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“Conservatives hate women” is conventional wisdom…
…among people who aren’t all that wise
- in this case, Politico’s Meredith Shiner and Glenn Thrush:
But the growing schism between the Republican Party’s ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones — and Scozzafava’s departure raises fresh questions about the GOP’s ability to recruit, elect and even tolerate the sort of moderate women who used to be part of its ruling mainstream.
While Republicans scored a pair of impressive electoral victories in New Jersey and Virginia with solid support among female voters, the events of the last week offer harbingers of serious trouble ahead with the largest swing voter bloc in the country — women.
Right. Because Dede Scozzafava is the only woman in the GOP.
As opposed to Sarah Palin and Sarah Palin? Or – here in Minnesota – conservative movement stalwarts Pat Anderson and Laura Brod?
Rob Port from Say Anything:
The problem with this analysis? It’s awfully selective. It leaves out people like Arlen Spector and Lindsey Graham, both frequent targets ofthe conservative base. And it also leaves out Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, both very popular figures within the resurgent conservative movement.
If the tea party movement had a problem with women, why would people like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann figure so prominently in it? And why wouldthe opposition to so-called “RINOS” or ‘moderates” include both men and women?
Leave aside the fact that many of the Tea Parties – including the Twin Cities’ ones – are largely organized by…women?
Politico has a conclusion in search of data.
Cross-posted at Shot in the Dark. Comments welcome. |
