Let's Play: "Who Wants To Be GOP's Biggest Weasel" — Come on Down

Limo Will Be Provided for Next Town Hall 

(at no extra cost)

First National Town Hall  

(Entirely American Women)

Next Debate Lineup Will Not be the Same as 1st

(bet on it)

Expect Some Oldie but Goodies Q&A

(eat hearty beforehand)

Some will say, damnit this post is childish, rude, too partisan, way over the line, and just unfair (since I'm a DEM I guess). Then I will retort, perhaps it is somewhat, but for sure, totally, it's factual. Deal with it.

First a few quotes from the main GOP lineup taken from here with more details than my snippet highlight:

1. Rick Santorum: “Women should not be allowed to serve in combat because of the emotions that are involved.”
2. Mike Huckabee: “Democrats want women to believe they can’t control their libido.”
3. Rick Perry: "Being homosexual is just like being an alcoholic."
4. Sen. Lindsey Graham: "I will unilaterally execute any American who I believe is thinking about joining al-Qaeda or ISIL.”
5. Sen. Rand Paul:  "There is a secret plot to merge the United States with Mexico and Canada."
6. Ben Carson:  "Homosexuality is a choice because people go into prison straight and come out gay."
7. Sen. Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz: "Every United States senator should be just like that notorious racist Jesse Helms."
8. Gov. Piyush "Bobby his reel name" Jindal: "Muslims have created no-go zones in Europe."
9. John Ellis (JEB) Bush: "We have to phase out Medicare."
10. Gov. Scott Walker: “I don’t know if Obama is really a Christian."
11. Gov. John Kasich: (Speaking to Ohio African American legislator upset that his cabinet lacked diversity): "I don’t need your people."
12. Sen. Marco Rubio: "Humans aren’t responsible for climate change."
13. Carly Fiorina: "Liberals are to blame for California’s drought."
14. Gov. Chris Christie: "Someone should take a bat out on that 76-year-old widow."

Something re: Rape: We'd hoped we'd heard the last of the insane comments from politicians about women's reproductive rights. But what started with Rep. Todd Akin saying about rape, if it’s a legitimate rape etc. etc., their body has a way to take care of that thing. 

Candidate Richard Mourdock, child from rape is God’s plan.

GOP "billionaire" Foster Freiss said in “my day girls would put a Baylor aspirin between their knees… yuk, yuk.” (Note: he did apologize later, just to be fair).

More on that nonsense is here, FYI.

Now we see some GOP legislative action:

 

GOP: Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Orrin Hatch, and Rep. Fred Upton recently unveiled their replacement for the Affordable Care Act. Their proposal, the “Patient CARE Act,” would significantly roll back the health coverage, guaranteed benefits, and protections women and their families enjoy under the ACA.  Here are some of the worst elements of their plan:

·         It would eliminate the ACA’s requirement that insurance plans cover maternity care, birth control, and preventive care like cancer screenings and well-woman visits. While right-wing attacks on birth control coverage have been in the news more recently, Republicans have also lashed out at the idea that maternity care should be covered. They complain that pregnancy is a choice, and that not everyone gets pregnant. During one hearing, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was asked if she had ever heard of a man getting pregnant.

·         It would allow insurance companies to charge women more for health insurance. Before the ACA abolished the practice of “gender rating,” women were charged approximately $1 billion per year in higher premiums. Insurance plans charged women up to 85 percent more than men for the same policy – even when maternity services were not covered.

·         It would force women and their families to pay more for their health care. A portion of employer-covered health benefits would be taxed, impacting the 57 million women who have health insurance through their employer or a family member’s employer. Working class families would lose some of the subsidies they receive to buy care, and low-income women would lose access to Medicaid expansion

The B/L as it were: It is so outrageous that in their zeal to score political points by repealing the ACA that the GOP is willing to do so much more damage to women and their families re: health care.

Well, that's it ... I've been wanting to review and post this awhile... now is an excellent chance to do that and be assured I will be updating as we head towards November 8, 2016. I hope you do, too.

Thanks for stopping by - comments as usual are always welcome, and I do respond.