Bachmann plays gender card as Iowa GOP vote nears

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2012-01-01 21:56

Article here. Excerpt:

'DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Desperate for a late lift in Iowa, Republican Michele Bachmann is increasingly stressing a distinction in the presidential field: She's the only woman competing for the nomination.

The Minnesota congresswoman has made the gender card central to her closing argument. She's urging voters to embrace the idea of a "strong woman in the White House" and is molding herself as "America's Iron Lady" in the vein of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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"I'm an Iowa girl. And one thing I remember about Iowa is we are a state of strong women," Bachmann told the lunch crowd at a 50s-themed burger joint in Mount Ayr. "We need a strong woman to turn this country around, right?"

Longtime residents Margaret Bickers and Mary Davenport, sitting in a booth near Bachmann, nodded in agreement.

"Women are just more passionate than the men," Bickers told a reporter. "We need a woman who is not afraid to vocalize that passion and effect change."'

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The irony of this is, she likely already had the vote of people that would fall for this ploy, but she is going to lose the votes of those who don't respect people playing gender/race cards where they don't belong. If her gender is the strongest credential she has to promote, she isn't qualified for the job.

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Submitted by Kratch on Mon, 2012-01-02 03:52

"Bachmann dispenses warm hugs as readily as simple handshakes. She'll sometimes run her hand along another woman's back during conversations, extended contact her male challengers tend to avoid."

Perhaps because that type of contact would likely result in a sexual harassment lawsuit. Do these people even read what they write before they post it?

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Mon, 2012-01-02 21:31

"I'm an Iowa girl. And one thing I remember about Iowa is we are a state of strong women,"

What's next, an old photo of her pulling a plow in an Iowa corn field? :-)

Sorry Bachman, I'm a liberated man. That means your sex is irrelevant as a qualification. You'll have to stand on your own record of accomplishments and failures and in my mind, that will determine your qualifications for higher office.

"I'm a woman, just doesn't cut it so spare me that tired/weak/worn out rationalization.

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Submitted by MR on Tue, 2012-01-03 03:30