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Bob McDonnell is so last century re: women
Bob McDonnell is so last century re: women
Date published: 10/2/2009 Reject McDonnell's sour view of women Bob McDonnell says he is a moderate, but his description of working mothers as "materialistic," "detrimental to family," and the cause of a "breakdown of society" is hardly moderate. He insults each of us and our mothers and grandmothers. Was my grandmother materialistic when she made quilts for other people so that she could be "paid" with the scraps from which she made quilts to warm her family? Was she a "detriment to the family" when she worked in a cotton mill (long before the days of standards to protect her from the machinery, the noise, and the lung-damaging fibers) so that she and my grandfather could support their children? My mother worked the night shift for years (in order to be at home during the day for her children) so she and my father could make ends meet and ensure that my sister and I had clothing and books for school. Was she causing the "breakdown of society"? Bob McDonnell seems to have little understanding that sometimes parents struggle just to provide the basic needs of their family. Does he believe that people are poor because of some sort of moral failing? Perhaps this would explain why he opposed efforts to improve child care centers in 2001 and 2003 and voted against eliminating gender-based wage discrimination. During his years in the state legislature, Creigh Deeds has worked hard for the women of Virginia, standing up for such rights as equal pay, protection from domestic abuse, and medication and medical treatment for poor women. I urge all who believe that Virginia should offer equal opportunity and support for women and families to vote for the best team for the commonwealth: Creigh Deeds, Jody Wagner, and Steve Shannon. Opal R. Stroup Spotsylvania The writer is co-chairman of the Spotsylvania County Democratic Committee.
Date published: 10/2/2009
You don't know who Craig Deeds is?
(posted by
Mandrake
, Oct. 3, 2009 5:35 pm)
That sounds as if it is your problem not mine. Where did you
get the idea that I inhale anything other than air?
Craig Deeds?
(posted by
patrick4hp
, Oct. 3, 2009 4:32 pm)
Is that his gay brother of the guy running for governor?
mandrake- What have you been inhaling?
(posted by
kspecial
, Oct. 3, 2009 11:39 am)
And who is Craig Deeds?
The reason to vote for McDonnell
(posted by
Mandrake
, Oct. 3, 2009 9:29 am)
is Craig Deeds. If you don't already know that get a large whiff
of fresh O2 and think about it.
Great Letter
(posted by
patrick4hp
, Oct. 3, 2009 2:27 am)
We need pragmatists in Richmond, not ideologues taught at Pat Robertson's University. I don't want this type of divisiveness in Richmond, especially since he isn't for marriage equality either. But, all in all, the Republicans are the one's hot under the collar about that one, which is their way of saying, I don't give a damn about equality. And, if they elect this dweeb, after George Allen, god help us.
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