Progressive One

The GOP’s misogyny

MEGHAN DAUM
THERE’S SOMETHING almost sweet about the way Democrats and establishment Republicans are coming together over their shared disgust with Donald Trump. Unable to find common ground on even the most basic issues (for instance, the constitutionality of nominating a Supreme Court justice during an e******n year), they have finally identified a mutual enemy and are piling on with rare bipartisan vigor.
Trump’s defects by now can be recited as easily as the alphabet. He’s a bully, a blowhard, an unabashed liar and a race baiter if not an actual r****t. He appears to know little about domestic policy and less about foreign policy. He incites violence at his rallies. On Tuesday, his campaign manager was charged with misdemeanor battery for grabbing a reporter at a campaign event in Florida.
But his signature bad quality, especially lately, is misogyny. Trump h**es woman, we are told. Unless they are stuck to his arm like voluptuous lollipops, he has no use for them. Last week, Trump tweeted an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz, wife of his rival Ted Cruz, with a glamour shot of his own former-model wife. His feud with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is now almost a plank in his platform. Married three times, he has bragged about his affairs and he wrote in “The Art of the Comeback”: “If I told the real stories of my experiences with women, often seemingly very happily married and important women, this book would be a guaranteed bestseller.”
But is Trump a misogynist or just a cheesy blowhard who values in women the same gaudy qualities he values in everything else? His tastes in home décor, for instance, seem to have been shaped chiefly by “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” (He has a penchant for marble, gold and reproductions of Greek statues.) His hair and complexion suggest a weakness for infomercial products.
What’s more, his claims of championing and promoting women in his company aren’t necessarily wrong. At the very least, there are apparently well-paid women in executive positions in the Trump Organization, and there’s no getting past the fact that he puts great stock in his eldest daughter. As the Trump Organization’s executive vice president of development and acquisitions, Wharton Business School grad Ivanka Trump has been her father’s right hand on “The Apprentice” and appears to have received far more professional g***ming than her brothers, who also work for him.
For some, the definition of misogyny might be as slippery as former Justice Potter Stewart’s definition of pornography: “I know it when I see it.” But to me, the Oxford Dictionary’s definition — “hatred or dislike of, or prejudice against women” — seems pretty accurate. And it doesn’t describe Trump, who is merely prejudiced against women he finds unattractive or who cross him.
Is being a crude, shallow boor when it comes to women tantamount to being a misogynist? Not when you’re also a crude, shallow boor when it comes to men as well. Trump’s grotesqueness is an equal opportunity deal. Besides, being a genuine misogynist would require having a genuine point of view, which Trump seems to lack about everything except his own superlativeness. In fact, labeling him a misogynist almost gives him too much credit; it assumes some kind of core belief system.
But here’s who does have a core belief system about women: Many Republicans who are hypocritically calling out Trump as a woman h**er. They’re men like Cruz, who has consistently v**ed against laws that would allow women access to reproductive health services. Or like Glenn Beck, who compared Clinton to a dog and pretended to vomit at the mention of Nancy Pelosi and Meghan McCain.
And then there’s Fox News itself, which, by way of defending Kelly’s honor, decried Trump’s “endless barrage of crude and sexist assaults.” Keep in mind that this network’s paranoia about powerful women extended to the Disney movie “Frozen,” which it suggested was a vehicle for mocking and demonizing men.
Misogynist or not, there’s little dispute that Trump is an opportunist. He may not h**e women, but he sure is tapping into the anger and anxiety of many who do. That’s dangerous, but so is allowing the overt, clownish sexism employed by Trump to obscure the more insidious brand of his GOP counterparts. Because bullying comments are nothing compared to bullying laws. mdaum@latimescolumnists.com   Twitter: @meghan_daum

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

So Kuntus.

These two black females have pledged their v**e for Donald the Duck.

http://youtu.be/8LANWqKvCV0

http://www.vibe.com/2015/12/black-women-support-donald-trump-video/

Don't it just make you sick?

How did they escape from the Clinton plantation ?

By the way Kuntus, did the Clinton's make you a house spook or a field spook ?

Progressive One

If you see a spook suck them them off really hard. There are many white women that will v**e for Clinton so what the f-k you telling me about two black women and Trump for? Contrary to your inbred upbringing, black people are not monolithic-hence the toadies.

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

Yo Spooker,

You still didn't answer the question BOY.

Do you serve in the Clintons' house or are you a field spook ?

Progressive One

See a spook, suck off a spook GIRL.

CounterRevolutionary

To all Democrats. Be suspicious of any candidate who promises you something for nothing. When a Democrat taxes your income 75% to pay for all these "free goodies," such as
* promising free college and healthcare,
* mandates education under Common Core that DNA fingerprints your human flaws and IQ scores your intellect for a workforce cast system
* takes away your rights to free speech out of political correctness,
* ends your right to own property under protecting the environment,
* stacks you into HUD Projects,
* feeds you on food stamps,
* takes away your gun rights because you are deemed too mentally feeble to comprehend the 74,000 page IRS tax code and seek a financial consultant, (this is happening right now to Veterans and Senior Citizens)
* punishes you for preaching sexual abstinence, and shuts down your church, temple or mosque,
that is s***ery.

Progressive One

what about republicans who let poor rural w****s rot yet get them to v**e for billionaires who could care less about them?

CounterRevolutionary

The entire nation is rotting under socialism. Let us do the math. The Federal Reserve Bank (created by progressive socialist President Woodrow Wilson 100 years ago) is assigned the unconstitutional task of printing our money to match our production.

If our annual Gross Domestic Production (GDP) = $15 Trillion dollars, and the Federal Reserve Bank prints $100 Trillion dollars, the purchasing power of our dollar is being destroyed, lowering the value of our currency to that of a peso.

We might just as well hoist Old Glory after replacing the Stars and Stripes with 50 little bananas.

If you or I tried printing $100 trillion dollars in our basement, it would be deemed counterfeit and we would go straight to jail. Free room and board.

This has been quietly going down for the past 100 years, and is now way out of control since the 2008/2009 giant Bank Bailout. People have been working harder and harder, longer and longer, spinning our wheels, and cannot understand why hard honest work does not pay off.

Businesses are failing, jobs are scarce, and the big conglomerates use mergers and acquisitions to gobble up the little guys. the government regulates the Big boys into a corporate f*****t state.

Our currency is virtually worthless, but the rest of the world is equally as foolish engaged in these currency wars, and we are long overdue for a correction looming on the horizon. No raise in your pay can outstrip this monstrous counterfeiting machine flooding the market with funny money.

There is a way to defeat this mechanical beast. Write your congressmen in both House and Senate to pass the "Audit the Fed" HR 24 bill to reign in this madness. We almost made it last year but did not have the super majority of 60 plus v**es in the Senate to override Obama's veto.

Come on, we need your help. Every letter is worth 10,000 voices.

CounterRevolutionary

PS.
Trump is what you might class as a "Blue Collar Billionaire."
He is working for the common man, us little guys like you and I. He is not taking this time off form his company to make money, quite the opposite. He holds a weird love for this nation and all of us. This is a huge sacrifice on his part. We need a businessman to straighten out this economic mess we are in.

Many of us are struggling financially. I wish you success and good health.

Ricko Loc: Florida

Dem2016-yes , those who do not have a clue will v**e for Hillary who is the most corrupt candidate in the race. Her track record should be enough for anyone with a modicum of common sense to totally disavow her. She is bad for women and bad for America. Yet, you left wingers idolize her. Can you not read and understand what she really is ? Good Luck America !!!

Progressive One

Don't fall for the okey doke. trump will say anything to get elected, like the wall for example-please don't believe that BS.

Mollypitcher

That billionaire is obviously the ONLY one who cares about them.

Mollypitcher

where are you going to run and hide when Trump DOES build the wall?

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

You spooks have got suck on the brains.

Anytime you can't think of a clever response, you regurgitate the same old suck comments.

Try to teach a Spook good grammar and he just gets more ignorant.

The poor dumb.........................CHIMPS !!#

CounterRevolutionary

Democrat2016, Oh, good grief. The wall will happen. Wait till g****l w*****g changes to g****l c*****g and Americans rush the Mexican border. Yes, the Mexican government will be more than delighted to pay for the wall.

You worry over the plight of our economy, and justly so. Read what is going down in Congress right now:

http://cagw.org/media/press-releases/cagw-names-sen-harry-reid-march-porker-month

CAGW Names Sen. Harry Reid March Porker of the Month

For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318
March 22, 2016

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) its March Porker of the Month for his blatant blocking of a bipartisan bill designed to empower federal agency inspectors general in their battles against waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced S. 579, the Inspector General (IG) Empowerment Act, on February 26, 2015. The bill ensures that IGs have access to all agency records for their investigations, as clearly stated in the 1978 Inspector General Act, which created p**********lly-appointed IGs. When Sen. Grassley attempted to bring the bill to the Senate floor on December 15, 2015, Sen. Reid objected to the unanimous consent request, which would have allowed what should be a noncontroversial bill to pass on a voice v**e. Sen. Reid then refused to fully explain to his colleagues why he blocked the measure, simply stating that he and other unnamed senators were “concerned about it.” Fellow Democratic Senator Claire McCask**l (D-Mo.), a former state auditor, was dumfounded at Reid’s opposition: “There is no universe that the IG Act should mean anything less than what it says.” Sen. Reid again refused to detail his objections when he was questioned by reporters on March 18, 2016.

An August 5, 2014 letter from 47 IGs to the House and Senate oversight committees detailed how certain Obama administration agencies such as the Peace Corps in 2011, and the Environmental Protection Agency in 2013-14, skirted and obstructed investigations by IGs since 2010. Most notably, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel granted the FBI veto power when the DOJ IG requested certain documents in a memo released on July 23, 2015. The IG’s straightforward message to the committees stated that “refusing, restricting, or delaying an IG's access to documents leads to incomplete, inaccurate, or significantly delayed findings or recommendations, which in turn may prevent the agency from promptly correcting serious problems and deprive Congress of timely information regarding the agency’s performance.”

The need for fully empowered IGs has not waned since Sen. Reid’s initial opposition. But, after his March 18 refusal to respond to questions about his objection, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) assailed Sen. Reid’s tactics, saying, “Americans deserve a t***sparent and accountable government … it is particularly concerning that Minority Leader Reid refuses to disclose why these bipartisan, commonsense reforms are being blocked.”

CAGW President Tom Schatz said, “Inspectors general are frontline fighters in the battle against waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal government. They should have unfettered access to any and all documents they need in order to hold agencies accountable and safeguard taxpayer dollars. Allowing IGs to have such access has been the law since 1978, but due to the Obama’s administration’s actions, Congress has no choice but to tighten the requirements. Sen. Reid’s unfathomable objection to this measure exemplifies his utter and complete disregard for protecting taxpayers.”

For standing against accountability, t***sparency, and one of the taxpayers’ best friends in fighting waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal bureaucracy, CAGW names Sen. Harry Reid its March Porker of the Month.

Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government. Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers, government officials, and political candidates who have shown a blatant disregard for the interests of taxpayers.


Democrat2016, what does the government have to hide? Do you think the Mafia helped elect Harry Reid of Nevada to the Senate?

What bill is before both House and Senate as we speak ???????
Audit the Fed, HR 24. Stop everything you are doing right now and call your congressmen to pass this bill

This same Federal Reserve Bank financed the Bolshevik Revolution, the Rise of the 3rd Reich and Hitler, drained Fort Knox of every brick of gold, and triggered the Great Depression, making a run on the Government Bank, (the US Treasury). Read the 1933 testimony of House Chair of the Banking Committee, Rep. Louis McFadden on the Internet. McFadden's testimony was removed from the Congressional Record but recently discovered in hidden archives. What do you suppose the old boys are up to now?