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ProSense

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62. Actually,
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 11:05 AM
Apr 2012

"I'm not dismissing women's rights

They occupy a different position on my list of Congressional priorities than they do on yours."

...you are, and I can tell that you're hiding a "me-first" attitude behind a laundry list (Jobs, energy policy, environmental issues, budget priorities, trade policy, etc.).

I mean, "etc." before women's rights.

And this isn't a sexist argument? badtoworse Apr 2012 #1
So you ProSense Apr 2012 #2
Hmm Dokkie Apr 2012 #3
It's a ProSense Apr 2012 #4
Bull Dokkie Apr 2012 #7
What? ProSense Apr 2012 #9
But Dokkie Apr 2012 #11
We have more spending power? how's that? robinlynne Apr 2012 #15
That's what I'd like to know, too. eom BlueCaliDem Apr 2012 #27
This is what am talking about Dokkie Apr 2012 #38
You got a link for that? n/t TriMera Apr 2012 #76
60% of personal wealth, 51% of stocks. I seriously doubt that. Oprah may scew the statistics robinlynne Apr 2012 #80
I'm all about the data, so I'd like to see a link too nevertheless... mathematic Apr 2012 #90
Let's look at one statistic, new cars bought. robinlynne Apr 2012 #97
I'm not talking about cars and neither were you. mathematic Apr 2012 #110
the article talks cleafrly about cars. The so called statistics. Most stocks are not owned by women robinlynne Apr 2012 #113
Here is the "stat" quoted on new cars: 68% of new car purchase the US are made by women robinlynne Apr 2012 #114
I think I meant to say Dokkie Apr 2012 #28
Women 'out earn' men? ProfessionalLeftist Apr 2012 #36
This is a recent development in the US Dokkie Apr 2012 #39
10 women working @ minimum wage make more than 1 unemployed man who used to make $200,000/yr? uppityperson Apr 2012 #77
Do you want to rephrase this? lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #85
No, I don't. Do you want to look again and think again? If a woman makes 10% of what a man makes, uppityperson Apr 2012 #103
Women do not out earn men. Purchaisng at the mall is not wealth. buying real estate, stocks, and cor robinlynne Apr 2012 #81
Women make 91% of real estate decisions. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #86
Women do not buy 91% of new homes. That is just plain inaccurate. robinlynne Apr 2012 #88
I think this conference had a clear agenda, and uses wrong/misleading statistics to prove a point. robinlynne Apr 2012 #89
It was considered a useful set of stats to push a Limbaugh boycott. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #96
Dokkie said it wrong. Zalatix Apr 2012 #34
A more logical argument would be that Zalatix Apr 2012 #19
By the same token Dokkie Apr 2012 #30
Ayup. Agreed. Zalatix Apr 2012 #31
See that's ProSense Apr 2012 #35
Not really. Zalatix Apr 2012 #37
Actually, ProSense Apr 2012 #40
Indeed, Republicans aren't very diverse anyway. Zalatix Apr 2012 #42
You asked Dokkie Apr 2012 #41
That's taking things too far. Zalatix Apr 2012 #43
Well, ProSense Apr 2012 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Kath1 Apr 2012 #51
Agreed! Kath1 Apr 2012 #52
There are countries that guarantee a certain number of women in office. Zalatix Apr 2012 #53
I wouldn't have any problem with that. Kath1 Apr 2012 #55
The assumption that more women would translate to greater productivity strikes me as sexist. badtoworse Apr 2012 #5
Well, ProSense Apr 2012 #6
I will ask you a question I asked to another DUer Dokkie Apr 2012 #10
Well ProSense Apr 2012 #12
Um, just answer "no" to her post and be honest. Zalatix Apr 2012 #20
Please ProSense Apr 2012 #23
at the end of the excerpt, he specifies, "democratic women" BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2012 #84
You're speculating. Maybe you're right, maybe not badtoworse Apr 2012 #16
I think ProSense Apr 2012 #17
I think the "war on women" is not a good measure of Congress' productivity badtoworse Apr 2012 #18
Thanks for ProSense Apr 2012 #22
I'm not dismissing women's rights badtoworse Apr 2012 #58
Actually, ProSense Apr 2012 #62
and I can tell that women's rights are the only item on your list. badtoworse Apr 2012 #63
That's ProSense Apr 2012 #64
i actually agree with you. but to play devil's advocate I do want to note robinlynne Apr 2012 #98
are you veganlush Apr 2012 #8
No. badtoworse Apr 2012 #13
I BEG TO DIFFER Skittles Apr 2012 #14
Are you attacking the poster and not their arguments? Zalatix Apr 2012 #21
Did ProSense Apr 2012 #24
Actually I read it as sexist as well. vaberella Apr 2012 #32
What I find ProSense Apr 2012 #33
Prosense I understood the context of the President. vaberella Apr 2012 #100
No. joshcryer Apr 2012 #105
Women are underrepresented in Congress. That's a fact. RZM Apr 2012 #25
Well, ProSense Apr 2012 #26
It would only be different if those new women Congresspeople were mostly from one party RZM Apr 2012 #91
It would have to appreciably different, simply because Congress would represent the population more. joshcryer Apr 2012 #109
Congress would get more done if get money out of it, and quit electing religious fundamentalists. Initech Apr 2012 #29
After watching the behavior of the women in the feminist forum zappaman Apr 2012 #45
Well, that settles it. n/t ProSense Apr 2012 #48
Yes, but DonCoquixote Apr 2012 #46
Thanks for ProSense Apr 2012 #49
Women like Sarah Palin & Michelle Bachman? Angleae Apr 2012 #47
No ProSense Apr 2012 #50
Do we need more women in Congress, yes. MadHound Apr 2012 #54
You know ProSense Apr 2012 #56
So you have a sexist title headlining this piece, MadHound Apr 2012 #57
Nonsense ProSense Apr 2012 #59
Wait a minute here Dokkie Apr 2012 #60
Let the misogynists cry about it if they want... redqueen Apr 2012 #61
This is a valid argument for the same reason that "there should be more male teachers" is. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #65
LOL redqueen Apr 2012 #66
No. You have a point. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #67
Notice the difference in phrasing... redqueen Apr 2012 #70
a) The op doesn't question, it asserts lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #71
The OP is one person's opinion.... redqueen Apr 2012 #74
LOL redqueen Apr 2012 #79
I really loved my first male teacher. DevonRex Apr 2012 #68
Although I do think more men should teach lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #69
I know it was. DevonRex Apr 2012 #72
Oh, the drama... redqueen Apr 2012 #73
The President is not saying women are better than men. joshcryer Apr 2012 #106
are we color/gender blind, or not? bart95 Apr 2012 #75
We would like the female vote this election Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2012 #78
That's my President! KamaAina Apr 2012 #82
Says the guy who defeated the woman with the first realistic chance hughee99 Apr 2012 #83
My same thoughts......... Beacool Apr 2012 #87
. ProSense Apr 2012 #93
Laugh all you want, but there are plenty of people fed up with the whole lot of them. Beacool Apr 2012 #101
Yes ProSense Apr 2012 #102
Yeah, ProSense Apr 2012 #92
If he's suggesting that the problem is there's not enough women, hughee99 Apr 2012 #94
Where ProSense Apr 2012 #95
My mistake, he's not suggesting anything... hughee99 Apr 2012 #99
There ProSense Apr 2012 #104
The point is, hughee99 Apr 2012 #107
Relevance? He's talking about Congress not the Presidency. joshcryer Apr 2012 #108
Of course he is. Beacool Apr 2012 #111
That does not make the statement untrue. joshcryer Apr 2012 #112
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