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mercuryblues

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12. Because

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 09:22 AM

Mar 2015

denying women who have been held as sex slaves access to abortion is politically expedient policy. The icing on the cake for them is using an accomplished black woman to achieve this goal lets their base know they will do anything and everything to protect their privilege.

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Why would GOP delay confirmation of African-American woman to extort votes for an anti-choice rider [View all] Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

because they CAN! elleng Mar 2015 #1

@HillaryClinton · Congressional trifecta against women today: riversedge Mar 2015 #3

because they are holding our government hostage in every way possible. spanone Mar 2015 #2

IMO they are grandstanding. They don't care if anything gets passed as long as a black man is jwirr Mar 2015 #4

they don't want anything passed demigoddess Mar 2015 #5

I agree. But I don't think historians are going to be that dumb. Nor can anyone fool all the people jwirr Mar 2015 #13

Because Obama nominated her... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #6

It is Self-Evident, as the founding documents would say. Here is my unsympathetic view: freshwest Mar 2015 #7

A certain percentage of Republicans are racist and sexist. JDPriestly Mar 2015 #8

because the talibornigan hold their balls + squeeze. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #9

Do you even have to ask? n/t bvf Mar 2015 #10

Killing 3 birds with one stone eShirl Mar 2015 #11

Because mercuryblues Mar 2015 #12