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"It's classic. Somebody proposes this thing, under the guise that women are being beat to a pulp in this country because of the Republican War on Women. Women are being beat up, they're being mistreated all over the place. So we need a federal law saying you can't do it anymore. So now the Democrats get all of this credit for being compassionate, tolerant, understanding, protective of women."
—Rush Limbaugh, on the recent re-authorization of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act
The Republican War on Women has nothing at all to do with it. Women have been beat up since the dawn of time, and this bill was originally signed by President Clinton, some time before the RNC went bat-shit crazy with the advent of the Tea Baggers. One provision of the renewal that's driving House Repubs nuts is the extension of protection to cover gay couples and American Indians, apparently some men know that the chance of getting caught and prosecuted by Tribal Police for beating on one is almost nil and they've made a game of it.
I think it's a sad commentary on humanity that ANYONE gets beat on. But I guess that for Rush, angry white men and Republicans are oppressed minorities and he's their voice.
—Rush Limbaugh, on the recent re-authorization of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act
The Republican War on Women has nothing at all to do with it. Women have been beat up since the dawn of time, and this bill was originally signed by President Clinton, some time before the RNC went bat-shit crazy with the advent of the Tea Baggers. One provision of the renewal that's driving House Repubs nuts is the extension of protection to cover gay couples and American Indians, apparently some men know that the chance of getting caught and prosecuted by Tribal Police for beating on one is almost nil and they've made a game of it.
I think it's a sad commentary on humanity that ANYONE gets beat on. But I guess that for Rush, angry white men and Republicans are oppressed minorities and he's their voice.
