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Political Virility: Real men vote Republican.
Opinion Journal ^ | Sept. 17, 2003 | JAY NORDLINGER

Posted on 09/17/2003 9:29:50 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl

Edited on 04/23/2004 12:05:55 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Many years ago Chris Matthews--now famous on TV--hit on an interesting formulation: He said the Democrats were the "mommy party" and the Republicans the "daddy party." That is, the Democrats were "nurturers," concerned with health policy and day care. The Republicans were "protectors," taking care of national security and other manly matters. This notion is obviously galling to some. But Mr. Matthews was on to something, and we now find ourselves in a "daddy party" time.


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1 posted on 09/17/2003 9:29:51 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Hey Liberals! Who's your daddy? Huh? WHO'S YOUR DADDY!
2 posted on 09/17/2003 9:30:44 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (...You musta fell from Heaven - That would explain how you messed up your face...)
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To: secret garden
I was going to post it in breaking news, but of course it isn't. Front page news was more appropriate.
3 posted on 09/17/2003 9:30:51 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("I'm wondering how many chances he ought to get. (Laughter.) I really am."~Rummy re. press, 9/16)
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To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Coop; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
Dear Wesley Ashley Clark Wilkes. Please sit down and let the real men save the world.

Sincerely, Mom.

If you want on or off my pro-Coalition ping list, please Freepmail me. Warning: it is a high volume ping list on good days (most days are good days).

4 posted on 09/17/2003 9:33:58 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("I'm wondering how many chances he ought to get. (Laughter.) I really am."~Rummy re. press, 9/16)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Liberal men are wusses. I am totally turned off by the Oprahization/Feminization of American men. It's disgusting IMO.

I'll take a REAL conservative man or no man at all.

Let my man protect my kids and I and I'll do the nurturing, thank you very much.

MKM

5 posted on 09/17/2003 9:37:29 AM PDT by mykdsmom (We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction - Aesop)
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To: Chad Fairbanks
WHO'S YOUR DADDY!

It's a much better feeling to know who your Daddy is!
6 posted on 09/17/2003 9:40:06 AM PDT by boxerblues (God Bless the 101st, stay safe, stay armed and watch your backs)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I've read it several times but can't seem to get tired of it. :-)
7 posted on 09/17/2003 9:42:01 AM PDT by secret garden (Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it. - Mark Twain)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Interesting theory -- although I know two quietly Republican gay men who vote that way because they are sick and tired of being taxed to pieces.
8 posted on 09/17/2003 9:43:07 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Many years ago Chris Matthews--now famous on TV--hit on an interesting formulation: He said the Democrats were the "mommy party" and the Republicans the "daddy party."

And mommy is a pill popping slut.

9 posted on 09/17/2003 9:44:21 AM PDT by elbucko
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To: secret garden
Ping me, anytime! (^;
10 posted on 09/17/2003 9:44:26 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("I'm wondering how many chances he ought to get. (Laughter.) I really am."~Rummy re. press, 9/16)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
If only men voted the GOP would have won every Presidental race for the last 20 years. Men vote Republican by a significant margin.
11 posted on 09/17/2003 9:47:30 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Al Gore is a real alpha male. If you don't believe him, he has the receipts to prove it...
12 posted on 09/17/2003 9:48:01 AM PDT by kenth
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To: pogo101
That's understandable when you think about it.

Our guys are trustworthy, and kill spiders - of course.

13 posted on 09/17/2003 9:48:53 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("I'm wondering how many chances he ought to get. (Laughter.) I really am."~Rummy re. press, 9/16)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Real men vote Republican.

So do real women.
14 posted on 09/17/2003 9:49:23 AM PDT by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Could you imagine, for just one second, Bush, Cheney, or Rumself hiring a consultant to teach them how to act like a man a la' Gore?

Nah. Didn't think so.
15 posted on 09/17/2003 9:49:52 AM PDT by jjm2111 (Wear earthy colors.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
"Where Mr. Clinton feels pain, Mr. Rumsfeld is more likely to inflict it"

LOL!
16 posted on 09/17/2003 9:50:53 AM PDT by kenth
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To: pogo101; Ragtime Cowgirl
Funny. I know a Black woman who votes GOP (and hates affirmative action) but keeps it secret from her family because she's afraid they'll disown her.
17 posted on 09/17/2003 9:53:12 AM PDT by jjm2111 (Wear earthy colors.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Here's to Republican MEN!
18 posted on 09/17/2003 9:53:59 AM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (Hard work never killed anyone, but why take a chance?)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
He can be cocky, certainly--sort of defiant-cocky, righteous-cocky. In March 2002, he told an audience, "Obviously, as you well know, we found some of them [the terrorists] bunched up in the Shahikote Mountains [of Afghanistan]. And we sent our military in. And they're not bunched up anymore." Badda-bing.

I love this one

Cheers!!

19 posted on 09/17/2003 9:55:46 AM PDT by always vigilant
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To: jjm2111
*nod* What I mistakenly left out of my initial post -- about the 2 gay men I know who quietly are staunch Republican voters -- is that in many ways, other than politics anyway, they can be rather stereotypical gays, particularly in that they are really effeminate. Not screaming camp, but way being milquetoast. So it just goes to show that masculinity isn't always the "push" for GOP support.
20 posted on 09/17/2003 9:56:10 AM PDT by pogo101
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