Cunningham on Democratic women: "[A] lot of women who are single are vulnerable; they need like a daddy government to keep an eye on them"
On the October 29 broadcast of his show, radio host Bill Cunningham stated: "Traditionally, we think of women as Democratic voters because a lot of women who are single are vulnerable; they need like a daddy government to keep an eye on them."
As Media Matters for America documented, on the October 27 broadcast of his radio show, Cunningham claimed that "[a]mong the so-called noble poor in America ... [b]irth control is not used so illegitimate children can be brought into the world, so the mom can get more checks in the mail from the government."
Talkers Magazine lists Cunningham among its "Heavy Hundred," which it describes as the "100 most important radio talk show hosts in America." Cunningham's weekend show, Live on Sunday Night, it's Bill Cunningham, is syndicated nationally by Premiere Radio Networks.
From the October 29 broadcast of Clear Channel's The Big Show with Bill Cunningham:
CUNNINGHAM: You have a great column up, and one sentence caught my eye.
MICHELLE EASTON (Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute founder and president): Which one?
CUNNINGHAM: Says "government decisions about what children are taught, how the house is financed, how mom selects health care and if she can own a gun or protect her family or to hunt have changed mothers' concerns." Traditionally, we think of women as Democratic voters because a lot of women who are single are vulnerable; they need like a daddy government to keep an eye on them. But you see something different with Sarah Palin.
EASTON: That's right. I mean, she is such an inspiration to many conservative women because she, by her life, shows that it's very important for women, even women who love their families and are traditional in their marriage, to be looking out for this encroachment of government and to be active in fighting against it.
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So where has that author been for the last 35 years? Women have been in U.S. politics more and more each year...
... with families and careers...
And of course, they totally disregard the whole feminist movement, mostly because there are a lot of liberals in there, but wasn't that the entire thing about feminism? Strong for themselves. Strong for their families? I know in my own family, the women have generally been the stronger members for the most part. And like what WK says below, most women I know are stronger than men in a lot of ways.
This guy just keeps rolling with the hits doesn't he?
I get the feeling that this creep doesn't know many women. Most of the women i know are a hell of a lot stronger than most men.
One thing these Republican losers have in common is their ability to strut like a peacock while wrapped in the flag and pretending to be tough guys. Another lousy Chickenhawk.
"I get the feeling that this creep doesn't know many women"
You know... I was thinking the same thing... this guy (Cunningham) sounds like he may have lived in the same household as that Rudov guy that BillO has on at times... the hate toward minorities and women coming from the rightwing is staggering beyond belief!
To be fair, it's probably his personal experience that women call for help when he tries to approach them.
They either call for help or point at his "realistic, life-like, can't-be-detected" toupe and laugh......
Oh come on, this man gets me hot with his vast understanding of women and their issues. He is the bomb! :-0) And that rug is to die for. I just wanna run my frail, girly fingers through it to feel the manly manness of his obviously large cerebral cortex. He is smokin'. :-0)
Okay jj, now you're just being sarcastical. I can tell when you do that 'cause I'm a girly just like you and I just asked my daddy government if you was just fooling around with 'ole Bill and getting him all excited for nothing.
You know, Mary, I was being sarcastic. Just doing my job to try and set up some jokes. :-)
But this guy is a joke all by himself :-/ He's been jokin' it up in a big way this week especially. He must be going for a record of saying the stupidest, most racist and sexist things imaginable. Why do these Right wingys hate everyone?
Great question. Here's one theory: their toupees are actually alien life forms that have taken over their wits. Kind of pod-toupees. Happy Halloween! ;-)
Back atcha', girl. You're so funny. :-)
That's not REAL HAIR!!??? =>
That's not REAL HAIR!!??? =>
Let's put it this way: William Shatner would look at Bill Conningham and say "That's a bad hairpiece".
:-)
Oh, I can assure Cunningham, as a single, Democratic woman, I am VERY interested in keeping the government out of my home...
and off my phone lines,
out of my womb,
out of my relationships,
out of my e-mail...
Yeah, forgot about that. Apparently the women that Cunningham knows don't want government encroaching on them, except when it comes to abortion, then I'm sure he's all for the government telling a woman what they can, and can't do.
Yeah, forgot about that. Apparently the women that Cunningham knows don't want government encroaching on them, except when it comes to abortion, then I'm sure he's all for the government telling a woman what they can, and can't do.
Narrow-minded pro-lifers like Bill "Hair Club For Men" Cunningham are only interested in having the government tell OTHER people what they can and cannot do.
EASTON: "That's right. I mean, she is such an inspiration to many conservative women because she, by her life, shows that it's very important for women, even women who love their families and are traditional in their marriage, to be looking out for this encroachment of government and to be active in fighting against it"
Bleech!!
I second that.
Thing is, if you would look at like say, Hillary Clinton for example. She's got a good model for a traditional family. Sure, they had their ups and downs, but you know what? They got through it, stuck it out, and they're still married. If that's not for better or for worse, I'm not sure what would be really. Not only that, but she came darn close to being the Democratic party nominee for President. She's got a good job (Senator is not too bad), and her daughter, by any reasonable review, has done pretty well for herself (I'm sure it doesn't hurt to have a father who was President, and a Mom who is a sitting US Senator either).
All of the things that conservatives talk about wanting in a traditional family, are met not only with my Hillary example, but with just about every other family out there in my democratic circle of friends.
For me, I am not voting for Mother or Father of the Year. Yeah, their family relationship is important, as stability and responsibility where that is concerned is a factor, but don't trot your family out as some prop or tell me how much you love your spouse and children. And don't tell me because you are a Republican that you value family anymore than anyone else, that is so stunningly arrogant it makes me barf.
Treat me and all voters like adults, we don't need your pandering family portraits or your snide undercurrents of disrespect for those who are healthy and happy and productive in all sorts of families, of their own choosing.
Amen to that.
...their family relationship is important, as stability and responsibility where that is concerned is a factor, but don't trot your family out as some prop or tell me how much you love your spouse and children. --Tommy
I agree with that. We're not electing a family and were not deciding which will be the royal family. R's and D's alike. On the other hand, if the other side does it, does your candidate lose votes if he shows up alone?
And these idiots wonder why a lot of women don't vote republican?
To paraphrase J.C.Wwatt's father, a woman voting for a Republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders. (The founder of KFC - not the thoughtful guy who posts here at MMFA.)
That title sounds kinda kinky...
Besides that, WTF??? I'm having a hard time understanding conservatives these days, and I'm still periodically accused of being a conservative...
Maybe it's because a lot of the times you're repeating their talking points on here?
I'm just saying...
Well, let's see...
I'm in favor of limited government.
I support the powers guaranteed by the US Constitution (free speech, religion, arms, privacy, S&S...) and the preservation of those powers.
I support the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, from conception to death.
I support fair and unbiased judges and justices.
I support freedom of the press, both print, broadcast and webcast.
I support states' rights.
I support people living their lives how they want, whether I agree with them or not, so long as they don't threaten the lives of others.
I support a fair (and limited) tax system.
I support the American Dream.
... I was told these are conservative viewpoints by Jeff Christie and Sean Hannity back when I listened to them on a near daily basis, but I don't see conservatives or liberals promoting or emphasizing these values any more...
Isn't this the conservative platform?
2008 Republican Principles (Chuck Lasker's perception)
I'm a Republican Because...
I BELIEVE the strength of our nation lies in military might and God's help, as long as we do His Will and make this a Christian nation while supporting Israel until the day Israel is destroyed and Jesus returns.
I BELIEVE that each person's dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored unless we can encroach on these in the name of safety or other short-term excuse that the idiot populace will accept.
I BELIEVE in special rights and justice for Republican politicians, Christian leaders, the extremely wealthy and lobbyists, regardless of cause as long as the money is right.
I BELIEVE in equal justice and equal opportunity for everyone else, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability, unless we're talking about lazy black people, illegal Mexican people, uneducated women, homosexuals, or, if justice and opportunity for disabled people costs businesses money.
I BELIEVE large corporate profits, stock market wealth and protection of monopolies will bring this nation opportunity, economic growth and increased prosperity for the upper one percent of incomes.
I BELIEVE government should talk about fiscal responsibility and allowing individuals to keep more of the money they earn, but should actually borrow and spend recklessly and place the full burden of taxes on those with lower and lower incomes and future generations for short term gain. Any taxes on the rich are socialism.
I BELIEVE the proper role of government is to advance Christian evangelical morals through tax code, control of education, judicial appointments, privatization and the proper Christian philosophies of wealth and warfare.
I BELIEVE the most effective, responsible and responsive government is government run by those who know best, and all means necessary must be used to work against poll access by the lowly, the lazy, the stupid and the poor.
I BELIEVE the Republican Party was founded by America's founding fathers to fight Roe vs. Wade, to protect "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance they wrote, to put "Under God" on our money, and to keep the Ten Commandments in our Courtrooms and government buildings.
I BELIEVE that we must never speak to our enemies, unless they're very big enemies with money and cheap labor agreements.
I BELIEVE in free trade with lower nations that provide cheap labor and higher profits and any attempt to induce labor or environmental equality on these nations is liberalism.
I BELIEVE you're either with us or you're with the terrorists. If you do not have the same beliefs we do, you are un-American and worthy of derision, abuse, vandalism, placement on no-fly lists and investigation.
I BELIEVE anyone labeled "liberal" is a socialist, which is actually communist, which is actually Marxist, which means evil.
I BELIEVE abortion must be made illegal, but stopping extramarital and teen sex is more important than reducing abortion rates, so I support abstinence-only education, blocking of access to birth control by teens, and punishing poor people for being lazy by blocking access to health care to those women who want to keep their babies.
I BELIEVE Americans must retain only those principles that we consider important while developing new and innovative ideas for bringing power to a Republican executive branch and reducing the power of the annoying Congress and the activist Courts.
I BELIEVE Americans value and should preserve our national strength and pride while working to extend peace, freedom and human rights to good Americans only, and to create international opportunities throughout the world to develop inexpensive manufacturing for American companies.
FINALLY, I believe the Republican Party is the best vehicle for translating these ideals into positive and successful principles of government, and I believe we must use any means necessary, including lies, smears, voter suppression, federal police, the Secret Service, warrantless spying, even the destruction of lives and reputations, to progress our God-endorsed agenda.
"I mean, she is such an inspiration to many conservative women because she, by her life, shows that it's very important for women, even women who love their families and are traditional in their marriage, to be looking out for this encroachment of government and to be active in fighting against it."
Except that Sarah would use government to force her personal beliefs on us that life begins at conception and that abortion is murder (even in the case of rape or incest.)
What a crock.
What's next? Prison terms for rape victims? Executions for doctors?
Except that Sarah would use government to force her personal beliefs on us that life begins at conception and that abortion is murder (even in the case of rape or incest.)
That's not forcing personal beliefs. That's protecting the right to life.
... I know, I should be talking about the assinine and futile efforts of Jerome Corsi and friends who are still trying to deny Obama's presidential eligibility. At least no one on the left is trying to deny McCain's presidential eligibility. Is that man still going to peddle his argument November 5th?
Suit yourself, just stop pretending you're not an overbearing zealot. Science can't tell us when life begins. I reject your beliefs and yet you have the arrogance to insist you are not forcing your beliefs on me?
It's not protecting the right to life, it's legislating her beliefs. The debate can't be about "right to life" because the implication is ALL life is sacred. If that is the case, God designed a blasphemous universe because all life has to kill other life to exist. Even plants kill deleterious viruses and bacteria. The debate is about HUMAN life, and it comes down to whether a zygote is defined as "human." I think that doing so is ridiculous.