Posted on 08/31/2012 2:53:50 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Like tightly structured novels, political conventions introduce no random characters or irrelevant passages.
So when former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez were chosen for prime slots on the night of vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan's national debut, the Romney campaign was intentionally advancing a narrative it will emphasize over the next nine weeks:
Women like Mitt Romney. And the endorsement of impressive leaders like Rice and Martinez - not to mention his appealing wife, Ann - suggests that female voters should believe the Romney-Ryan ticket will best serve their interests.
It may be a pivotal theme of the election.
The Democratic charge that Republicans are waging a "war on women" could be contributing to a significant gender gap afflicting the Republican ticket.
According to the most recent Gallup poll, Obama is leading Romney by a margin of 50 to 42 percent with women voters. Meanwhile, Romney leads Obama with men by a margin of 51 to 41 percent.
The good news for Democrats? Women turn out in higher numbers at election time than men. In 2008, women comprised 54 percent of the electorate,...
"Romney will have a very difficult time winning unless he can turn those numbers around," [Mark P.]Jones says.
.... Romney unabashedly wooed women: "When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, 'Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?' "
He wished, he said, she could have heard the convention's speeches by Rice, Martinez and other female luminaries.
And he reminded the audience that he "chose a woman lieutenant governor, a woman chief of staff," and filled many other high-level positions with women."....
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
This paper examines the growth of government during this century as a result of giving women the right to vote. Using cross-sectional time-series data for 1870 to 1940, we examine state government expenditures and revenue as well as voting by U.S. House and Senate state delegations and the passage of a wide range of different state laws. Suffrage coincided with immediate increases in state government expenditures and revenue and more liberal voting patterns for federal representatives, and these effects continued growing over time as more women took advantage of the franchise. Contrary to many recent suggestions, the gender gap is not something that has arisen since the 1970s, and it helps explain why American government started growing when it did.
and you assumed that the phrase is just a nice thing to say...
However it is from the Christian Bible...
The LORD JESUS Christ said to txrangerette, “I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” John 14:6a
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. and you will know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free...John 8:32
GOP operatives should state it plain and frank to American women: you can have free contraception from the Dems, or you can have jobs, paychecks and a career (to purchase your own b control) w the GOP.
Choose on Nov 6. You cannot have both.
I’m very anti-abortion, extremely pro-life all across the board.
On this issue, between the two candidates, it’s a no-brainer for me: Romney.
But this election is about even more than this issue, even more than any social issue. This really isn’t a social issue election it’s America versus collectivism and government tyranny.
And, again, my choice is a no-brainer. I’ll join with anyone in the mission to remove this regime. Anyone, no matter what their position on any single issue - so long as they are in this to remove power from the collectivist/progressive/marxist ‘democrats.’
“On this issue, between the two candidates, it’s a no-brainer for me: Romney.”
That’s impossible, because if it is “this issue,” then they are the same on “this issue.” There is no way to pick a favorite on “this issue” when they both are the same!
Now, if you mean on overall issues, that makes more sense. Overall, they’re both confirmed to be liars who hide their own REAL positions, of which abortion was just one plain example.
I cannot vote for someone who is so utterly immoral and depraved that they lie so constantly on just about every issue, even finding ways to lie to an entire bloc (conservatives) only to stab them in the back AFTER the primaries finish and he has the nomination in the bag.
I’m sorry, but they are no where near the same on this issue.
Is there any doubt that O’Bumbler is vulnerable at losing even more than 59% of White men or at least as many white women. The Democrats have written off white America. They are 72% of the population with the most education and the most likelihood to vote. They do so at their peril.
Second Obama Term Could Bring Back Partial-Birth Abortion
And:
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE ENDORSES GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY
Right-to-Life Movement Focused on Defeating Barack Obama in November
WASHINGTON – Determined to secure a pro-life victory in the November election, which will decide the fate of unborn children for decades to come, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters, today endorsed Mitt Romney for President of the United States.
“On pro-life issues, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama provide a stark contrast. As the country's most pro-abortion president, Barack Obama has pursued a radical pro-abortion agenda,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “It is now time for pro-life Americans to unite behind Mitt Romney. For the sake of unborn children, the disabled, and the elderly, we must win.” Mitt Romney has taken a strong pro-life position and is committed to implementing policies to protect the unborn, the medically dependent and disabled, and the elderly. Romney opposes abortion and has called the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, "a big mistake." Romney has expressed his support of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortion.
Romney has also stated he believes the Obama health care law should be repealed. The Obama health care law would open the door to federal subsidies for abortion coverage and rationing of lifesaving medical care. He has also stated that, if elected, he would reinstate the Mexico City Policy, which prevents federal dollars from going to organizations that perform or promote abortion overseas.
In comparison, since taking office in January 2009, President Obama has been an outspoken advocate for abortion and has unceasingly worked to expand funding of and access to abortion. He rescinded the Mexico City Policy, threatened to veto the entire federal spending bill – forcing a government shutdown – rather than accept a provision cutting funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. Obama also threatened to veto the Protect Life Act, which would repeal the abortion-expanding provisions of his health care law, and the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which would permanently prohibit any federal program from funding elective abortions.
Additionally, President Obama championed the so-called Affordable Care Act while opposing pro-life amendments in the Senate. As enacted, the law will result in federal funding of health plans that pay for elective abortion, and will lead to large-scale rationing of lifesaving medical treatments.
“We are extremely gratified that every candidate who has run for the Republican nomination for president took a pro-life position and kept the life issues at the forefront of the race,” Tobias added. “We look forward to Mitt Romney's election as our next pro-life president on November 6th.”
Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters, is the nation's oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement, NRLC works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.
National Right to Life must have bought his pro-life conversion, despite evidence of supporting abortion in legislation even AFTER the conversion. They will have to reconsider after watching his INTERVIEW A FEW DAYS AGO.
“Making abortion totally illegal in all cases is a view shared by at best 20% of the population, probably less. You’re seriously going to complain about Mitt’s position now vs. the party of abortion at any time in the womb/abortion out of the womb/abortion on demand/abortion on the floor of the DNC convention if they could get away with it?”
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Thanks for the civil replies since I am opposed to Romney
too.
Vote for someone who is truly for life, don’t ignore
Romney’s record. We are the good side? What a deception, Satan laughs. Write in a Godly choice for President.
If everyone voted this way in the RP come November, what would happen?
I'm going to steal that for a slow-mo discussion on "women's rights" I am in the middle of with some facebook friends.
The kind of womyn who are so invested in the "we're being objectified" meme, that when nobody else objectifies them (due to their age and ugliness), they do it themselves in order to keep their indignation going.
Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
Cheers!
It is interesting to watch this Romney effect start to blanket freerepublic.
“The Democrats have written off white America.”
Obama did for almost four years, but now he is trying to peel off enough white women to cross the finish line. “White America” has fallen so far in the last four years (if they were “privileged” before, they have surely fallen further than their black/Hispanic counterparts), I don’t see Obama winning over many whites of either gender. The lib white women who initially supported Hillary will probably line up behind Romney just to try to get back a piece of their own economic security lost since the Kenyan Pirate was elected.
Mitt credits her for his pro-abortion views, and praises her as a pioneer for women's rights in that area in 1970, when other republicans lacked her..."accomplishments".
Everyone should read about Lenore Romney — note: She was a traditionalist and decried “The Women’s Liberation Movement” though she was an ardent supporter and promoter of women in business and politics. She also had numerous health problems and difficult pregnancies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenore_Romney
Obama and the Left continue to divide women. They must divide us and pit us against each other in order to have a chance.
Who are you going to believe, Wikipedia or Romney himself speaking about his mother?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDq8VL3iLzI
Knowledge is our friend. All the information helps to present a full picture. Have you read the entire Lenore Romney bio?
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