It’s Ok to Viciously Attack Women Online, so Long as They Are Liberal
by Erin Kotecki Vest: Cross-posted from Queen of Spain blog. Oh wait, I’m sorry…they call us ‘leftists’ now. Longtime Republican and actress Stacey Dash tweeted her support for Gov. Mitt Romney this week and was, as is sadly typical of the internet, viciously attacked for her comments. She was called every name in the book from a ‘house negro’ to an ‘Uncle Tom’ and had her fair share of equally disgusting sexist barbs tossed her way...
47%, a Mother, & Damn Proud
by Erin Kotecki Vest When you basically tell a mother, fighting for her children to stay fed and warm and with a roof over their heads, that they are moochers…or feel ‘entitled’ to handouts…yeah, you better believe the claws come out. I sat here tonight thinking about all the people in my life and how hard they work, or have worked, over the years. My parents. My friends. My husband. Myself. How many years of paying into the system...
Dear Republicans, We’re Not As Stupid As You Think
If there is any snippet of video that might actually expose you Republicans for the evil, cynical, human-hating species that you are, this might be it. Steve Bannon from Citizens United actually sits there wide-eyed and admits that the purpose of his movie is to take disillusioned Obama supporters and use them to defeat Barack Obama while at the same time being appalled that anyone would think it’s an anti-Obama movie. Please....
What Paul Ryan Plans for America
In light of Mitt Romney’s appointment of Paul Ryan as his running mate, we thought it would be prudent to re-post Melissa Schober’s excellent analysis of the discredited budget plan Ryan tried to push on the nation last year. This morning Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a template for the FY2012 Budget Resolution. If The Path to Prosperity is, as the GOP promises, the road to restoring America’s promise I encourage...
How the War on Women Mirrors Domestic Abuse
This is a guest post by MOMocrats Facebook fan Stewart J. Frimer, LCSW. “Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn’t.” — Justice Anonin Scalia Justice Scalia’s assertion that the Constitution does not guarantee women equal rights under the law underscores the sad trend for females in the US in the 21st century — and...