There is no Republican war on women. Rand Paul says so, because his niece and sister are doing well

[stevenleser]

Rand Paul = Ron Paul lite. Ron Paul was terribly wrong but at least he talked a good game. Rand doesnt even have that going for him.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/01/27/rand_paul_on_the_war_on_women_women_have_won_because_my_niece_goes_to_cornell.html

Rand Paul grabbed headlines on Sunday by claiming on Meet The Press that "if there was a war on women, I think they won." While it would be a delightful change of pace if that was Paul's way of announcing a desire to see conservatives cease with the relentless attacks on women's rights, in context, it's clear that Paul was basically offering up a justification for continuing the war on women:

PAUL: This whole sort of war on women thing, I’m scratching my head because if there was a war on women, I think they won. You know, the women in my family are incredibly successful. I have a niece at Cornell vet school, and 85% of the young people there are women. Law school, 60% are women. In med school, 55%. My younger sister is an OB-GYN with six kids and doing great. I don’t see so much that women are downtrodden. I see women rising up and doing great things. In fact, I worry about our young men sometimes because I think the women are outcompeting the men in our world [...]

[madrchsod]

1. is there some reason why what rand paul says is worth discussing?

he`s a jr senator from a republican state who can say anything he wants to and rubes will elect him to office. other than that he`s just another drunk in the bar babbling incoherently about women because his ex wife gave him the shaft.

[redqueen]

2. It's worthwhile to post this so that people understand these are rightwing talking points.

That way, when they're posted on DU, they'll hopefully get the responses they deserve.

[stevenleser]

3. What RedQueen said AND because he has a reasonable shot at the 2016 GOP Nomination

DU should have a repository on positions and dumb statements from all of the GOP hopefuls

[Gothmog]

4. Rand Paul is an idiot

This guy is an idiot. I would love to see him be the GOP nominee

[stevenleser]

5. I agree, I'd love to see him as the GOP nominee. Then again, pretty much all of them

are unelectable.

[davidpdx]

7. He'd be a bigger train wreck then Mitt Romney

and Romney was pretty bad.

[stevenleser]

8. His nomination would put the split in the GOP front and center and rip it wide open.

No way the GOP is ready to unite around an isolationist/non-interventionist foreign policy.

[davidpdx]

9. It would be the rip heard around the world

[davidpdx]

6. He's probably scratching his head

because of the lice. On the other hand it gives the worms in his head something to eat.

[Cali_Democrat]

10. This guy is such a clown. nt