Brace yourselves: [Democratic strategists] propose that to boost turnout among their target groups Democrats should back an economic agenda that "puts working women first," [as opposed to talking about the economic recovery]

JimmyTheIntern · 2014-04-18T13:22:49+00:00

Don't talk about the economic recovery. It's a political loser. So say Democratic strategists in a blunt declaration that such talk skips over "how much trouble people are in, and doesn't convince them that policymakers really understand or are even focusing on the problems they continue to face."

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In their memo for Democracy Corps and the Women's Voices Women Vote Action Fund, the authors propose that to boost turnout among their target groups Democrats should back an economic agenda that "puts working women first," and says that incomes are soaring only for CEOs and the top 1 percent of the country.

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Page Gardner of Women's Voices, listed as a co-author of the memo, said in an interview that for unmarried women and other key parts of the Democratic coalition, "a message about the benefits of a recovery doesn't really reflect their lives currently. The power of the women's economic agenda and talking about equal pay for equal work, paid sick leave, and messages that go to their ability to make it themselves and help their families make it is very powerful, and that's what they want to hear."

Of course those of us familiar with the Men's Rights movement also know that unemployment has been much worse for men than for women. So why would the Democratic Party emphasize women's problems? Just because they don't know how to fix men's?

rickytickytappy · 2014-04-18T16:02:18+00:00

Republicans leech on the old and religious. Democrats leech on women and minorities. It's just fucking politics. Not that hard to understand.

Neither party gives a shit about men's rights.

elementalist · 2014-04-18T15:56:56+00:00

I think we should concede up front that this election cycle is going to be even more moronic than our customary moronic cycles. Mid-terms are all about getting the base out. The Republicans are going to go all anti-Obamacare all-the-time, much of it fabricated bullshit; and the Democrats are going to hit the equality and fairness themes in as many ways as they can, much of it fabricated bullshit.

If the Dems were smart they would open a War on Men front and concentrate on highlighting the Republican cuts and killed bills to repair infrastructure, transportation, internet build-out in schools and communities, etc., the vast majority of which would have benefited men.

wuthowcanyouwut · 2014-04-18T19:32:26+00:00

Don't see it mentioned elsewhere in this thread but is this not a bit of a blow to patriarchy theory? The idea being that patriarchy supposes that those with power/men in general attempt to bring into force laws and institutions etc that benefit men and oppress women, but here we see those in power putting women first and, moreover, making it the platform from which they hope to retain power. If anything it is the polar opposite of patriarchy and at the highest level...

cishet · 2014-04-18T15:38:32+00:00

The Democratic Party has sold its soul to radfems. The are perfectly willing to sacrafice young men with phoney issues and made-up advocacy research generated by ideologues, for calculated political purposes. Look at Obama's Office for Civil Rights in the Dept. of Education or Obamacare.

guywithaccount · 2014-04-18T22:04:34+00:00

You know, after Obama's first term, I said I was done with the Democratic Party. There are a few rare individuals in the Democratic Party who I'll still support - Merkley, for instance - but otherwise, I'm going third party.

When I express this sentiment to Democrats on the internet, some of them accuse me of being a fool and a traitor for not lining up behind their intellectually and morally bankrupt party and sipping the "Democrats will make everything better if we just keep voting for them" Kool-Aid. My response, usually, is that if the Democratic Party wants my support, it's going to have to do something to earn me back.

This little feminist crusade they're working on ain't gonna do the job.

ttnorac · 2014-04-18T23:32:29+00:00

Again I'm reminded why I don't vote democrat.

Joshthathipsterkid · 2014-04-18T16:15:43+00:00

I'd like to hear what liberal/democratic mras have to say about this?

anonymous11235 · 2014-04-18T18:02:30+00:00

The democratic strategy is all about localized appeasement--get as much support for as little investment as possible for each and every target group.

It's a divide-and-conquer strategy.

It's insane: I've been promoted at my job and I'm taking home less than when I started due to changes in taxes. I live in the same apartment as this lady who doesn't do shit--it's all paid for by the state--she gets drunk and loud 3 or 4 nights a week.

Korvar · 2014-04-18T16:42:56+00:00

The last presidential election shows a huge female majority of voters. The economy and job creation is vastly more important for the US at this point than pandering more to female voters.

geek180 · 2014-04-18T20:50:57+00:00

It really seems like the whole democratic party has really taken up the women's rights issue recently.

TheWheatOne · 2014-04-19T07:16:18+00:00

"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw

strimpboi · 2014-04-18T23:53:54+00:00

I didn't leave the democratic party, the democratic party left me.

-Men

MonarchToBe · 2014-04-18T22:11:11+00:00

TIL There are actually men's rights activists that vote Democrat.

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