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Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points (4/20)
Complete article at: http: http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/04/18/ftp300/
Friday Talking Points [300] -- Our 4/20 Acronym Contest Challenge
7. More War On Women hijinks
This quite obviously falls into the “you just can’t make this stuff up, folks” category.
“Republican outreach to women, or War On Women? You decide. In Alaska, a state Republican legislator had to apologize after editing the title of a press release to read — and I am not making this up — ‘Smart and Sexy: Legislature Encourages Hospitals to Promote Breastfeeding.’ Sexy? Really? That’s your message to promote breastfeeding? Wow. Down in Texas, meanwhile, someone in a prominent Republican consulting firm registered a political action committee with the charmingly frat-boyish name: ‘Boats ‘N Hoes PAC.’ This is apparently the name of a song from a Will Ferrell movie. The PAC was swiftly dissolved — after the press noticed it — but not before Texas Democrats got the final word: ‘There’s no defending the use of a derogatory and offensive term like ‘hoes.’ How can women possibly take the GOP rebranding effort seriously? Their consistent contempt towards women is simply unforgivable.’ Just another few stories from the frontlines of the War On Women, I guess — each more jaw-dropping than the last.”
This quite obviously falls into the “you just can’t make this stuff up, folks” category.
“Republican outreach to women, or War On Women? You decide. In Alaska, a state Republican legislator had to apologize after editing the title of a press release to read — and I am not making this up — ‘Smart and Sexy: Legislature Encourages Hospitals to Promote Breastfeeding.’ Sexy? Really? That’s your message to promote breastfeeding? Wow. Down in Texas, meanwhile, someone in a prominent Republican consulting firm registered a political action committee with the charmingly frat-boyish name: ‘Boats ‘N Hoes PAC.’ This is apparently the name of a song from a Will Ferrell movie. The PAC was swiftly dissolved — after the press noticed it — but not before Texas Democrats got the final word: ‘There’s no defending the use of a derogatory and offensive term like ‘hoes.’ How can women possibly take the GOP rebranding effort seriously? Their consistent contempt towards women is simply unforgivable.’ Just another few stories from the frontlines of the War On Women, I guess — each more jaw-dropping than the last.”