Is Obama winning the war on women?

[Quantum Windbag]

I don't think so.

WHEN I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste. In numerous appearances over the years — most recently at the Barnard graduation — he has made reference to how women are smarter than men. It’s all so tired, the kind of fake praise showered upon those one views as easy to impress. As I listen, I am always bracing for the old go-to cliché: “Behind every great man is a great woman.”
Some women are smarter than men and some aren’t. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.
My bigger concern is that in courting women, Mr. Obama’s campaign so far has seemed maddeningly off point. His message to the Barnard graduates was that they should fight for a “seat at the table” — the head seat, he made sure to add. He conceded that it’s a tough economy, but he told the grads, “I am convinced you are tougher” and “things will get better — they always do.”
Hardly reassuring words when you look at the reality. According to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, about 53.6 percent of men and women under the age of 25 who hold bachelor’s degrees were jobless or underemployed last year, the most in at least 11 years. According to the Pew Research Center, if we broaden the age group to 18- to 29-year-olds, an estimated 37 percent are unemployed or out of the work force, the highest share in more than three decades.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/o...ndescending-to-women.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all

 

[syrenn]

Do you mean will he get my vote.......... oh hell no

 

[Listening]

I don't think so.

WHEN I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste. In numerous appearances over the years — most recently at the Barnard graduation — he has made reference to how women are smarter than men. It’s all so tired, the kind of fake praise showered upon those one views as easy to impress. As I listen, I am always bracing for the old go-to cliché: “Behind every great man is a great woman.”
Some women are smarter than men and some aren’t. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.
My bigger concern is that in courting women, Mr. Obama’s campaign so far has seemed maddeningly off point. His message to the Barnard graduates was that they should fight for a “seat at the table” — the head seat, he made sure to add. He conceded that it’s a tough economy, but he told the grads, “I am convinced you are tougher” and “things will get better — they always do.”
Hardly reassuring words when you look at the reality. According to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, about 53.6 percent of men and women under the age of 25 who hold bachelor’s degrees were jobless or underemployed last year, the most in at least 11 years. According to the Pew Research Center, if we broaden the age group to 18- to 29-year-olds, an estimated 37 percent are unemployed or out of the work force, the highest share in more than three decades.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/o...ndescending-to-women.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all

Yes, now that Romney is polling ahead on women, I haven't seen much of Sandra Fluke or her wannabe sister Chris saying much about the war.

Does this mean women declared war on the liberals ?

 

[Chris]

RICHMOND, Va. — Hundreds of women have locked arms and stood mute outside the Virginia State Capitol to protest a wave of anti-abortion legislation coursing through the 2012 General Assembly. Capitol and state police officers, there to ensure order, estimated the crowd to be more than 1,000 people — mostly women. The crowd formed a human cordon through which legislators walked before Monday’s floor sessions of the Republican-controlled legislature. The group was protesting bills that would cut off state aid to poor women seeking abortions, define embryos as humans and criminalize their destruction, and require “transvaginal” ultrasounds of women seeking abortions. In the procedure, a wand-like device is inserted and used to send out sound waves. None of the protesters carried posters. Few spoke, even when spoken to. Richmond resident Molly Vick wore a shirt that read, “Say no to state mandated rape.”

 

[Chris]

Republicans state mandated rape in Texas

A woman is forced to endure a medical procedure likened to rape. No, it's not Egypt, where army doctors are accused of subjecting protesters to grotesque "virginity tests".
Instead it's Texas, where a controversial law, signed last year by failed Republican presidential candidate Governor Rick Perry, took effect in February.
Aimed at women who seek abortions, a legal right since 1973, the "Sonogram Bill" compels doctors to describe, and patients to listen to, a description of the fetus revealed by an ultrasound.
"A patient must make two visits," explains Rochelle Tafolla, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast.
"During the first visit the doctor who is going to perform the abortion must perform the ultrasound. The doctor must display the ultrasound image to the woman. She can look away but the doctor must describe the image. If there is cardiac activity that suggests a heartbeat the doctor is required to turn up the audio so the woman can hear it."
This invasive procedure involves inserting an ultrasound device, or "wand", into the vagina to get a clear image of the fetus and detect any heartbeat in the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy, when most American women seek abortions.

 

[Chris]

Under a bill in Pennsylvania women would have to undergo an invasive, vaginal ultrasound. That prospect is drawing outrage.

The bill, proposed by Rep. Kathy Rapp, a conservative Republican from Warren County, outlines what women seeking an abortion would undergo in great detail.
The bill requires that the woman not only get an ultrasound, but that the ultrasound screen be in her line of sight. The woman can choose to look away, the legislation states, but the technician performing the ultrasound would have to note if the woman viewed the results.

 

[Lakhota]

How could Obama NOT be winning the war on women? If women are dumb enough to vote for Romney, they deserve what they get.

 

[Luissa]

I have only seen one poll where Romney is leading in the women's vote.

 

[Listening]

I have only seen one poll where Romney is leading in the women's vote.

He's obviously closed the gap you were counting on existing.

Another one bites the dust.

 

[Listening]

RICHMOND, Va. — Hundreds of women have locked arms and stood mute outside the Virginia State Capitol to protest a wave of anti-abortion legislation coursing through the 2012 General Assembly. Capitol and state police officers, there to ensure order, estimated the crowd to be more than 1,000 people — mostly women. The crowd formed a human cordon through which legislators walked before Monday’s floor sessions of the Republican-controlled legislature. The group was protesting bills that would cut off state aid to poor women seeking abortions, define embryos as humans and criminalize their destruction, and require “transvaginal” ultrasounds of women seeking abortions. In the procedure, a wand-like device is inserted and used to send out sound waves. None of the protesters carried posters. Few spoke, even when spoken to. Richmond resident Molly Vick wore a shirt that read, “Say no to state mandated rape.”

Fluke Molly Vick.

Women don't care what you whine about Chris.....you're losing the battle.

Michigan just went undecded in the RealClear Map. Obama loses 16 potential EVs.

This could be pretty good for Romney.

 

[Avatar4321]

Since the war on women doesn't exist. The only answer it could possibly be is no.

 

[MeBelle]

What war on women?
I ain't feeling it...my lib friends aren't feeling it either.
It's a faux 'war'...no grown female casualties.

 

[BlindBoo]

No he is not. Since the battle in taking away womens hard earned rights is taking place in Republican controlled State Legtisatures across the nation, he can't.

 

[Listening]

No he is not. Since the battle in taking away womens hard earned rights is taking place in Republican controlled State Legtisatures across the nation, he can't.

That last I looked, Romney lead Obama when it comes to women.

Am I reading the polls wrong ?

 

[BlindBoo]

No he is not. Since the battle in taking away womens hard earned rights is taking place in Republican controlled State Legtisatures across the nation, he can't.

That last I looked, Romney lead Obama when it comes to women.

Am I reading the polls wrong ?

I didn't realize this was a battle for the ladies poles. I was thinking in terms of reality. Republican sponsored legistation in states all across the nation aimed at taking away the rights of women. They are succeding. Thus the Preisdents party is losing that battle.

 

[bayoubill]

Is Obama winning the war on women?

didn't know he was waging a war on women...

is there, like, a body count or sumpin' to gauge his success...?