After all this administration has done to set back women’s rights — from health care to reproductive choice — they have the gall to do this:
A new project of the Bush-Cheney campaign, “W Stands for Women,” aims to make Republican voters of the single and suburban women who are more concerned about safety than they were before Sept. 11, 2001.
About 300 women packed a Washington ballroom yesterday for a kickoff featuring Elizabeth Cheney, a specialist in women’s empowerment in the Middle East and a daughter of Vice President Cheney, and Doro Bush Koch, who founded a Maryland literacy group and is the president’s sister.
Koch pointed to the president’s mother, his wife, their twins and various appointees, and drew laughter by saying: “Our candidate is strong on women’s issues, and there can be only one reason why: He’s surrounded by strong women.”
Ann L. Wagner, co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, charged that for Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), “W stands for ‘waffle.’ “
During the hour-long program, homeland protection and the war on terrorism were emphasized over abortion and child care. “You heard a lot of speakers today talking about issues of health care, issues of education,” Cheney said afterward. “What you’re seeing, though, is that the set of issues that women care about has really broadened in a lot of ways since September 11. Security is an issue all Americans care about.”
The Bush administration is filled with lying, hypocritical, scumbags. While they were out making political hay out of, as always, September 11 (and not mentioning abortion and child care issues), John Kerry had a few choice words to say about the vaunted Iraq war. He blasted the administration for what he called an “extraordinarily mismanaged and ineptly prosecuted war”. And when he did so:
The Bush campaign has repeatedly accused the senator of “politicizing” Iraq. Bush-Cheney chairman Marc Racicot told reporters Wednesday that Kerry is relentlessly “playing politics” and exploiting tragedy for political gain.
Considering that the president’s campaign is built upon September 11 — and until recently, upon the war, but not so much now that it’s failing miserably — I have to give Racicot’s comments the “Pot Is Black” award for the week.
