Mitt Romney's Women Surrogates Voted Against Pay Equity Enforcement, Blasted Feminism

[UpInArms]

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- In recent days, Mitt Romney's campaign has been trying to squash the perception that he's bad with the ladies.

It's been bringing out everyone from Ann Romney -- who insists that her husband really isn't "stiff" when you "unzip him" -- to other prominent Republican women. All are trying to make the case that the former Massachusetts governor will look out for women's rights if elected president.

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The campaign stumbled for a moment during a Wednesday call with reporters, when a Romney aide was unable to answer whether the former governor supports the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Obama signed the measure into law in 2009 and considers it one of the keynote achievements of his presidency. The law provides women with more legal channels to pursue receiving equal pay for equal work. Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul later clarified that Romney "supports pay equity and is not looking to change current law."

But two of his surrogates did vote against the legislation in Congress. On Wednesday, the campaign sent out statements from Republican Reps. Mary Bono Mack of California and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, blaming women's jobs losses on Obama's policies. But both women voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Act as well as the proposed Paycheck Fairness Act.

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[Iliyah]

1. The campaign is stumbling

and I do not put much creedence in gopper females who tend to be dumb as hell and always licking gopper males asses.

[Ken Burch]

2. I'm sorry, but the LAST message you want your wife giving the whole country

is that you're NOT always stiff when she unzips you. There's no way the voters are going to respond well to that.

[christx30]

3. Yeah...

I read that sentence a few times to make sure I read it right. It happens to the best of us. He should try changing his diet and get more exercise. Plus I'm sure the campaign is probably stressful. Might consider dropping out.
Mitt, I'm only trying to help. Good luck, man.

[freshwest]

5. You're so sweet! LOL.

[IndyJones]

6. It's okay, though. He supports Viagra and Cialis coverage even though BC is the work of the devil.

[freshstart]

4. The conservatives don't like women's rights,

the Conservatives (Conservative Caucus) and the Mormon Church along with the KKK have been against feminism and women's rights including equal pay as long as they can remember.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75gpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PMoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1135%2C4287923&dq=era+kkk+conservative+caucus&hl=en

[MatthewStLouis]

7. Yep, they wanted to turn the Mommy Wars into a diatribe against "selfish feminist" working mothers..

they don't like to be reminded that the thing is really about fairness. Economic fairness. Paying people (women and men) fair and equitable wages so that families have a choice as to who stays home and who goes to work. They can't stand fairness.