Olympia Snowe: GOP Needs To Rebuild Relationship With Women Post-Akin

[ProSense]

Olympia Snowe: GOP Needs To Rebuild Relationship With Women Post-Akin

Rep. Todd Akin's comments about rape "reinforce the perception that we in the Republican Party are unsympathetic to issues of paramount concern to women," Sen. Olympia Snowe said in a Washington Post piece on Saturday.

"Today, the Republican Party faces a clear challenge: Will we rebuild our relationship with women, thereby placing us on the road to success in November, or will we continue to isolate them and certainly lose this election?" Snowe writes.

Read the whole piece here.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/olympia-snowe-gop-needs-to-rebuild-relationship-with

From the WaPo op-ed:

Romney should underscore that he would protect crucial safety-net programs such as Medicare and Social Security, on which women disproportionately rely. In 2009, for instance, 56 percent of Medicare recipients were female, and 43 percent of women enrolled in Medicare were living at or near poverty, compared with 32 percent of men. Women also make up 57 percent of Social Security recipients and a stunning 68 percent of those 85 or older. The simple truth is that the life expectancy of women exceeds that of men by approximately five years, on average, so many women will depend on these programs longer. Being mindful of these facts in discussing these programs will help reassure female voters that our party understands their unique circumstances.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sen-olympia-snowe-on-how-the-gop-can-mend-its-image-among-women/2012/08/24/8647e6fc-ed50-11e1-b09d-07d971dee30a_story.html

Republicans are not serious people. I mean, is Snowe completely oblivious to the Romney-Ryan-Akin-GOP proposals?

Paul Ryan did not just say this!!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021196592

GOP Approves ‘Most Conservative Platform In Modern History’
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021178791

NYT: Romney-Ryan Medicare proposal would hasten insolvency, raising costs for current retirees
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021179470

[cali]

1. If you cared about women's issues, you'd endorse President Obama, Olympia.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. "rebuild?"

Why, did someone in your party damage it?

[still_one]

3. Really snowe, because you realize that atkins position is the

Position of the republican party for years

You are a disgrace to your gender for being part of the party the represents the most anti-women party in the last 100 years

[Chorophyll]

4. Women broke up with the GOP a long time ago.

Because the GOP is a pack of abusive f*cks. Can't rebuild what you never had.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Olympia Snowe: GOP Needs To Rebuild Relationship With Women Post-Modern era...

There. Fixed it.

[Mtndreamer]

6. I like Olympia Snowe..

as she is as close to a democrat that any Republican can be...

But looks like a Democrat will take her seat..

[ProSense]

7. She's a Republican.

"she is as close to a democrat that any Republican can be... "

In fact, she's a Republican apologist, which means she isn't "close" to a Democrat.

Welcome.

[cali]

10. no, she isn't close to being a democrat

she's a moderate (not liberal) republican and no, a dem will not, alas, take her seat. Angus King is an indie.

[abolugi]

12. She has said she

wants to make President Obama a "one term President" for no particular reason except she doesn't like him.
No friend of mine, I'll tell you that!

[pansypoo53219]

8. why not trying treating women LIKE ADULTS.

and EQUALS.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. She is lame duck

so they will not even bother listening, let alone acting on what she is even saying. She is a disposable. A RINO to them.

[UTUSN]

11. Same old question, why would *any* minority (or rights-deprived) be a Rethug, Olympia?

What parts of Rethugism are SO important to her that she has mealy-mouthed her way into being in that party? Or, if she was in it as an intelligent human, why didn't she make it a mission to raise a ruckus for attempting to broaden it?

[PlanetBev]

13. She is in a time warp

She still clings to the concept of the way Republicans used to be. She cannot accept that they've turned into a party of velociraptors. When ya gonna wake up, Olympia? Your precious GOP is mentally deranged.

[gulliver]

14. You have to change to improve a relationship.

The Republicans have been changing in the last decade, of course. But the trend isn't one of improvement. Their relationship with everyone but the ignorant and demented is decaying, not getting better.

[Ship of Fools]

15. Dear Ms. Snowe:

It's going to take a HELLUVA lot longer than the next 10 weeks
for the GOP to "rebuild" its relationship with women.

Sincerely,
An Extremely Angry Woman Who Wouldn't Vote Republican
Even If It Was The Last Party On Earth.

[Bluenorthwest]

16. She knows Ryan and Akin were legislative partners and that

there is no distance between Romney and his running mate. She's the worst kind of enabler and liar.

[ProSense]

17. Yup, pretending that the problem is simply Akin. n/t