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"New" Republican leaders in bloom
By Emily on 10/08/2009 @ 06:20 PM
The rose is a rose, and was always a rose...
I never knew the GOP could be so downright poetic. RNC Chair Michael Steele had one heck of a quote today, letting voters know that Republicans have turned over a new leaf, sprouted new roots, blossomed all over again. (I really could go on forever.)
Speaking of two Republican gubernatorial candidates -- Virginia nominee Bob McDonnell and New Jersey nominee Chris Christie, Steele had the following to say:
"We have unfolded, if you will, the flower of new leadership in the Republican Party."
Maybe the GOP and I don't define "new" in the same way, but call it what you will, this GOP rose was always a GOP rose.
And, for two EMILY's List candidates, these particular roses aren't smelling so sweet. Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow joined Cong. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) on a conference call yesterday to explain exactly how out of touch with women's issues some GOP candidates are, including McDonnell and Christie.
"I think we have an outdated view, an extreme view, a lack of understanding of what women's lives are like today and the role of women in America," Stabenow said.
Regarding Christie's position not to require insurers to cover certain care, Wasserman Schultz said his plan would "take women back to the Dark Ages of drive-through deliveries." She continued, "He's not just wrong for women, he's frighteningly wrong."
Also on the call was Virginia state Rep. Margaret Vanderhye, who centered in on the controversy surrounding McDonnell's graduate school thesis. Calling the piece McDonnell's "blueprint" for Virginia, she said he was "disenfranchising half of the population."
Not exactly the types of leaders (or flowers) we'd want.
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