Ladies, can't you control your libido without government assistance?

[Skidmore]

This is the burning question of the day and Mike Huckleberry is busy shaking his finger and lecturing us on our bodies. I'm sick of these fundmentalist idiots.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/01/23/huckabee-dems-think-women-cant-control-their-libido/

Huckabee said Democrats tell women “they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing them for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of government.”

[Blue_Tires]

1. WHERE are these ladies and WHY can't I ever find any of them??

I'm starting to think these millions of women with uncontrollable libidos may not actually exist

[Mass]

2. He did not say that.

Huckabee said Democrats tell women “they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing them for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of government.”

Obviously, it is still extremely offensive, but it is not the same thing. It is a concerted attack on Democrats by the GOP as out of touch with people. Huckabee went overboard.

The argument continues like this

Huckabee also urged the GOP to be more aggressive on income inequality, calling Democrats "the party that has preached poverty."

[Skidmore]

3. Huh?

Did I not post the identical quote? He is still basically saying that we women cannot control ourselves or our bodies.

[Mass]

4. No, he is saying that Democrats do not trust women to control themselves.

[Skidmore]

9. By extrapolation, what do you think his message for women from the Rs is?

"You don't need a birth control prescription, go buy a bottle of aspirin, and just learn to control yourself" comes across loud and clear.

[redqueen]

12. +1

[liberal_at_heart]

21. It was an attack on both the democratic party and on women. He goes on to say that the

GOP needs to get the message across to women that they don't have to be victims of their gender. He is saying that women can't control their libido and that the democrats encourage this behavior by giving them birth control. Yes, the message is pretty loud and clear. It is an attack on both the democratic party and on women directly.

[cynatnite]

27. That is exactly how I read it. n/t

[Skidmore]

33. I could care less about his attack on the party. I do care about the message he is sending about

what he would consider appropriate policy for women. Let's get those little women in their place and rule like men.

[liberal_at_heart]

36. oh, that's what pisses me off too. I'm way more offended by the attack on women than on

the democratic party. I'm an independent now. Personally, I think the democratic party depends too much on these gender wars to get voters to the poles. It means they don't have to do any work themselves. As important as women's rights are to me, I will be voting on lots of issues in 2014 and 2016 including education and the economy, not just women's rights. So, if the democrats want my vote they better not rely soley on what the republicans have to say about women's bodies.

[Skidmore]

37. I will vote with women's rights in mind.

We worked too hard to get them to see them stripped away. I am a Democrat. As such, I will push to have the party address these policy issues as well as many others I am concerned about. The battle over women's rights is not a political construct to get votes. It is real and we see the effects in the laws that ALEC has forced into place in many states.

[liberal_at_heart]

42. Women's rights will be one of the issues that I take into consideration, but it won't be the only

issue. Education will be really important to me in the coming elections and I am not impressed with the democrats' education policies.

[Beartracks]

34. Uh... Women can't have out-of-control libidos (and babies) by themselves!!!

"Gosh, darlin', the world is full of moralistic pricks just waiting to stick themselves where they don't belong! It's up to YOU to.... KEEP YOUR LEGS TOGETHER!!"

"Cuz, y'know... guys WILL be guys."

===============

[appleannie1]

28. He is saying that women are so damn dumb they don't know whether or not they need BC pills and Dems

step in and tell them they do need them. Bottom line is it is totally insulting to women.

[musical_soul]

46. So, what is the solution for married women?

Tell them to control themselves as well?

I actually think some of the policies are ridiculous. Contraception is one hundred percent covered, but people still need to have co-pays and maybe all pay (depending on their plan) for medication.

But be honest. If insurance companies were not discriminating against women on the birth control issue, people wouldn't have pushed for this.

I'm all for some exemptions for religious reasons, but the rest of junk IMO.

[Mass]

49. I am amazed by the answers to my post.

I am not defending Huckabee. He is wrong whatever his rational is, and yes, I do agree with what you and others say.

But not understanding the message is what will doom us to failure. Whatever he may be thinking, he is not saying women are like that and what he is saying is part of a larger pattern by the GOP. We will ignore it at our own risks, because the message may resonate when said by people who are less stupid than Huckabee.

But we can also stop listening, saying we won this election, and stop campaigning on issues people care about.

[madashelltoo]

16. Where is Uncle Sugar?

I've been looking for him. If the democrats have him, tell them I said, "Send him home. Mama an' n'em been looking for him e'rewhere." And, if he's got the birth control pills, breast exams and Pap smears on him, don't let him misplace them before he gets here. Real women need that stuff.

[RockaFowler]

20. Who is Uncle Sugar??

[madashelltoo]

22. I don't know who he is, but

I know he's a democrat who is handing out women stuff we need when our libidos get out of control.

[liberal_at_heart]

23. I didn't get this at first either because my generation doesn't hear the term Uncle Sam much

anymore. But apparently he is saying that Uncle Sam is our sugar daddy hence the term Uncle Sugar.

[RockaFowler]

24. Oh My!!

He is a maroon

[MineralMan]

5. Everybody! Do the Libodo!

How low can you go?

[msanthrope]

7. I can still grab my ankles.... nt

[MineralMan]

8. Braggart!

[msanthrope]

10. I didn't say what position the rest of my body was in! nt

[MineralMan]

11. I'm not sure we want to know. Certainly, I don't.

It's all spoiled now. The OP edited the post title.

[msanthrope]

13. I've fallen, and I can't get up!

http://m.

[Squinch]

18. .

[riqster]

14. Physically, not very low at all, these days.

Now, my standards, on the other hand, keep on heading down.

Let's do the "Expectations Limbolibido"!!

[RockaFowler]

25. Is it Like the Lambada??

[MineralMan]

38. More like the lambido...

[Scruffy Rumbler]

43. More like the lumbago!

[polichick]

6. Just heard the clip. lol - what an ass that guy is!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. God invented libidos to teach people functional anatomy.

Alas, for God, Adam and Eve focused more on the function of certain parts of anatomy other than their toenails.

[Squinch]

17. No. No I can't. Unless Mike Huckabee is in the room. Then I'm not interested for a month or so.

[lindysalsagal]

19. Somehow, Mike, your rant failed to convince me that the GOP cares more about me than the dems do.

But, keep trying! We looooove hearing the GOP, a bunch of old flabby white guys, tell us about our sex lives.

Wow! You're so smart!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. No, I have to apply for a permit, send in a fee, and wait 90 days

before I can legally be horny.

But looking at Mike Huckabee on my TV helps me control that until the permit arrives.

[liberal_at_heart]

29. wouldn't it be hilarious if a female reporter stood up and told one of these freaks,

"I'm horny. Do I have your permission to have sex tonight?"

[Jamaal510]

30. Yeah, Huggy Bear,

all women's libidos are so uncontrollable that there are constantly plenty of guys who complain about rejection.

[liberal_at_heart]

32. I asked in another thread why conservative Christians hate women. I think you answered my question.

My father and two brothers are all conservative Christians who all talk of how all women are out to get men. They all have horror stories of how a woman has hurt them. I've been hurt by men in my past, and I am not a man hater. These conservative Christians take it really hard when they are rejected or when they tell a woman what to do and they don't obey.

[appleannie1]

31. Mike Huckabee would be a real cold shower to my libido. With him around I never would have need BC

[alphafemale]

35. GOP wants to end access to birth control.

Way to lure back those wimmens!

Not even abortion now.

But OPENLY demonizing birth control.

What outer galaxy are these idiots from?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. It makes no sense. GOPers have enough trouble getting laid as it is.

[randome]

39. If not, PM me.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]

[WillyT]

40. Damn... The NSA Is Into Everything Now... And They're Calling Them "Uncle Sugar" ???

[theHandpuppet]

44. I tried holding an aspirin between my knees...

... I just didn't know that gelcaps wouldn't work.

[LadyHawkAZ]

45. Of course I can. I simply choose not to.

More fun that way.

[Samantha]

47. So Huckabee sees an opportunity and has decided to go for it

With the Republican Presidential pickings for 2016 getting slimmer by the day, Huckabee awakes to ask "what about me?" Deciding immediately he needed to get himself even more noticed by the Tea Party Crowd, he comes (pardon the expression) out with these extremely titillating words to attract sudden media attention.

The only thing more provocative than a woman with a libido out of control is a Southern Baptist minister zeroing in on it.

Sam

[mnhtnbb]

48. Somebody should educate him about how many old farts on Medicare are popping Viagra

or Cialis.