The election is almost upon us, and the dudes at The Spearhead are none too happy about it. WF Price, apparently living in a different reality than the rest of us, has declared this “the women’s election,” complaining that “this election has been so over-the-top obsessed with women that it’s a bit surreal.”
The rest of the fellows have similarly edifying things to say about it all.
Gwallan, evidently sipping from the same cup of kool-aid as Price, remarks that
In nearly fifty years of serious attention to elections all over the western world I have never seen an election which involved this level of patronage toward a single demographic.
If it weren’t for the presence of male candidates it could easily appear to an outsider that there are no men living in the US.
An anonymous commenter takes this argument a step further, arguing that even the fact that the candidates are men is proof that women are really running the show:
It’s not a coincidence that both presidential candidates are male. Women want to be taken care of, whether married or single, conservative or liberal, and women want to be taken care of by a man. That is what leads to male presidents in our time.
Tom, meanwhile, Godwins up the thread with this completely reasonable and not-at-all-bugfuckingly hysterical observation:
Someone once mentioned that men’s situation is in some ways comparable to that of Jews in the run-up to Nazi germany – we have been vilified and deprived of our humanity. Once that psychological step is done, it is easy to abuse the “untouchable” class, because no one will stand for them.
I suggest getting your passport done, and be ready to GTFO if things get really nasty. No sane man would take the risk of marrying, having children or even dating in the US anyway – so there are really few reasons to stay, especially with this economy!
Uh, Tom, not to rain on your little paranoid self-pity parade, but you are aware that at the moment the rest of the world is not all unicorns and rainbows either, economically speaking?
Jimbo plays the race card, by which I mean, “straight up racist that sucker is, simple and plain.”
For me, it is simple. I have two sons who happen to both be white like me. In tune with the spirit of the times, Obama wants to continue to take power, freedom and wealth from white men like me and wants to continue to transfer it to women and minorities. So, despite the fact I can only guess what type of president Romney might be, I will vote for him.
Numnut is a bit pithier:
One nation,under cunt,divisible,with liberty and justice for cunts.
Ahamkara just wishes that the Repubs would live up to the batshit antiwoman rhetoric coming from Todd Akin and the rest of the Republican rape talkers:
I think the republicans have been using their bizarre rape comments as a dog whistle for men who are pissed off about feminism. I’m tempted to vote for them for this reason alone. However, I don’t believe they have any intention of actually improving things for men. So it’s really a cynical ploy to take advantage of men’s anger.
Zorro goes all apocalyptic on us:
This country needs to die before it can be reborn with healthy stock.
The feminist plague afflicting us must be utterly purged in order to purify North American society from its ilk.
Hopefully all these lovely fellows will stay at home tomorrow, stewing in their bitterness.
Why do idiots like Zorro keep insisting that they’d be the “healthy stock?” They’d be lunchmeat, and just as miserable and alone as they were before the shit hit the fan.
It is from the complete lack of men on newsprograms right?
Because it is Andrea Cooper, Brianna Williams, Johanna Stewart, Billie O’Reilly, Shawna Hannity, Wilfreda Blitzer, Christina Matthews, etc and not any men at all.
Wait, what?
Boil ’em down, probably makes a pretty healthy stock.
I think it’s time to go for a walk, get some food; maybe a beer.
Pecunium, I think that stock would be too bitter to use.
What? You think it’s old and gamey from too much work? 🙂
Dick Morris is really living in LA LA Land. He think Romney is going to get 340 in the EC.
Yeah, women are totally in charge…that’s why Republicans make distinctions between rape and “real rape” and suggest birth control should be granted by employers who should get to decide if employees have medical conditions or are just slutty, and what about unnecessary vaginal probe ultasounds? Oh hey, wait a second…
(sarcasm off)
Oh, and Spearheaders are racists too (sarcasm back on), what a surprise.
And this shit”
“I think the republicans have been using their bizarre rape comments as a dog whistle for men who are pissed off about feminism. I’m tempted to vote for them for this reason alone. However, I don’t believe they have any intention of actually improving things for men. So it’s really a cynical ploy to take advantage of men’s anger.”
This asshole is saying the insensitive comments about rape and women’s bodily autonomy inspires men like him to vote republican — like, you know, it’s a selling point. And while he admits the comments are “bizarre,” he still sees it as a ploy to get male votes. If you get to treat women like farm animals, as a man, then how better does your situation need to improve? You belong to a higher caste then lowly female creatures. What are you whining about?
Pecunium: I think it’d be acrid from too much bile.
Perhaps. We’d have to boil them down to be sure. 🙂
And that’s probably about as far as I ought to take that line of humor.
Actually, Ahamkara is probably right that the rape comments are dog-whistles meant for people like him — but dude, that’s not a good thing. This says something very bad about you and your feelings of entitlement.
Yeah, and that single demographic is white men. As has been pointed out by Liss over at Shakesville and Jamelle Bouie at The Prospect, it takes an extreme amount of unexamined privilege to see the extremely diverse groups who are supporting Obama but still claim that it’s not a true victory because white men aren’t voting for him (white men being the only votes that count, apparently).
http://www.shakesville.com/2012/11/sure-obama-could-winbut-only-with-votes.html
Yeah, I think I’ll take these guys’ claims of oppression about as seriously as I’ll take Mitten’s claims to be the more bipartisan candidate.
And I think Mitten’s claims amount to, “I can see Obama signs from my house! I mean, one of my houses.”
Dick Morris should be roasting on a spit in hell.
@ pecunium
“Dick Morris is really living in LA LA Land. He think Romney is going to get 340 in the EC.”
Dick Morris is singing an entirely different tune since the week end.
Why do idiots like Zorro keep insisting that they’d be the “healthy stock?”
Perhaps a tendency of their bodies to produce their own gravy?
Women vote more than men do. If your party doesn’t campaigning around issues which are important to women, you’ll lose.
Looks like, despite the apathy of some in their number, the kitties did get the vote after all. It was no doubt due to the tireless efforts of the kitties who actually gave a fuck.
Now I’m going to read the post.
I. I. I. … what?
Sadly, you were beat to that punch by a trust fund baby by about five years. Go be sad and think about how much of a lazy thinker you are.
On second thought, perhaps Tom was thinking about Jonah Goldberg’s humongous turd. But the way people in the MRM scream about Nazis and the ovens because women aren’t content just to diaper babies and aren’t happy with thirty seconds of sweaty grunting followed by a nap, I can’t really say with confidence that he was thinking about it.
… That’s not a side order of racism. I think they just were super hungry for hate and order two meals.
When asked if they would like their hate supersized, they replied “of course”.
The fact that the two main contenders for president are male means that women dominate society, makes me wonder how we could tell a male dominated society? I mean men holding positions of power is a sign of female dominance, men not holding positions of power is a sign of female dominance, men talking about what women should be able to do with their bodies is clearly a sign of female dominance. What does a male dominated society look like according to these people?
They, individually, would be able to get laid whenever they want with their choice of supermodel, while another supermodel scrubbed their floor and a third made them a sammich.
What does a male dominated society look like according to these people?
Gor (because we’ve had it explained that Saudi Arabia is one of the most female dominated countries on the planet).