter amounted to he-said-she-saidtestimony. Even so, Anita Hill's cringe-inducing charges that Thomas allegedly talked openly about pornographic films and pubic hair in the workplace captivated the nation. The hearings also marked the first -- and hopefully the last -- time that Orrin Hatch mentioned"Long Dong Silver" on the floor of the Senate.
Rating: 6. Thomas was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice despite the controversy, so it's not like the scandal had any lasting damage on his career. Also, there's nothing particularly funny about sexual harassment in the workplace, so this rating is only as high as it is due to Hatch's appreciation for Long Dong Silver.
1993: Sen. Bob Packwood
Interestingly, Packwood was a rare Republican who was supportive of abortion rights and was described by Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman as a "friend of feminism." That view changed for the worse, however, when 10 women accused him of sexual harassment or misconduct in the pages of the Washington Post. Packwood's friends tried to come to his defense, but for the most part, they ended up doing more harm than good. Ed Westerdahl, a member of the steering committee for Packwood's first Senate race in 1968, told the New York Times that we should be more forgiving of his old boss' behavior because "20 years ago, at parties, I'd see people doing much more than he's being accused of, and nobody gave it a second thought," and "the pinching, touching, feeling was considered to be friendly, not harassing." Even if we accept this preposterous premise, of course, it should be noted that the Oregon senator was also committing adultery, and I'm pretty sure there are some very old laws around describing that as a no-no as well.
Rating: 2. The lack of overt hypocrisy, and the creepiness of Packwood's advances leave this one without any innate comic value. Sex scandals are only funny if they involve consensual sex, after all.
1990s: Rep. Newt Gingrich
Now this is where things get fun.
Throughout his career, this Georgia lawmaker has been one of the biggest moral charlatans in American political discourse. While he was impeaching President Bill Clinton for lying under oath about his affair with Monica Lewinsky, Gingrich said that Clinton had shown "a level of disrespect and decadence that should appall every American" after he had reduced the office of the presidency to the "rough equivalent of the 'Jerry Springer' show." The whole time, of course, Newt was cheating on his second wife with a woman more than 20 years his younger (who would later become his third wife). And then there's the matter of his first wife, with whom Gingrich initiated a divorcewhile she was recovering from cancer surgery.
Rating: 7. Newt's untamed loins get high marks for their comic levels of hypocrisy. What's amazing about the guy is that he has absolutely no shame, even after being exposed as a fraud. Rather than taking a more, dare we say it, Christian approach, in not judging others lest he be judged, Newt is still going on television ranting about "a gay and secular fascism in this country" that is "a very dangerous threat to anybody who believes in traditional religion."
2006: Rep. Mark Foley
Just over one month before the 2006 midterm elections, ABC News reported that Florida Republican Foley had sent several sexually explicit e-mails to teenage congressional pages. He referred to one of the pages as "my favorite young stud" and told him that he was "never too busy" to "spank it." Foley abruptly resigned in disgrace.
Rating: 8. As I've said throughout, there's nothing funny about sexual harassment. However, this scandal rates highly because it not only doomed Foley's career, but it exposed him as an enormous hypocrite. Foley, you see, was fond of portrayinghimself as a defender of children. Indeed, the Washington Post reported after the scandal that Foley had "built his political career in large measure on legislative proposals meant to halt the sexual predation of children and others." Foley later explained to Timemagazine that he wasn't at all hypocritical for hitting on underage pages because "There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying this,' or 'This is inappropriate.' "
2007: Sen. David Vitter
On the surface, Vitter's habit of frequenting the infamous"D.C. Madam's" alleged den of inequity doesn't seem so bad. After all, he's just another family-values-lovin' pol who cheated on his wife with prostitutes. However, the rumors flying around that Vitter liked to be dressed up in adult diapers while at the brothel are what catapult this into an "Oh-this-must-be-a-Republican" sex scandal. The fact that the Louisiana senator would later co-sponsor the so-called "Marriage Protection Amendment" with Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, (see next entry) makes this all the juicier.
Rating: 6. A solidly weird effort on Vitter's part, but the scandal so far hasn't forced him out of his Senate seat.
2007: Sen. Larry Craig
This scandal had everything: failed attempts at sex in the seediest location imaginable; fumbling mishaps with law-enforcement agents; and one of the all-time greatest coverup lies told by any politician. Admit it: When you heard that Craig had been arrested for allegedly playing footsy with a cop in an airport bathroom stall, you heard a muted trumpet in your head going, "Waaah, waaaah, waaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Craig's subsequent denial of the charges was classic as well, as he said he only rubbed the cop's foot for five minutes because he employed a "wide stance" while sitting on the toilet.
Rating: Like Spinal Tap's amplifiers, this one goes to 11.
2009: Gov. Mark Sanford
What makes this scandal so bizarre really has nothing to do with the sex itself, but rather that: (a) South Carolina Gov. Sanford flew all the way down to Argentina to see his mistress and planned to stay there for more than a week; (b) he didn't tell anyone on his staff, who proceeded to embarrass themselves by claiming that Sanford was "hiking the Appalachian trail"; and (c) he apparently didn't think anyone in the state would notice that their governor had disappeared. If he had just kept his affair closer to home, he might still be on the fast track to the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. Alas, now it seems the Republicans are going to have to go to their fallback plan of nominating Joe the Plumber.
Rating: 9. Plenty of politicians have out-of-control libidos. But few are willing to go AWOL at their jobs for over a week to satisfy them.
Then why is David Vitter still in the Senate, and why was Mark Sanford just elected to the House?
I'll give you time to google.
Or maybe Ed Edwards.
Not only is that sexist, but it's my opinion that most male politicians are of a higher calibre than most female politicians.
I mean, look at our lot - Harriet "Harperson" Harman, Hazel "Squirrel Nutkin" Blears, Stella "All Men On Twitter Are Rapists" Creasy.
I shudder at the thought of them running the country.
All of the above are in the Labour Party. The only good female politician I can think of is our Home Secretary Theresa May. She was a shoo-in to become a future Prime Minister BEFORE she achieved what none of her Labour predecesssors achieved - kicking out Abu Qatada.
As acts of war go, i would classify abrogation of voting, economic and reproductive rights as more aggressive than the showing of naughty pictures. But that's just me...
Right... because that's all these guys did was show naughty pictures.
And the GOP wants to abolish women's voting rights, economic rights, and right to an abortion.
Drink that kool-aid deeply
And the GOP wants to abolish women's voting rights, economic rights, and right to an abortion.
Drink that kool-aid deeply
Here are some of the current warriors.
Consensual sexual relationships qualifies as a war against women? Damn.
Yah, well... that's republicans for ya. They would rather play footsie in men's washrooms at airports.
Cliffy being unbiased again.
And yeah... that's what they'd rather do... yeah... just do that... yeah Cliffy you nailed em'.
Maybe this guy should have been up there...
Maybe this guy should have been up there...
Yeah this guy changes things.
Marilyn was one of many. Strange thing is damn near everyone knew about the various women he slept with both before and during his presidency. There is no way he would have won the election today (assuming he won in 1960 to begin with).
The feminist agenda is a cornerstone of the Democratic Party Platform.
It has victimized women's physical and mental health by way of rabid support and proselytization of abortion.. turned them into sexual playthings through glamourization of contraception and promiscuity.. demeaned their unique vocational genius by disassembling the nuclear family.. in part by turning it into an absurdity by way homosexual 'marriage'.
Yup... the Democrats have been a tragic influence on many young women.. building a completely artificial vision of an emancipated woman.. unburdened by family or real responsibility.. masculinizing their references of 'success' and leading to lives lacking meaning, integrity or fulfillment.
In fairness its difficult to find a Canadian political party that does not support the same agenda. There are Conservatives that oppose it.. but they have been silenced and marginalized by the Harper PMO office.. as a threat to the 'woman's' vote.. and the 'prime directive' of imposing completely amoral 'Free' markets and 'Free' Trade. Morality would be a retraint ot commerce. :roll:
It has victimized women's physical and mental health by way of rabid support and proselytization of abortion.. turned them into sexual playthings through glamourization of contraception and promiscuity.. demeaned their unique vocational genius by disassembling the nuclear family.. in part by turning it into an absurdity by way homosexual 'marriage'.
Yup... the Democrats have been a tragic influence on many young women.. building a completely artificial vision of an emancipated woman.. unburdened by family or real responsibility.. masculinizing their references of 'success' and leading to lives lacking meaning, integrity or fulfillment.
In fairness its difficult to find a Canadian political party that does not support the same agenda. There are Conservatives that oppose it.. but they have been silenced and marginalized by the Harper PMO office.. as a threat to the 'woman's' vote.. and the 'prime directive' of imposing completely amoral 'Free' markets and 'Free' Trade. Morality would be a retraint ot commerce. :roll:
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Just trying to bring balance to the dumb finger pointing. Both parties are made up of womanizers. It is what happens when sociopaths get a little power. It goes straight to their little heads. But I'm not surprised that those who still think they live in a republic and choose sides think that pointing fingers at the other team of sociopaths has any relevance. How come the women never seem to have affairs in office? Or are they being ignored because they are women. Well sexism runs in both sexes and both parties. I just think it is funny that Americans get upset with their elected officials for doing what they wish they could do and get away with.