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GOP: Real party of U.S. women |
There’s an old joke about a married couple that’s asked about their hobbies and interests. The husband says he’s focused on “important things” — like the federal budget, health care reform and peace in the Middle East. The wife says she’s focused on the “small things” — like their household budget, their children’s health care and keeping peace within their family.
There’s an important truth here. The things that women focus on and the decisions they make are often unappreciated — but they’re the foundation of our society.
A few facts should give you a better picture: Women account for 85 percent of all consumer purchases; they make 85 percent of all health care decisions; they start two out of three new businesses, and for the first time in history, they’re a majority of the U.S. workforce.
Despite all the challenges that our nation faces — from the economy to health care to the national debt — this is an exciting time for American women. When it comes to our quality of life and the opportunities before us, there has never been a better time and place to be a woman than today in the United States.
That’s what makes the Democrats’ message to American women so strange and unsettling. For the past few months, the Democrats have been accusing Republicans of waging a “war on women” as if some honest disagreements between the parties — over matters like how an “Obamacare” mandate should affect religious institutions or the proper scope of federal law on tribal land — constitute a deliberate GOP campaign to take away women’s rights.
Nothing could be further from the truth, and Republican women have been at the forefront exposing these myths. Let’s face it: Republican women — like us — would never be part of a party that didn’t believe in women’s rights, equal pay for equal work and strong laws against sexual violence. The Republican Party believes in all of those things.
We also believe in something else: We believe that women want to be empowered. We believe that women want independence. We want opportunities. We want an equal chance to succeed — no special favors and no glass ceilings. We want our daughters to have those same opportunities, that same chance to live the American dream. We want our sons to have it, too.
What policies promote freedom, opportunity and self-ownership? Certainly not the Democrats’ Big Government policies. The Democrats showed their hand recently with their “Life of Julia” infographic. The Obama campaign used this to illustrate how a typical woman is dependent on government programs from birth to death — and how the GOP is supposedly undermining those programs.
Leaving aside that everything the “Julia” campaign said about Republicans is either mostly wrong or totally wrong, “Julia’s” life is not typical of American women. Nor is it something that we aspire to. We don’t see our lives as a product of government handouts. In fact, we resent the idea that we owe our success to bureaucrats, and not our own initiative.
The real reason Democrats manufactured “Julia” and the “war on women” is because women don’t support their policies. In 2010, Republicans won the women’s vote for the first time since Ronald Reagan. We fired the first woman speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, because we didn’t like the direction Democrats were taking our country — on the economy, on health care and especially on the debt. We still don’t like it today.
When Republicans talk about freedom, entrepreneurship, patient-centered health care and fiscal responsibility, most women respond positively. And when Republicans propose policies grounded in those principles — reducing taxes on small businesses, shrinking the deficit through the Ryan plan, and repealing “Obamacare” — women see that it’s the Republican Party that’s advancing their values, not the Democrats.
The Republican Party is the real party of American women. And women have played a huge role in our party’s success. We have a dynamic group of 24 women in the House, including a record nine freshmen. Four of the six women governors today are Republicans. We’re also the only party in the past 25 years to nominate a woman for vice president.
American women have a right to be self-confident, and we have a right to be suspicious of politicians who say we should be dependent on government programs. We, the House Republican women, will continue to advocate for the positive solutions that women want — and America needs.
If the Democrats think we’ll be silent on women’s issues — or any issue — they should think again.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Rep. Sandy Adams (R-Fla.), Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.), Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.), Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.), Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.), Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.), Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus &
Co-Chairman Sharon Day
Mother's Day Message
WASHINGTON - Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus and Co-Chairman Sharon Day released the following Mother's Day message:
"To the mothers that raised us, to those raising our children, and to moms everywhere, we wish you a Happy Mother's Day," said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
"We all know being a mother is a full time job, and when I think of the sacrifices my mother made for me--and the dedication of my wife to our two children--I'm both forever grateful and truly awed.
"Today is a chance for all of us to give back and to thank our mothers for all they have given us during our lifetimes. Let us honor them and celebrate them today."
"Nothing compares to the joy of motherhood," said Co-Chairman Sharon Day. "For all its challenges, raising my children has been the blessing of my life. I know it is a sentiment shared by all mothers, and now as a grandmother, I have been blessed yet again. And through it all, I've been constantly guided by the example of my own mother."
"So moms, let yourselves be celebrated today! And sons and daughters, don't forget to tell your mother you love her. You mean the world to her."
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The RNC is formally behind Mitt Romney for President. Our Committee is ready to help Governor Romney retake America for the hard working people of our country.
WASHINGTON - Republican National Committee (RNC) Co-Chairman Sharon Day released the following statement regarding President Obama's record on women:
"President Obama and his fellow Democrats have spent yet another week making patently false accusations about a contrived 'war on women.' With each passing day, their hypocrisy becomes more and more outrageous. This desperate attempt to distract voters from their record of failure is not only cynical but also insulting to women across America," said RNC Co-Chairman Sharon Day. "And now Democrats are attacking women who make a choice to stay at home and raise a family.
"In reality, the past few years under Barack Obama have been devastating for American women. Since he took office, the number of employed women has decreased by 683,000, and many more women have given up looking for work altogether. Even worse, the poverty rate among women has skyrocketed to the highest level in seventeen years. If there's a war on women in America, it's being waged from the White House.
"And as it turns out, in the White House--Obama's own house--women are paid less than men. According to figures from last year, the median salary for female employees on the White House staff is 18 percent less than that of their male counterparts.
"At kitchen tables and in the job market, it's clear that women are suffering. Gas, groceries, and healthcare are more expensive. Wives and mothers struggle to make ends meet and fear for their children's futures. Businesswomen wonder what regulations and taxes Obama will force on them next. For the sake of women across the country, we cannot afford four more years of this president, his failed policies, and his repulsive, cynical politics."
Across America, women are feeling the pain of the weak economy—in the job market and at the kitchen table. Wives are worried about shrinking wages and rising prices as they try to make ends meet. Mothers fear for their children’s futures as the national debt skyrockets and college becomes unaffordable. Businesswomen are frustrated by the regulations and economic policies that make hiring impossible.
As today’s jobs report shows, unemployment remains much too high. The number of employed women declined last month and the number who have dropped out of the labor force increased. For far too long women have been left behind in Obama’s job market. Of the 740,000 jobs lost since Obama took office, 683,000 of them were held by women. That is truly unsustainable.
President Obama and his fellow Democrats love to say they stand for women, but women can no longer stand the Obama economy. Women deserve better, and in November we will hold him accountable.
Democrats like to say Republicans wage war on women. Well, here is another example where what they say and what is the truth don’t match. The Chairman of the South Carolina Democrat Party sent out a news release comparing Governor Nikki Haley to Snooki of the Jersey Shore and the Kardashians.
And when he stooped so low to insult a conservative Republican woman leader like Governor Haley, not a peep from Democrats scolding him. Not a peep from the liberal media calling him out on it. Not a peep from the White House calling for civility.
The Chairman of the Democrat Party of South Carolina should be ashamed of himself. And our transparent President and the DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz should show some fortitude and denounce this rhetoric by one of their elected own. To be silent shows that the double standard that the live by. They don’t stand with women, they stand with Democrats.
Sun Sentinel
Op-Ed
RNC Co-Chair Sharon Day
March 28, 2012
How desperate are Democrats? Desperate enough to rely on empty, hypocritical words to win women's votes.
After three years of Democrats' policies, a majority of Americans say the country is headed in the "wrong direction." Democrats know they are in trouble, and they want a diversion — anything to distract from their record of failures and broken promises.
So they fashioned an outlandish narrative — the "War on Women" — and then declared they would "stand for women" in this contrived "war."
But while Democrats claim to stand with women, women say they can no longer withstand the Democrats' agenda. According to a CBS News/New York Times poll last week, Barack Obama's approval rating among women is down 12 points from just last month.
READ THE FULL OP-ED HERE:
One of the more ridiculous statements offered by President Obama and his minions is that a war on women is being waged. However, on second thought, he may have actually stumbled upon the truth. There is a war on women going on, but it is actually the Obama War on Women.
Check out this RNC link to see what I mean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JR4dT5NcXc
Obama seems to think women are single issue voters that are not smart enough to understand the impact of his failed administration and his over-reaching regulation agenda. The truth is this President has failed America's women on so many levels with his broken promises.
READ MORE HERE: RNC Co-Chair's Statement on Obama's War on Women
Higher costs for patients, higher costs for taxpayers. Another broken promise by President Obama.
Florida Federation of Republican Women Announces Successful Conservative Alliance
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RNC Co-Chair Sharon Day with Event Organizers of the Florida Federation of Republican Women
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The Northwest Orange Republican Women Federated and the Winter Park Republican Women Federated united the conservative women of the I 4 Corridor on Saturday, June 21, 2012 and played host to national speakers.
Event organizers say they accomplished what few others have accomplished by bringing together conservatives and independents throughout Florida.
91 years ago today, the 19th Amendment was ratified to the United States Constitution guaranteeing women a precious right that was hard earned and long overdue - the right to vote. The legacy of pioneers such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and countless others is fulfilled every time a woman casts her vote at the ballot box.
Please join us at the Republican National Committee in commemorating the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving the women the right to vote, by enjoying this video.
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