While single herself, the always belligerent Ann Coulter seems to have a bit of a grudge against other single women — single mothers in particular. In a recent appearance on Fox and Friends, Coulter complained that the Democrats — and the media — were paying too much attention to what women think, and suggested that Romney could win the election without appealing to women — or at least to single women.
Ronald Reagan managed to win two landslides without winning the women’s vote, but it is as you say, it’s striking, it’s not the women’s vote generically, it is the single women’s vote. And that’s because single women look to the government to be their husbands and give them, you know, prenatal care, and preschool care, and kindergarten care, and school lunches.
Huh. Well, this might answer the central question in that National Review piece we discussed yesterday — why Romney isn’t getting 100% support from women, even though he’s the sort of rich guy alpha that evolutionary psychologists suggest is inherently appealing to “hypergamous” (i.e., golddigging) women. Turns out these women are already married to Obama!
The notion of government as a “substitute husband” is, of course, an old Men’s Rights trope. Warren Farrell devoted roughly a third of his Myth of Male Power — the 1993 tome from which the Men’sRights movement still gets most of its talking points — to explicating this particular theme. And it’s one that MRAs today return to again and again and again and again. (The notion of the “husband state” also, not coincidentally, played a role in the sprawling manifesto of mass killer Anders Breivik.)
As for Coulter, this isn’t the first time she’s singled out the single ladies. In a recent appearance on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox, Coulter went after Obama and the Democrats for focusing on what she called the “stupid single women” vote. “And I would just say to stupid single women voters,” she added,
your husband will not be able to pay you child support. If Obamacare goes through and Obama is re-elected, you are talking about the total destruction of wealth in America. It is the end of America as we know it. …
Great, you will get free contraception; you won’t have to pay a $10 co-pay, but it will be the end of America. Think about that!
Coulter is so miffed that single women don’t like Republicans that she’d be willing to give up her own right to vote if it means these “stupid … women” wouldn’t be allowed to vote either. As she once famously explained,
If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry about another Democrat president. It’s kind of a pipe dream, it’s a personal fantasy of mine, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women. It also makes the point, it is kind of embarrassing, the Democratic Party ought to be hanging its head in shame, that it has so much difficulty getting men to vote for it. I mean, you do see it’s the party of women and ‘We’ll pay for health care and tuition and day care — and here, what else can we give you, soccer moms?’
Here’s a much more appealing take on single women. Well, honestly, it’s as terrifying as it is entertaining:
Dense as a neutron star.
Eff, Mann is ugly.
Zie reminds me a little of SunshineMary. “Don’t read into my words that things which clearly are intended to be read into my words!”
Gee, Tmason. You really like to say smart-sounding things that utterly lack content, don’t you?
Are you sure? Maybe you should read it again.
Reynardine, gtfo with your gender policing bullshit.
No, this started when I talked about how even though I have the “perfect nuclear family”, my child still gets free lunch and breakfast at school. Then you told me
which you were implying that by enrolling my child in the lunch program, my actions are bad for society. So stop playing games and changing the subject. Either own what you said or clarify your position.
5 1/2: 17 1/2
Reynardine, I really wish you wouldn’t go off on who is ugly and/or looks like a man, even if you really think so.
No one gives a fuck if she is ugly reynardine, why are you putting her worth based on her looks?
@Reynardine
Who is Mann? I see no one named that in this conversation, even if anyone;s physical appearance were germane to the argument.
Never said they didn’t benefit. Read again; I said they have “less of a need”.
Also, there is a difference between credits and full fledged programs. Again, I am not against these services provided now; I am against there not being a plan in the long term to (1) help get people off these programs and (2) to reduce the societal need for these programs.
Charmed I’m sure, Reynardine. But yeah, keep doubling down on the transmisogyny since you obviously seem to get a real kick out of it.
^^Should I count that as a wank or should I split it?
It’s pretty clear to me that there is never going to be a good choice between political parties in this country, but I prefer crappy and not-as-crappy to crappy and equally-crappy. Someone said something to me recently that I found really interesting, too: people who vote Republican for economic reasons despite the fact that the Republican party has no interest whatsoever in social justice for underprivileged groups (like women and minorities) are basically announcing that they think the economy is more important than human rights.
@jumbofisch
So you’re telling me that you can’t differentiate between someone saying there is too much of a need for something versus someone saying let them starve?
Kinda want to split it and get back to whole numbers (6:18).
Again, I am not against these services provided now; I am against there not being a plan in the long term to (1) help get people off these programs and (2) to reduce the societal need for these programs.
Why are you here telling us this like we’re going to disagree? Go tell it to the people in charge.
Wow. First things first:
Seconded! I mean, WTF Reynardine?!?!
I’d split it, the half wank in your stats is kind of starting to bother me.
If its fine then why did you tell bionicmommy her getting assistance was bad for society without knowing if she got off those programs or not. Are you saying you assumed stuff about her now Mr.don’t assume stuff about me!
So, basically, Tmason, you entered the conversation with an intentionally vague and unhelpful comment, got defensive and whiny when people called you out on the most obvious reading, and are now baffled that we couldn’t immediately discern your positions without you stating them.
Why the fuck are you even arguing with us? Do you just get a kick out of being dense?
Hey, katz, what do the numbers mean? Are they are predicted time until troll meltdown?
Or, rather, that their own wealth is more important than human rights, because I can’t see how the last 12 years of presidents have shown Republicans to be good at managing other people’s money.
It’s the ratio of how many comments he’s made that actually say anything versus how many comments he’s made complaining about how we’re totally misrepresenting him and stuff.
Currently 6:19.