When Wingnut Cavemen Attack: The Right Turns on Renee Ellmers with Stunning Misogyny

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http://www.alternet.org/gender/when-wingnut-cavemen-attack-right-turns-renee-ellmers-stunning-misogyny

I never thought I’d be spurred to defend GOP Rep. Renee Ellmers, but the misogyny coming from the right, in the wake of her helping torpedo the 20-week abortion ban, is appalling.

The boys over at Red State are leading the charge, with sexually insecure sad sack Erick Erickson calling her “the GOP’s Abortion Barbie” (his sick nickname for Wendy Davis) and now another Red Stater, Aaron Gardner, asking “Is Renee Ellmers worthy of life?”

In a country where abortion providers have been murdered and clinics bombed, that’s a particularly ugly provocation.

Gardner justifies his threatening question by explaining he’s the product of rape – his biological grandfather apparently raped his grandmother — and that the rape exemption to the abortion ban that Ellmers supports somehow makes the case that he’s not worthy of life.

[TwilightGardener]

1. I think she already backed down. She'll be primaried, though.

Edit to add: not that I feel bad for her. I think it was she who said last summer that difficult issues need to be "brought down to a woman's level" so we dumb broads can understand.

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3. Yup. She did back down.

I read about her about face earlier. Republican women. Yay!

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2. It's not my job to defend her

Somebody else can do that.

[ChosenUnWisely]

4. GOP = He Man Women Haters Club, the sad part is the self-loathing women who are also members

Anyway she choose to be a republican so I don't care how they treat her she agreed to the treatment when she choose to become a republican.

This behavior by the republicans men and some women is typical of the republicans the last 30+ years nothing new, move along.

[Ilsa]

5. I guess she knows "her place" now.

GOP women must be brainwashed or have Stockholm Syndrome. And that's as much sympathy and consideration she'll get from me.