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Recently, in Pueblo, Beauprez
His head DOES appear about 20% too big for his body….
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who sees that about BWB. And, like the Grinch, "his heart is two sizes too small."
I've been blessed to travel extensively in my adult life; a significant portion of those experiences put me square in the sub-Saharan African bush. What I find is a universal truth is that women everywhere (whether you're a poor black woman in the bush or a rich, white woman in an American suburb) want the same thing for their families.
I personally find this whole (American) "Security Mom" theme being peddled by the neo-cons as disgusting as it is hypocritical (not unlike the hypocrisy of the pro-life/pro-war moms). But it clearly doesn't surprise me or anyone else that's been even half-awake since 9/11.
Over the past decade-and-a-half while our "security moms" have stood silently by, while we have slaughtered millions of children in foreign lands in the name of oil, err liberty, they live in relative peace and prosperity. They might be reminded that the largest terror attack on US soil happened on the watch of one of their own. They might be reminded of even little things like a child that dies from an epileptic seizure every 10 minutes while Congress sits idly by doing nothing to let alternative medicines (that work) in to the marketplace. They might be reminded that their own Cory Gardner voted to remove $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program in the Farm Bill – a move that would have decimated the food security of 10's of thousands of Colorado children. They might be reminded that their own candidate for Governor would prefer to send refugee children back to their home country – a guaranteed death sentence.
Get over yourselves. There is no one in the world more secure than "You".
Only 26 more days of waterboarding by these scoundrels…
Excellent.
Good points, Michael. I don't know how we "deal with" the irrational fears of the most privileged women and men in America. The beheadings and Ebola publicity take their toll, and cable news keeps selling the fear factor, because, well, it sells ads. Politicians, especially GOP politicians, are using fear to try to get votes.
CodePink tries to make common cause between privileged and less privileged women across the globe based on compassion, the wish to raise families in security and with opportunity, and hope. (What you were talking about "reminding" people of).
What I see in dealing with these right wing women in my own extended family is that they are nice people who send money and supplies and missionaries to Africa and other places – they do reach out in compassion, but as far as I can see, they never question their own privilege or the big picture of how their country conducts its corporate affairs. There is no "political is personal" – it's all personal.
I think that the only way to end the influence of the fear mongers is to vote them out. To some extent, to vote them out, we need to begin speaking their language, reassuring that we can and do protect against the crazy and chaotic and cruel universe. Udall is starting to pivot that way in his latest ads. If Hick wants to stay governor, or if Dunafon has more than a prayer of being governor, they need to speak that reassurance, too.
Because I don't know if there are enough of us rational people around, anymore.
I guess we need to focus on the bright side. They haven't posted Willie Horton's pic yet in any of Both Ways' commercials.
MSNBC has been having great fun with the whole Republicans must think women are really dumb thing, gleefully featuring montages of all those wedding dress ads, each featuring a fill-in-the-blank Republican dress/candidate as the one women choose as to die for, including our own BWB. It's funny how they seem to have no idea how insulting to women their various ways of targeting them are.
Their premise seems to be that women are easily frightened, helpless dimwits who must be addressed in the only terms they understand, all of which revolve around fashion and the need for dreamy knights in armor or daddy figures to keep their fragile, frightened little selves safe. Don't bother them with foreign policy positions to address security concerns. Why bother their pretty little heads with facty stuff that will just give them headaches? Just tell them to be scared and to depend on daddy to protect them and that no, that dress does not make their butt look big.
The generic wedding dress ad really does take the cake (no pun intended). But there are a few more weeks to go and I wouldn't be surprised if they out-do themselves before it's over.
BTW, did everyone else notice how the housewives standing around in the kitchen criticizing Udall for being a single issue candidate are all white, appear to be upper middle class, and have tastefully decorated and immaculately sparkling kitchens? They're like characters out of a '60's soap opera.
If the GOP really wanted to try to pick off some suburban indie (and Dem) women, they'd have someone resembling Roseanne scrubbing a toilet while giving her speech……..
they did have one African American lady in the wedding ad
Not a surprise, "security" is the Republican national byword right now. (Apparently someone's generic polling shows that Republicans are still considered better on "security" issues than Dems.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/10/us/politics/republican-strategy-midterm-elections.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
With four weeks to go before the midterm elections, Republicans are pointing to the Islamic State, Secret Service failings and Ebola as evidence of what they call White House incompetence.
Remember, Americans, be afraid, be very afraid . . .
Just a reminder of Prof. George Lakoff's Stern Father model that the GOP uses:
The entire article goes on to explain why the current Colorado races are running neck and neck even though there is a stark difference between the irrational world of the GOP candidates and the rational world of the Democrats.
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/12401-george-lakoff-progressives-need-to-use-language-that-reflects-moral-values
Important to remember, Davie.
From Lakoff's "Little Blue Book", about self – interest and rational thought: "This is an inadequate theory of reason and language, which leads to many liberals thinking that what is moral is universal and can be taken for granted, and that all one has to do is present the facts and people will reason to the right conclusion. It keeps not happening."
Ouch.
At least, I saw Udall (at the Pueblo debate last night) responding to Gardner's "Be very afraid" attack with "Strong Daddy" "I'll take care of you" imagery. So at least we're aware of and responding to the fear-mongering appropriately.
I don't know how female candidates can project a "Strong Mommy" image. I think it may be more difficult. On the right, female candidates pose with guns, advocate for easier access to guns, talk tough about crime.