We always hear about how Hillary (Rodham) Clinton is a "strong woman". A strong woman would be good for the country, but the men just can't handle the idea of a "strong woman" running the country. So her polling expert figures that almost 30% of Republican women will defect and pull the lever for Hillary simply because she has a vagina.
Last week, my hometown paper, The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, ran an online story entitled, "Clinton Pollster Predicts Defection of GOP Women." Depending solely on his own "internal" polling, Mr. Mark Penn - Public Relations guru extraordinaire, and Hillary's campaign strategist -- says that a full 24% of Republican women will punch their ballots for Hillary based on the "emotional" appeal of electing the first woman President.
Clearly, Mr. Penn is either purposefully spinning or indulging in a rather perverted, nearly delusional form of magical thinking.
My vote is "purposefully spinning". Nothing that the Clinton machine does is delusional. It is cold, calculated and ruthless. The best part of the article which is worth the read, is this:
Most of the women I know have spent a great portion of their lives -- in addition to raising fine American citizens -- doing volunteer work in our communities trying to put band aids on the myriad of social problems that have become epidemic in the wake of Democrat social policies. Unwed motherhood. Broken families. Absent mothers and fathers. Broken government schools. Sex education that teaches nothing but how to do a great imitation of an alley cat in heat.
Ms. Shiver, may I call you Kyle-Anne? I think you're being a little too harsh on our public school system. Their sex education is comprehensive. They not only teach you how to behave like an alley cat in heat, they teach you how to put a condom on a cucumber. They teach that Heather can have two mommies in violation of what they are learning in biology class. They are encouraging new ways of having sex, and encouraging "questioning" youth to try homosexuality. Ma'am, they've been busy little beavers!
These mostly Republican women are still trying to make sense out of a political Party that would so strenuously object to pornography filters on public library computer terminals, while exposing their seven year-olds to lessons in how to put on a condom. These "soccer moms" (a phrase coined by Mr. Penn) give hours each week to Crisis Pregnancy Centers that offer actual help to young girls whose boyfriends flunked the condom lessons, but got the alley-cat impersonations down perfectly. These conservative women are providing meals to homeless shelters and holiday celebrations and gifts for those in need. These women are a veritable army of soldiers on the front lines of social decay, fighting not with the empty rhetoric but with actual labor to right real wrongs.
I hate to break it to you, but the Democrats are the party of the lazy, stupid and maliciously power-hungry. The third group uses its core constituency who are members of the previous two groups to promote their agenda guaranteed to keep the current lazy and stupid that way, and convert as many producers into lazy and stupid people as they can. That is the main purpose of the public school system.
So, when Hillary Rodham Clinton wails about those in our midst who have been "invisible" to Republicans, we women stand, with our mouths agape and our consciousnesses fully raised, in utter incredulity. For "the smartest woman in the world," she comes off as pretty darned dumb or blind. You pick.
You forgot answer C: Bald-faced liar.
From where we're sitting, Mr. Penn, it looks like you and Hillary don't get out of your little self-created bubble enough. We Republican women are plum full of emotion every time we see Mrs. Clinton put on yet another female face for the cameras, but it isn't the kind that you ever want to be with in a dark room alone.
This is the quintessential strong woman. I have no problem voting for strong women, I'd vote for Condi Rice in a heartbeat. The problem I have is that Hillary is a "strong woman" who wants to make you weak and dependent.
When Hillary lobbies for "the children", remember that she's talking about you too. Because we're all children with her being the only grownup.
I just got done watching a Subway commercial on TV. It was the one where mom, dad and son are passing a subway, and dad has a temper tantrum, and mom calmly explains that their son is late for soccer practice, and his son tells him to "grow up".
Subway just lost my business.
I am getting sick and tired of companies trying to market their products by disrespecting dads. This doesn't appear to be the first time for them.
The bumbling, lazy, idiot dad is becoming a fixture in modern marketing and entertainment. And this is not seen as dramatically as in "The Simpsons" with the moron dad, Homer. So the new award will be called "The Homer". It's like an Oscar, but given to companies which portray dads in an unflattering light.
If during presidential debates, we could have voting panels like in Congress, and you could ask a presidential candidate a question like "Senator Clinton, do you support the Governor of New York's plan to issue driver's licenses to illegal aliens?".
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Then they make the yes / no vote on the issue. Otherwise we get an exchange like this (transcript and video).
Tim Russert:] Senator Clinton, Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer has proposed giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. [You] told the Nashua, New Hampshire, Editorial Board it makes a lot of sense.
Why does it make a lot of sense to give an illegal immigrant a driver's license?
Clinton: Well, what Governor Spitzer is trying to do is fill the vacuum left by the failure of this administration to bring about comprehensive immigration reform. We know in New York we have several million at any one time who are in New York illegally. They are undocumented workers. They are driving on our roads. The possibility of them having an accident that harms themselves or others is just a matter of the odds. It's probability.
So what Governor Spitzer is trying to do is to fill the vacuum. I believe we need to get back to comprehensive immigration reform because no state, no matter how well intentioned, can fill this gap. There needs to be federal action on immigration reform.
Russert: Does anyone here believe an illegal immigrant should not have a driver's license?
(Unknown): Believe what?
Russert: An illegal immigrant should not have a driver's license.
Dodd: This is a privilege. And, look, I'm as forthright and progressive on immigration policy as anyone here. But we're dealing with a serious problem here, we need to have people come forward. The idea that we're going to extend this privilege here of a driver's license I think is troublesome, and I think the American people are reacting to it. We need to deal with security on our borders. We need to deal with the attraction that draws people here. We need to deal fairly with those who are here.
But this is a privilege. Talk about health care, I have a different opinion. That affects the public health of all of us.
But a license is a privilege, and that ought not to be extended, in my view.
Clinton: Well, I just want to add, I did not say that it should be done, but I certainly recognize why Governor Spitzer is trying to do...
(Unknown): Wait a minute...
Clinton: And we have failed. We have failed.
Dodd: No, no, no. You said -- you said yes...
Clinton: No.
Dodd: ... you thought it made sense to do it.
Clinton: No, I didn't, Chris. But the point is, what are we going to do with all these illegal immigrants who are driving...
Dodd: That's a legitimate issue. But driver's license goes too far, in my view.
Clinton: Well, you may say that, but what is the identification?
If somebody runs into you today who is an undocumented worker...
Dodd: There's ways of dealing with that.
Clinton: Well...
Dodd: This is a privilege, not a right.
Clinton: Well, what Governor Spitzer has agreed to do is to have three different licenses, one that provides identification for actually going onto airplanes and other kinds of security issues, another which is another ordinary driver's license, and then a special card that identifies the people who would be on the road, so...
Dodd: That's a bureaucratic nightmare.
Clinton: ... it's not the full privilege.
Russert: Senator Clinton, I just want to make sure of what I heard. Do you, the New York senator, Hillary Clinton, support the New York governor's plan to give illegal immigrants a driver's license?
You told the New Hampshire paper that it made a lot of sense. Do you support his plan?
Clinton: You know, Tim, this is where everybody plays "gotcha." It makes a lot of sense. What is the governor supposed to do? He is dealing with a serious problems. We have failed. And George Bush has failed. Do I think this is the best thing for any governor to do? No. But do I understand the sense of real desperation, trying to get a handle on this? Remember, in New York, we want to know who's in New York. We want people to come out of the shadows.
He's making an honest effort to do it. We should have passed immigration reform.
Senator, we don't need you commenting on what the prior administration did or didn't do. You are not running against George W. Bush, though you seem to think you are. Now how about it. Yes, or no. Do you support giving illegal aliens driver's licenses? C'mon, you can do it. If you support New York's Governor, proclaim it loudly. If you don't, just push him under the bus and be done with it. He deserves it for doing such a stupid thing, in the city where the World Trade Center towers came down, and which 70% of New Yorkers oppose.
Wouldn't it be great if politicians just said what they believe; boldly, clearly and most of all consistently. Senator Clinton is finding out that in the age of global communications every inconsistent word is spread about the planet at light speed, especially when it's pushed along by the legions of people who don't like her.
As far as I’m concerned, I think giving drivers licenses to illegals is a bad idea for a lot of reasons. I think we have to quit inducing people to come and stay if they’re illegal. I think it’s a disservice to the millions of people who stood in long lines around the world at American embassies to come here and play by the rules and become American citizens and become productive and great parts of our society. But when you’re making it easier, when you’re providing sanctuary cities and telling your local officials that they can’t even cooperate with federal authorities, and then saying its a federal responsibility, I think that’s an irresponsible way to go,
Drivers licenses are the nearest thing to an ID card that we’ve got in this country. Your need your drivers license for everything. Why aren’t they being apprehended and sent home if they come in and announce that they’re illegal? We’ve either got to be serious enforcing our laws or not. I don’t think we can afford to be selective in that regard.
