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MindMover

(5,016 posts)
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:38 PM Apr 2012

Today in the Senate, 31 GOP men voted NO on the Violence Against Women Act All 5 GOP women voted YES

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and not to be hypocritical or anything like that.....

Orrin Hatch cosponsored original Violence Against Women Act in '94. He voted against reauthorization yesterday.
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Today in the Senate, 31 GOP men voted NO on the Violence Against Women Act All 5 GOP women voted YES (Original Post) MindMover Apr 2012 OP
FOR it ... Trajan Apr 2012 #1
Happy that John McCain is not a prick when it comes to this... Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2012 #2
One would assume they'd be more sensitive to the heat they've taken on women's issues Iceberg Louie Apr 2012 #3
Ya cannot make this shit up..... MindMover Apr 2012 #4
 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
2. Happy that John McCain is not a prick when it comes to this...
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 11:05 PM
Apr 2012

...unless of course he abstained or didn't show up as he usually does.

Iceberg Louie

(190 posts)
3. One would assume they'd be more sensitive to the heat they've taken on women's issues
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 12:48 AM
Apr 2012

but, then again, they are the party of arrogant self-assertion. I'm sure Hannity, Limbaugh, and Levin will defend these chumps, and the MSM will likely avoid the issue altogether the next time the "War on Women" issue is raised.

MindMover

(5,016 posts)
4. Ya cannot make this shit up.....
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 10:42 PM
Apr 2012

Orrin Hatch cosponsored original Violence Against Women Act in '94. He voted against reauthorization yesterday

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