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Oilwellian

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61. You may find this article very interesting

Sat Mar 3, 2012, 06:24 PM

Mar 2012

Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control - and Why We'll Still Be Fighting About It 100 Years From Now

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There must be SOME advantage the GOP hopes to gain from waging a war on women. What are they hiding? [View all] RandomKoolzip Mar 2012 OP

No advantage I can tell Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #1

You got it. randome Mar 2012 #2

Yep Gruntled Old Man Mar 2012 #25

don't worry your pretty little head about it. mucifer Mar 2012 #3

I AM a guy, but my head IS really pretty. Thanks for noticing! RandomKoolzip Mar 2012 #4

Their problem is that the economy is showing improvement and .... Tennessee Gal Mar 2012 #5

I think they are being driven by their insecurities--loosing "power" to racial minorities, to women hlthe2b Mar 2012 #6

That I think is really close cindyperry2010 Mar 2012 #16

yeah, they're reactionaries BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #62

They have been driven insane A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2012 #7

Yep! Tennessee Gal Mar 2012 #9

And now, with Obama's call to Fluke... A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2012 #15

~lol. CrispyQ Mar 2012 #58

There is really no place they can go. With abortion, they made up the term "partial birth CTyankee Mar 2012 #32

+1 This goes against their world view treestar Mar 2012 #39

there's a time I wouldn't have believed that, except for a woman that I work with magical thyme Mar 2012 #44

IMO, they miscalculated when they embraced the teabaggers. liberal N proud Mar 2012 #8

They couldnt resist the bait and their true colors are showing now. DCBob Mar 2012 #10

The economy is improving so they can't talk about the economy. Life Long Dem Mar 2012 #11

I agree Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #12

maybe they think they can win if they get the vote of every white male in the country? KG Mar 2012 #13

Racism to them is a division tool. Life Long Dem Mar 2012 #18

The way I see it vankuria Mar 2012 #20

And that would still make them stupid, since they know there are liberal white men treestar Mar 2012 #40

I think they're just deeply stupid Tomay Mar 2012 #14

Rove went "deeper not wider" to get W. votes Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #17

Santorum couldn't take on Mitt wrt the economy. They see Mitt losing Schema Thing Mar 2012 #19

i truly think they are caught up in the ecstasy of swinging their viagra swollen dicks around in piratefish08 Mar 2012 #21

Oh, wow, that mental image is almost Surya Gayatri Mar 2012 #35

My oft-repeated theory here.. sendero Mar 2012 #22

I think your argument has a lot of merit... Volaris Mar 2012 #37

Well said and. sendero Mar 2012 #63

It may be exhilaration that a kamikaze pilot feels SDjack Mar 2012 #23

Nicely apt metaphor, SD... Surya Gayatri Mar 2012 #31

The REAL Republicans are trying to kill off the lunatic fringe. Atman Mar 2012 #24

Romney is a moderate in the GOP. In the real world he is a reationary. Just look at his tax plan. libinnyandia Mar 2012 #29

In the late 60s the leaders of the Republican Party - DURHAM D Mar 2012 #26

They are incredibly arrogant. MoonRiver Mar 2012 #27

I've asked this same question and I've come to the following conclusion justiceischeap Mar 2012 #28

Vaginas and gas prices is all they've got. Warren Stupidity Mar 2012 #30

Well, they got away with "Barack the Magic Negro", so I guess they figured the sky was the limit NNN0LHI Mar 2012 #33

A prehistoric mindset that women can't/shouldn't vote? flvegan Mar 2012 #34

Yes. You are correct. I expect a slow chipping away at Blaze Diem Mar 2012 #36

Is It Me Or Have All The Wedge Issues That Repugs Used So Successfully In The Past....... global1 Mar 2012 #38

Well, the fact that they're STILL harping on that shit is puzzling to me. RandomKoolzip Mar 2012 #46

Have they? We're still arguing about abortion all these decades later. EFerrari Mar 2012 #48

I've suspected for decades that there's a reason women have to keep fighting Mist Mar 2012 #50

You make good point. n/t EFerrari Mar 2012 #52

Great post. RandomKoolzip Mar 2012 #55

You may find this article very interesting Oilwellian Mar 2012 #61

It's puzzling catrose Mar 2012 #41

Because they have nothing else. HappyMe Mar 2012 #42

This is a planned, engineered distraction LiberalEsto Mar 2012 #43

The REALLY insidious part is that a) Yes, it's a distraction, but RandomKoolzip Mar 2012 #54

They cater to the the angry white male vote. sufrommich Mar 2012 #45

They See the End for the Likes of Them dynasaw Mar 2012 #47

Freedom of religion. Then Rush adds the class war code words. gulliver Mar 2012 #49

I think there's a factor involved here that deserves a name. The Backlash Cometh Mar 2012 #51

Its a diversion. SalviaBlue Mar 2012 #53

You're forgetting a fact that explains all of this. toddwv Mar 2012 #56

They are simply trying to fire up the GOP voters. Their base loves it. GOP women too. AlinPA Mar 2012 #57

Even as we speak, even as we sit here and Ship of Fools Mar 2012 #59

They're shrinking the base they are trying to kiss the ass of. n/t deacon Mar 2012 #60

Yeah, I've wondered about this too, BUT.......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #64

I think they know their going to lose a bunch of far right seats marlakay Mar 2012 #65