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TomClash

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Reply to Auntie Bush (Reply #31)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 08:39 AM

Mar 2012

Fair enough. That might be the only other good use.

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I've become a one issue voter this year [View all] lunatica Mar 2012 OP

The GOP is hedging, they KNOW they will lose presidency but want to keep the house... uponit7771 Mar 2012 #1

I would have normally agreed with you lunatica Mar 2012 #3

I agree with you lunatica. MoonRiver Mar 2012 #23

I think this should be a political ad run by Women's Groups with a few lines both written and spoken Liberalynn Mar 2012 #2

Maybe they can use a picture of a wire hanger to help drive the message home lunatica Mar 2012 #4

Definitely Liberalynn Mar 2012 #5

many of us will recognize the symbolism of the coat hanger but many younger women won't. ellenfl Mar 2012 #20

They won't be clueless for long if they ask questions lunatica Mar 2012 #21

you're giving americans a lot more credit for intellectual curiosity than some deserve. ellenfl Mar 2012 #34

The wire hanger is an unknown symbol to many women, tho. CTyankee Mar 2012 #22

This is true Liberalynn Mar 2012 #24

Perhaps the symbol could be used, along with a provocative question such as CTyankee Mar 2012 #26

It would take them seconds to find out what the symbolism means lunatica Mar 2012 #25

see my answer above. It could be a teachable moment and should be. CTyankee Mar 2012 #27

You're right. We tend to forget our kids don't know what it was like lunatica Mar 2012 #29

tell them to google Geraldine Santoro. She died June 8, 1964 w8liftinglady Mar 2012 #32

Actually, u would be surprised at how many of glowing Mar 2012 #36

Rebecca Traister addresses this in her recent book "Big Girls Don't Cry", about the 08 election. CTyankee Mar 2012 #39

You make very good points lunatica Mar 2012 #40

This is why men who are not Drs should stay out of the exam room. glowing Mar 2012 #44

That concept seems 'quaint' to me after the last couple of weeks. onehandle Mar 2012 #6

I personally believe that is what they are hoping for Liberalynn Mar 2012 #8

I absolutely agree with you lunatica Mar 2012 #9

+1 (nt) enough Mar 2012 #10

I have a strong opinion on this issue TomClash Mar 2012 #7

I wouldn't mind having it used on a couple Right wing politicians. Auntie Bush Mar 2012 #31

LOL TomClash Mar 2012 #47

It is not just an issue of abortion. The GOP fanatics are trying to end birth control 1monster Mar 2012 #11

Their male egos, escalated by a sense of moral superiority, CrispyQ Mar 2012 #12

And we're fighting back lunatica Mar 2012 #13

Agreed. They want to "restore" society to the 50's... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2012 #18

all religious women would be against birth control, AlbertCat Mar 2012 #14

It's stinking mean thinking lunatica Mar 2012 #15

You forgot - their mistresses would also need it csziggy Mar 2012 #17

oh, but their mistresses would get it---- BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #19

True - and so would their wives and daughters as long as they could keep it hidden csziggy Mar 2012 #28

This is about freedom. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #16

I still think evilhime Mar 2012 #30

I agree and I'm saying it to all the women I know. eom erinlough Mar 2012 #33

I have never stopped voting exclusively pro-choice janet118 Mar 2012 #35

Well to be fair the abortion issue wasn't a big one at all before this insane election year lunatica Mar 2012 #42

Well, with the violence of the "fringe minority" and enactment of restrictive state laws . . . janet118 Mar 2012 #48

Fortunately, existentialist Mar 2012 #37

But this year it's vitally important to fight back on this one issue lunatica Mar 2012 #43

We agree in principle existentialist Mar 2012 #45

Raising the Social Security retirement age to 70 B Calm Mar 2012 #38

The chances of me ever getting pregnant Aerows Mar 2012 #41

. lunatica Mar 2012 #46