Mark Steyn: Idea of 'women's issues' a lie

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 11/17/2002 | Mark Steyn

[Pokey78]

[longtermmemmory]

The media is deafeningly silent to the huge gap of men who vote for Republicans. There is no discussion of why men will overwhelmingly vote for republicans. What are the issues that concern men as a group? Whatever they are the democrat party does not represent them. The joke of "real men don't for democrat party" will not be so funny in the future.

[Tax-chick]

This woman's issues: defense, gun rights, tax relief, pro-life. 'Rats make me sick!

[Lady Jag]

Pokey, thanks for the ping. Mark, thanks for the translation. It's a rare paper where a conservative doesn't have to read between the lines.

[Amelia]

hmmm. Well, this woman has some issues. My issues including keeping the country safe for my children and grandchildren, and letting us all keep more of the money we earn. In fact, if the government would let me keep enough of my money, I'd be glad to take care of my own retirement and health care.

I can think of a few more priorities I have, but I doubt they'd be considered "women's issues" - I'm not interested in the right to kill my unborn children, and I never depended on the government to feed my children or provide child care for them, for instance.

[krb]

Remind me never to complain about ''liberal media bias'' again. Right now, liberal media bias is conspiring to assist the Democrats to sleepwalk over the cliff.

I keep telling my Democratic friends this. They don't get it when I tell them that the Republican Party is sometimes strengthened by the press' double standard.

The press coverage of Republicans weeds out our moral weaklings and keeps theirs in power. Bob Packwood (gone); Bill Clinton (further empowered, to the chagrin of the Dems)...

[dts32041]

"That's likely to prove more relevant in the two years ahead than whether she looks better in a bikini than Walter Mondale."

Now if that isn't a disgusting thought, and offense to man and nature.

Steyn as always a fun read.

[Paul_B]

What a fantastic piece. KUTGW, Mark!

Thanks, Pokey.

pb

[Tony in Hawaii]

Thought you'd like to see this...

[ProudGOP]

Can I get on your Stein ping list?

[ffrancone]

Just about the least interesting thing about Pelosi is that she's a woman. What's interesting is that she's a Haight-Ashbury leftist who voted against war with Iraq. That's likely to prove more relevant in the two years ahead than whether she looks better in a bikini than Walter Mondale.

Hmmmm. I can't decide. Walter or Nancy? Nancy or Walter? Can I just pick my wife?

[another cricket]

Among female voters under 30, as many voted Republican as Democrat.

Oh this does deserve repeating.

a.cricket

[SuziQ]

Remind me never to complain about ''liberal media bias'' again. Right now, liberal media bias is conspiring to assist the Democrats to sleepwalk over the cliff.

LOL!! What a great line! We DO still need to be aware of the bias and work against it whenever it is damaging to our causes, but when the media is assisting in the crashing and burning of the Dems, we just need to step out of the way!

[EverOnward]

Can I get on your Stein ping list?

Me too?

[GOPJ]

Can't say it often enough: the liberal press unwittingly works for us...

The boos for Trent Lott? The walkout by Gov. Jesse Ventura? The totalitarian hectoring by Wellstone aide Rick Kahn as he singled out attending Republicans by name and demanded they switch sides? Jonathan Karl sat through all of it and evidently thought none of it worth mentioning. It was the same with Jodi Wilgoren in the New York Times, whose report of the event--''Mourning In Minnesota''--seemed blithely unaware of its tenor. Kahn's partisan bullying was described only as a ''spirited eulogy.'' Karl and Wilgoren missed the story: They saw what millions of American TV viewers saw, but they were either blind or averted their eyes.

Remind me never to complain about ''liberal media bias'' again. Right now, liberal media bias is conspiring to assist the Democrats to sleepwalk over the cliff.

[Madame Dufarge]

Remind me never to complain about ''liberal media bias'' again. Right now, liberal media bias is conspiring to assist the Democrats to sleepwalk over the cliff.

It's getting to the point where I almost wish nobody would point this out, lest it ruin a good thing.

[Gritty]

That's likely to prove more relevant in the two years ahead than whether she looks better in a bikini than Walter Mondale.

I love Steyn, but he really looks small when he cattily draws attention to how much better Walter would look in a bikini than Nancy would!

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the post and ping, Pokey !

Now Judy is all a-twitter because Nancy Pelosi has become the first woman in Congress to be elected party leader.

Who cares? Just about the least interesting thing about Pelosi is that she's a woman. What's interesting is that she's a Haight-Ashbury leftist who voted against war with Iraq. That's likely to prove more relevant in the two years ahead than whether she looks better in a bikini than Walter Mondale. What is a ''women's issue'' anyway? To some, it might be the sacred constitutional right to avail oneself of a partial-birth abortion. But to others it might be the war on terror. After all, if there's one single issue that distinguishes Western values from Islamofascism, it's the treatment of women. Imagine being forbidden by law to go to school or leave the house unaccompanied. Imagine the state deciding what clothes you can wear. Imagine being prevented by law from feeling sunlight on your face. I'd say voting for people who liberate women from theocratic fascism is a women's issue.

[Oschisms]

The other story that might be worth going with is ''Young Women Hot For Republicans.''

sound of snickering Oschisms