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...And continuing its horrible slide to FOXdom, add CNN to the aggressors in the War On Women.

CNN Contributor Erick Erickson: ‘I Kind Of Like The Idea That Women Aren’t Members Of The Masters’

By Alex Seitz-Wald on Apr 6, 2012 at 1:10 pm

CNN contributor and conservative blogger Erick Erickson said he liked the idea of excluding women from The Masters golf tournament, saying, “I don’t want to be hanging out at some women’s event!”

The Augusta National Golf Club, which hosts the tournament, has never admitted a woman as a member in its history, but its discriminatory policy sparked controversy this week after it decided not to extend membership to the new female CEO of IBM, which sponsors The Masters. Augusta has offered membership to previous IBM CEOs (all men).

Both President Obama and presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney have spoken out against the policy, as has South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), but Erickson sees the debate over the prohibition on women as a “partisan” issue. “Who freakin’ cares?” he said during a lengthy rant in support of the policy:

(continued) http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/04 ... n-masters/

So... golf is now a macho men's event? I thought that was football and hockey. I just cannot, no how hard I try, envision a group of guys sitting around in a darkened room, staring at the glass teet while quaffing mugs of foamy malted testosterone, and watching GOLF!

Oh, yeah! Bunch of manly men hanging around talking about all the things they do with their little white balls

Remember, the game of golf started in Scotland.

And nothing says manly like a plaid kilt!



The golfer of the house is not afraid to show his weepy, emotional side ... he's practically a S.N.A.G ...

Look, a lot of these all-WASP golf establishments can no longer keep out blacks and Jews ... so if we make them admit women, who else can they exclude?

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/ ... _contr.php

Gay and Muslim golfers, I suppose.

For two years, these small penis men have been waging war on women. And after a decade of them banging the propaganda drums for the WAR ON TERROR, now they claim there is no war on women, and if you use that term, YOU'RE ANTI AMERICAN. And this is coming from the people who use every last ounce of their useless souls, to destroy this country's economy and it's President. THE GENDER GAP is getting wider boys and it's all because you F'ED WITH THEM! The walls have come tumbling down boys! Ha ha ha! GO TAKE A PILL!

Join women and men all across the country on April 28th, marching on state capitols and Washington, DC! Do it! Here's your chance to join the chorus and make your feelings known...shout it loud and clear...tired of this shit! Join at Unitewomen.org

Mitt Romney on the Lily Ledbetter Act:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri= ... TCZ0&gl=US

Ledbetter: “Mitt Romney is not willing to stand up for women and their families”
April 11, 2012
CHICAGO, IL -- Lilly Ledbetter released the following statement responding to the Romney campaign’s refusal to say whether Mitt Romney supported the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act on a conference call this morning:
“I was shocked and disappointed to hear that Mitt Romney is not willing to stand up for women and their families. If he is truly concerned about women in this economy, he wouldn’t have to take time to ‘think’ about whether he supports the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. This Act not only ensures women have the tools to get equal pay for equal work, but it means their families will be better served also. Women earn just 77 cents to every dollar that men earn for the same job, which is why President Obama took decisive action and made this the first bill that he signed when he took office. Women should have the ability to take their bosses to court to get the same pay as their male coworkers. Anyone who wants to be President of the United States shouldn’t have to think about whether they support pursuing every possible avenue to ensuring women get the same pay for the same work as men. Our economic security depends on it.”
http://www.barackobama.com/press/releas ... eir-famili

This makes sense to me. They didn't intend to have a "War on Women." They wanted a "War on Religion."

Full article at:
http://crooksandliars.com/tina-dupuy/why-republicans-need-war-religion

That's why they're going around saying that there's no war on women, they meant to have a war about religion.

This is just in off the GOP's talking point press!
The Democrat Party has a War on MOMS.

Hey, I'm not afraid to say it: Rosen, the DNC consultant who mocked Romney's wife for having "never worked a day in her life," was an idiot. It was a moronic thing to say.

She's lucky the Republicans took it and completely blew it as they tried to milk it - in the process inadvertently supporting lesbians who adopt as good mothers. But what Rosen said - and her tone while saying it - were inexcusable and stupid to the point of sounding Republican.

Bushwa, I have to agree with everything you said except for one thing. Nobody asked Ann Romney if the Beaver, the Milk man, and Ozzie and Harret ever come over any more, as they live in their 1950's HOME OF THE FUTURE? And when the right wing jumped all over HILARY ROSEN, you know they thought it was HILLARY CLINTON, who said it. The knuckle draggers on THE FIVE, blew her apology off like we did Limpballs WEAK apology for Sandra Fluke. But you are right, she did come off as being kind of Republican snobbish! And if Ann Romney is the standard for REPUBLICAN WOMEN TO FOLLOW, then ladies you are in trouble unless you marry a $200 million dollar man with secret bank accounts in the Camen Islands and Switzerland! NO MORE MARY TYLER MOORE'S FOR YOU LADIES!!!!!! Under Republican leadership, "You're NOT gonna make it after all", because you'll be back in the kitchen, barefoot, and pregnant, getting ARCHIE A BEER!

The whole Ann Romney-Hillary Rosen "thang" could not have been more perfectly timed. Mittens is exploiting the gaffe like a harp from hell, so cynically pimping his wife (and yes, I'll use that word) to try and reverse the gender gap in the polls that the WoW has created for the GOP.

Look, all she was trying to say was that Ann Romney doesn't know anything about the economy because she's never held a job outside of housewife. That's it. Rosen wasn't trying to denigrate housewives or stay-at-home moms. She was just pointing out it's a bit odd for Ann Romney to be going around talking about the impacts of the economy on women when Ann Romney has never been unemployed. If she had said "she has never worked in the formal labor economy a day in her life" everybody would have seen her point and there would have been no gaffe.

Yeah, her poor choice of words made her sound like she was saying housework and childrearing isn't work. I know she didn't mean that, because she was a stay-at-home mom herself for a while. But the backflips that the WH went through to disown her once again ... sheesh.

So forgotten in this mess, let me point out 2 things:

1. the "choice" to be a stay-at-home mom who doesn't need to work outside the home (because the family doesn't need 2 incomes) is a lot easier when your husband is a multi-millionaire. So before we slaver over Ann Romney's "heroism" for making that "choice" to stay home with her 5 kids, let's remember her "choice" was a lot easier than the one for others.

2. while the Republicans proclaim a "war on moms," let's remember which political party supports mother-friendly legislation like parental and family leave, child care provision, and Head Start for young children. Oh yeah ...

Ugh this type of stupid crap again? Must be an election year...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicsel ... erry_x.htm