When President Obama signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act bill on January 29th, it was an unmistakable Love Letter to American Women - a love letter that ensures women across the country will receive equal pay for equal work. By signing that bill, he is helping to fulfill what millions of women have fought for. Women like Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell, Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, and Anna Julia Cooper.When Jeannette Rankin was elected to Congress in 1916 (four years before women had the right to vote), she had Equal Pay for Equal Work for women in mind. When Nannie H. Burroughs and Mary McLeod Bethune started The National Association of Wage Earners in the 1920s, they not only worked to improve living conditions for women, but also envisioned Equal Pay for Equal Pay for Women. When Fannie Lou Hamer fought 15 years for civil rights in The South (despite threats by the Klu Klux Klan and beatings by police), I’m sure she envisioned how her efforts would bring about, among other things, Equal Pay for Equal Work. These were brave, pioneering women.Yet despite their awe-inspiring work, and the work of countless others, gender inequities have never been corrected. According to a study by The Center for American Progress, women may lose $434,000 in income, on average, due to the career wage gap. As it is stands right now, women in general earn 77 to every dollar a man makes for full time year round work. For a black woman it is 67 cents; for a Latina woman it is 58 cents. And as a policy specialist, President Obama is aware of these disturbing figures.By championing the right of working women to receive fair pay, the paychecks of millions and millions of women (particularly in low wage, non-unionized jobs) can now see a boost. But, with President Obama's love letter comes a strong challenge too. Before the signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, President Obama said: "So in signing this bill today, I intend to send a clear message: That making our economy work means making sure it works for everyone. That there are no second-class citizens in our workplaces, and that it's not just unfair and illegal—but bad for business— to pay someone less because of their gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion or disability."New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson understands President Obama's challenge. He recently signed an executive order requiring his state to study and report its own pay practices when it comes to gender and race, and it will require the same from private sector companies that want state contracts. Gov. Richardson's motivation is to overcome pay inequity in his state, and he created a task force to implement the necessary changes. Yes, this is awesome! Companies that want state contracts in New Mexico will have to show taxpayers (who are footing the bill) that their businesses pay its workers fairly. And don't you believe that by doing pay equity analyses, these companies will cut down on discrimination lawsuits because their statistics will be available to employees who will see they're not being shorted? I do.More work has to be done though. In fact, I would like to see President Obama sign a similar executive order for companies that want federal contracts, and I e-mailed him at WHITEHOUSE.GOV to let him know. E-mail him yourself and let him know your ideas.President Obama signed not only a love letter, but a declaration of justice and a commitment to fairness for the nameless, faceless, voiceless women who help hold up our economy but are not rewarded for it. So let us rejoice that we have a president who understands the economic realities of American working women, and who understands what needs to be done to boldly address the less than flattering aspects of those realities.Ladies, President Obama just signed you a love letter.
2morrowknight is an internet strategist and community organizer who blogs at 2morrowknight.blogspot.com, and is author of a forthcoming children's book. You can follow him at Twitter.com/2morrowknight and friend him at Myspace.com/2morrowknight.
The Ohio Democratic Party recently released a truly stunning advertisement that puts a visual on how eight years of failed Republican economic policies have wreaked havoc on Ohio workers and families. The facts are the following--under the Bush administration, Ohio has suffered:
Those numbers are a bit hard to grasp, until you see the ad:
In addition, the helpful website www.McCainvsOhio.com is chock full of resources that detail how Senator McCain stands on the wrong side of the issues most important to Ohio, including:
The site features many videos, and the ability to write a letter to the editor.
Enraged by this ad and what you see on the website? Like this Toledo woman, are you wondering how someone who owns seven homes can be in touch with the struggles of normal Ohioans? You can write a letter through Barack's website too, on any number of issues that are important to you. Just click the button below.
Introduce voters to CHANGE.
Obama in this campaign offers change in its most absolute way: change from failed policies but also change in terms of opening a new page which will burry the racial divide in this country. That change, as exciting as it sounds, needs to be defined so it doesn't scare older and less informed people, into voting for Obama. Change should not be perceived as ‘the unknown’ but “the fundamental”
You guys need to emphasize the long terms effect of Change so they understand the impact their vote will have on their children and future generations.
In terms of communicating race, I think you need to confront racism in a very considerate way so people understand this is not about electing the first African American president in history but electing the one who has the judgement to lead us out of this financial turmoil. (Insist on the numbers: over 600,000 jobs lost)
When someone tells you the only reason why they wouldn't support Barack Obama is because he is black, tell them “this is not about Obama, this is about you and your children”.
When someone tells you, I like Sarah Palin tell them, “I hate to break it to you but chances are you're never going to sit with her. Once these elections are over, whoever wins will be presiding from the White House, and what will strictly matter then on are the ways in which their policies are going to affect your life, your children. Children can't vote but the impact of your vote, will be part of the legacy you are going to leave them.”
Talk about the power of democracy. (Insist on everything they are going against by supporting the McCain Palin ticket)
If we have a democracy today where women can vote it is because:
Þ Democratic President Woodrow Wilson stood up for Change in 1918 in support of the 19th amendment which forbid any state to deny any woman a right to political expression.
Þ It is the Democratic Party that promulgated Hillary to almost becoming the first female president.
Þ Sarah Palin goes against every thing Hillary has ever fought for:
Þ she is on a ticket which rejects Equal Pay for women.
Þ Insist on the fact that there are 10.4 million single moms in the United States who live with children younger than 18, up from 3.4 million in 1970 and that today more than ever, we need to support those moms so they can have a decent lifestyle and give to their children a sense of education. You can't say you support those women if you stand against equal pay and you stand against raising the minimum wage.
Þ And make the case that if you support the McCain-Palin ticket, you are also denying those proud American citizens the right to a better existence.
The Democratic Party never stopped fighting for the women's rights.
Þ In 1994, President Clinton provided $1.6 billion to enhance investigation and prosecution of the violent crime perpetrated against women by signing the Violence Against Women Act, which John McCain firmly opposed.
Þ This VAWA was drafted by Joe Biden who now runs on the democratic ticket as VP
Þ It is thanks to Biden that domestic violence became a public health policy and human rights concern. (You need to insist on that)
Þ According the National Organization for Women, which stepped out of its usual neutrality to proudly endorse the Obama-Bide ticket, every day in America:
Þ Four women die as a result of domestic violence bringing the number to 1,400 women a year.
Þ two to four million women of all races and classes are battered each year, and 170,000 of those violent incidents are serious enough to require hospitalization
Thanks to Joe Biden, this has become a real human rights concern.
If Hillary Clinton chooses to put pride aside and step up for a "rally for change" it is because she understands the vital necessity to all be on the road for Barack Obama.
By helping each others, women pave the way for their daughters, granddaughters in ensuring that they won't be denied any fundamental human rights.
As you know, many of these women are affected by the economy crisis and for McCain to stand firm and say that he won't raise the minimum wage is simply unacceptable when he supports sending 10bn$ monthly in US taxpayers' money to a country which has an 80bn $ surplus.
Yes, the war in Iraq needs to end and it will end under the presidency of Barack Obama.
Painting the surge as having worked does not take away the fact that this war, which killed 4,152 (as of September 3rd 2008) and wounded 30,568 American soldiers should have never been authorized. Isn’t it fair to remind people that 600, 000 Iraqi civilians, who had absolutely nothing to do with September 11th, were also killed in this war, along with thousands of other soldiers and journalists.
Careless of all the critics Obama has heard on his experience and position against the war, "soldiers have donated more presidential campaign money to Democrat Barack Obama than to Republican John McCain, a reversal of previous campaigns in which military donations tended to favor GOP White House hopefuls, a nonpartisan group reported Thursday", according to USA Today. (8/14/2008)
Yes, soldiers are putting their trust in Obama and so should we when it comes to handling the economy and the foreign policy of this country.
So when John McCain says he is going to fight, ask yourself for what…or better yet, against what? Is he going to keep fighting against the elements so desperately needed for Change, like funding for education, funding for healthcare…?
John McCain doesn’t have a record to claim that he can bring real change. What has long years in Washington ever brought to a candidate? If it mattered so much why is Palin in a position which puts her heart bit away from the presidency, when more experienced Republican candidates are available? If he just wanted to rally the right wing base, he could have chosen Huckabee, if he cared about the economy, he would have appointed Romney but instead he opted for someone with absolutely O experience.
Are you ready to have Palin as President and take a 10% risk of having change? Well after all, McCain voted 90% of the time with Bush and a 100% in 2008.
If Obama wins, America wins and therefore you win.
You should have banners saying If Obama wins, America wins / If Obama wins, you win.
Brian 1:2 So spake the Fool in prayer before the angry masses on that 11th Day of October 2008, the year of our Lord: "there are millions of people around this world praying to their god—whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah—that [Barack Obama] wins, for a variety of reasons. And Lord, I pray that you will guard your own reputation, because they're going to think that their God is bigger than you if that happens."
Brian 1:3 And lo, the huddled mob—rabid with loathing and stricken, like others before them, with a fear of change and leaders of color—praised the Fool with applause. And both were pleased in their ignorance. The fool in question of course is Arnold Conrad, former pastor of Grace Evangelical Free Church, pleading with God at a John McCain rally in Iowa. However, unlike the shrewd fools in literature from Socrates to Shakespeare, this one is anything but wise. For the sake of argument, let's ignore the fact he's a pastor and alleged scholar of religion and give the Fool the benefit of the doubt. After all, an imbecile can't reasonably be expected to know that Hindu is not a god (or even a proper noun for that matter), Buddha isn't a deity either, and neither are prayed to by anyone. Anywhere.
And of course, while any average idiot—except this one apparently—knows Allah is the same God prayed to and worshiped by Christians and Jews, we needn't require Pastor Arnie to understand these or other religions and cultures. Why? Because, despite his Doctor of Ministry degree, that brand of cultural sensitivity and theological understanding is anathema to a myopic and intellectually incurious fundamentalist. The pomposity of this self-righteous dolt notwithstanding, I'm always amazed by proselytizers who pray, prattle and pontificate with the arrogant assumption they know who God is rooting for—as if God has a stake or interest in a particular candidate.
Prayers like Pastor Arnie's are futile of course and as patently absurd as asking the almighty to intervene in the Superbowl. But the obvious silliness doesn't stop so many evangelicals from so frequently contending Republicans are the party of God and John McCain (R-Nazareth) is Christ's personally vetted nominee for President. Their presumption is as comical as their worldview is provincial. My personal hunch is that God doesn't much care about American electoral politics but, if s/he does, I doubt s/he'd be categorically opposed to a Democrat. Barack Obama is a Christian. He was "saved," he was baptized, and he was a regular congregant in a Church of Christ for over 20 years. Besides—from the right to universal health care, nondiscrimination, and racial/gender equality to the eradication of poverty, earning of a living wage, dealing with AIDS and tax relief for those who actually need it—Democrats and their standard-bearers have traditionally favored policies uniquely more suited for and geared towards the middle and working classes and the poor/disenfranchised. In other words, Obama's policies tend to support the very people that the foolish pastor's God named "the Salt of the Earth" in the best-selling book s/he "authored" thousands of years ago. Christ didn't say much in favor of the free market, unprovoked war, assault weapons for "hunting," or tax-cuts for the rich and he was completely silent on those "cardinal sins" of abortion and gay marriage. But he did have an abundance of opinions about equality, justice, compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and love, as well as leaving judgment of others to God and taking care of our neediest brothers and sisters. So frankly, Pastor Arnie, I still don't think God is rooting for either candidate, but if s/he is, given their agreement on the issues, my money's on Obama. I'll give you 5:1 odds on your money for McCain, but I'd call that a Fool's Bet. Matthew 25:40 "And the King answering shall say to them, 'Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.'"
Sarah Palin opposes the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. It was a bill that was defeated by Republicans in Congress this year, which would have extended the 6 month limit of time that a woman can sue her company for paying her less than a man in the same position.
Summary: A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies of victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
http://www.capwiz.com/now/webreturn/?url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.766
All Cosponsors and Non-Cosponsors from All States
Original Sponsor:Hillary Clinton (D-NY)Cosponsor Total: 24(last sponsor added 09/11/2008) 23 Democrats 1 Independents
When she did find out about the pay disparity, she filed a lawsuit and was initially victorious. Goodyear, not wanting to admit disparity and defeat, appealed the case all the way to the Supreme Court. The court ruled 5-4 that Ms. Ledbetter’s suit had no merit. She had waited too long to file the complaint. The court stated that she should have filed her grievance within 180 days after the first payroll discrepancy appeared. Kind of hard to do when you find out 20 years later that you had been discriminated against.
Nevertheless, the Democratic-controlled Congress introduced into legislation The Fair Pay Act of 2007. This bill sought to close the loophole that resulted in the ruling against Ms. Ledbetter. The bill passed the House and was sent to the Senate. On April 22, 2008, Senate Democrats fell 4 votes shy of stopping a Republican filibuster against the bill. Thus The Fair Pay Act of 2007 never got a fair debate on the Senate floor.
Senator Barack Obama took a break from the campaign trail to vote against the filibuster along with other Senators, including Democrat Hilary Clinton (NY) and Republican Arlen Specter (PA). Senator John McCain never made it to the Senate floor. He chose to stump in Louisiana.
When asked why he did not support the legislation, John McCain is quoted as saying the following: “I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle, opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.... .This is government playing a much, much greater role in the business of a private enterprise system.”
He continued by saying women need "education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households.…"
It appears that Senator McCain believes that women only need education and the 23% pay gap will magically disappear. Never mind the fact that women still face sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace as they make their way through the good ‘ole boys’ network. Forget the fact many top female CEOs (with advanced degrees) are still making noticeably less than their male counterparts do. There are many educated and trained women out there who are simply being thrown under the bus when it comes to compensation parity.
It makes me wonder, if Senator McCain is elected as our next president, would he be okay with having his running mate, Governor Sarah Palin, make $0.77 for every $1.00 Dick Cheney made during his eight years as vice president?
Let’s see: Women for Barack Obama has compiled these and other facts about John McCain:
“McCain Opposed Equal Pay Bill for Women, Said They ‘Need Education and Training’ Instead. . . . [Source: aflcio.org; H.R. 2831, Vote 110, 4/23/08; Associated Press, 4/28/08]
“McCain opposed spending $100 million to prevent unintended and teen pregnancies. [Source: Planned Parenthood]
“McCain opposed legislation requiring that abstinence-only programs be medically accurate and scientifically based. [Source: Planned Parenthood]
“McCain opposed Title X, the nation's family planning program. [Source: Planned Parenthood]
"McCain opposed requiring insurance coverage of prescription birth control. [Source: Planned Parenthood]
“McCain opposes comprehensive sex education. [Source: Planned Parenthood]
“McCain opposed repealing the ‘global gag rule.’ [Source: Planned Parenthood]
“McCain supports overturning Roe v. Wade. [Source: Planned Parenthood]”
Finally, when Barack Obama said, “You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig,” John McCain concluded that Obama was referring to McCain’s female running mate.
And that means that Obama is sexist?
Michael J. Wolter
Centennial, CO
Dear Barack, Michelle, Joe and Jill:
I am so proud to suppport you! I have been watching the campaign ads on "corporate" media stations and am disgusted with the oppositions' use of negative attacks which twist your words to fit their agenda! I know it's par for the war before the elections. {I am a Chicagoan born and bred} When Senator Clinton was campaigning, her campaign manager wanted suggestions about what they'd [supporters} like to see and hear from Hillary. Well, I thought that you would like to hear from me - for what it's worth.
I wonder if you, Senator Obama could come out plainly in an ad to say that you are not running for office to slander {their words}, malign, or bicker about the facts of your campaign that are at the forefront of voters in this Election year---and that you are running only two ads- The one where you speak about equal pay so that your daughters can achieve an equal footing and living wage as our sons -- AND to talk about the issues and plans you have to bring about a genuine change. By listening to the people - by letting the people become informed at your website, by involving the people in their government. By being in touch with the people who are not just the middle-class, or the upper-class but those who are classified as the working-poor in this country. Because these are serious times and it is the time to stop mudslinging and name calling. It is the time for Democracy for the people and by the people; no matter what their class.
I wonder if this would place you in the position you were before - above the fray. note: Please don't cave into them. We need you!
Blessings to all of you, this is a challenging road to the White House, and I want you to represent me, my friends and my family!
Please visit my website:http://www.economicturn.net
I'm just your common, everyday mom. Not a soccer mom, or a hockey mom, or any other sport or afterschool activity mom for that matter. Not that my three children didn't participate in extracurricular activites, they did. Nor does it have any bearing that my youngest is now in her Sophmore year of college. I simply don't need the qualifier. I am a mom and as such, I have a lot in common with other mothers.
As a parent and grandparent, I share a common thread with others like me. We have a stake in the future of this nation. Heck, I'm only fifty. I'm hoping I have a personal stake in the next 20 or 30 years to be honest. Yet is my children and grandchildren I think of most when I think of global economy, the environmet, social policies and healthcare.
I want my grandchildren to have good teachers in safe schools where they receive an essential education that prepares them for meeting life's challenges. I want their early education to be a foundation that will serve any ability, whether that be for trade and technology or professions requiring graduate degrees. If they so choose to enter a profession requiring higher education, I want that education to be affordable and I am in favor of service for education opportunities . I want my own children to be able to complete their higher educations without drowning under the burcen of debts that are equal to a home mortgage and still rising.
I want affordable equal health care for anybody who needs it and I believe that it is achievable without a significant increase in taxes on the middle class.
I want an end to special interest and lobbyists influencing the laws and policies of our country. I want an end to Big Oil corporations and those who hold shares in them blocking technology for more fuel efficient trasportation and energy initiatives. I want an end to Big Pharmaseutical corporations blocking scientific advances that would save lives and lower the cost of health care and insurance for everybody. I would like to see uniformity in healthcare billing - the same price for the same procedures/treatments everywhere, billed to everybody, with or without insurance and regardless of whom the insurance provider might be.
I want equal and fair pay for equal jobs.
I want leaders in government who feel a sense of community and service, here at home, and whenever possible in their dealing with other nations, leaders who will first extend a hand of cooperation and respect, yet be prepared to to protect and defend when necessary. Leaders who will create a strong defense, but use it judiciously.
I believe that Brarak Obama stands for these values and will serve his nation with intelligence, hard work and respect. I'm voting for Barak Obama for President of the United States. I hope you will too.
Good Morning Friends,
Looks like the McCain is stooping to an all-time low by using the "gender card" as a rebuttal to anyone who questions Gov. Sarah Palin:
From Roland Martin, CNN Contributor:September 02, 2008 McCain camp confirms that alleging sexism part of strategy Every day I receive an ICYMI - in case you missed it - email from the McCain camp. Today, I got one that confirms their strategy to allege sexism against anyone that questions VP nominee, Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin. For Immediate Release Contact: Press Office Tuesday, September 2, 2008 703-650-5XXX IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: "Ignore The Chauvinists. Palin Has Real Experience." "As the chief executive of the nation's largest state, Ms. Palin oversees some of the country's largest energy reserves. She came into office at a critical time in Alaska politics, facing a system plagued by corruption. Her response was to immediately begin cleaning it up. The results of her leadership today speak for themselves: Ms. Palin's approval ratings top 80% -- more than 60% higher than that of the Democratic Congress." -- Nancy Pfotenhauer "Ignore The Chauvinists. Palin Has Real Experience." Nancy Pfotenhauer The Wall Street Journal September 2, 2008.....
From Roland Martin, CNN Contributor:
Every day I receive an ICYMI - in case you missed it - email from the McCain camp.
Today, I got one that confirms their strategy to allege sexism against anyone that questions VP nominee, Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Press Office
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
703-650-5XXX
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: "Ignore The Chauvinists. Palin Has Real Experience."
"As the chief executive of the nation's largest state, Ms. Palin oversees some of the country's largest energy reserves. She came into office at a critical time in Alaska politics, facing a system plagued by corruption. Her response was to immediately begin cleaning it up. The results of her leadership today speak for themselves: Ms. Palin's approval ratings top 80% -- more than 60% higher than that of the Democratic Congress." -- Nancy Pfotenhauer
"Ignore The Chauvinists. Palin Has Real Experience." Nancy Pfotenhauer The Wall Street Journal September 2, 2008.....
Does the McCain campaign really wanna go there with the sexism charges? Afterall, it was John McCain who skipped a Senate vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which sought equal pay for women and made it easier for women and other workers to pursue pay discrimination claims, in order to campaign for president. And here's why McCain was against the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act:
“If you eliminate the statutes of limitations, and you make it unending, you may be violating the rights of the individuals who are being sued, whether they’re a man or a woman,” the senator responded. “I don’t think you’re doing anything to help the rights of women, except maybe help trial lawyers and others in that profession.” (SOURCE: The Washington Post)"I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle, opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems," McCain told reporters yesterday. "This is government playing a much, much greater role in the business of a private enterprise system." (SOURCE: The Washington Post)
“If you eliminate the statutes of limitations, and you make it unending, you may be violating the rights of the individuals who are being sued, whether they’re a man or a woman,” the senator responded. “I don’t think you’re doing anything to help the rights of women, except maybe help trial lawyers and others in that profession.” (SOURCE: The Washington Post)
"I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle, opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems," McCain told reporters yesterday. "This is government playing a much, much greater role in the business of a private enterprise system." (SOURCE: The Washington Post)
So, basically McCain is more concerned about corporations facing lawsuits than women being treated fairly in the workplace.
Country First --- NOT!
Please read this article from the Wall Street Journal.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/31/obamas-first-shot-at-palin-focuses-on-equal-pay/
Since my last post our man Obama has returned home to ads comparing him to Britney and "she who shall not be named".
Really. Is that the best they can come up with?
Granted, it was painful to watch McCain grocery shop, hold hands with the Dalai Lama and hang out with the common folk in front of a fudge shop. I hear he's even started looking into the internet.
I respected him in 2000. Now he's had a taste of the W. kool-aid, and methinks he likes it.
Who's been guiding Mr. McCain's ad campaign? Can you say swift vote? In 2004, McCain called these tactics dishonest, and defended Kerry. Hmmm. Wonder what's changed?
On July 3, news reports said Senator John McCain, worried that he might lose the election before it truly started, opened his doors to disciples of Karl Rove from the 2004 campaign and the Bush White House.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/opinion/30wed1.html?hp
http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/obama-britney-paris-the-low-road-express-goes-lower/
Read on for more about McCain's record on women's equality. Also, an editorial that addresses education.
THEM'S FIGHTIN WORDS!!!
From Think Progress
Apr 23rd, 2008
Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which “restores the longstanding interpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,” overturned last year by a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. In New Orleans today, McCain explained his opposition to the bill by claiming it “opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.” Later in New Orleans, he added that instead of legislation allowing women to fight for equal pay, they simply need “education and training“:
“They need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else,” McCain said. “And it’s hard for them to leave their families when they don’t have somebody to take care of them. “It’s a vicious cycle that’s affecting women, particularly in a part of the country like this, where mining is the mainstay; traditionally, women have not gone into that line of work, to say the least,” he said.===
“They need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else,” McCain said. “And it’s hard for them to leave their families when they don’t have somebody to take care of them.
“It’s a vicious cycle that’s affecting women, particularly in a part of the country like this, where mining is the mainstay; traditionally, women have not gone into that line of work, to say the least,” he said.
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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.....
The issue is not “education and training.” When denied equal pay by her supervisor, Lilly Ledbetter was doing the exact same job as her male counterparts and received numerous performance-based awards.
McCain has a long record of failure on women’s issues, earning him a 0 percent rating from NARAL ProChoice America six years in a row, from 2001-2007.
