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VIDEO: WI GOP doesn’t trust women not to lie about rape. So State Rep. reveals: “I was 8. I didn’t know what was happening.”

Posted by GottaLaff

· Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 at 1:24 pm

Once again, Republicans show America how concerned they are about job creation (And by jobs, Republicans mean abortions aka jobortion), education, health care, civil liberties, foreign affairs, the economy, and the environment.

They’re ba-a-ack, but this time, a Wisconsin state representative responds, and to say her personal story has impact is an understatement:

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Wisconsin State Representative Mandy Wright:

This is a story that my constituents don’t know. This is a story that my students don’t know. This is a story that most of my friends don’t know. And that story starts when i was a kid.

I was 8 years old visiting the family farm, and my cousin raped me repeatedly. several times. The only reason it stopped is because my father found us. This has been kept private with my family for good reason. It was not reported.

There’s a reason that only 19% of rapes are ever reported. I was 8. I didn’t know what was happening.

My parents protected me and they made good decisions on my behalf. And I’m a whole person because of the love and care of my parents and my faith community and the counseling that I was able to receive individually and with my family, and that should have been kept private.

But because of this bill, I need to tell this story. because now I have three daughters, and I talked about them on the floor last week and they’re my pride and joy. And they’re beautiful.

And God forbid they have the same thing happen to them that happened to me and they actually be of childbearing age. And now I need to publicly reveal this to the entire community. And let’s make no mistake, I am a state representative. Things that go on the police log do not go undetected.

You are talking about my kids here, that this would have to be made publicly known for them to receive the services that they need.

Rachel:

Wisconsin State Representative Mandy White explaining in some very, very personal terms why she believes it is a terrible idea for the state legislature in Wisconsin to tell Wisconsin’s women that they will not believe you that it was rape if it does not end up in a police report.

And if it does not end up in a police report and you get pregnant, then the decision about what happens next is up to the Republicans in the state legislature, it is not up to you. That is what is happening in Wisconsin. Republicans saying essentially that women lie about being raped in order to get abortions they should not get and so we need to get the police involved in that decision or it didn’t happen.

And now Republicans in Washington are doing the same thing for the whole country.

See how the GOP is reaching out to women? Aren’t they the reachy-outiest ever?

But it is reassuring to see how they’re sticking to their guns about government– especially those run by Republicans– not intruding into our private lives, isn’t it?

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VIDEO– Va. Gov. “Ultrasound” McDonnell (R) charged taxpayers for dog vitamins & personal hygiene items like, um, enemas

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· Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 at 10:48 am

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In our last episode, a grand jury was empaneled to investigate Va. Gov. Bob “Ultrasound” McDonnell (R), who was dodging questions.

Well look at the time! It’s GOP reinvention o’clock again…

Rachel Maddow fills us in on the latest details of Gov. Ultrasound’s Embarrassing Adventures. Now he’s charging taxpayers for unmentionables… that Rachel mentions. Right out loud.

Here are a few excerpts, but there is more in the video, which is so worth a look:

… Within a few months of getting elected governor of the great state of Virginia in 2009, Governor Ultrasound, conservative Republican Bob McDonnell, started charging the taxpayers of Virginia for the dog’s vitamins. The dog needed vitamins. He decided the taxpayers should pay for it.

He charged to the taxpayers dog vitamins, breath freshening strips, deodorant, body wash, energy drinks, dry cleaning for the McDonnell children’s clothing.

As governor of the state you are entitled to have the tax taxpayers fund a lot of your normal living expenses, but you know what? Not the dog vitamins. Not the little melty bad-breath-but-it’s-not-gum things, right? But because Bob McDonnell charged even that stuff to the state. Rather than paying for it himself, some poor government employee in Virginia, the mansion director for the governor’s mansion, which is a public building in Virginia as well as the residence for the First Family, some poor state employee from the division of selected agency support services had to write the most embarrassing letter ever…

… As of new reporting from the Washington Post today, we now know that the humiliation of this whole incident is not just shared between that poor state employee who had to write that letter about dog vitamins to the governor and ask for the money back, it’s not just between that employee and the governor who presumably was a little embarrassed by having to receive that letter and pay the money back. No, now it’s not just between them.

Now we all get to share in the embarrassment because now we know that even after being confronted with that, even with being confronted with that and having to pay the state back for his personal hygiene items and dog things that he charged to the taxpayers of Virginia, even after that confrontation and having to cut a check back to the state, Bob McDonnell kept doing it.

Vitamins for people, not just for dogs, nasal spray, more body wash even after they were specifically told “the taxpayers will not pay for your body wash, Governor,” still, though, more body wash. And how about a digestive system detox cleanse? Charged to the taxpayers of the state of Virginia by governor Bob McDonnell. You paid for that, for him.

Want to know what a digestive system detox cleanse is? It’s exactly what you think it is. Just take a second.

You paid for that for Bob McDonnell if you live in Virginia. And now we all have to know that he does that. We all have to have this information about him and his family which everybody would prefer would be private, right?

But this, of course, follows the federal grand jury and the FBI and a state prosecutor looking into the $15,000 wedding dinner paid for by a Bob McDonnell political donor who also loaned him a lakeside vacation villa and a private jet, many times, and a Ferrari. …

Was there any quid pro quo? Was the governor doing favors in his capacity as governor in exchange for the cash and prizes he was collecting from that donor?

The state prosecutor is looking into whether or not the governor violated the laws on the disclosure of gifts. Both of those probes follow accusations from the executive chef at the governor’s mansion, accusations that the governor’s grown children were hauling off from the governor’s mansion kitchen with bottled water and cups and Gatorade and protein powder, flats of eggs, liquor for a private party taken out of the liquor cabinet at the governor’s mansion. Also pots and pans, kitchen equipment, allegedly taken out of the governor’s mansion kitchen by the First Lady and given to other people. Given away. Take it. It’s yours. By which I mean it’s public. And therefore mine…

Stay tuned…

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VIDEO– Lindsey Graham: GOP “in a demographic death spiral.” Without immigration reform, “doesn’t matter who we run.”

Posted by GottaLaff

· Sunday, June 16th, 2013 at 4:07 pm

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I was hoping to grab a video of this Moment of Li’l Lindsey, and thanks to Think Progress, voilà, my wish came true.

He was on Meet the Press this morning driving home the point that the GOP’s fake attempts at outreach to Latino voters (and anyone else who isn’t white,Christian, and male, for that matter) better work or the party will be toast in ’16.

They’re starting to realize that a white minority is in their future, so Lindsey’s advice is to hold their collective nose and try to fool a more diverse electorate into believing their new and not-improved message:

Lindsey Graham:

If we don’t pass immigration reform , if we don’t get it off the table in a reasonable, practical way, it doesn’t matter who you run in 2016.

We’re in a demographic death spiral as a party, and the only way we can get back in good graces with the Hispanic community, in my view, is pass comprehensive immigration reform. If you don’t do that, it really doesn’t matter who we run, in my view.

Even if the GOP agrees to some version of immigration reform, do voters seriously think Republicans will have done so willingly? Or genuinely? If they do, it’s up to the rest of us to set them straight.

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Tags : future of the republican party, gop fail, GOP hypocrisy, gop outreach, gop rebranding, hispanic voters, immigration reform, Latinos, Lindsey Graham, outreach, outreach my ass, reinvention, reinvention my ass, republican makeover, Republicans can't help themselves, video

VIDEO– Dear GOP: What part of “Mommy, I’m hungry” don’t you understand?

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· Sunday, June 16th, 2013 at 12:37 pm

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Ed Schultz was rightfully enraged by GOP bills that put farms before families, as you can see in the video above. Typically hypocritical, Republicans sweartogod they’re changing, but then they continue on their merry, self-serving, greedy way.

Today Michael Hiltzik covered the same topic in depth. Here are some excerpts from his Los Angeles Times column, but please read the whole thing. Michael hits on a lot of important points:

In the name of cutting $20 billion from the food stamp program over 10 years, the House bill would throw almost 2 million recipients off the food stamp rolls, as estimated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Most of them are seniors or members of low-income working families with children. More than 200,000 children would lose their eligibility for free school meals. By LaMalfa’s estimate, these are “modest changes” aimed at reform, but of course he and his family don’t have to worry about being on the edge of destitution. (The Senate version would cut only $4 billion, which is why it’s not favored in the House.)

LaMalfa’s words reflected a familiar theme in congressional debate, which is that the recipients of payouts like farm subsidies are honest, hardworking folks while those getting food stamps (or other low-income relief) should be grateful at the help they get and shut up otherwise. [...]

The question for Rep. LaMalfa and his fellow food stamp hackers on the agriculture committee is: Why is it important for government to skip out on aid for families, but pony up for farmers like him?

Michael Hiltzik’s column appears Sundays and Wednesdays. Reach him at mhiltzik@latimes.com, read past columns at latimes.com/hiltzik, check out facebook.com/hiltzik and follow @hiltzikm on Twitter.

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Veterans livid over “shameful” WI GOP limits on disabled vets tax credits

Posted by GottaLaff

· Thursday, June 13th, 2013 at 3:42 pm

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Leave it to those compassionate, caring, reachy-outy Republicans to enrage disabled veterans. That takes real talent.

In Wisconsin, the GOP has the upper hand in the legislature, as well as in the governor’s mansion, meaning they run the show. Whatever they want, they get, and it’s not pretty. For example, there’s yesterday’s video of Senator Mike Ellis doing his best Bill O’Reilly impression: How WI GOP legislators “debate” women’s reproductive rights.

Now they’re screwing over one of the most respected– if not the most respected– groups of people in the country. Apparently, those on the right live by the motto, “When in doubt, go after the heroes.”

Via the Journal Times:

Veterans groups are rising up against what they consider a “shameful” move by Republican state lawmakers to strap limits on a popular tax credit for 100 percent disabled veterans and surviving spouses. [...]

“Apparently, some Joint Finance Committee members feel the sacrifices made by severely wounded, injured and ill veterans are just another budget item,” said Al LaBelle, legislative director of the Disabled American Veterans of Wisconsin. “Balancing the budget on the backs of these severely injured heroes is shameful.”

The limits were introduced by committee co-chairs Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, and passed 12-4 on a party-line vote, said Rick Olin, a fiscal analyst for the Legislative Fiscal Bureau who provided the panel with alternatives for changing the credit.

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Tags : budget cuts, conservative asshats, disabled vets, future of the republican party, GOP hypocrisy, gop outreach, gop rebranding, outreach, outreach my ass, reinvention, reinvention my ass, republican makeover, Republicans can't help themselves, state budgets, tax credit, taxes, veterans, wisconsin

VIDEO: Senator does his best Bill O’Reilly impression. How WI GOP legislators “debate” women’s reproductive rights.

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· Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 at 1:30 pm

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Wisconsin GOP senators passed an abortion measure requiring transvaginal ultrasounds. Any woman seeking an abortion would be forced to have an unnecessary invasive procedure, just like Virginia GOP Governor Bob “Ultrasound” McDonnell wanted in his state.

Are you sensing a trend?

UPDATE: Walker Will Sign Abortion Ultrasound Bill

Via WiseEye.org:

On June 12, 2013, the Wisconsin State Senate reconvened to finish the vote on Senate Bill 206, relating to requirements to perform abortions, requiring an ultrasound before informed consent for an abortion, and providing a penalty.

In my post “No, no, I’m not really an OB-GYN, but I play one in Congress,” I wrote about how the Wisconsin GOP is also working hard to shut down one of the last abortion clinics in the state.

See how the GOP is reaching out to women? Aren’t they the rebrandiest party ever? In my post I also said this:

It’s hard to overstate what a relief it is to see conservatives insisting that Big Government should stay out of our private lives. Imagine how intrusive pro-choice Democrats would be on women’s medical decisions about their own bodies if small-government Republicans like these weren’t in charge.

Good thing the GOP is keeping liberals in check.

Now take a look at how reachy-outy and small-governmenty they are while “debating” the issue (You can see the full video here):

Nick Nice:

The party of ‘small government’ intrudes upon women’s rights once again. This is not about reducing abortions but about limiting a women’s right to choose. If the GOP wanted to actually reduce abortions then improving Sex Ed & making birth control options more readily available would be a better approach.

This is not how a democracy should function as well. Despicable behavior by Mike Ellis.

Senator Mike Ellis reminded me of someone else with anger and intolerance issues:

H/t: @garagemahal65

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No, no, I’m not really an OB-GYN, but I play one in Congress

Posted by GottaLaff

· Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 at 3:48 pm

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Two Think Progress headlines have me pissed off today, and I was already pissed off today. Thanks, Republicans: House Will Vote On Nationwide Abortion Ban Even Though It’s Doomed In The Senate and Wisconsin GOP Is Working Hard To Shut Down One Of The Last Abortion Clinics In The State.

See how the GOP is reaching out to women? Aren’t they the reinventioniest ever?

How reassuring to America that they’re so concerned about jobs (And by jobs, Republicans mean abortions aka jobortion), education, health care, civil liberties, foreign affairs, the economy, and the environment.

Here is one excerpt from TP:

The bill is likely to pass the House, since anti-abortion Republicans hold the majority. But Democrats in the Senate are frustrated about being forced to waste their time on a doomed vote when it comes up in their chamber. The last time a 20-week abortion ban came before Congress, even moderate Republicans complained that they would rather focus their time on other priorities, like creating jobs. This year, lawmakers could spend their efforts working to restore the devastating sequester cuts instead of holding largely symbolic votes on abortion.

TP clearly doesn’t understand that chipping away at abortion rights has become their hobby– because they have so much spare time– and we don’t want to deprive our fellow Americans of something that brings them so much joy, now do we?

Yes. Yes, we do.

Here’s an excerpt from the Wisconsin Intent on Forcing Women to Give Birth post:

Under an anti-abortion measure currently advancing in the Wisconsin legislature, one of the state’s last remaining abortion clinics could soon be forced to close its doors. There are only four abortion clinics left in Wisconsin, three of which are operated by Planned Parenthood. The women’s health organization has confirmed that one of its locations will not be able to comply with the proposed restrictions. [...]

Planned Parenthood’s Nicole Safar explained that the Appleton clinic wouldn’t be able to get admitting privileges quickly enough before the law would take effect.

Good thing the GOP is keeping liberals in check.

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