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The Vagina Monologues

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  August 29th, 2012 at 03:30 AM  | 

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Last night in Tampa, FL, Ann Romney wowed the crowd. She was personable, personal, and did her best to make her husband relatable. At the same time, the Democratic National Convention was rounding out its list of speakers. While Ann Romney, Chris Christie, and the rest of the Republicans are focused on the future of this country and the way to create jobs, the Democrats are turning their convention into a celebration of the right to kill kids.

Hiding behind the euphemism of “women’s health” and the “war of women,” the Democrats intend to trot on stage all manner of radical abortion supporters, from Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood to Nancy Keenan of NARAL to Sandra Fluke who still insists tax payers subsidize the sexual habits of Americans.

The Democratic Convention has turned into an abortion fest where speaker after speaker will try to convince Americans that Mitt Romney wants to send women back to the fifties, as Barack Obama’s campaign website claims, and will try to distract from terrible economic news that will be pouring out as third quarter economic results begin rolling out.

But here’s the most galling part — a media that has spent weeks portraying the Republican Party as fringe because of its nominee’s position on abortion, will totally ignore that more Americans agree with Mitt Romney than they do the abortion on demand position of Democrats.

The Speakers at the Democratic National Convention have opposed the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, the Partial Birth Abortion Ban, and even mild efforts to ensure sanitary conditions at abortion clinics for those who do decide to kill their children. But the media, I have no doubt, will dance around the fact that the Democratic Convention will pull out all the stops to convince women their vaginas are in danger as they celebrate their ability to kill kids and lament restricts on doing so.

America has an 8.3% unemployment rate, but don’t expect to hear much about that. Priorities, you see.

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  • WmCraig

    Question of Choice. It is said, by Democrats, that Republicans are for choice, in everything except reproduction. So that party that wants to tell me what size soda I can drink, tell me what kind of insurance I can buy, what kind of car I can drive, where I can send my children to school, how much I should pay for energy, where I can work, and what I can say or think (without being arrested) wants to give me no choice in anything.

    What makes anyone think Democrats are really going to give people a reproductive choice when everything else they do is about controlling and limiting?

  • lakeshore

    May I ask the photo editor: why should a conservative website have a large picture of such a group at the top of the page? This isn’t what we come here to see. I know who they are and what they want to do without having to look at them. I hope we won’t be seeing photos of all the other leftist radicals now too. (I do like the new improvements to RedState though, good job everyone.)

  • noveldog9

    Good points Lakeshore. I wish someone would do a commercial with the Democratic mascot acting like he is Barack Obama. “It not my fault. It he fault, he fault, he fault!”

  • Locked and Loaded

    Let me give you my take. Not only conservatives come here, and that title and the photos of… Wait, are those women? They present themselves as nothing more than vaginas… Shock and eywww tells the story quite accurately. We must show the world show a complete and accurate portrait of the buffoonery that defines a base Democrat, If not, who will?

  • politicalqrm

    The Democrats believe that women base their existence only on their ‘reproductive rights’ and nothing else. To them, that is the end all. In believing that, they’re actually debasing women and making them purely sexual objects and revealing their real opinion. To think that it’s the only thing women concern themselves with is absurd, insulting and demeaning. Talk about a ‘war on women’, the Dems are the ones waging it…

  • tngal

    Instead of a “War on Women”, perhaps what’s needed is a “War of Women”. I have one of those vagina-thingies too and it disagrees emphatically with the pink twinkees shown above. Pretty sure mine’s not the only one.

  • PowerToThePeople

    Why is it always the women who are disgusting, unwanted, and who resemble sea cows that join groups like this?

  • runner12

    Well stated. As a woman, it is insulting to be marginalized and categorized by the Dems as a voting block that only cares about “reproduction rights” (whatever that term means). We are more intelligent than that. To be honest, this seems like an antiquated line of attack from the Dems. No woman honestly believes the nonsense they are spouting, unless they are a dyed-in-the-wool progressive idealogue.

  • streiff

    We routinely show pictures of what we are up against. It is important that regular readers remember that we are in a winner-take-all struggle for what America will be. It is equally important to remember non-regulars that we are not being opposed by rational, or even normal, humans but by people who are clinically deranged.

  • renl57

    The Dems have lost the feminists’ economic message due to Obama’s disastrous performance.

    The original message from the feminists of past decades, was that women should find fulfillment and financial independence by pursuing careers rather than being stay at home moms. (cf. Linda Hirshman’s book “Get to Work!”)

    But the Left can’t use that economic message right now. “Get to Work!” is harder when the unemployment rate under Obama is 8.3% (which also tends to put downward pressure on the wages of those who still have jobs).

    So the Dems are reduced to focusing on sex, birth control and abortion.

  • renl57

    That’s why the photo essays of the blogger calling herself “Zombie” are so terrific. I urge anyone who hasn’t seen them yet to take a look at some of them:

    http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/

  • renny

    52% recently voted against abortion or for the procedure with restrictions. The Dems. are living at the McGovern conv. in 1972. Let’s leave them behind in the dust in Nov.

  • http://americanstance.org pweldon

    Erick, you need to get off the abortion jag and onto the economic growth jag. Ignore the DNC.

  • proudmarinemom

    Simple messages, which require very little understanding of economics, Constitutional law, history — you know, stuff like, “War is icky” and “Republicans want you barefoot and pregnant” — resonate with a large segment of the population. Ladies in pink reproductive organ costumes may not sway huge numbers of voters, but fear of “unwanted babies” does. Liberals need things explained to them in very simple terms. If we expect them to sit down with calculators and do the math, if we expect them to debate the constitutionality of a law, or to consider anything deeper than what they want right now (stomps foot), we will lose. Keep the message brief, visual, and simple and maybe a few will see the light.

  • FlyingTigress

    And, ironically (perhaps I’m being pedantic), those are vulvas, not vaginas. So, they don’t even know their own (in the case of the females wearing those costumes) anatomy.

  • eddiethegeek

    The sad thing is this – abortion and contraception are a necessary part of a culture that treats women solely as sexual objects. Abortion and contraception are necessary because men cannot control their sinful lust. We already have a 100% fool-proof method of birth control, called abstinence. But because people wish to indulge their lust whenever they wish, contraception is necessary and abortion is the required backup plan.
    It is sad to see these women perpetrate what amounts to a war against themselves, against their very natures, against the very way God created them.
    It would be good if all Christian denominations, especially Evangelicals, saw that artificial contraception and abortion are two peas in the same pod, necessary components of the culture of death.

  • FlyingTigress

    translation: We’re competing with infants who are chronologically old-enough to vote.

    /proud M.o.Marine

  • tnguy

    This convention is a catastrophe….
    The focus of Paul Ryan’s speech is said to be personal. Wow. I don’t have the words….
    Ann Romney spends her time talking about her love affair with her husband. Marco Rubio gave up his spot for that? Chris Christy spends most of his time waxing poetic about his childhood and family. Christy showed far more stones sparring with union hacks who’ve tried to interrupt him than he did last night, even with Obama teed up for him to rip.
    Hardly a word about the marxist in the white house. Oh, but no worries, they’re keeping an appropriate tone, just like McCain did. As Limbaugh said the other day, sadly, the theme of the convention is “Obama’s a nice guy, just not doing a good job.” Cowards.

    The republican establishment is perfectly fine with losing, as long as they keep their spots on the cocktail party circuit.
    All these powerful speakers at the convention, and I doubt anyone apart from Jon Voight has gotten it right.

  • PowerToThePeople

    Come on Tnguy, everyone at the convention already knows about Obama and we have known for weeks now the convention was going to do what it takes to portray Romney as something other than a walking stiff with nice hair.

    So far the convention has been perfect. Haley was outstanding, Christie made us reminisce, Ann showed us Romney had a human side, and Ryan will bring it all home so that Romney can push the Anti Obama agenda. Not sure what you are complaining about.

    I am really starting to think many of you complain just so you can be complaining.

  • acat

    Umm, renl57? I have a lot of respect for Zombie and her work, but .. some pieces – especially the photo blog parts – are NSFW.

    Zombie lives and works in the belly of the beast.

    Mew

  • acat

    Umm, tnguy? Who do you think they’re talking to?

    Give you a free clue – they aren’t speaking to anyone who reads Red State.

    GOPCON, at least the speechifying, is targeting the voters who are just now tuning in…. who don’t know anything about the Romneys or Chris Christie or Paul Ryan other than what their friends on Facebook or elsewhere have written.

    You may want the fire and brimstone .. I’d rather win the election.

    Mew

  • justperhaps45

    http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.html
    The above link is to a report on the stated reasons and other useful information on the abortion subject. The Liberal Lemmings like to avoid inconvenient facts so they resist collection of the same, so what we have isn’t as good as one would like.

    I respect the opposition’s right to hold their beliefs and the freedom to speak. They can argue endlessly about the beliefs shared by many of us, that life begins at conception, a bad act (rape) does not lead to “bad seed” and that the convenience of the mother does not trump the innocent’s right to life and thus allows for a lawful killing as decided by the Supreme Court. That argument may not be settled until Christ returns.

    But, I the father of a rape victim, grandfather of 4 girls, husband of one strong lady for 47 years and an intended abortion victim due to my mother having active TB, am very firm in my beliefs. As the courts would say, “I have standing on the subject.”

  • Tbone

    It would appear that these women are appropriately dressed though a much shorter word for their anatomical costume comes to mind.

  • funwithknives

    Don’t know abut anyone else here But ‘Zombie’ is one big reason I go to PJ Media. Her recent photo essay of Berkley, CalyFornia was
    ” The Bomb”, no two ways about it.
    The Occupy stuff puts me on the floor.
    I’ll take it where I find it , as long as it’s well done. We need 50 more like her, shoot, how about 100?

  • funwithknives

    Hey guys! {He yelled intoThe Abyss} What Pictures?? Me no can find.
    I’m feelin’ a little left out here. Gimme a hint……

  • PowerToThePeople

    Sure he does. You should really get a clue before you tell others what to do with their own platform.

  • lineholder

    I’ll give you my opinion of it, and I’m a female. When the feminist movement started, it was for the purpose of breaking stereotypes and removing what feminists believed to be a repressive influence in our society. Over time, those efforts have become not only an attack on motherhood and family, but also a so-called “celebration of sexual liberty and freedom for women” that promotes promiscuity while reducing women to the status of being identified primarily in relationship to body parts and body functions. That’s what is portrayed in the picture.

    It’s totally demoralizing, dehumanizing and degrading to women. And it makes it extremely difficult for young females growing up in our modern-day society to develop a positive sense of who they are separate from and distinct from anything having to do with sex.

    The feminist movement is rapidly becoming nothing more than a farce within our society. It’s time to expose that for what it is.

  • funwithknives

    Beat me to it. Trying to create relatability takes many forms and directions to accomplish. With every quote and sentence Ann and Chris were establishing that the GOP is not The Beast it is made out to be by The SCUM.
    Chris’ continual mentioning of Trust and Leadership was Vital , as far as I am concerned, as he pounded the Fact we don’t have either with Captain Zero. Witnesses to this scene can draw their own inferences to Confidence as a byproduct, of T and L.
    This is a stage being set. We saw caterwauling that Mitt was gonna be a wimp ,weak and similar, for quite a while. Can it possibly be that his guys got a plan?
    They are giving us things/mileposts Regular,politically uninvolved people can get close to. It will be one of many ways to go. Let’s use them all.

  • justperhaps45

    http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.html
    The above link is to a report on the stated reasons and other useful information on the abortion subject. The Liberal Lemmings like to avoid inconvenient facts so they resist collection of the same, so what we have isn’t as good as one would like.

    I respect the opposition’s right to hold their beliefs and the freedom to speak. They can argue endlessly about the beliefs shared by many of us, that life begins at conception, a bad act (rape) does not lead to “bad seed” and that the convenience of the mother does not trump the innocent’s right to life and thus does not allow for a lawful killing as wrongfully decided by the Supreme Court. The arguments may not be settled until Christ returns.

    But, I the father of a rape victim, grandfather of 4 girls, husband of one strong lady for 47 years and intended abortion victim due to my mother having active TB, am very firm in my beliefs. As the courts would say, “I have standing on the subject.”

  • captkirc

    Amen! Conventions are about selling your brand to a wider group of people. Like you said, this is a great (and maybe only) opportunity to humanize Governor Romney and I think Ann did a great job on national TV with a large audience. I agree with your assessment 100%.

  • acat

    So, McCain lost because he was socially not far enough right?

    You realize that means it’s the SoCons who {copulated} McCain’s chances, right?

    Do you want to re-think your statement?

    Mew

  • acat

    Won’t work, tnfriend’…. going solo and armed would make matters worse.

    Two by two, hands holding video cameras. That’s the way.

    Mew

    (brown coats optional)

  • nancylee

    I really don’t know how they expect this nonsense to accomplish anything. Not only is it embarrassing, and in really bad taste, it’s downright stupid.

  • Melody Warbington

    funwithknives, not that I want to see the pics, but they’re not showing up for me either. You’re not the only one!

  • tnguy

    Did I even mention social issues?
    No, but now that you mention it, yes, that hurt McCain. Not any one particular issue but that belief that many conservatives – myself included – have that McCain simply couldn’t be trusted. How are the unwashed masses supposed to know that they were voting for a marxist in 2008 if our side isn’t out there explaining what a marxist is? Instead, most republicans cringe at the very thought of using the word. Why, what will moderates and the MSM think of us???? Were most conservatives so genteel in ’94 and ’10? I trow not…..
    And I’d rather lose making sure everyone knew what I stood for than win pretending to be someone else.If the republican party had held to that principle the last quarter century, then usually uninformed voters would know there is a difference between them and us. We don’t win the war trying to convince moderates we’re OK guys and enough like them to be safe….we win long-term by convincing them that our way of doing things is best.
    As it is, many of the reasons given on this website by its most frequent posters as evidence we must oust Obama can also be laid at the feet of many republicans.

  • PowerToThePeople

    acat I agree with your proposal except it should be tougher. And I would add that if you can not score at least a 90, you do not vote. Stop the stupid vote, end all problems.

    And you are right on the convention, as I stated earlier, the speakers are doing what they are supposed to do, present Romney as something other than a stiff politician with nice hair, make him personable, Ryan will do the firing up, then when Romney steps on stage, he will fire against Obama and his policies. It is how it is supposed to be and they for once are doing a good job.

    Have I also stated how much I love the edit button?

  • PowerToThePeople

    Someone tell me how to do the @ correctly, I keep getting a ton of numbers.

  • poorwilber

    Liberal women seem to be emotional wrecks.

  • runner12

    I respectfully disagree. I thought the speeches by Cruz, Ann Romney, and Christie were all good. Did you hear Artur Davis? He took it to Obama pretty hard, but in a witty manner.

    The overall tone throughout the speeches was one of limited government and personal responsibility. The personal stories of hard work and individualism I found inspiring. They recalled to me the values and ideals that have made America great.

    I think it was a great move to state more of what we are “for” at the beginning of the convention, rather than against. At the same time, I did not feel it was too squishy. On the contrary, I felt that it was all about contrasting our idealogy with the Dems.

    As for Ann Romney, while giggly and nervous at the beginning came across as very personable and human. She appears more personable than the current FLOTUS and even former FLOTUS Laura Bush. She met her objective with her speech and did so with flying colors.

  • evilbloggerlady

    http://evilbloggerlady.blogspot.com/2012/08/hey-girl-paul-ryan-is-giving-his-speech.html Hey Girl, how did you like that Ryan speech?

  • lineholder

    I have to say that I’m beginning to look forward to the Dem convention next week. Dems are going to be hitting hard on a “war on women” message. Given the tactics they’ve been using of late…they’re making complete fools of themselves in the process.

    Repubs have done a decent job this week displaying a contrasting image of who women are, and I greatly appreciate the voices of women who have been speaking at the Repub convention.

    I hope we can continue to draw that contrast. If we can, there’s a chance we can swing more females to our side.

  • Melody Warbington

    lineholder, just about the time Ryan hit the stage, I yelled out “Hey girls, it’s Paul Ryan.” Wonder how many times that’s been said at the convention. LOL.

    I think the Dem convention is lining up to be heavy on estrogen and anger. Contrast that to our convention of optimism in our ideas and principles, and I think we’ll resonate with the American people, including females.

  • lineholder

    My thoughts as well, Melody. Dems are portraying women in a way that suggests that the greater priority in our lives has to do with sex. And the way they are portraying this, the optics and messaging, is as demeaning to women as it gets.

    I’d love to see our side hit the airwaves with a countering message…mothers who are concerned about their children’s futures (especially single mothers carrying the burden of economic support for their household) and business women who have proven that females are capable in many things beyond being an object to serve the purpose where sex is concerned.

    If our side will hit that kind of message and hit it hard, it will draw such a stark contrast that it could cause some females to re-evaluate who really supports women’s rights to succeed in our country and who doesn’t.

  • tnfriendofcoal101368

    I will say Mrs. tnfriend said “Paul Ryan sure is easier on the eyes than that nasty Joe Biden.” I had to ask if Mr. Tnfriend needed to be jealous or if she was darning Paul Ryan with faint praise?

  • Melody Warbington

    tnfriend, I have to admit that Mr. Warbington (not usually a whiner) has complained this week that he is not getting his usual share of my attention because I’m a little preoccupied with the convention. That I was gushing over Ryan’s abilities to stick it to the Dems didn’t help, although I think he secretly has a little man crush of his own. Go ahead and admit that you do, too. Might make him feel better.

  • Melody Warbington

    lineholder, I’d go for an ad like that, especially with regard to worrying about college kids staring at fading Obama posters, although you know me well enough to know that no such thing would ever be allowed in my house. LOL.

    We have women like Mia Love, Gov. Martinez, Lt. Col. Courtney Rogers in TN (http://votecourtney.com/#!/meet-courtney/) and a whole host of women like us who, in addition to our usual responsibilities as wife, mother, employee or employer, caregiver, etc., have gotten involved in the process and are spending our extra time making phone calls, knocking on doors, sharing our pennies with candidates and generally trying to save the country.

    The DNC isn’t likely to stop demeaning women anytime soon, but the RNC certainly needs to appeal to us beyond the female body parts issues.

  • acat

    tnguy – maybe if you had listened to some of us who knew who Obama was prior to 2008 … instead of listening to the “Call Of History” …

    You are painting with a significantly oversized brush, tnguy, when you accuse conservatives .. and Republicans other than John McCain, for that matter .. of being “too genteel” in 2008.

    In short, you are still mistaken on this.

    Mew