I got a kick out of Lawrence O’Donnell last night when he called the latest assault on women political suicide. The GOP is busy trying to spin their attack on women and contraception as an attack on religion. This woman isn’t buying it. Old white men, who are completely out of touch with the modern woman, are busy trying to tell us what to do with our own bodies. They have an antiquated vision of women—one where father knows best, and the little lady needs guidance because she can’t be trusted to think for herself.
We are woman, hear us roar.
A friend of mine is planning a get together of women to discuss reelecting President Obama. She said that people she invited to this event, to take place next week, have been calling and asking if they could bring their daughters and friends. Women are organizing. Women are strong. Get out of our way. Get your “small government” out of our bedrooms.
Yesterday Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, convened a hearing to talk about women’s health, but he banned all female witnesses. Women serving on the committee walked out in protest, a first for Eleanor Holmes Norton who has been in the House for over 20 years. Before the clock struck Midnight the Democratic leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi had sent out an E-mail to Democrats. The full text follows:
We almost couldn’t believe it. Today, at a House Oversight Committee hearing, House Republicans convened a panel on denying access to birth control converge with five men and no women. As my colleague Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney asked, where are the women?
Join me in our call to Speaker Boehner, Eric Cantor, Chairman Issa and all House Republicans to demand that women be brought to the table when discussing women’s health issues. Help us gather 50,000 signatures before Congress heads home tomorrow.
Sign the petition >>
Thank you for standing up for what’s right and joining our fight.
It is apparent that Republican men have forgotten that more women than men vote in every election. We aren’t going to be voting for a bunch of male chauvinist pigs. As of this writing almost 25,000 people have signed Nancy’s petition. That happened over night while most women were sleeping.
Homework
Story About Democrats Walking Out of Issa Hearing
Link to Petition
We are woman, hear us roar.
A friend of mine is planning a get together of women to discuss reelecting President Obama. She said that people she invited to this event, to take place next week, have been calling and asking if they could bring their daughters and friends. Women are organizing. Women are strong. Get out of our way. Get your “small government” out of our bedrooms.
Yesterday Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, convened a hearing to talk about women’s health, but he banned all female witnesses. Women serving on the committee walked out in protest, a first for Eleanor Holmes Norton who has been in the House for over 20 years. Before the clock struck Midnight the Democratic leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi had sent out an E-mail to Democrats. The full text follows:
We almost couldn’t believe it. Today, at a House Oversight Committee hearing, House Republicans convened a panel on denying access to birth control converge with five men and no women. As my colleague Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney asked, where are the women?
Join me in our call to Speaker Boehner, Eric Cantor, Chairman Issa and all House Republicans to demand that women be brought to the table when discussing women’s health issues. Help us gather 50,000 signatures before Congress heads home tomorrow.
Sign the petition >>
Thank you for standing up for what’s right and joining our fight.
It is apparent that Republican men have forgotten that more women than men vote in every election. We aren’t going to be voting for a bunch of male chauvinist pigs. As of this writing almost 25,000 people have signed Nancy’s petition. That happened over night while most women were sleeping.
Homework
Story About Democrats Walking Out of Issa Hearing
Link to Petition
RSS Feed