Paul Ryan Mocks 'War On Women' At Private Fundraiser

[Kadie]

Paul Ryan Mocks 'War On Women' At Private Fundraiser
Posted: 10/19/2012 11:29 am EDT Updated: 10/19/2012 11:43 am EDT

At a private fundraiser in Naples, Fla., on Thursday, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan mocked the so-called "war on women."

“Now it’s a war on women; tomorrow it’s going to be a war on left-handed Irishmen or something like that,” Ryan told the crowd of donors, according to Shushanna Walshe of ABC News.

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Republicans, in response, have long claimed that the "war on women" is a figment of Democrats' imaginations and that women's issues are "shiny objects of distraction" Democrats are using to take the spotlight off the real issues this election.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/19/paul-ryan-war-on-women-private-fundraiser_n_1987290.html?utm_hp_ref=tw



Shushannah Walshe
@shushwalshe

https://twitter.com/shushwalshe/status/259058144154640384

[progressivebydesign]

1. I'm left-handed, and I'm Irish. AND I'm a woman. Fuck you Paul Ryan.

Any woman who would vote for those two deserves the world she gets. Unreal.

[barnabas63]

4. me too!

[whttevrr]

6. Oh man... Red hair and freckles, too?

WTF!? No lasciviously drooling smiley?

Oh well, thanks brightening my day... I love angry redheads that swear at republicans.

Please carry on...

[Sandy one]

13. History lesson

Something bad has happened to this country and it's election process.

When Jack Kennedy ran for president, because he was Catholic, he had to make a speech to the people of this country stating his church and the Pope would have no effect on his presidency or the way he would govern. In this current world it seems as if every republican is required to do just the opposite and pledge his allegiance to the Catholic Church's rulings on many social issues. This is backwards and unconstitutional

[courseofhistory]

2. Very rude and dismissive! Make this go viral! n/t

[morrissey fan]

3. Wow

He may be the worst VP candidate since Palin and Quayle!

[Angry Dragon]

5. Lyan Ryan = Palin with a Penis

[whttevrr]

10. Thanks...

Now this thread is ruined...

Stupid Angry Dragon.

I'm thinking swearing red headed wonder woman, and you throw in a tranny Palin.

Dammit!

[lunatica]

15. Being a sexist of any stripe doesn't go over well in DU

just a fair warning

[Swede Atlanta]

7. Well, Mr. Ryan......

If your party starts pushing legislation that harms left-handed Irishmen then yes that would be a "war on left-handed Irishmen".

Ryan and his fellow misogynists fail to recognize that when you tell women that they aren't legally entitled to equal pay for equal work, that their employer can decide, based on his or her personal beliefs, whether she will have access to contraception or even some other medical screenings, etc., that the Supreme Court should deny women the right to make decisions about their own bodies or burden them with onerous obstacles such as spousal agreement, invasive ultra-sounds, waiting periods, etc. women understand this as a "war on them".

I wonder how Ryan would feel (he probably wouldn't because he is wealthy) if the government allowed employers to decide if they will pay for infant circumcision, the government would make circumcision illegal because it is mutilation of a child when the child cannot speak for themselves (same argument they make about the fetus that cannot speak for themselves in avoiding an abortion), or allow insurance companies to refuse to pay for Viagara or other treatments for erectile dysfunction.

The issues are exactly the same but the men seem to feel they need to care for their women because they can't take care of themselves or are somehow lesser.

[DreamGypsy]

11. Hi, Swede Atlanta,

I started my response to the original post before yours appeared.

Great comments from you.

[TwilightGardener]

8. He's got BINDERS FULL of left-handed Irishmen.

[DreamGypsy]

9. Careful, we may be misinterpreting Ryan's comment. What if ....

....

the Republicans believe they have been completely successful and are declaring victory in the War on Women.

Now they are turning the sights of their powerful political weapons on another group of Democratic party supporters: Left-Handed Irish Persons.

Fear for your rights LHIPs. Unequal pay, control of your health decisions, limited employment opportunity, insults and abuse are all coming your way.

I am especially concerned about our female LHIPs - doubly oppressed.

Ryan is an evil idiot.

[hamsterjill]

12. Women's issues are 'shiny objects of distraction'?

Yeah, right, Ryan.

I am woman...and I will be voting for a President who doesn't hate those without a penis.

Mr. Ryan...could you PLEASE just get out of the way?

[ailsagirl]

14. Troglodyte

[lunatica]

16. Now women are having a war on you Ryan

You're the only one who thinks you're clever.