debbie stabenow

posts about #debbiestabenow more →
Anti-Abortion Amendment To Health Care Bill Defeated
Yo Momma... Needed Maternity Care
Neo-Con Nipples, New Crushes, And Clinton On Iraq
Mariah Carey Is More Important Than Elvis, Not Only In Her Mind This Time

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

willwriteforfood
09/30/09

In reply to Anti-Abortion Amendment To Health Care Bill Defeated
Why don't Republican congressmembers just come out and say it: They don't care about women (Do I need Kanye here to back me up?). They don't care if we have 1 child or 20, because they'll find a way to weasel out of helping us care for them anyway. They don't care if we die in back alleys. They don't care if the babies have birth defects (which we wouldn't know about if we don't have the health insurance to pay for pre-natal care), just as long as we don't abort those babies. They don't care about women except the ones they married or raised.

Fucking fuckers. Mitch McConnell and John Kyl can kiss my ass.
Reply

willwriteforfood was starred willwriteforfood was unstarred

DutchessOfDork
09/30/09

@willwriteforfood: They want live babies so they can have dead soldiers.
Reply

DutchessOfDork was starred DutchessOfDork was unstarred

amusezvous
09/30/09

In reply to Anti-Abortion Amendment To Health Care Bill Defeated
OK, I've got a serious nerd-crush on Senator Stabenow. This and her putting the smack down on Senator Kyl about maternity care?! She's my hero. Can we please have more women in Congress (and men for that matter) who will stand up for women's issues? I mean, there are more women than men in this country (about 4.5 million more, if you believe the Census Bureau), it's about time that legislation start reflecting that fact. I'm getting all fired up over here!
Reply

TheGuvnah promoted this comment amusezvous was starred amusezvous was unstarred

TheGuvnah
09/30/09

@amusezvous: might i direct you to EMILY's List or the Women's Campaign Fund?

www.emilyslist.org
Reply

TheGuvnah was starred TheGuvnah was unstarred

JillJitsu
09/30/09

In reply to Anti-Abortion Amendment To Health Care Bill Defeated
You will note that people who want to restrict this funding are not willing to restrict funding to programs that allow access to erectile dysfunction medication... And Olympia Snowe (R, Maine) voted against her party so she deserves a shout-out.
Reply

La Chica Lucy promoted this comment JillJitsu was starred JillJitsu was unstarred

serreca
09/30/09

In reply to Anti-Abortion Amendment To Health Care Bill Defeated
So not only do we have Orrin Hatch not wanting insurance to cover abortion services, but we've got John Kyl saying insurance shouldn't have to cover prenatal/maternity services? Does not compute. These people are idiots. And Debbie Stabenow is now on my "Awesome List".
Reply

serreca was starred serreca was unstarred

sybann
09/30/09

In reply to Anti-Abortion Amendment To Health Care Bill Defeated
Orrin Hatch is a douchebag.
Reply

sybann was starred sybann was unstarred

envirodesigner
09/30/09

@sybann: i think we should make a word like Santorum, for Mr. Hatch, who's with me on this one?
Reply

envirodesigner was starred envirodesigner was unstarred

amusezvous
09/30/09

@envirodesigner: Definitely. The phrase should be something like, "Orrin your Hatch." As in, "This dude came over last night and tried to Orrin my Hatch," meaning when the guy pretends he's going for your vadge but sticks it in your ass instead. I'm open to other suggestions.
Reply

meritxell promoted this comment amusezvous was starred amusezvous was unstarred

envirodesigner
09/30/09

@amusezvous: good but i should reflect more of the whole hypocrisy of the thing. Sure he wants to go in my hatch but won't do anything afterwards. But, i dunno I'm still brainstorming it.
Reply

envirodesigner was starred envirodesigner was unstarred

whats_in_a_name
10/01/09

@amusezvous: Just to add some extra hypocrisy i would change the situation a little. He pretends that he is going for your vadge but sticks it in your boyfriend's ass instead, then leaves brochures about the evilness of homosexual activity on your night stands when he leaves.
Reply

whats_in_a_name was starred whats_in_a_name was unstarred

Flackette Goes Retro
09/30/09

In reply to Anti-Abortion Amendment To Health Care Bill Defeated
I called Mitch McConnell (my senator) today and told his phone-answering person that as a former intern in that very office, a former Republican and a lifelong Kentuckian, I did not want to see women's health options restricted. I called at the urging of the message I received after donating to Planned Parenthood today. I wanted them to know there are pro-choice people in Kentucky, because I know the anti-choicers are vocal. And I hope someone stops to think about the fact that a 30 year old woman who spent her very early 20s working in conservative politics (before the party went all Bush and Cheney on me) is concerned enough about women's healthcare to call up her recalcitrant GOP Senator and give his office an earful about healthcare reform.
Reply

Edited by Flackette Goes Retro at 09/30/09 5:48 PM

serreca
09/30/09

@Flackette Goes Retro: Very cool! I always *want* to call up my representatives, but I never know what I'd actually say. I tend to get tongue-tied when frustrated.
Reply

serreca was starred serreca was unstarred

TheGuvnah
09/30/09

@serreca: it's very easy and i encourage you to do it. A staffer will answer and you simply say where you live and what you want your rep to do (support repro health in health reform/ vote against the Hatch amendment, whatever, be as specific or nonspecific as you want) and they will say thank you and hang up. easy peasy!
Reply

TheGuvnah was starred TheGuvnah was unstarred

Triana Orpheus
09/30/09

@serreca: I've actually campaigned at my state's capital. When you get there and you're speaking with them, the anger and the passion that you have for your cause makes you so eloquent. It's like an out of body experience.
Reply

Triana Orpheus was starred Triana Orpheus was unstarred

Zombie Ms. Skittles
09/30/09

In reply to Anti-Abortion Amendment To Health Care Bill Defeated
Wait, I'm confused. What federal funds? I thought the public option was dead. How are people of child bearing age even getting federal funds?
Reply

mariamariamaria
09/26/09

In reply to Yo Momma... Needed Maternity Care
Y'know what Senator Kyl? Your prostate issues, coronary bypass, diabetes, gout, cancer and erectile dysfunction will probably cost your insurer more money than any pregnancy I might have, so maybe insurers shouldn't cover those things either.
(P.S. As far as I know Senator Kyl doesn't have any of those diseases/problems, I just tried to think of old dude medical problems.)
Reply

mariamariamaria was starred mariamariamaria was unstarred

sailorsong
09/25/09

In reply to Yo Momma... Needed Maternity Care
A worth while health care bill will not get passed in the Senate, these maybe our elected officials but they do not work for us. Our Senators ran for Senate not to help they're constituents but to help themselves, public service isn't what it used to be. John Kyl says that he doesn't need maternity care therefore it is unnecessary, the bottom line is he has great health insurance and he can't relate to the less fortunate, and never plans to. This is not a democracy for the people anymore, it is capitalism at it's most fine tuned.
Reply

stacyinbean promoted this comment Edited by sailorsong at 09/25/09 11:54 PM sailorsong was starred sailorsong was unstarred

FrannyR
09/25/09

In reply to Yo Momma... Needed Maternity Care
An abortion is so much cheaper than maternity care, not to mention the care for the child. Kids are clumsy and stupid, they get hurt all the time, not to mention all those childhood diseases they get. So those opposed to universal health care because they don't want to pay, should therefore support abortions? You know, from a fiscal point of view.
Reply

J.D.Regent promoted this comment FrannyR was starred FrannyR was unstarred

J.D.Regent
09/25/09

@FrannyR: seriously. you want to force me to be pregnant by defunding my contraception and criminalizing abortion and then you're going to deny me maternity care??? so my kid can be born with health problems and be more expensive to the system? senator kyl can eat my shit, STAT.
Reply

J.D.Regent was starred J.D.Regent was unstarred

meritxell: an erotic life
09/25/09

In reply to Yo Momma... Needed Maternity Care
Oh fuck you Kyl. Props to Stabenow for using "your mom" for good and not evil.
Reply

J.D.Regent
09/25/09

@meritxell: this was my favorite your mom ever.
Reply

J.D.Regent was starred J.D.Regent was unstarred

SylvanSylph
09/25/09

In reply to Yo Momma... Needed Maternity Care
Fine. If you refuse to support maternity care, you can be castrated prior to breeding. That solves two problems.
Reply

SylvanSylph was starred SylvanSylph was unstarred

Kitty
09/25/09

In reply to Yo Momma... Needed Maternity Care
I wonder if he's Pro-Choice.

Because I'd be more likely to have an abortion if I knew I wouldn't be able to have the financial support to get through the pregnancy and birthing.

He's a baby killer! *sicks the Pro-Lifer fanatics on him*
Reply

meritxell promoted this comment Kitty was starred Kitty was unstarred

meritxell: an erotic life
09/25/09

@Kitty: Don't try to use your socialist logic here, harlot! WHERE'S YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE???
Reply

Kitty
09/25/09

@meritxell: With yo momma!
Reply

Edited by Kitty at 09/25/09 6:30 PM Kitty was starred Kitty was unstarred

LaFinDuMer
09/25/09

In reply to Yo Momma... Needed Maternity Care
I went to his senate website to tear him a new one. Noticed he has 2 adult children and 4 grandchildren. I guess he's saying his wife, daughter and daughter-in-law should have had to pay the thousands of dollars out of pocket for those deliveries! And the King Douche award goes to Jon Kyl!
Reply

maude_flanders promoted this comment LaFinDuMer was starred LaFinDuMer was unstarred

egged
09/25/09

In reply to Yo Momma... Needed Maternity Care
His DC and Phoenix office said that they're receiving calls on this. We should keep calling until he publicly apologizes for his misogyny. The number for Phoenix is (602) 840-1891 and the DC office is (202) 224-4521.

BTW, their defense is that he's "not a misogynist" he was just trying to "control costs." Ugh.
Reply

maude_flanders promoted this comment egged was starred egged was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion