Time to put a nail in the GOP's coffin: Re-Introduce the Equal Rights Amendment...

BolivarianHero

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Mon Oct-12-09 08:18 AM
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Time to put a nail in the GOP's coffin: Re-Introduce the Equal Rights Amendment...

They're already down to 3% of the African-American vote and 20 - 25% Hispanic support ... Why not expose them for the batshit crazy lunatics that they are and reduce them to that among women?

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DangerousRhythm

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Mon Oct-12-09 08:20 AM
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1. Not for nothing, but I think that would probably expose the more anti-woman people of the GOP.

It could be VERY interesting.

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KharmaTrain

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Mon Oct-12-09 08:21 AM
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2. As If There Isn't Enough Already Going On?

I'd love to see the ERA and a Gay Rights Ammendment introduced, but first things first. There's a healthcare mess that needs immediate fixing then a corrupt banking system. Hell, just look at the threads on GD and not a day goes by that someone isn't raising a stink about something President Obama isn't doing. Everyone has the important agenda and be damned that all can't be fixed at once. Thus a good idea...might be something that could be part of a second Obama term.

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BolivarianHero

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Mon Oct-12-09 08:23 AM
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3. I'm aware of that...

But if he ferments the Greedy Obstructionist Prick opposition to it now, he can humiliate them in 2010 and gain a freer hand to implement a more progressive agenda.

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KharmaTrain

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Mon Oct-12-09 08:26 AM
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4. ERA Would Be The Epitome Of A Progressive Agenda

Right now just the hint of such a thing is sure to drive a wingnut into full poutrage. It'd be fun to add that to all the other phobias those shitstains anguish about like the "Fairness Doctrine" and "Detainment Camps"...let them spin themselves into the ground.

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izquierdista

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Mon Oct-12-09 08:58 AM
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6. Multitask

Of course Dubya left everything he touched out of control, but the answer is not to knock them down one at a time, but to push back broadly on all fronts. Learn from the Red Army; when pushing back Nazis, you hit them from Leningrad in the north to the Caucasus in the south.

Sound like a great idea to me, putting them on the defensive on yet another front. But this time include sex AND sexual orientation in the bill and up the stakes. Make them regret not approving a milder version in the first place.

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ixion

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Mon Oct-12-09 08:28 AM
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5. how about we start by restoring everyone's civil rights

which have been so grievously abused over the past several decades. That would be a great start.

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Captain Hilts

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Mon Oct-12-09 08:59 AM
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7. That's playing to win, the Dems only want field goals, not touchdowns. nt

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spanone

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Mon Oct-12-09 08:59 AM
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8. they don't care, and along with the democrats they might destroy it.

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