Greg Abbott Mansplains Health Care To The Ladies of Texas While Surrounded By Dudes

[TexasTowelie]

Flanked by nine men, Greg Abbott unveiled his health plan for Texas at a women's health center yesterday, while in the courts he continues his efforts to shut down women's clinics.

A few women were able to sneak in at the margins, which tells you all you need to know about how concerned Greg Abbott is about the views and needs of female Texans.

Abbott's plan fails to take advantage of the Medicaid expansion, which is costing Texans billions of dollars in tax revenue that is now going to other states' previously-uninsured residents. It also fails to provide solutions for uninsured Texans outside of the emergency room.

And I can't help but wonder what Abbott advance staffer thought that visual -- a dude surrounded by dudes talking about policies that affect women at a women's health center -- was even remotely a good idea.

Read more: http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/15678/greg-abbott-mansplains-health-care-to-the-ladies-of-texas-while-surrounded-by-dudes

[tazkcmo]

1. Too much credit

This article gives Abbott and his staff too much credit for brains.

"And I can't help but wonder what Abbott advance staffer thought that visual -- a dude surrounded by dudes talking about policies that affect women at a women's health center -- was even remotely a good idea. "

They do not think. They cannot think. They will not think.

[misterhighwasted]

2. just what credentials does Abbot have to speak on women's health?

Zero.

[Half-Century Man]

4. To be fair.

He can point out the female members in any given group with a great deal of accuracy. That incident from a couple years ago; that guy was wearing a dress and had a small adams apple.

[misterhighwasted]

5. lol. yep that's fair enough to enter the Abbot orgy

Sincerely hope Wendy Davis kicks his arse.

[Half-Century Man]

6. Kick it so hard he has two sets of shoulders (nt)

[Fred Sanders]

3. They do need visuals or meaningful policies, they have the mass media to deflect for them and

Sugar Daddy secret campaign and "issue" ad purchasers in the hundreds of millions to keep the media satisfied and compliant and the viewership happy with comforting lies rather than the stark and nasty truth.

[Thinkingabout]

7. I would like to think Abbott is compassionate about women's health issues but then I woke up from

My dream and realize he is making a feeble attempt at getting women's votes. If he said he was going to expand Medicaid and set up health insurance exchanges I might get the feeling he is concerned but don't think this will happen, so my answer is Go Wendy and GOTV.

[Gothmog]

8. Abbott is a bad candidate

[ashling]

9. Fill on the blank

Abbott is a bad __________.

[Gothmog]

10. Agreed

Greg was not expecting to have to work to be governor. Perry coasted in his prior races and Greg expected to be handed the governorship by the GOP donor class. That is not happening