Obama's War on Women

[Ms Tree]

It's just the double standard. Dems complain that there aren't more women elected by the GOP, and yet, the Dems go digging up crap like this to ensure that the GOP can't elect more women.If the GOP was digging up stuff on female Dem candidates, it would be labeled as misogyny and a war on women.Here, you label it as just a run of the mill political attack.

Should the GOP have let Tammy Duckworth have a free ride? We're the attacks on her service record fair game?

Only hypocrisy here is yours.

 

[eolesen]

Her record wasn't attacked. Walsh simply said he was tired of hearing it be the only thing she could talk about:
 

“However, unlike most veterans I have had the honor to meet since my election to Congress, who rarely if ever talk about their service or the combat they’ve seen, that is darn near all of what Tammy Duckworth talks about. Her service demands our thanks and our respect but not our vote,” he said.

“She is running for Congress — and there are real problems in this country like our massive debt, high unemployment and the “Obamacare” tax. We are about four months from Election Day and the people of Illinois have no idea where Tammy Duckworth stands on these issues because she dodges debate requests, ignores our invitations to speak at town halls, refuses to talk about solutions, and constantly reminds voters of her war service,” he said. “Our thoughts and prayers will always be with her for her service and her loss, but these are serious times and the people of Illinois deserve to know what she thinks about real issues and what she will do as a congresswoman.”

I know DailyKos and HuffNPuff probably left all the context out of their coverage that didn't fit the narrative, but to some degree, Walsh was right -- all people knew about Duckworth was that she was a disabled war vet (who also worked within the VA, but hey, lets not cast aspersions...) They were running to represent my electoral district, so I paid a lot more attention to that race than you probably did.

But hey, since you brought it up, nobody seems to care when it is a Dem going after Republicans who also happen to be war vets running for office:

http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2014/04/22/Pryor-Suggests-Cotton-s-Military-Experience-Gives-Him-Sense-of-Entitlement-Cotton-Hits-Back-With-Epic-Campaign-Ad

And to give fair play, it seems to also be fair game when a Democrat attacks another Democrat on the same issue...

http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2014/04/22/Dem-Candidate-Says-Iraqi-War-Vet-Opponent-Not-Up-for-Real-Job

 

[Dog Wonder]

This is no longer the land of opportunity but, the land of "What can I have the government take from others and give to me !

They tried giving you an education.

 

[Ms Tree]

Walsh said she was not "true hero". Twenty years in the service and lost her legs in a RPG attack on her helo. Can't say you are in the military but when H Bush was running against What's his face that's all you heard. That's why why what's his face pulled that dumb ass move in the tank.

My point is that all is fair game in politics. It's stupid and hypocritical because both sides do it when it is to their advantage. If you were in the military and your opponent was not then you make it a big deal. If you were not ad the other guy was then it's not a big deal and the other guys a couch for even bringing it up.

All that is besides the point because it has nothing to do with legislation that affects an entire segment of society. The war on women is being conducted by the GOP. You can try and spin it al you want but Romney lost the women's vote by 20%. Are you implying women are gullible and can't figure out wats going on?

 

[delldude]

Walsh said she was not "true hero". Twenty years in the service and lost her legs in a RPG attack on her helo. Can't say you are in the military but when H Bush was running against What's his face that's all you heard. That's why why what's his face pulled that dumb ass move in the tank.

My point is that all is fair game in politics. It's stupid and hypocritical because both sides do it when it is to their advantage. If you were in the military and your opponent was not then you make it a big deal. If you were not ad the other guy was then it's not a big deal and the other guys a couch for even bringing it up.

All that is besides the point because it has nothing to do with legislation that affects an entire segment of society. The war on women is being conducted by the GOP. You can try and spin it al you want but Romney lost the women's vote by 20%. Are you implying women are gullible and can't figure out wats going on?

 
Only reason there is a perceived war on women by the Gop is 'Rules for Radicals' and the stupid bottom feeders who suck it up.

 

[Dog Wonder]

Only reason there is a perceived war on women by the Gop is 'Rules for Radicals' and the stupid bottom feeders who suck it up.

Does the same go for the GOP's war on immigration and war on poor people?

 

[delldude]

Does the same go for the GOP's war on immigration and war on poor people?

 
You mean the dem latino vote project?
 
You mean the war on people who are getting over that should be contributing to our tax base.....

 

[Dog Wonder]

You mean the dem latino vote project?
 
You mean the war on people who are getting over that should be contributing to our tax base.....

I mean voters.

 

[signals]

Given the number of Republican presidents who have attended Harvard, that's a pretty thin contention to make.
 
I'd love to be shown an era, anytime in history, where young people have identified as majority conservative.
 
 
 
Cute how you think that everyone must agree with you, and the number of people who disagree with you is so small they can only amount to one person, but I can assure you nobody I have encountered who is my age is anywhere near conservative, and I know a lot of people from Kansas and Missouri.

Kansas and Missouri? Wow, I'll bet Upstate NY is more significant than both those states.

 

[delldude]

I mean voters.

 
Only poor that vote got free phones.

 

[signals]

Does the same go for the GOP's war on immigration and war on poor people?

Fantastic twist. ILLEGAL immigration. Poor people on welfare that collect a paycheck for irresponsibly shooting out children they can't afford...poor.

Well yes it is war against my money and yours, and I'm OK with it if you flip the entire bill. That is fair....isn't it?

 

[Dog Wonder]

Keep on.

 

[delldude]

Class act.......what if he was Conservative?
 

 

[delldude]

The GOP's war on women gets front page coverage, but when it comes to the liberal war on women....it don't count.
 

 
Even the head of the VA’s office of women’s health acknowledges that persistent shortcomings remain in caring for the 390,000 female vets seen last year at its hospitals and clinics — despite an investment of more than $1.3 billion since 2008, including the training of hundreds of medical professionals in the fundamentals of treating the female body.
 
According to an Associated Press review of VA internal documents, inspector general reports and interviews:
—Nationwide, nearly one in four VA hospitals does not have a fulltime gynecologist on staff. And about 140 of the 920 community-based clinics serving veterans in rural areas do not have a designated women’s health provider, despite the goal that every clinic would have one.
—When community-based clinics refer veterans to a nearby university or other private medical facility to be screened for breast cancer, more than half the time their mammogram results are not provided to patients within two weeks, as required under VA policy.
—Female veterans have been placed on the VA’s Electronic Wait List, which consists of all new patients for whom appointments cannot be scheduled in 90 days or less, at a higher rate than male veterans.
—And according to a VA presentation last year, female veterans of child-bearing age were far more likely to be given medications that can cause birth defects than were women being treated through a private HMO.
“Are there problems? Yes,” said Dr. Patricia Hayes, the VA’s chief consultant for women’s health in an AP interview. “The good news for our health care system is that as the number of women increases dramatically, we are going to continue to be able to adjust to these circumstances quickly.”
The 5.3 million male veterans who used the VA system in fiscal year 2013 far outnumbered female patients, but the number of women receiving care at VA has more than doubled since 2000. The tens of thousands of predominantly young, female veterans returning home has dramatically changed the VA’s patient load, and the system has yet to fully catch up. Also, as the total veteran population continues to decrease, the female veteran population has been increasing year after year, according to a 2013 VA report.
All enrolled veterans can use what the VA describes as its “comprehensive medical benefits package,” though certain benefits may vary by individual and ailment, just like for medical care outside the VA system. The VA typically covers all female-specific medical needs, aside from abortions and in-vitro fertilization.
The strategic initiatives, which sprang from recommendations issued six years ago to enhance women’s health system-wide, have kick started research about women veterans’ experience of sexual harassment, assault or rape in a military setting; established working groups about how to build prosthetics for female soldiers; and even led to installation of women’s restrooms at the more than 1,000 VA facilities.

 
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/22/the-va-is-failing-women/

 

[EastUS1]

The GOP's war on women gets front page coverage, but when it comes to the liberal war on women....it don't count.
 
 
—Female veterans have been placed on the VA’s Electronic Wait List, which consists of all new patients for whom appointments cannot be scheduled in 90 days or less, at a higher rate than male veterans.
—And according to a VA presentation last year, female veterans of child-bearing age were far more likely to be given medications that can cause birth defects than were women being treated through a private HMO.

 
Those who've ever worn a uniform aren't hardly any part of o-boy-mama's main core of half-azzed-communist supporters, so what's to be at all surprised about here?