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Originally Posted by 9876543210
blueballsdc,
Think I'll have to disagree here a bit. Gov. Ultrasound (McDonnell) has really ticked off a lot of women in Virginia with his abortion stances. Remember last year when he wanted to require all women wanting an abortion to first have a vaginal ultrasound prior to the abortion? He only changed his mind (very grudgingly) when it was pointed out to him that this could be considered as rape! Even with that argument he still wanted to go ahead with the law.
Rachel Maddow had a field day with Gov. Ultrasound:
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/20...nd-probes?lite
I think he'll have real problems with the female vote and don't think he'll have much of a chance. |
The issue the present Republican Party is up against is that it has been taken into the control of people whose core values are religious, and socially conservative; but they need to attract electoral support from a more independent-minded population. Americans hate being told what to do and how to live their lives; British history shows this. At present, it is the Republicans who seem to be the bossy-boots party. No abortion! No contraception! I'm going to stick a surcharge on your pizza because you dared to support Obamacare!
It's a bit UnAmerican, I would have said.