Dems Call On GOPers To Renounce Phyllis Schlafly Over Remarks About 'Unmarried Women'

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Source: Talking Points Memo

Dems Call On GOPers To Renounce Phyllis Schlafly Over Remarks About 'Unmarried Women' (AUDIO)
Christina Bellantoni | July 29, 2010, 4:28PM

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly took aim at "unmarried women" at a recent fundraiser and in an interview with TPM, saying that they overwhelmingly support President Obama and are all on welfare. Democrats aim to exploit the comments to pressure the more than 60 Republican candidates who have earned Schlafly's endorsement.

"Unmarried women, 70% of unmarried women, voted for Obama, and this is because when you kick your husband out, you've got to have big brother government to be your provider," said Schlafly, president of Eagle Forum and infamous for her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment.

A liberal organization recorded the Schlafly comments at a Troy, Michigan fundraiser Saturday for a Republican congressional candidate, the Detroit Free Press reported. In an interview with TPM this afternoon Schlafly stood by her comments and said Obama is trying to boost welfare rolls to help with his reelection and to help Democrats.

"Yes I said that. It's true, too. All welfare goes to unmarried moms," Schlafly told TPM. "They are trying to line up their constituency for Obama and Democrats against Republican candidates."

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[enlightenment]

1. You know, I am almost convinced that the true

'elixir of eternal life' is the venomous bile that spews from this disgusting excuse for a human being.
Scientists really should look into it . . .

[saigon68]

45. These Creeps usually get race involved in their rants

In in Orange county they refer to Compton and Watts to get the white SHEEP fired up

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Renounce a fellow conservatroid?

'Renounce' just isn't in their vocabulary when it comes to the asinine statements of one of their own. More typically, they'll turn their heads, stick their fingers in their ears & sing Tinga-Linga-Loo until the media stops paying attention, and in the case of a repuke, the compliant/complicit corporate media will oblige and end their 'suffering.'

[treestar]

3. Some women are just unmarried because there is no husband

:rofl: she thinks a woman is single due to "kicking her husband out" as if no man has ever left a woman! :rofl: And as if wars and such don't leave at least some women unable to marry. :rofl:

this woman is such an idiot, I feel sorry for her husband. He should leave her, so she'll be forced onto welfare. :rofl:

[KansDem]

4. Man! My stupidometer broke trying to measure Schlafly's remarks...

Guess I'll have to settle for this representation--

[chelsea0011]

5. Forward, back to the Dark Ages

[Bitwit1234]

6. Since she first came on the scene back in the 70's she has

been putting down women. She says they should not work outside the home they should stay home and take care of their husbands. And that to be married and raise a family is the main thing in a woman's life. she is full of BS> and always has been.

[Rozlee]

20. She also once said "good girls don't get raped."

What. A. Bitch.

[lunasun]

36. Wish she would stay in her home and follow her ideal and also STFU

[corpseratemedia]

39. agree

also she sounds like an alcoholic imo

[BumRushDaShow]

7. This is what happens

when the batshit crazy get old. She is now batshit senile.

[elleng]

35. 'Old' isn't necessary for schlafly; ALWAYS nuts.

[customerserviceguy]

44. Yep, Googled her up

The old bat is 85, and certifiably goofy. Why anyone besides her fundie barefoot, broke and pregnant throwbacks listens to her, I'll never know.

[montanacowboy]

8. "All Welfare goes to UnMarried Moms?"

Huh? I am a case manager and believe me a lot of my clients are MARRIED COUPLES! THIS WOMAN IS AN IDIOT IN THE WORDS OF KO.

[kimmylavin]

14. Oh, don't confuse her with facts.

My aunt and uncle were case workers too.
And Phyllis ("I can leave my husband and children at home to go out and rail against women who do the same.") is full of it.

It's just easier for her to have a boogeyman (or woman, as the case may be), and the "welfare queen" stereotype was apparently ripe for an upgrade.

[Arkana]

22. Someone needs to get Phyllis her medication and quietly lead her back to the TV room.

Perhaps a robe and slippers too--they might make her more comfortable. She's obviously suffering from an advanced stage of dementia.

[DebbieCDC]

17. HAHAHA I'm glad you saw this

Knew it would get a rise out of you!

[Odin2005]

9. Go to Hell, Phyllis!

:grr:

[Bluenorthwest]

10. Phallus Shaftlick strikes again

Tired old bag of venom.

[Hekate]

11. The stupid -- it burns. The ignorance and lack of compassion -- it nauseates.

Please Phyllis, won't you just STFU?

Hekate

[Quantess]

12. That old hag can shove it.

This unmarried woman doesn't give a shit about her opinion.

(edit spelling)

[Tempest]

13. How could anyone defend that?

It's beyond repulsive.

It ignores the vast majority of women who are single with children after leaving an abusive relationship, or are single by no choice of their own.

[glitch]

15. I bet she's really jealous of that young whippersnapper Sarah Palin,

who does vicious airhead much better than her.

[marybourg]

16. I wonder if calling "on the GOP to renounce" is a reasonable, intelligent

and politically significant response to the unending stream of hate. Perhaps just recording them and playing them back in a stream, like baseball bloopers, at election time would be more effective. Maybe they already do this? I don't know. I've never seen a campaign ad on tv. But if they don't, they should.

[superduperfarleft]

18. Who let her out of the kitchen?

I'm sure her husband would like a sandwich...

[roxiejules]

19. Since when are all unmarried women welfare recipients?

[Lorien]

24. I've never known one. I was raised by a single mother and my sister is raising her son on her own

neither ever took a handout from anyone. Goldmann Sachs, on the other hand....

[Recursion]

47. She said the converse: all welfare recipients are unmarried mothers

Which, depending on your definition of "welfare", is more or less true: PRWOA ("Welfare reform") made it difficult for any family situation other than an unmarried mother in sole custody of children to get TANF aid -- AFDC let pretty much any family that needed it get aid (although both systems' structures perversely encourage families to break up).

In short: Republicans push for welfare "reform" that limits it to single mothers, and then complain that only single mothers get welfare.

[Thor_MN]

21. Is she a "Mama Grizzly"? One of those "Conservative Feminists"?

[Lorien]

23. Yet this same inhuman creature would deny abortions to single unmarried victims of rape

and I'll bet that she has no problem whatsoever with trillions spent on welfare for corporations. The corruption and hypocrisy is vomit worthy.

[sulphurdunn]

25. Oh, the Irony the Irony

The first welfare bill (Aid to Dependent Children), passed in 1935, had considerable conservative support because they believed a woman's place was in the home and that single mothers shouldn't be compelled by necessity to enter the workforce. They also greatly feared that these women might enter the workforce as prostitutes, and they were most diligent in their efforts to avoid that. :smoke:

[Lorien]

26. Contact her:

http://www.eagleforum.org/misc/info.shtml

[truthisfreedom]

27. [e-mail]

Inundate her.

[Scout]

28. maybe it's time to just ignore this loon? n/t

[truthisfreedom]

29. I just sent her these two maps. She's completely out of her mind and uninformed.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/04/11/welfare-states/

The states in red receive more than $1 from the federal government for each dollar they pay in.



This should look familiar.

[rpannier]

32. I'm surprised Vermont and Maine are welfare states

I was a little surprised at Alaska for a minute because they have all that oil and are constantly touting their ability to provide tax breaks for Alaskans
But at the same time, they do receive a lot of federal funding for many things

[24601]

41. Based on Income tax or all taxes? I'd rather see the federal gov't

not provide money to the states. They could reduce federal taxes by that amount and states could tax it according to the services they provide. The lower level the politicians, I believe the more responsive they are to their constituents.

[No Elephants]

48. Less than half the country supports mostly large, Republican states.

No wonder they don't want to give up the Electoral College.

[KatyaR]

30. That piece of crap can kiss my lilly white ass.

I'm an unmarried woman, and I take care of myself. I'm not looking for "a provider."

I dare her to say that to my face.... :grr:

[Caretha]

34. Shoulder to Shoulder

with you sister. We could take turns kicking her boney white ass.

[guitar man]

31. good grief

Is that old bag still alive? How the hell is she even relevant, I haven't heard a word out of her for 25 years :eyes:

[AsahinaKimi]

33. despicable and disqusting

She reminds me of the kind of person who would walk over a homeless person to get where she is going, as though they were her personal door mat.

[bluestateguy]

37. Can't this old bag just disappear off to Palm Springs to play shuffleboard and Mahjong?

nt

[bluestateguy]

38. I have one way to reduce that number of unmarried women

Allow lesbian women to legally marry.

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

40. Oh my

I can't remember when I've heard a more offensive comment about women. Such blatant ignorance and misogyny, especially from a woman, is appalling.

[alp227]

42. This is how low Schlafly wants to sink?

I mean seriously. Schlafly uses her political power to push an archaic lifestyle (women should stay in the kitchen and submit to their husbands) rather than support basic human dignity for women.

And before anyone wants to compare Schlafly to Shirley Sherrod and wail that liberals are out to smear her, the TPM article reads: "Schlafly stood by her comments and said Obama is trying to boost welfare rolls to help with his reelection and to help Democrats." Yes, TPM actually followed up with Schlafly, while Breitbart did not even contact Sherrod. So that dirty liberal website TPM actually has ethics compared to Breitbart's empire of junk blogs.

Besides, that generalization about single women is just so ignorant...I don't know what to say right now. Maybe she should meet Ann Coulter, who wrote the foreward for Schlafly's book Feminist Fantasies. Coulter's never been married. So is Ann Coulter=lazy welfare scraper? Laura Ingraham has never been married either (and even once dated Keith Olbermann!) and yet she's a single mom who adopted two kids.

Guess what? TPM also reports: "Congressional candidate Andrew (Rocky) Raczkowski said he was surprised by Schlafly's remarks at his fundraiser and said he disagrees with Schlafly after liberals and his Republican primary opponent Paul Welday called on him to denounce her." See? Even the candidate (a man, btw) is shaking his head in disgust.

Hey everybody, y'know how modern hip hop music gets a lot of criticism for being misogynistic and degrading to women (with all the uses of "bitch" and "ho")? Well I wonder when Phyllis Schlafly at age 86 will release her debut rap album titled For the Ladies featuring hits like "Ain't No Such Thing as Rape If You're Married" and "You're Either Married and Classy or Single and Lazy".

Stay classy, Mrs. Schlafly!

(Bill Cosby, a much more decent American senior citizen, released a hip hop album Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency in 2009.)

[ThoughtCriminal]

43. Phyllis Schlafly is Ann Coulter's Dorian Gray

Actually come to think of it, they're both get more hideous every year.

[Rosie1223]

46. Phyllis Schlafly is unmarried herself!

Wiki says she is a widow.

[No Elephants]

49. Single moms all got that way by kicking out their husbands? Bristol, say it ain't so!

And these are their Party stars, the ones who have at least enough going for them make big names for themselves. Imagine how mind numbing the rest are.

[superconnected]

50. I'm an unmarried woman - and plan to stay that way who has a job, a house, never been on welfare

etc.

This woman supports the RW (Patriot Acts) and then claims liberals want big brother. What an ass, but then I knew that when it said Republican.

[Name removed]

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[LostinVA]

52. Nice -- yet another woman called a "cunt" on here today

Getting really sick of it. This is against DU rules, but I am so sure you know this.

:eyes;

[Canuckistanian]

53. The GOP owns her - she speaks for them

*poof* There goes the single woman demographic.

[pink-o]

54. I wonder if Phyllis's gay son still talks to the crazy old witch... n/t