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Romney To Women Voters: ‘Vote For The Other Guy’ If You Want Greater Access To Birth Control (Original Post) Tx4obama Mar 2012 OP
The gift that keeps on giving n/t Mopar151 Mar 2012 #1
This clown is so phony Thrill Mar 2012 #2
Conservative idiots Turbineguy Mar 2012 #3
Was he getting booed? TlalocW Mar 2012 #4
Aw, and what about all the people who don't like to (over)pay for the RW wars of Amonester Mar 2012 #5
Guess what Mitt - ohheckyeah Mar 2012 #6
Women Voters to Romney: "Will do!" Arkana Mar 2012 #7
That was a poor choice of words on her part. Quantess Mar 2012 #8
She could've been a plant in the audience to make feminists look bad. Who knows... Jamaal510 Mar 2012 #10
Agree completely fujiyama Mar 2012 #16
Mitt has a stuttering problem big time." And uh I'm uh gonna get uh rid of a lumpy Mar 2012 #9
"there are a lot of things, a lot of things, a lot of things, that uh, that uh..." DesertRat Mar 2012 #11
After listening to that blaze Mar 2012 #14
No problem, Willard!!! janet118 Mar 2012 #12
OK, I will. racaulk Mar 2012 #13
The first woman sounded like a dolt fujiyama Mar 2012 #15

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
5. Aw, and what about all the people who don't like to (over)pay for the RW wars of
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 12:22 AM
Mar 2012

aggression and imperialism for the Richest of the Riches, huh?

Yeah. Who cares about them, eh, Rmoney?

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
7. Women Voters to Romney: "Will do!"
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:00 PM
Mar 2012

And when the gender gap is historically gigantic I hope the Mittster remembers this.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
8. That was a poor choice of words on her part.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:26 PM
Mar 2012

Women are not asking for "free birth control". We would like it to be covered by health insurance that we pay for, and we would like Planned Parenthood to keep on helping poor women have access to affordable birth control.

This woman did us a disservice by saying she wants "free birth control".

fujiyama

(15,185 posts)
16. Agree completely
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:02 PM
Mar 2012

This argument shouldn't even be about "free" birth control.

It's about health insurance providers giving women access to basic services and procedures such as contraceptives, which have a vast influence on hormones, including of course acting as birth control. In the case of Sandra Fluke, she was talking about a friend who had a cyst which was to be treated by a contraceptive, which was not covered under Georgetown's insurance policy.

Once this thing is framed as "paying for other's sex lives", the whole narrative is lost. We shouldn't allow Rush and other ass holes to reframe this issue.

This is a pretty basic women's right issue as far as gender parity in health insurance is concerned. Health insurance providers are known to discriminate against women...

lumpy

(13,704 posts)
9. Mitt has a stuttering problem big time." And uh I'm uh gonna get uh rid of a
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:20 PM
Mar 2012

and and I'm gonna duh duh da duh... He is unsure of himself and is lacking self confidence.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
11. "there are a lot of things, a lot of things, a lot of things, that uh, that uh..."
Fri Mar 23, 2012, 05:55 PM
Mar 2012

It's painful to listen to him.

racaulk

(11,550 posts)
13. OK, I will.
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 10:35 AM
Mar 2012

Not because I'm a woman, but because I want all women to have greater access to birth control.

Thanks, Etch-a-Sketch!

fujiyama

(15,185 posts)
15. The first woman sounded like a dolt
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 01:51 PM
Mar 2012

The second woman's question was entirely valid and important - she asked about where women should go for HPV vaccines and mammograms, vital services Planned Parenthood provides.

Romney didn't even address it and just went rambling on about spending.

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