> From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > > The GOP Problem With Women > > > > <<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A5050-2004Jan9?language=printer
> > > > > > By Richard Morin > > > > Sunday, January 11, 2004; Page B05 > > > > > > Men and women may have achieved equality in many areas of American life, > > but they sure aren't treated the same by Republican primary voters. > > > > At least that's the finding of political scientists David C. King of > > Harvard University and Richard E. Matland of the University of Houston, > > who found that female candidates don't seem to do as well as similarly > > qualified men in GOP primaries. On the other hand, the researchers found, > > political independents and Democrats seem to prefer Republican women > > running for office over GOP guys. > > Let me see if I understand. Conservatives, who by definition favor > traditional ways of doing things, tend to vote along the lines of the > status quo, preserving male domination of political power. > > And this is news? Who else is going to be conservative, if not the > conservatives? Conservatives have this see no evil / hear no evil mentality where they pathologically tend to ignore issues they don't want to acknowledge as true. For example recent posters saying Rush's remarks were not racist but 'anti-racist'. Or when creationists have to twist science to contort to their distorted views. Or when Right-Wing conspiracy nuts think their is a world-wide Illuminati/freemason/templars conspiracy to subvert 'christianity' in worshipping Satan. Conservative christian spew their hate but to them their hate is 'love'. If I might disagree somewhat, moderate conservatives tend more towards the status quo, but conservative conservatives are regressives. They want to halt all progress and return to some magical golden age when women and minorities knew their place and biblical law is absolute. Consider - all the republican congressional leaders are christian reconstructionists: hatch, santorum, frist, delay, etc. all want to overturn the constitution and create a biblical theocracy. As grover norquist said, they want to shrink the government to where they can drown it in the bathtub (codewords for overthrowing the constitution, etc.). The republican leadership wants to return to the power of popes and the divine right of kings. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
