Republicans must treat women as equals

The real reason that unmarried women prefer the Democratic Party over the Republican Party is because they don’t have a spouse to help carry the load, so the government becomes the only safety net they have, and they view it as a good in the world. They live with an economic vulnerability that most men and even many married women will never experience. If they lose their job, their children don’t eat—unless, of course, the government provides them with some help. They aren’t “moochers,” they aren’t “sluts” for having out-of-wedlock sex, and they aren’t dummies driven by emotion.

Hey Kiki, Romney and Ryan were well aware of how many unmarried women were dependent on the safety net. They repeatedly cited how many more women were unemployed and in poverty since Obama took office. They weren’t condescending to those women and they weren’t berating them for needing a safety net. What they lamented was that they’d been reduced to dependency and offered an alternative vision of America where they could have an easier time finding work so they wouldn’t have to worry over whether or not the government was gonna fund their birth control.

The other problem(and this unfortunately was emphasized less by Romney/Ryan) is that the safety net these single women are relying on is built on a house of cards that is unsustainable. The government is gonna run out of cash very soon and will abandon them overnight like a deadbeat boyfriend. I really hope the GOP starts to harp on this point going forward. Here’s my suggest for a marketable slogan: “There is no Santa Claus”.

Doughboy on November 9, 2012 at 8:37 AM