In La Crosse, Wisconsin today, Vice President Biden took Congressman Paul Ryan to the woodshed for his anti-women policies. Not only is the Supreme Court at issue in the next election and reproductive rights at risk, but also the Violence Against Women’s Act. Republicans want to allow employers to make healthcare decisions for women and Congressman Ryan even voted against the Lily Ledbetter Act. Biden said, “These guys have a social policy out of the 50′s!”
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Transcript:
BIDEN: If anyone had a doubt about what’s at stake in this election, when it comes to women’s rights, and the Supreme Court, I am sure they were settled last night. Congressman Ryan made it very clear that he and Governor Romney are prepared to impose their private views on everyone else. It was made clear last night that they do not believe in protecting a woman’s access to health care. It was made very clear that they do not believe a woman has a right to control her own body—that’s between she and her doctor. And now they say they are willing to make an exception in the case of rape and incest.
Ladies and gentlemen, Congressman Ryan was a leader in the House and even blocked those exceptions…Ladies and gentlemen, can you imagine the next president is likely to have almost surely have one and probably two Supreme Court appointees. Roe v. Wade is hanging. Do you think they’re possibly going to appoint two justices to the court who aren’t going to join Scalia and others to overrule Roe v. Wade? Ladies and gentlemen, the single most consequential decision a President makes other than going to war is the appointment to the Supreme Court, because those appointments live on long after any President is gone.
Ladies and gentlemen, Congressman Ryan, he voted against the Lily Ledbetter Act. All it did was—it sounds ridiculous—but all it did was give a woman a cause of action when she found out she was cheated in her employment, that the statute of limitations didn’t kick in and prevent her from bringing an action when she was cheated. Ladies and gentlemen, we’re all pushing hard for a Fair Pay Act. I happen to think my daughter should get paid exactly what any man is being paid for the job she is doing. We have proposed equal pay legislation. They are against it. They want to turn back to the insurance companies, the decision on whether a woman continues having to pay 50% more for the same health care, where once again pregnancy will be able to be a pre-existing condition.
Ladies and gentlemen, they are holding hostage one of the proudest accomplishments of my career, the Violence Against Women Act. They’re still debating whether or not we need the Violence Against Women Act after 20 years. Folks, if I leave you with no other message today, I want you to remember this one – Barack Obama and Joe Biden are absolutely, positively, firmly committed to ensuring that our daughters and my granddaughters at the exact same rights and opportunities to control their lives as my sons and my grandsons -exact same rights. Make no mistake about that. These guys have a social policy out of the 50′s.
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It’s amazing that we are here, fighting issues that were settled years ago. It’s beyond incredible that Republicans have obstructed the much needed Violence Against Women’s Act, as well as voting no as Congressman Ryan did, on the Lily Ledbetter Act. It’s impossible to see the rationale behind these votes and obstruction, especially when women’s lives are at risk.
Joe Biden has long been a champion of equal rights for women, including his work on the first Violence Against Women Act. When Biden says he stands by you, he was already there years ago taking a stand for women. It’s not political rhetoric in a campaign season – it’s the truth. No politician is perfect and certainly Joe has his flaws, but he is one of the more authentic politicians in DC.
Republicans like to pretend that there is no war on women, but there is a very real legislative war against women, aimed at restricting and removing freedoms and protections we took for granted in the past.
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Elizabeth
Oct. 12th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
I can’t believe we are still fighting this. Oh, I won’t quit; my grand-daughter is now an adult women and I intend that she should have these rights. They think we older women don’t care, won’t speak up, well, they are wrong.
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Reynardine
Oct. 13th, 2012 at 8:33 am
In fact, I am old enough to remember how it was…all along the road. They are out to take it back to worse than it used to be.
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Anne
Oct. 13th, 2012 at 9:42 am
Joe Biden needs to keep this strategy up all the way to November 6th, because he is doing a spectacular job of highlighting the hypocrisy of Paul Ryan. It’s mind-boggling for Lyin’ Ryan to criticize the Obama administration for anything when he has been a willing part of the Congressional GOP group that has done all it could to make Barack Obama a one-term president. I love the way his record and Willard’s are getting badly needed exposure by a VP who pulls no bunches and doesn’t sugar-coat reality. He is one of the president’s most potent weapons.
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evette
Oct. 13th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about quiverfull and patriarchal religions lately and the Republican agenda is starting to make sense to me. They want to restrict birth control-well that because it’s not needed by their way of life. If they restrict fair pay and equal rights for women, then women will have fewer reasons to work outside the home. Again something that’s frowned upon by their way of life. They don’t care about violence towards women because if they were home where they belong it won’t be a problem-right. Slowly but surely they are trying to chip away at anything that flies in the face of what they think is the biblical way to live. Their going to have more and more children that they continue to brainwash-and believe me all these kids even the girls are all going to be voting for the RIGHT canidates. At least thats what they are trying like hell to do. This makes it even more important to protect womens rights and also to vote. Maybe I’m just being paranoid or does anyone else agree with me?
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Shiva (Moderator)
Oct. 13th, 2012 at 5:05 pm
I do for sure
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Inez
Oct. 13th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
What is the media’s role in bringing these issue to light? There seems to be a act of silence.I had to fight to get a job, ordinarily given to a man back in the 70′s. We should not return to those inequities.After several months i was praised for the job i was doing.
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Blade
Oct. 14th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
The media seems to be favoring Romney for some reason. Even when Biden literally kicked Lyin’ Ryan’s butt, they said it was either a draw, Ryan won or Biden BARELY edge Ryan. It made no sense, even when the moderator came out and showed Ryan how he has no plan or specifics.
Of course, the whole Romney lying over 25 times and WINNING the debate on, and this really irks me, CHARISMA! President Obama may have been overly polite or even closed, but Romney just LIED.
I am glad Biden did very well. He continues to do so, and Clinton is not back into FULL campaign mode helping President Obama, but I am afraid the election is already lost and we will have a Romney/Ryan presidency.
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clarence swinney
Oct. 15th, 2012 at 9:00 am
FISCAL YEAR END 9-30-12 and 2013 Budget
Expenditure—3540B—3800(2013)
Revenue——-2450B—2900
Deficit———1100B—-900
Borrowed again? When will we stop letting the rich get richer instead of taxing wealth?
Our leadership is too weak to face the facts that Wealth Income and Estates
are not being taxed Fairly. Pay 15% on income in Gambling and 28% as a school teacher or policeman.
Top 400 Incomes paid less than 1% of Income in Payroll Tax.
Rip off must stop.
Obama inherited a 3510B Budget and three budgets later it is 3540B
Big Spender? Ha Ha
If he spends 3800B in his last budget(2013) he will have increased Spending by 8.6%
Bush 92% and Reagan 80% Obama 8.6% Wow! Why is this not promoted?
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