THE WAR on women could not have a better example than the Virginia governors race between Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli. Quinnipiac’s latest polling shows McAuliffe up 5 points in a race where neither man is seen to have a clear advantage. McAuliffe is as connected a Democratic elite politician can get, tied closely to [...]
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Obama Slams Antiabortion State Laws [Video -Full Remarks]
Obama — the first sitting president to address the group in its nearly 100-year history – took aim at North Dakota’s law, which bans abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected, at around six weeks. “A woman may not even know that she’s pregnant at six weeks,” he said. As long as [...]
Dr. Kermit Gosnell on Trial
No, they aren’t right about the Gosnell story. If you’ve never heard of the Gosnell story, it’s not because of a coverup by the liberal mainstream media. It’s probably because you failed to pay attention to the copious coverage among pro-choice and feminist journalists, as well as the big news organizations, when the news first [...]
The Sexist Confederate War on Susan Rice
THE CONFEDERACY lives in the 21st century Republican party and segments of the American right, which many progressives have argued for a long time; they may not be the largest contingent, but they’re the loudest and most troublesome for conservatives clawing their way to relevancy in the wake of the 2012 election. The confederate right [...]
TOP STORY: Obama Lowers the “Romnesia” Hammer [Video - Full Remarks]
“Remember, it’s not what other people think of you that matters. It’s what you think of them. That’s how you live your life.” – Gore Vidal, political assassin extraordinaire IT’S AN October surprise, but not the kind anyone was expecting. In front of enthusiastically committed women in battleground Virginia, Barack Obama, The Candidate, told voters [...]
Top Story: Whose Party Is It, Mitt Romney’s or the Religious Right’s?
“Rape is rape and there’s no splitting hairs over rape.” As for the president’s claim that Romney-Ryan will restrict birth control, Ryan calls that ridiculous. “Nobody is proposing to deny birth control to anybody,” says Ryan. Ryan says women won’t fall for these side issues. “And I don’t think they’re going to take the bait [...]
Susan G. Komen Founder Nancy Brinker to Get ‘New Role’
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL is reporting that the Komen Foundation is finally shaking the rot from its leadership that led to the catastrophic image collapse when politics became more important to the organization than the women they’re supposed to be helping. Susan G. Komen for the Cure shook up its top ranks Wednesday, announcing the [...]
Campbell Brown Takes on Planned Parenthood
“We got more than what we thought we’d get” – Rep. Bart Stupak (via C-SPAN) AND FOR GOOD REASONS. There’s a dust up over Campbell Brown’s op-ed in the New York Times on Sunday, people coming to Planned Parenthood’s aid because of a blast by Dan Senor’s wife. The Times was wrong not to affix [...]
Fox News Channel and “Witless” ‘Fox and Friends’ Slammed
Today’s version of the morning show featured an anti-Obama video that resembled propaganda films from 1930′s Europe more than it did responsible TV politics of today. And the remarkable thing was the witless crew on the couch that serves as hosts for this show had the audacity to present it as journalism and congratulate the [...]
I Am “Pro Life,” Because Life Begins With The Woman
Planned Parenthood Action Fund unveiled an advertising campaign Wednesday in swing states painting Mitt Romney as the wrong choice for women, a critical voting bloc in the battle for the White House. Backed by $1.4 million, the spot will run on broadcast and cable television in West Palm Beach, Florida, Des Moines, Iowa, northern Virginia [...]
Target of Fantasy Flynt Ad “Commends” Hustler for “Honesty”
“That’s satire. I’m able to publish this because of the Supreme Court case I won in 1984, Flynt v. Falwell.” – Larry Flynt [h/t The Blaze] HE’S THE RUSH Limbaugh of graphic images. The leader in sliming the right, as Limbaugh is to the left. Like Limbaugh’s verbal assault on Sandra Fluke, Larry Flynt has [...]
As the World Turns: Susan G. Komen Uzbekistan Edition
For whatever reason, Susan G. Komen for the Cure failed to fully vet its partner in Uzbekistan and assess the risks of working with them. – Due Diligence, Googoosha, and Komen for the Cure Susan G. Komen is getting bad press and deserving it again. But this time they’re being mentioned with “the most hated [...]
‘Nosy and Insistent,’ Icon Mike Wallace, Dead at 93
That’s how Mike Wallace described himself. Part of Wallace’s legacy, though you won’t see it cited many places today, remains his role in the Phillip Morris – Jeffrey Wigand scandal that rocked “60 Minutes” and became unlocked in Michael Mann’s great film “The Insider,” with Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, and Christopher Plummer as Wallace. A [...]
Oprah Should Spend Capital to Put OWN in the Political Game
It’s one thing to have a network vision, it’s quite another to make it marketable, watchable and profitable, let alone hip. And if there is one thing OWN is not it’s relevant. OWN seems sleepy and quaint at a moment when women are flexing their power. OWN is missing history. The Susan G. Komen Foundation [...]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Cecile Richards Respond to Mitt Romney’s Pledge to Defund Parenthood
**updated** “Mitt Romney is trying to out-right anyone else in the race.” – Rep. Jan Schakowsky On a conference call earlier today put together by the DNC for the media, Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky called Mitt Romney the “most extreme candidate” on issues directly impacting women. “Romney showed no leadership whatsoever” on Rush Limbaugh, which [...]
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