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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 03:52 PM
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Woman Up, Obama & Democrats: Grow a Pair... of Ovaries! (VIDEO)
Edited on Mon Dec-06-10 03:52 PM by BrklynLiberal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-s-mcelvaine/woman-up-obama-dems-grow-_b_792187.html

In this video I, as one of Barack Obama's earliest supporters, lecture him and Senate Democrats on just how pathetic their willingness to "compromise" with Republicans on extending the tax cut for the rich is -- and I offer a different way of characterizing their lack of strength, getting away from the traditional misogynistic terminology.

To win for themselves and the American people, all the President, Harry Reid and the Democrats have to do is force the Senate Republicans actually to filibuster the bill that extends tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans.

see video at above link

If the Democrats don't have the courage to fight for what's right or publicly supported (only 26% of Americans favor extending the cuts for the rich; in fact a majority of Republicans want the cuts for the rich to expire) when they are in a no-lose situation, they are spineless, gutless, and any number of other non-gendered adjectives. But let's stop using language indicating that this makes them like women:




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