Posted on 04/21/2015 8:05:46 AM PDT by Rusty0604
As expected, a public forum being organized by the Democratic chair of the Federal Election Commission to discuss women in politics will host a slew of liberal Democratic panelists with no Republican in sight.
Last week, FEC chair Ann Ravel announced the May 12 forum which will be aimed at addressing the dearth of women in public office.
But critics slammed the announcement, arguing that the FEC’s mission is to regulate campaign spending, not get to the root of who chooses to run for office. The event announcement was also seen as playing favorites with its implicit preference for female candidates versus male candidates. Adding to that concern was that Ravel’s announcement came during the same week that Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for president.
While Ravel, who came under scrutiny last year after she floated a proposal to regulate political speech on the internet, denies that any of the 10 forum panelists were chosen because of their ideology, those who have publicly stated their political preferences have almost exclusively supported Democrats and been highly critical of Republicans.
Rebecca Traister, an editor at The New Republic, is a prime example.
A self-described “devoted Hillary Clinton supporter,” Traister will take part in the first of two sessions to be held next month.
Traister is no stranger to ideologically-charged forums about women in politics. In Sept. 2012 she sat on a panel at the University of Michigan entitled “The Republican War on Women.” According to Campus Reform, she referred to herself at the event as a “super brow burning feminist lefty pinko liberal lady.”
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Looks as though their new commission is to get Hillary elected.
All of these gov agencies must be abolished and Obama impeached
Last week, FEC chair Ann Ravel announced the May 12 forum which will be aimed at addressing the dearth of women in public office.
Isn’t it a fact that about 25% of Congress and close to 20% of the Senate are women?
Isn’t it true that there are numerous mayors, city council members, state legislators, and state governors who are women?
Isn’t this whole conference starting from a false premise, that the “dearth” of women in elected office is a false statement? There is no “dearth” of women in elective office. Women are free to run, and many have run and won office.
We can debate that women may not be 50% of elected officials, and have a philosophical bull session about that. But in terms of discrimination against women happening, or a reluctance of voters to vote for women for office, that is clearly a false premise to start from.
Most people attending a “women in politics” convention will be liberals. The reason is simple: Liberals see people as groups. They see your sex, your race, your age, etc. as being important attributes as to your qualifications for something. Conservatives tend to see people as individuals. You are not part of a group (women, men, blacks, whites, etc.). You stand or fall on what MLK Jr. called the content of your character.
Liberals don’t get this. Or, more to the point, they don’t want anyone to get it. Otherwise they would have no power, whatsoever.
Yes. Female representation in government and local government service is strong!
Google for pictures about the Atlanta Teachers Twelve. Pictures of the persons indicted (11 of whom were convicted).
Yes. Female as the only qualification makes sense, doesn’t it?
Exactly. There is no reason for them to be wasting taxpayer dollars on this foolishness.
The sheep voted skin color twice, its time for lady parts
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