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Demeaning campaign strategy

Posted: Oct 2, 2012

Obama Campaign: “Vote Like Your Lady Parts Depend on It” Lady parts??!! Good grief - talk about disenfranchising the women's vote. Any woman who received this tweet/email must be totally insulted to be reduced to a Lady Parts. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/10/02/obama-campaign-vote-like-your-lady-parts-depend-on-it/;

It is a shame that the majority of - :O

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women are planning to vote for Obama. Women have been hit hard under his administration. This slogan of theirs is rather demeaning. My lady parts are none of their business.

And for the record, the only man my lady parts depend on is my husband. ;)

By any name, millions of women....sm - wcgirl

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...who haven't been so fortunate as you apparently have, have relied on program such as Planned Parenthood and sliding scale medical clinics, which Repubs fight tooth and nail. During my years without insurance, I received birth control pills for $6 a month, for instance. Planned Parenthood does not only perform abortions, by the way, if your head has been that stuck in the ground; they provide all types of gynecological services, as well as birth control. Do the right ever consider statistics in preventative services? Consider the effect of further limiting access to low cost medical care/services for the middle/working class.

You can get birth control for almost nothing, and - I really should not have to pay for yours.nm

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That's what programs are for.....sm - wcgirl

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....help when it's needed. I have never drawn welfare, food stamps, or any other type of aid (despite probably being able to at several times and having a medical condition for which I could draw SSDI, but do not). I have also always worked to pay into the same system - just for several years there, at jobs that didn't supply me a nice insurance plan (nor did my husband's job at the time). Can you state the same, truthfully? Count yourself among the lucky in your sheltered, comfortable life. - working class girl (a college-educated, single mother who works 2 jobs, thank you)

You have NO idea who I am... single and caring for - my grandmother... on my own!

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I pay for ALL my own extras, and if I don't want to get pregnant, I know there is more than one way to do that. I even manage to save for a rainy day. I grew up with a severely mentally ill mother who abused me and had to live in several foster homes, which were no fun, but safer than my "real" home. I learned to support myself and even help others. There was never anything called a "sheltered comfortable life" for me! I dont know you, and you dont know me, but I dont expect anyone to pay for my "lady parts".

Do you really think that a program such as - Planned Parenthood,

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which is so popular, would not continue to be able to provide the services you describe if the government cut off funding? Maybe they would have to have a few more fund raisers, but the government is not the end all to whether something like that lives or dies.

The only thing "repubs" dislike about - PP is

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we don't want abortions funded by taxpayer dollars. My head is not stuck in any ground..so you can stop with the attitude. This election is so much bigger than woman getting the pill. My insurance doesn't cover my pill and you don't hear me complaining that it should be paid for. There are much bigger issues and many other things that are hurting the middle/working class. This supposed war on women you liberals have concocted it absolutely insane. There is no way that any republican could actually reverse Roe Vs Wade even if they tried. Beside the fact that over half of republican women use some form of contraception...I highly doubt republicans would try and stop that either.

How about you think about bigger issue other than your lady parts and realize that whether or not your birth control is paid for it isn't going to stop the financial crisis we are in...that is going to get worse. Whose head is in the ground?

We have another border agent murdered by the Mexican cartel, we had 4 Americans murdered in Libya after this administration ignored intelligence warning about it, we have taxes getting ready to go up at the beginning of '13, we have a president who says the private sector is fine when it isn't, we are $16 trillion dollars in debt and rising by the minute and all some of you want to talk about is your hoo ha!

LOL...Hoo ha. Sorry..that made me - chuckle

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I disregarded your whole message after reading - the first sentence SM

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Taxpayer funds DO NOT support PP abortion services. Please do some research before you present incorrect information.

You're right. This is true, but yet they keep - sm

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repeat it over and over again, along with the other fabrications they make up on this board.

Back on the topic of reproductive health.....sm - wcgirl

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We are all well aware that there are many other political topics, but this is what is being discussed this evening. Repubs would rather make it difficult for women to obtain birth control and have the choice, or opportunity, to have an abortion (which is, duh, much more of a possibility when reliable birth control is not available!). And yes, please check facts before posting. Not taxpayer supported. Preventative medicine is a concept new to many on the right, is it not?

All it takes to overturn Roe v Wade - vf

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is one more conservative on the Supreme Court; and if R/R win, they will be able to do just that. Issues surrounding "lady parts" are far greater than free birth control. It is a shame that the pubs have reduced women's health care to women just wanting free birth control.

no, you can thank Sandra for that. She's the one who started this whole crap [sic] - backwards typist

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Instead of being a 30-yo college gal, she should get a job and pay for her own BC.

To have the DNC feel she's so great shows you how little THEY think of women.

Ahem. - RC

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She voiced her opinion on one issue, and RUSH LIMBAUGH ran with it and turned it into a national debacle.

And I must add - RC

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Sandra would have probably sunk into anonymity if Rush hadn't thrown it into the spotlight by saying such horrible things. I don't know if he did it to draw attention to himself, or to draw attention to her, but either way, he came out looking like a desperate old man who cannot relate to women.

The day she showed up at the hearing was the day it started, not - backwards typist

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the day Rush threw it into the spotlight.

In fact, I didn't hear it from Rush. I heard it on MSNBC that evening after I saw her on CSpan.

I heard the Rush crap the next day on Fox.

But Rush turned it into a fiasco (nm) - RC

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Hey, if the shoe fits......... - Sandra's a slut

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Really? Stay classy. - nm

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*smh*

For young women of childbearing age, loss of access to - birth control will destroy them in the workplace.

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Really? Your lady parts are none of their business? sm - JTBB

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You should check with Gov Ultrasound on that one. It's none of their business, and yet you support the party that absolutely makes all of our parts their business. It cracks me up to hear pubs say their own lives are none of the govt's business, and yet the party they cling to would have everyone adhere to THEIR preferred religion by adding that religion in legislation, force you to carry a pregnancy to term (regardless of the circumstances), force you to have a medically unnecessary invasive ultrasound, etc, etc, etc.....all in the name of SMALLER govt.

"Lady parts" issues aren't the only reason women are voting for Obama by any means, and to insinuate such is what is really demeaning. It may just be that we see Romney et al for the money hungry, manipulative, hypocrites they are.

For your information - :O

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I have no intention of forcing my religion on anyone. Could be why my atheist husband and I get along so well. He doesn't try and get me to not believe and I don't try and force him to believe. I disagree with abortion and could not have one myself...but as long as it isn't late-term abortion, I'm not gonna scream and yell too much. I don't like it but that is on the person having it done.

At least the republicans aren't pandering to a religious group who wants an American punished for his freedom of speech or wants Sharia Law instituted in our country. Talk about an invasive religion that would force others to believe their way do or die...literally!

This president has done nothing but GROW our government. You wanna talk about invasion into our personal lives....Obama continued the Patriot Act...which I disagreed with under Bush. You don't think Obamacare is going to invade our medical lives either. Please.

FYI...all politicians are hypocrits to a certain extend...Obama ain't no different! Amazing how you think only rich republicans are money hungry when it has been proven time and time again that republicans donate to charities more than democrats do...but hey...keep on praising Obama for doing such a great job...it takes an intelligent man to make our debt go up $6 tril when he promised to cut our debt in half. Who wouldn't vote for a man who can't tell the difference between cutting and raising the debt.

The "hypocrite" is Obama... claims to want to unite - the nation, but divides us all in every way! nm

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And five Republicans voted AGAINST the Lily - sm

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Ledbetter Act, so the predominantly MALE Republicans don't believe in equal pay for equal work.

And then they claim to be pro woman when it is obviously they are NOT!

How have - women

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been hit hard under Obama? Just askin.

Shaking my head - vf

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A slogan causing more alarm than the reality of Romney, Ryan and the likes of Todd Aikin and the extreme right teaming up to control lady parts; now, there's the outrage. Not even a husband should be allowed to force a woman to do something with her body that she doesn't choose to do. Oh, could you please give some examples of how women have been hit hard by the Obama administration? Saying it doesn't make it so; back it up with facts.

You know what hits women hard? - RC

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Defunding programs like PP.

This campaign slogan is stupid and lame, but what matters to me is who does and who doesn't support programs like PP.

OK, here's what bugs me about this... - Zville MT

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Apparently the point of view of the government is that I (as a woman) am nothing more than "lady parts." We have all been reduced to "lady parts." They use us when they want to talk about abortion, health care, child care, food stamps, blah, blah, blah. Do they not think women have something to say about, oh, let's see... the ecomony, jobs, budgets (something most of us are pretty good at), foreign affairs, etc? I know for some men it's hard to believe that women do have brains (and can use them), but we are more than our "lady parts" and I'd prefer it if the government would stop talking like that's all I am.

Yes, it is insulting..."lady parts". To think women fall - for this ploy is so sad. nm

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Lady parts - are they in kindergarten? Demeaning - doesn't even cover it - no pun intended

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Disgusting

I hate gender-based advertising - Fanatical Hypocrite

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Bad enough when it comes from corporations through commercials, but from the government too? I'm a guy, but someone is always trying to pander to one gender or the other. Or a race or religion. I find Axe body spray or GoDaddy.com commercials demeaning to my entire gender. I guess I can give them credit that they are also demeaning women, so technically it's the entire human species they are looking down on. It's why I loathe networks like Lifetime or SpikeTV. They are just playing to the baser elements of our psyches.

In the end though, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Both parties usually have their dumbest people in charge of slogans and advertisement. I'm sure the Republican answer to this will be equally demeaning.

It's probably too much to ask that one day they talk to us all like we were adult human beings. Instead if you're a woman, it's abortion and birth control. Hispanic? Immigration reform. Jewish? Israel. Southern? Creationism. Gay? Gay marriage. Straight? Gay marriage, again.

And I can't figure out which is worse. Republicans will burn down your house and say it was your own fault for being a lazy, good for nothing drunk. Democrats will promise to help you and accidentally burn down your house, then ask you to thank them for trying. And when either one is caught, they'll try to make it look like an electrical fire.

LOL - vf

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It seems we're left with choosing the lesser of two evils. I'm going with the party of good intentions.

Wow, totally missed that one! - SK1

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Our lady parts, huh? That's novel! Can't wait for the "save the Johnson" campaign.

Personally, I don't care to be reduced to one part of my gender-specific anatomy. I'm much more than a uterus and would appreciate being treated as such. I'm just as concerned about our economy, tax situation, foreign affairs and national security as any American who lacks a hoo-hoo.

One-issue female voters will be impressed by that campaign, but I think most women are too intelligent not to see the bigger picture and vote on the issues that affect us as an entire country. I love ya, ladies, but we've got bigger fish to fry at the moment.

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