Seeking to minimize the horror of rape, standing in the way of a woman's right to family planning services, preventive health care and contraception, and in the state of Wisconsin presenting legislation that forces that state's version of Child Protective Services to presume that single (divorced, widowed or never married) parents, mostly women, are abusive to their children tells us that women are to be villianized and controlled by government.
I will not even begin to tell you about Senator Debbie Lesko, the Republican puppet of ALEC in Arizona. Let me just say that this state Senator has betrayed her own gender with her brazen bill, HB 2625. Lesko doesn't have to worry about becoming a victim of her own legislation. She has state insurance coverage and the full financial backing of the American Legislative Exchange Council, so for her, victimizing her own gender is a win win.
Medicare beneficiaries and recipients of Social Security, do not think for a moment that your age protects you from victimization by the GOP. Paul Ryan has his eyes on you! Lest you forget, every Republican member of the House voted to adopt the Paul Ryan budget, which is laughingly called "The Path To Prosperity". The GOP has not lost any love for Ryan's subterfuge. You can be sure that voting Republican will insure passage of an even bolder plan! And remember, bolder does not equal better.
Ryan wants to cut taxes to the wealhtiest of corporations and individuals by $4.2 Trillion dollars.
Ryan pays for the tax cuts by cutting programs for the poor and middle class by $4.5 Trillion dollars.
Ryan's Path will have seniors shouldering 68% of their Medicare costs.
Think about it, America! What happens the day after the GOP bombs Iran? They speak of war as if it is a board game with no consequences. Clearly, the three men who have been so casually threatening Iran during their campaigns may think they speak to God on a daily basis, but they have little foresight. America is a powerful country, true, but these blowhards have never even served in the military. War with Iran may eventually become a reality, but have we learned nothing in the past 10 years? If thoughts of bombing more countries in the Middle East make Americans feel safe and powerful, we are truly brain damaged as a people.
No consequences? All of the bravado in the GOP world cannot prepare us or shield us from the inevitable consequences. War with Iran will be far different than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The consequences of Iraq and Afghanistan have been unfairly borne by our military men and women and their families, but the ramifications of war with Iran will be shared by all Americans, and it will in no way resemble profit sharing.
The Republican party has come undone. Voting for any Republican in 2012 is a vote for continued scapegoating, justice for few and a country that stands for the Orwellian concept that, "All men are created equal, but some are more equal than others."
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