Mitch McConnell calls Joni Jenkins a "feminast(y)"

EITB, Mitch McConnell's de facto attack blog that is fed posts directly from Mitch's Senate office and campaign office, has just referred to Diane Brumback, Joni Jenkins, and apparently anyone who thinks that women deserve the same rights as men, as"feminasties".

De facto Mitch claims that protecting women's rights is "demeaning" to them.

Two questions for Mitch:

(1.) Is it "demeaning" to women for the government to own their uterus and tell them what they can or can't do with it?

(2.) Is it "demeaning" to women for Mitch McConnell to filibuster the Lilly Leadbetter Bill which ensures that employers not discriminate against women by paying them less than men doing the same job?

And a question for the KY press: isn't it worth asking Mitch McConnell why he's resorting to saying such things online through other people's names instead of his own or his campaign's?

My thoughts on Saddleback

I've been chuckling at all of the talking heads as they proclaim McCain's dominating victory at the Saddleback Jesus and Stuff Forum. Really? You mean John was received warmly by an evangelical crowd that he constantly pandered to? Incredible!

Then again, those who realize that most people are pro-choice (and certainly independents), must know that Barack Obama looked uber-moderate to McCain's bible beating "performance".

NCJan at DailyKos nails it.

As far as the Saddleback thing goes, couldn't Obama have pulled a Stephen Colbert/Press Club thing that night?

By that I mean, while McCain was speaking to the audience in front of him and ignoring the fact that the nation was watching, Obama was speaking to all of us.

I remember when Colbert's first reviews came out, everybody in the traditional media thought he had bombed. That's because they were taking their cues from the people in the room.

I also remember how much all of the netroots loved him, and I remember a comedian saying that every performer knows that there are times when you don't talk to your intended audience, you talk instead to the waiters standing in the back of the room. He said that's what Colbert was doing.

And sure enough, days and even weeks later, Colbert's performance was upgraded to brilliant. It is still remembered. It is memorable.

I think that by sticking to his guns on things like choice, Obama was "playing to the waiters" in that crowd. In this case, the waiters were all those pro-choice Republican women who were, by the very nature of patriarchal right wing religion, standing "in the back of the room" that night.

Already, this morning's Washington Post is trying to help McCain step back from his "unwavering" anti-abortion support, by saying that he might pick a pro-choice running mate:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

And already, a Republican woman has gone on Chris Matthews' Hardball saying that she is for Obama because of the appalling way that McCain has thrown pro-choice Republicans under the bus--and she especially referenced Saddleback.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

Now it's up to Obama--and to us, to solidify the victory, to make sure that we see his performance as memorable. We do this by saying Obama won in spite of advantages taken by silent coneheads or whatever. We do this by hammering McCain's unequivocal position against a woman's right to choose. We go on the offensive about Saddleback, we use it for our side.

The Assault on Science (and brain cells)

So nice to see that they've let the lunatics on UK's campus this week.

(h/t Dr. J)

Stein delays Stan Lee's Hate-Women fest in the House

Stan Lee and his women-hating brethren are literally chomping at the bit to introduce their Clockwork Orange for Women bill. Unfortunately, their 2-Minute Hate will last much longer than this.

I think Stan Lee and his Fundie Force should really go a step further. I think the ultrasounds should be touched up like those hideous glamor shots that they give their 16 year old daughters, complete with pancaked, gaudy makeup. The precious fetus deserves no less. Since Lee doesn't care if they have health insurance when they come out of the womb, at least they should have a professional quality photo portfolio.