Family Values? The 30 Pro-Rape Senate Republicans Named And Shamed

[Turborama]

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The 30 Senate republicans - 75% of the 40 Senate seats they currently hold - that opposed Senator Al Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment are named and shamed from 6:25, after a run through of how this amendment came to be (which acts as a tribute to Jamie Lee Jones and Senator Al Franken).

The Amendment passed 68-30.

[joeycola]

1. You will need to add some Democrats to that list............

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By Senior Dem, Sources Say
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6832644#6832644
6832644, Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By Senior Dem, Sources Say
Posted by AllentownJake on Thu Oct-22-09 04:14 PM

An amendment that would prevent the government from working with contractors who denied victims of assault the right to bring their case to court is in danger of being watered down or stripped entirely from a larger defense appropriations bill.

Multiple sources have told the Huffington Post that Sen. Dan Inouye, a longtime Democrat from Hawaii, is considering removing or altering the provision, which was offered by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and passed by the Senate several weeks ago.

Inouye's office, sources say, has been lobbied by defense contractors adamant that the language of the Franken amendment would leave them overly exposed to lawsuits and at constant risk of having contracts dry up. The Senate is considering taking out a provision known as the Title VII claim, which (if removed) would allow victims of assault or rape to bring suit against the individual perpetrator but not the contractor who employed him or her.

"The defense contractors have been storming his office," said a source with knowledge of the situation. "Inouye either will get the amendment taken out altogether, or water it down significantly. If they water it down, they will take out the Title VII claims. This means that in discrimination cases, they will still force you into a secret forced arbitration on KBR's (or other contractors') own terms -- with your chances of prevailing practically zero. The House seems to be very supportive of the original Franken amendment and all in line, but their hands are tied since it originated in the Senate. And since Inouye runs the show on this bill, he can easily take it out to get Republicans and the defense contractors off his back, which looks increasingly likely."


Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/22/frankens-anti-rape-amendm_n_329896.html

Fuck the democrats in the Senate. They are a minor bit better than their GOP counterparts.

[sui generis]

3. Rule #1: Don't Break The Law

I think it should be expanded well beyond rape though.

Standards are a beautiful thing.

[AlexDeLarge]

8. Uh ?

joeycola, "Fuck the democrats in the Senate"? Wasn't it Al Franken, a DEMOCRAT, that got this bill passed? I think lumping all Democrats into the pile with Republicans is a little extreme. Where would the healthcare debate be without Grayson?

[JDPriestly]

13. Overly exposed to lawsuits ... You mean they admit that?

Does this mean their "negligence" is intentional? They know they are being negligent, but they don't want to do anything to prevent rapes and the like? Wow! This is great stuff. Discrimination cases should never be arbitrated. Discrimination is intentional by definition.

[Ian David]

2. Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By Senior Dem, Sources Say

Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By Senior Dem, Sources Say
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6832644

[evenso]

4. Christian (Corporate) values on display

[ProgressOnTheMove]

5. Every Republican voter should see this clip. It will make a world of difference in their outlook...

Show it them on your iphone along with the Cornyn clip that's on here twitter is a good place to store links. The power of iphone youtube can get our word out to soo many people what an amazing gedget. Just tell them it's something Beck forgot to mention on the Teevee last night. I find pre loading the clip saves buffer issues.

[wowimthere]

6. And where is the MSM on this? Egregious!

[vaberella]

7. It seemed to me that it was the usual suspects who voted against it.

Bastards the lot and McCain has a daughter. You'd think he'd know better.

[lobodons]

9. Rachel needs to respond to this

Not only does Rachel Maddow (and all other TV hosts that oppose rape and denial of justice) needs to highlight this on her show but we the people need to flood the internets with our concerns regarding this outrage!!!! My god, could you imagine if you were raped first by animals and then second by the system.

The American people need to take charge instead of money grubbing pure evil special interests groups.

[Tx4obama]

10. Rachel did...

The Senate passed the amendment the first week of October and Rachel talked about the 30 republicans that voted no.
Other news media reported on this story too. It's not a new story.
The only thing new is that Sen. Inouye has said that the amendment may be altered.

[lobodons]

11. That's what I'm sayin...

That's what I meant. Rachel (and others) need to re-address this now that Sen. Inouye has shown where his allegiance lies. (special interest groups instead of American people)

[Shallah Kali]

14. Rachel has been covering this including having Ms. Jones on last night - link to vid & transcript

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33431346/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/33423952#33423952

[ladywnch]

12. Letter I am sending to ALL 30 pieces of shit.

Thank you, Senator!!!!!

Thank you for showing your true colors.

Thank you for showing women in America that they are nothing more than chattel and property to be owned by men and treated however it pleases men.

Thank you for demonstrating that rape is something that women just have to learn to live with if they want to have jobs outside the home. I mean really, it’s not like it’s criminal or anything like that, it’s just a natural consequence of men and women working to together, right?

Saying this is a ‘political issue’ is one of the more absurd things I think I’ve heard in some time. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard rape called a political issue before. You may have just come up with a new defense for rapists! Congrats on that! The last time I looked, rape is a Class 1 Felony. Check for yourself. Most states have very strict laws about rape. Or is that your problem with the Franken amendment; you don’t think is should be a crime to rape women? You believe men should be able to force themselves on any woman at anytime and then imprison them in shipping containers with no food or water till they promise to not speak of the assault and just wait around till the ‘boys’ feel randy again. Thank god I’m not a daughter of yours! Although, then, I’m sure, it would be an entirely different story – then again, probably not, you’d just take some blood money from your owners and tell your daughter to ‘get over it’.

Thank goodness we have staunch defenders of “Christian Family Values” like you good folks looking out for us. Lord only knows what would happen to us were it not for you good folks. We might end up with healthcare for all Americans – including rape victims and we wouldn’t want that now would we?

Thank you for providing incontrovertible proof that there is nothing you won’t do to protect your Corporate Lords and Masters and to deny American citizens their most basic rights.

I hope you are VERY satisfied with your vote on this matter because you’re going to get to relive it OVER AND OVER AND OVER again during your next election……’Senator Supports Rape’…..or how about, ‘Lock up your wives and daughters! Here comes the Senator who supports RAPE’