After consistently losing the woman's vote on election day and that demographic leaning progressively left in the most recent election cycles, the Republican Party has tried appealing more to women voters. However, these efforts have failed on a grander scale than Mel Gibson would if he taught a Sympathy-For-Jews class. The main problem is the Republican Party doesn't seem to understand why women don't see them in a positive light and lean more toward Democrats come election day. They appear to think their problem is not being in touch with a woman's hobbies and interests, as opposed to their voting records when it comes to women's issues. According to them, if women heard Republican candidates speaking against women's rights in a kinder manner, by acknowledging a common interest of theirs, they'd vote for them in greater numbers.
In the latest example of this, a Republican group has aired an ad which compares women's votes to the reality television show, Say Yes to the Dress, which centers around women picking out a wedding gown.
In this ad, the bride-to-be says this: "Mom, this is my decision. And I see a better future with Rick Scott."
Rick Scott is the current Florida Republican Governor, who is running for re-election against Democratic candidate Charlie Crist.
I find the bride-to-be's line in the ad to be ironically humorous, because she tells her mother that it's her decision to vote for the Republican candidate, yet most Republican candidates, including Rick Scott, don't believe in her right to decide what to do if she gets pregnant.
Given where the Republican Party has largely stood on a host of women's issues, the line in the ad should instead be something like this:
"Mom, this is my decision. And even though he doesn't believe in my reproductive rights, in my overall health and well-being, or even in me receiving equal pay for equal work, I see a better future with Rick Scott."
Republican candidates can tell women it's their decision to vote for them until they're blue in the face, that's not going to matter if they don't in turn believe and vote for women to have the right to make decisions about their own bodies, to receive equal pay for equal work, and to ultimately be treated like equal members of society.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/10/01/3574672/say-yes-to-the-candidate/
In the latest example of this, a Republican group has aired an ad which compares women's votes to the reality television show, Say Yes to the Dress, which centers around women picking out a wedding gown.
In this ad, the bride-to-be says this: "Mom, this is my decision. And I see a better future with Rick Scott."
Rick Scott is the current Florida Republican Governor, who is running for re-election against Democratic candidate Charlie Crist.
I find the bride-to-be's line in the ad to be ironically humorous, because she tells her mother that it's her decision to vote for the Republican candidate, yet most Republican candidates, including Rick Scott, don't believe in her right to decide what to do if she gets pregnant.
Given where the Republican Party has largely stood on a host of women's issues, the line in the ad should instead be something like this:
"Mom, this is my decision. And even though he doesn't believe in my reproductive rights, in my overall health and well-being, or even in me receiving equal pay for equal work, I see a better future with Rick Scott."
Republican candidates can tell women it's their decision to vote for them until they're blue in the face, that's not going to matter if they don't in turn believe and vote for women to have the right to make decisions about their own bodies, to receive equal pay for equal work, and to ultimately be treated like equal members of society.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/10/01/3574672/say-yes-to-the-candidate/
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