Act Like a Lady, You Bitch!

C-span’s Washington Journal’s featured topic today was the Supreme Court ruling on lifting corporate campaign limits. Steve Hoersting, Center for Competitive Politics & Jamin Raskin, American Univ. Washington Law School take calls and discuss the ramifications of the ruling.
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/01/22/WJE/R/28731/Friday+January+22.aspx

Goofs
Be careful what you wish for, but thanks.

Prowl done.
Thank you, Murphy!

Prowl done.

Why on earth would any Senate woman allow that old fool to use a sexist charge against them? Act like a lady? I’m slow to anger but even I would have exploded at that.

There are million things i dont get about Pres Obama. One can never see inside someone’s mind and or predict what he might do, but something that is abundantly clear to me is the sad fact that the only way he seems to be able to address anything is to give another speech. He’s now on what they are calling the
the White House to Main Street Tour.
Today President Obama is traveling to Lorain County, Ohio to talk to Americans about what the economy is like on the ground during these tough economic times. This is the second stop of the White House to Main Street Tour; last month the President spent some time with folks in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.
I googled Lou Dobbs this morning because i miss him at times as he was one of the few that sometimes made a little sense and the other reason was because after he announced his house had been shot at, i was wondering what he is doing. Well, he is doing a radio show, so i went and listened to the archived show he did yesterday. I think the guys name was Matt Lewis anyway Lou gave the facts. He’s given:
42 news conferences
158 interviews
411 speeches 52 of them about healthcare
He then said, i find it odd listening to Obama’s explanation
of maybe something that caused the Mass upset and on abc’ george
stephanolus show said, “we lost some of that sense of speaking directly to the american people about their core values.”
The guy then said yes, he’s been “ubiquitous” this year.
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But then after listening, and having to look the ubiquitous
word up, so wont be running for anything either LOLOLOLO, i thought, you know, it’s really sad and quite pathetic to come to the realization that Obama actually doesnt know how to lead or guide because all he knows how to do is give speeches. Now I know we have all said that before, but honestly, while we might get upset and outraged at any talk show personna and with good reason, we dont need speeches or opinions mr. president, we NEED someone with some ideas of how to solve problems, not speeches that promise hope is coming. We need a leader that shows some freaking “action jackson” and a serious ear to the ground to hear the storms coming and work on them before they thunder through town and destroy everything that is still left standing. I dont know who that will be, but damn, speeches dont get er done.
To me, what is considered his greatest gift has become his greatest weakness, it’s really quite a boondoggle.

Murphy, if I thought of Michele Bachmann as a lady, I may find offense here, but I honestly can’t say that I do.

I’ve been told to sit down and stop acting like a dyke so many times I can’t remember. That’s perfectly okey-dokey here in America and people like Michele Bachmann actually encourage it.

Prowl done again. One is too few… 10 is…

Act like a lady = rapt attention on listening to your wise superior daddy while he treats you in a condescending manner.

Act like a man = debate as equals, stand up for your positions, counter your opponent.

Prowl Done… I had to add my own snarky language… Couldn’t leave it alone…

Senator Specter, Shut up and Act Like a Lady!

Dear Senator Specter,

Your comments were offensive to say the least. Respect for a fellow member of congress seems to be something you have a problem with, especially when it’s a women.

I noticed that you did not ask the interviewer to “act like a gentleman” when he kept interrupting you.

I also notice that you have no subject catagory for Women. Maybe that’s explained by your 1950′s mentality.

Wake up Senator Spector and join the 21st Century. You do know that women can vote, right?

Murphy,
Listen to this guy (Steve Hoersting, Center for Competitive Politics) at the c-span link in #3. You need to know that these guys exist and what they are saying. Sexist insults are one thing but not the only thing we need to attack. The guests come on a little later in the show after the first round of caller calls on the corporate contribution ruling or use the CCP’s direct link:
http://www.campaignfreedom.org/blog/detail/hoersting-on-c-span-to-talk-citizens-united .

Here’s a statement from the top of their website page:
Today’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC transforms the political landscape by restoring First Amendment rights to businesses, unions and advocacy groups. It unequivocally means more speech in campaigns, and voters will have access to more diverse and robust information as a result.

As Zee would say, Nice Try.

goofsmom
You’re added comments to Specter were great and to the point.

sistermoon3,

#22 – It doesn’t get things solved, but that’s not his intent. His intent is to lull people with his verbosity. What do you want from him, talking heads don’t do things, they just talk. Speechifying is all he knows!

BCL,

Thanks… couldn’t help myself…

I wrote to sarah palin and told her what Glen Beck said, she needs to beware of enemies from all sides.

He’s go transparency confused with on tv everyday, and unless the American public start complaining about that being his only weapon of how to get things solved, he will continue down that damned same ole road. You have heard im sure many times, if you try the same old tactics to solve problems you will end up with same ole results. Just like many of us turn off our ears to the right or to the left, people are turning him off, but that’s not the answer, somebodey needs to tell him and who better than the people.

Oprah ad was just on tv and her show today has Sarah Palin and Bristol Palin. Are her ratings falling so bad she has to have the Palin women who have been the most maligned by her Obama supporters.

Just thought I’d share this article. Made me laugh and then made me mad when I read the Corporations names. That our congresscritters would be soliciting campaign donations from Playboy, explains some of the misogyny!
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CEOs to Hill: Quit calling us for campaign cash

WASHINGTON – Dozens of current and former corporate executives have a message for Congress: Quit hitting us up for campaign cash.

Roughly 40 executives from companies including Playboy Enterprises, ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s, the Seagram’s liquor company, toymaker Hasbro, Delta Airlines and Men’s Wearhouse sent a letter to congressional leaders Friday urging them to approve public financing for House and Senate campaigns. They say they are tired of getting fundraising calls from lawmakers — and fear it will only get worse after Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100122/ap_on_bi_ge/us_campaign_finance_ceos

Murphy,

Your welcome.

your = You’re… sheesh… slinks off…

Switching Specter is done – here comes November. “Is that abortion?” Bachmann should be too although there are several male seats I would wish purged first if it’s not a woman to replace her (thank goodness I dont have to vote in that one).

Thanks for the Violet link on this week’s Supreme court decision means. I thought that was a HUGE deal. Even less voice for the people than in the last elections. On the bright side it seems we might as well stop futilely donating to political races – there is no way anyone can compete with the big corporations on this and the citizenry is usually quite uninformed or swayed by the stupidest motives(see 2000, 2004, 2008).

C.U.N.T (aka Citizen’s united) using their derogatory “Hillary the Movie” to start a destruction of Hillary even before the election was in full gear won the case and brought down the restraint on direct corporate take over of the political process. Welcome full blown oligarchy!

This is worse than it seems:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34983056/ns/politics-supreme_court/
The ruling lowered the six-decade wall separating corporations and unions from candidates for president and Congress, allowing the wealthy entities to spend as much as they want from their general treasuries to run advertisements advocating the victory or defeat of candidates at any point before elections.

It’s likely to prompt businesses and labor to dole out unfathomable amounts of money in campaigns nationwide. The goal: elect the people who will do their bidding, while defeating those who won’t.

Most Republicans are rejoicing.
Many Democrats are complaining. Of course, the more corporate-aligned one will only more continue to win the primaries giving the party a horrible name.
McCain has said “he was dissapointed” his (well-intentioned McCain-Feingold) law being struck down for all purposes.
Feingold lamented the overall decision as a “terrible mistake … ignoring important principles of judicial restraint and respect for precedent” and vowed to introduce new legislation to reinstate aspects of the corporate restriction.

Check out their officers!
http://www.citizensunited.org/about.aspx
In their misogynistic quest they might have just about ruined the tiny bit of power people had left in our democracy.

honora 01.22.10 at 2:00 pm

The term ‘Lady’ is anachronistic. I never use the term, never hear others use it, and do not have a hard time living in the year 2010 without the term.
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I suppose it depends on where you’re from or your personal preferences. Where I live, the term lady is a complement to a woman which speaks to her politeness and manners much as the term gentleman is used for men with such attributes. But that’s here.

I find the term dyke very offensive and NEVER use it. Here, it is an extremely negative slur toward a lesbian, meant to be demeaning, and is only used by gay bashers. I do understand, however, that in other places, it’s used as a badge of honor by lesbians.

I dont remember the last time i heard the word dyke used but it’s somewhere way back in my memory. none of the name calling helps anyone and hurts everyone.

You know what term makes me sick today, and im being honest,
i hate politicians on both sides referring to the middle class like we are in the way of progress or something, shouldnt all classes be treated with respect. How many times do you hear anything of them on either side say, Upper class?

No Murphy, NOT you, Obama started the name calling many moons ago. Who has he not pointed fingers at? He’s called cops stupid, he’s called Hillary Clinton Annie Oakley, he started this whole tone, him and his wife when she bashed Hillary, they started it because they are so beyond everyone else in their minds.
He’s even stealing from Scott Brown today in Ohio, he’s now saying “michellemalkin ” GM-truck-bashing Obama now trying to channel Scott Brown populism. Droppin’ his gs talkin’ ’bout the hard-workin people.

Good lord is there anyone he doesnt steal from?

sistermoon3
How do you always get your comments to post twice? LOL

#53, LOLOLOL BCL i dont have a clue, i click once i swear LOLOLOL

Is Obama auditioning for the Tonight Show hosting job? I’m afraid I’m getting to the point where I can’t watch this fool.

Bitch, slut, tramp, cunt, bimbo, bombshell, ‘blonde’, hag, trollop, milf, brainiac, tease, lady, breeders, witch, dyke, lesbo, goddess, lezzie, bulldagger, bulldyke…
words mean something, and the patriarchy is fond of categorizing women and thereby separating us with degrees of the judgements contained in these terms. There aren’t half as many such designations for males.

Rejecting by referring to all of the above as “women” only, we diffuse and neutralize the intent of the male categorizations of women.
We get to redefine the terms by not acknowledging or internalizing them, or by owning and celebrating terms such as “dyke” and “bitch” (See the BITCH Manifesto in the Matriarchy Club’s public forum or at the http://www.pumapac.org/action_center.html .)

To lighten things up around here… Don’t know if you’ve seen this, but I found it funny.

Hitler Finds Out Scott Brown Won Massachusetts Senate Seat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4aQCiRjvZY&feature=email

I liked it when Greta said, why are people just now waking up and shocked about mass vote, they must have missed all the townhalls, anyway here’s a video that can lighten it up as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV9dSaQhdcI

I will never forget when Michelle was asked if she would vote for Hillary if she won, and said in her condoscending voice, “it would depend on her tone” oh , i lost it that day
I was so steamed i got drunk.

I will never forget when Michelle was asked if she would vote for Hillary if she won, and said in her condoscending voice, “it would depend on her tone”
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Mrs Obama was looking for a baritone.

sistermoon3 01.22.10 at 1:55 pm

Bet, Spector wouldnt tell Hillary to act like a lady
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Heh, we would have to pay to see that reaction from our Scorpio PUMA Hillary.
The guy would be toast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#72 dances, if he said that in a public forum, can you imagine what he calls her behind closed doors.

sistermoon3 01.22.10 at 3:15 pm
#72 dances, if he said that in a public forum, can you imagine what he calls her behind closed doors.
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Good point.

#78 Hillary is respected on both sides, of course when will get Healthcare done one way or the other, where do people go when they want real information to people who know what works and what doesnt. Sad, but i want her to get credit not him, is that selfish.

Tick, tick, tick……………………….

If obama went down in the polls everytime he gives a speech starting today, at his rate, (yesterday he was three times)
he would be at ZERO % in a month.

With my apologies to the cranky pumas, I’ve been watching a dog rescue in LA from the LA river which is usually a dry bed, but with all the rain is now about 20 feet wide with swirling water. Shepard Smith followed this story for a full 40 minutes of his 3 pm hour news show on Fox. First they had to steer the dog toward the shallower water which was the opposite way from the way he was moving. Then they got in the water and tried to get to him but he wouldn’t let them get near him. So they used a helicopter to move him to shallower water where he could walk but the sides were high walls that he couldn’t get over. Finally, they lowered a man to pick him up and he bit the man. When his rescuer got him restrained, they raised man and dog up and over to a bridge. Finally the dog was muzzled and put in an ambulance. Let’s hope he has an owner who will claim him and take him home. I am exhausted watching this. Unlike balloon boy, this appeared to be a real rescue. LOL

Don’t even think of it……………or come November, your party will be finished!

Filibuster reform bill headed for Senate floor, faces uphill battle
By J. Taylor Rushing – 01/22/10 06:00 AM ET

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) intends to introduce legislation that would take away the minority’s power to filibuster legislation.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) intends in the next few weeks to introduce legislation that would take away the minority’s power to filibuster legislation.

Harkin has wanted to change the filibuster for years, but his move would come in the wake of Republican Scott Brown’s dramatic victory in Massachusetts. Brown’s victory cost Democrats their 60th vote in the Senate, and may have dealt a death blow to their hopes to move a massive healthcare overhaul. It could also limit President Barack Obama’s ability to move other pieces of his agenda forward.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/77479-filibuster-reform-headed-for-senate-floor-faces-uphill-battle

Holy smokes BCL, on both your posts in #90!

80 year old woman made it this long? Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dow averages down over 200 pts again today and the same yesterday. Over 400 pts in 2 days. Is that because the insurance companies are not going to make zillions from the hc bill now?

I did the prowl, so I hope it’s ok to comment on the dog rescue.

YAY, BCL! I’m glad they got him out. He probably only bit the guy because he was frightened. Hope he gets a hot t-bone tonight!

I don’t know if anyone has ever read about Sojourner Truth, but I loved her “Ain’t I a Woman” speech.

(Wikipedia has it in the original dialect):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_I_a_Woman%3F

another version here:http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/genwom/sojour.htm

Delivered 1851 at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this here talking about?
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!
(cont’d at the link)

Hillary would have given Senator Geezer (no disrespect to old people,cause I’m getting there) a right cross, a left upper cut, then a nice kung fu to the groin.