April 07, 2011

Misguided zealotry

It would appear that the only thing between a government that keeps running and one that shuts down is cancer screening for women, birth control pills, and clean water and air. So says Harry Reid, and since he's one of the guys in the room working on a deal, he should know:

"They've made the decision to shut down the government because they want to make it harder, for example for a woman to get a cancer screening," Reid told reporters. "We're talking about issues relating to health of women. That's one issue that's held things up. The other issue is their wanting to change the air we breathe."
Here are the details of the policy riders the House Republicans refuse to eliminate.

The Republican party has been taken over by the most far-right of its members, and I sincerely hope their devotion to woman-hatred and the disavowal of all science sinks them. Irretrievably.

Posted by Linkmeister at April 7, 2011 11:07 AM | TrackBack
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