Gals, in the eyes of Colorado Assistant House Majority Leader Mark Waller, when it comes to fertilized eggs as people, women are toast. His comment on the bill he just passed through the House? “The goal of this bill is not to protect women. The goal of this bill is to protect unborn children.” Ya know, Mark… we kinda got that message.
As a group, the eight ultra-radical, anti-choice Republican Senate candidates had mixed results last night. Three wins, two sure losses, and three likely losses that haven’t been definitively called.
As a group, the eight ultra-radical, anti-choice Republican Senate candidates had mixed results last night. Three wins, two sure losses, and three likely losses that haven’t been definitively called.
The 2010 crop of GOP candidates is a group with more extreme stances on reproductive rights issues than we’ve seen in a long time.
A video unearthed by ThinkProgress finds Ken Buck telling a a room full of GOP supporters that he “does not believe int he separation of church and state,” because it is not in the Constitution. Oh, and his religious beliefs apparently don’t proscribe lying.
(VIDEO) Ken Buck put his proverbial low-heeled cowboy boot right into his mouth and now women’s groups are focused on just how anti-woman his politics are.
I am long past the point of hoping for some semblance of truth from the anti-woman, anti-life, anti-choice movement. Still, the length to which they use blatant lies and distortions–and the failure of most media outlets to call them on it–remains breathtaking.
The senate race in Colorado is heating up, and Ken Buck gets assistance from a ballot measure and a lot of money. But that might not be enough to secure a victory.
Senate candidate Ken Buck is rapidly losing ground with women voters, and the latest news that he blamed a rape victim for her own rape may make it worse.
Will the voting public decide that the new “pro-life without discrimination” candidates have gone too far in stripping women of their reproductive rights?
