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In Contraception Aftermath, Bachmann Says GOP Is ‘Extremely Pro-Woman’


The Republican party hasn’t been too popular among women lately, but former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann insists that conservatives do not have an agenda against female rights.

During a Sunday CNN “State of the Union” appearance, the Minnesota congresswoman said the recent contraception scandals aren’t indicative of a GOP attack on females:  “There is no anti-women move whatsoever. The Republican Party is extremely pro-woman.”

The real issue, the conservative politician said, is President Barack Obama’s “wildly unpopular” health care policies.

“What we saw was President Obama’s signature piece of legislation, which is ‘Obamacare,’ demonstrated 3-D,” Bachmann said.

Bachmann’s comments come in the aftermath of a slew of birth control controversies, many of which involve right wing male political leaders undermining females in the contraception debate, so if the Republican party is “pro-woman” as Bachmann attests, its policies will need some tweaking and image some massaging.

Though it’s somewhat refreshing to see someone come to the GOP’s defense for a change, Bachmann’s dizzying claim is reminiscent of a scene in “Mean Girls” in which Queen Bee Regina George says during an anti-bullying assembly, “Can I just say that we don’t have a clique problem at this school? And some of us shouldn’t have to take this workshop because some of us are just victims in this situation?”

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VK7U6RFTAUIPW2JR2NGPBP2IYA super

    we have already seen signs of the future of the lefts care of women.  Enjoy :) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=akOgwtIEOEXw 

  • Ben

    Someone get Bachmann up to date on what’s going in her own..ah…whatever.

  • corri anderson

    Well if she said it, it must be true.

    4. “Why should I go and do something like that? But the Lord says, ‘Be submissive wives; you are to be submissive to your husbands.” -Rep. Michele Bachmann, recalling in a 2006 speech at a Megachurch in Minneapolis that pursuing tax law wasn’t her choice, but she did so at the urging of her husband because she was certain God was speaking through him6. “I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under another, then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I’m not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.” -Rep. Michele Bachmann, on the 1976 Swine Flu outbreak that happened when Gerald Ford, a Republican, was president, April 28, 20097. “Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.” -Rep. Michelle Bachmann, April, 20098. “If we took away the minimum wage — if conceivably it was gone — we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.” -Michele Bachmann, Jan. 20059. “But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States. … I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly — men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country.” -Rep. Michele Bachmann, botching American history while speaking at an Iowan’s for Tax Relief event in January 2011. The Founding Fathers did not work to end slavery, and John Quincy Adams was not one of the Founding Fathers.10. “Before we get started, let’s all say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Elvis Presley today.” -Rep. Michele Bachmann, while campaigning for president in South Carolina on what was actually the anniversary of Elvis’s death, Aug. 16, 2011 (Elvis was born on January 8)

  • Granny Gruntz

    *I AM AN OLD WOMAN…AND WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED FROM THE TOP OF MY TURNIP TRUCK…IS THAT FOR TOO LONG THE MEDICAL WORLD SEEMED TO CONSIDER FEMALES AS JUST A LESSOR  “FORM” OF THE MORE SUPERIOR MALES! *THE MAIN DIFFERENCE REGARDING WOMENS HEALTH – WAS JUST THAT THE FEMALE SPECIES HAD DIFFERENT “PLUMBING”. *SO WHY EVEN CONSIDER DIRECTING RESEARCH IN BEHALF OF WOMEN?*ALL RESEARCH STUDIES, ETC., WERE CONDUCTED BY MEN FOR MEN! *FINALLY – THE MEDICAL WORLD IS COMING TO THEIR SENSES AND REALIZE THERE IS A LOT MORE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN BESIDES THEIR “PLUMBING”!  GRANNY GRUNTZ – OBSERVATIONS FROM THE TURNIP TRUCK!

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