While women typically are more likely to identify themselves as Democrats than men are, that difference widens to a chasm in the USA TODAY poll. By 41%-24%, women call themselves Democrats; men by 27%-25% say they’re Republicans. – A Widening Gender Gap Boosts Obama Over Romney
If only conservatives knew what the meaning of the word meant.
At one point in history it meant actually being conservative, which included not involving yourself in personal matters where you don’t belong. It meant that personal privacy had a place in the human rights philosophy of American politics.
Now, to be “conservative” means to believe you have the right to legislate through the state the actions of women, forcing us to comply with religious dictates that go against U.S. law already established through the Supreme Court.
Joe Scarborough, everyone’s morning infotainment host favorite and representative warm and fuzzy Republican, made the case when Pres. Obama introduced the contraceptive mandate that it was the same as the federal government mandating female deacons in the Southern Baptist Church. When called on it he had the same unhinged response as right-wing Republicans do whenever a woman pushes back on offensive policies that butt into our business.
If Scarborough’s example is the baseline for Republicans, and he’s supposed to be the approachable Republican, it shows you how far they’ve fallen from the true meaning of conservatism, which begins with being conservative when it comes to individual freedoms.
More from the USA/Gallup poll:
In the fifth Swing States survey taken since last fall, Obama leads Republican front-runner Mitt Romney 51%-42% among registered voters just a month after the president had trailed him by two percentage points.
The biggest change came among women under 50. In mid-February, just under half of those voters supported Obama. Now more than six in 10 do while Romney’s support among them has dropped by 14 points, to 30%. The president leads him 2-1 in this group.
Of course, many women just hear that Republicans are legislating forced procedures we don’t want nor need at the state level, which make women run for the hills and ready to hit the voting booth to pull the lever for Democrats.
Republicans announcing forced procedures in state after state make women turn off their message, which clearly contains a strong vein of men telling women what we can or can’t do with our own bodies as a means of controlling us.
It’s the 21st century and women want answers about economics and financial equality, but we’re not likely to take from a political party who thinks it’s their job to design our life for us, butting in on private decisions that isn’t anyone’s decision but our own.
Between Democrats taken women voters for granted and Republicans attacking our rights daily, I no longer support political parties. However, I do understand the women that might be more likely to vote Dems in 2012. Everyday, I turn on the TV or read the newspaper about some crazed republican trying to pass a new law to limit women rights. Can someone please explain, the republican obsession with controlling female bodies?
“Between Democrats taken women voters for granted and Republicans attacking our rights daily, I no longer support political parties.”
The Dems do take womens and Blacks and Hispanic and Gay votes for granted. But there is a very good reason for that. On their WORST day Dems as a whole have supported the rights of these folks to be and have equal rights under the constitution.
Are there ScrewYouDog Dems? Absolutely…but as a nation Women,Gays and Blacks have come closer to real equality when Dems have power.
I have no illusions that the Dems are perfect. But I also KNOW the repugnantklan/teabaggers are genuinely and utterly appalling and hate based. hate for women and women’s reproductive rights, hate for gays and marriage equity and hate for equal rights and protection for Blacks.
I may have to hold my nose and vote for President Obama…but when I look at tyhe alternative the vote will start to smell aLOT sweeter.
And one can only hope these imbecilic assmonkies in the repugnantklan keep up their suicidal war on women. PLEASE keep at it fellas!!!
Instead of opening a bottle of catsup, she should be opening a can of whoop-ass; just saying.
It seems like all one party has to do to be successful at election time is to let the other party govern for a couple of years. Back in 2008, I remember writing that about the Republicans. Then in 2010, I wrote it about the Democrats. Here it is 2012, and right on schedule it looks like the GOP is set to lose at least part of their gains from last election.
Either we are completely ungovernable as a country, or we have lousy taste in leaders.