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Women right to vote
by Palindrome at 10:15 pm EDT, Jun 12, 2005 |
A prominent female state senator has said that she does not support the 19th Amendment, which guarantees women the right to vote, and that if it were being considered today she would vote against it. |
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RE: Women right to vote
by janelane at 9:48 am EDT, Jun 13, 2005 |
Palindrome wrote:
A prominent female state senator has said that she does not support the 19th Amendment, which guarantees women the right to vote, and that if it were being considered today she would vote against it.
The quotes from the senator are filled with so many asinine little nuggets of wisdom that I can't help but think she was smoking some crack. I mean, honestly, suffrage caused the erosion of family values? Please. You can parent just as badly at home as you can away from it. -janelane |
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Female Kansas Senator: Women shouldn't have to vote
by Acidus at 9:59 am EDT, Jun 13, 2005 |
"Wasn't it in the best interest of our country to give women the right to vote?" Furtado asked the senator. "Not necessarily so," O'Connor said. Although she does vote, O'Connor said in two subsequent interviews with The Kansas City Star that if men had been protecting the best interests of women, then women would not be forced to cast ballots and serve in the state legislature. Instead, they could stay home, raise families and tend to domestic duties, she said. Asked if she supports the 19th Amendment, the Republican lawmaker responded: "I'm an old-fashioned woman. Men should take care of women, and if men were taking care of women (today) we wouldn't have to vote. "I'm sorry women have not been taken more care of," she said. "We have gotten the short end of the stick."
... Damn. |
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RE: Female Kansas Senator: Women shouldn't have to vote
by IconoclasT at 9:08 pm EDT, Jun 13, 2005 |
Acidus wrote: "Wasn't it in the best interest of our country to give women the right to vote?" Furtado asked the senator. "Not necessarily so," O'Connor said. Although she does vote, O'Connor said in two subsequent interviews with The Kansas City Star that if men had been protecting the best interests of women, then women would not be forced to cast ballots and serve in the state legislature. Instead, they could stay home, raise families and tend to domestic duties, she said. Asked if she supports the 19th Amendment, the Republican lawmaker responded: "I'm an old-fashioned woman. Men should take care of women, and if men were taking care of women (today) we wouldn't have to vote. "I'm sorry women have not been taken more care of," she said. "We have gotten the short end of the stick."
... Damn.
Perhaps she and Hillary can get together to exchange cookie recipes =) |
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RE: Female Kansas Senator: Women shouldn't have to vote
by Acidus at 9:13 am EDT, Jun 14, 2005 |
IconoclasT wrote: Perhaps she and Hillary can get together to exchange cookie recipes =)
... I fail to follow. I am by no means a Hillary Cliton fan, but I don't see her telling women that a highest cost of living forcing them into the work place is eroding their female identities. Wow! Shit, delivered right to my Memebox! Thanks IconoclasT! |
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RE: Female Kansas Senator: Women shouldn't have to vote
by IconoclasT at 6:04 pm EDT, Jun 14, 2005 |
Acidus wrote: IconoclasT wrote: Perhaps she and Hillary can get together to exchange cookie recipes =)
... I fail to follow. I am by no means a Hillary Cliton fan, but I don't see her telling women that a highest cost of living forcing them into the work place is eroding their female identities. Wow! Shit, delivered right to my Memebox! Thanks IconoclasT!
It was a satirical flashback to 1992, a quote made by Hillary during the presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton further polarized public opinion during the 1992 campaign when she remarked, "I've done the best I can to lead my life. I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas." Though Hillary's comments are reminiscent of Sarah Polk's 1845 assertion that she would "neither keep house, nor make butter," Americans seemed less tolerant of such statements than their countryfolk some 150 years earlier. Indeed, the press and Republicans accused her of belittling those women who had decided to stay home to bake cookies and have teas.
Americanpresident.Org |
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Female Kansas Senator: Women shouldn't have to vote
by ubernoir at 4:33 pm EDT, Jun 13, 2005 |
"Wasn't it in the best interest of our country to give women the right to vote?" Furtado asked the senator. "Not necessarily so," O'Connor said. Although she does vote, O'Connor said in two subsequent interviews with The Kansas City Star that if men had been protecting the best interests of women, then women would not be forced to cast ballots and serve in the state legislature. Instead, they could stay home, raise families and tend to domestic duties, she said. Asked if she supports the 19th Amendment, the Republican lawmaker responded: "I'm an old-fashioned woman. Men should take care of women, and if men were taking care of women (today) we wouldn't have to vote. "I'm sorry women have not been taken more care of," she said. "We have gotten the short end of the stick."
... Damn.
I'm not sure which is worse that she believes that sh*t or that she got elected spouting that sort of repressive nonsense. It looks from this side of the Atlantic like another example of Christian
fundamentalists and the United States of Bigotry. And you lot should unilaterally run the planet? Does she also think that you should get
back to the real spirit of the Jeffersonian constitution and only white male slave owners should have power. |
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RE: Female Kansas Senator: Women shouldn't have to vote
by skullaria at 11:09 pm EDT, Jun 14, 2005 |
Women should definitely vote. How stupid this lady is to suggest otherwise. However, that said, true women's lib, to me, means being free to choose your path. I chose to give my career up to raise my child. I am grateful that I can do this. Being a mommy is one of the very best, most rewarding jobs I think there is. If anything though, doing my best to be the best mommy that I can be, makes me even more aware of current events, as they WILL effect my child one day. For a woman to suggest that other women need not vote? ::::::::SHIVER::::::::: Can I go punch her? |
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RE: Female Kansas Senator: Women shouldn't have to vote
by fractal at 11:44 pm EDT, Jun 14, 2005 |
skullaria wrote:
Women should definitely vote. How stupid this lady is to suggest otherwise. However, that said, true women's lib, to me, means being free to choose your path. I chose to give my career up to raise my child. I am grateful that I can do this. Being a mommy is one of the very best, most rewarding jobs I think there is. If anything though, doing my best to be the best mommy that I can be, makes me even more aware of current events, as they WILL effect my child one day. For a woman to suggest that other women need not vote? ::::::::SHIVER::::::::: Can I go punch her?
if you want to punch her i will hold her down. she is giving a bad name to all women. -fracta |
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RE: Female Kansas Senator: Women shouldn't have to vote
by ubernoir at 5:15 pm EDT, Jun 27, 2005 |
Women should definitely vote. How stupid this lady is to suggest otherwise. However, that said, true women's lib, to me, means being free to choose your path. I chose to give my career up to raise my child. I am grateful that I can do this. Being a mommy is one of the very best, most rewarding jobs I think there is. If anything though, doing my best to be the best mommy that I can be, makes me even more aware of current events, as they WILL effect my child one day. For a woman to suggest that other women need not vote? ::::::::SHIVER::::::::: Can I go punch her? |
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