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. . Viewpoints: Contraception Flap Gives GOP a Black Eye By Kathleen Parker Published: Sunday, Mar. 11, 2012 - 2:00 am The Sacramento Beehttp://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/11/4326309/ contraception-flap-gives-gop-a.html
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/79w7u7m . .One can hardly blame Democrats for taking advantage of a perfect storm of stupefying proportions. Consider the headline-grabbing events that came together almost at once: Virginia's pre-abortion sonogram law that could have included a transvaginal probe; the religious liberty vs. contraception mandate prompted by health care reform; Rush Limbaugh's commentary about a female law student in which he called her a slut, a prostitute and, in a final flourish, suggested she provide him sex tapes so he could watch her in the activities precipitating the need for birth control.
.Individually, these anecdotes would have been problematic, but combined, they've stampeded women voters. War has been declared, and there's hardly any way to change the impression among a growing percentage of women that the GOP is the party of knuckle-dragging Neanderthals.
.It's a smart move for Democrats to keep replaying the message, but is it fair and is it true? Not to tempt the gods of non sequitur, and contrary to what the White House insists, Rush Limbaugh is not the leader of the GOP. Even so, he does have a large audience and it is disconcerting that so many seem to share his obvious hostility toward women. Several of his cohorts in discourtesy are snorting and grunting in my inbox even now.
.One who wrote in defense of Limbaugh informed me of my place in God's hierarchy, slightly above goats, and gave me a tutorial about why women have been saddled with the monthly inconvenience and painful childbirth for tempting men to do evil and failing to recognize their roles as "helpmeets" for men.
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