Republicans Are Shocked The Public Is Mad At Them For Voting Against Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment

[babsbunny]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/13/republicans-franken-shocked/

By Amanda Terkel on Nov 13th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

Last month, 30 Republican senators voted against Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) amendment that would punish defense contractors “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.” His amendment was inspired by Jamie Leigh Jones, who was gang-raped by her co-workers while working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad in 2005, and then had to fight her employer for justice.

The GOP senators who sided with defense contractors at the expense of women — such as John Thune (SD) — have been facing an intense backlash. David Vitter (LA) refused to give a rape victim a straight answer when she confronted him about his vote, claiming that he is “absolutely supportive of any case like that being prosecuted criminally to the full extent of the law.”

Politico reports that Republicans are now scratching their heads at why the public is so incensed about their “no” votes:

[napi21]

1. Are they REALLY that out of touch with reality? Am I to believe

they aren't just determined obstructionists byr really believe the crap they spew?

[drm604]

2. They never admit that they're in the wrong.

No matter how bad a position they take they'll defend it to the end and feign shock at the idea that anyone would disagree with them. It's how they operate, they're "making their own reality" by feigning shock or outrage at anything that goes against it. Fortunately it's not working too well for them lately.

[kathysart_decoration]

3. women and rape

They hate and fear women and believe they must be asking to be
raped - AND, they believe everyone else feels the same way,
including other women. It's an age-old story, and I think it's
that simple

[Swamp Rat]

4. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[ZombieHorde]

5. Welcome to DU! nt

[BluDemocratGirl]

6. 'Cause they ARE the party of "NO"!

Duh!