i cannot understand this at all. i mean, i think that this election should be women should be to this election what the youth were in 2008. what i do not understand and i m very fearful of is the fact that women are so underrepresented, and we are the majority in this country, and our needs, we accept the fact that our needs are not prioritized. i find this very difficult to understand. well, the squeaky wheel. yeah. just to add to that point, i think democrats have a harder job typically in elections. democrats are trying to defend this big social compact, these big ideas from the 20th century whether it s social security and medicare, women s rights and access to an abortion, these are all of these big sort of amorphous things democrats are saying we re here to defend the past and defend the gains. republicans have a much simpler job, just don t pay attention to any of that. jobs. don t pay attention to that. unemployment. they re driving home this very specific message, incl
they re testing the proposition that voters are so shallow and are not paying any attention whatsoever except for the moment that he s speaking to them. let me make a case to you. you re the expert. a couple things i want to get to. it isn t just about sex and reproductive rights and abortion. that s the way the republican right likes to paint it. if you re a woman, you generally take the primary responsibility for the older parents. you call them, keep up with their health care, and you make sure they re taking advantage of medicare. you know women are going to live longer. they just do. so women are much more concerned about social security being there for them. social security and medicare. there s a whole range of issues women have a more personal interest in than men, and why in heck would a woman vote for romney and against those issues? i cannot imagine.
whether it s social security and medicare, women s rights and access to an abortion, these are all of these big sort of amorphous things democrats are saying we re here owe to defend the past and defend the gains. republicans have a much simpler job, just don t pay attention to any of that. jobs. don t pay attention to that. unemployment. they re driving home this very specific message, including to female voters. that s what romney is doing. he s saying ignore all of these big generalizations that the democrats are talking about that you take for granted. remember what the governor said the other day. he was asked if he would sign a bill outlawing abortion across the country. he said it would be a terrific idea. he
treated fairly and equally in the workplace, governor romney wants to take us to policies more suited to the 1950s. that s for sure. anyway, welcome back. president obama campaigned today in virginia, northern virginia there. george mason. kept the focus on women. a lot of young women there, and also cecile richards introduced him. the republican party has taken issues related to women that can only be described as extreme. we ll run through the list including a gop platform that criminalizes abortion. now we ve got a new entry following his debate last night. the illustrious, i mean that totally sarcastically, joe walsh said allowing an exception for abortion when the mother s life is at risk is not scientifically or medically necessary. this is an issue that opponents of life throw out there to make us look unreasonable. there s no such exception as
time under any reason. and this quote, unbelievable the way these guys are talking, scientific theory to todd akin s theory to back it up that women don t get pregnant from a legitimate rape. in other words if they don t want to get pregnant, they aren t getting pregnant. anyway, here is a sign of how important democrats believe abortion rights are to their fate. this chart shows the number of ads for democratic candidates on this issue, the blue one up there, and all races that mention abortion, contraception, and funding for planned parenthood have increased much more than for republicans in red. joining us is activist and actor kathleen turner. and managing editor of the agree ceo joy reid. two great women to talk about it. they don t want to call it a war on women, but i got to tell you, this guy walsh again, the other day said my mother was told not to have any more kids at the risk of her life. this is what happens. this is real. how could he just come along and say you can t g