Month: May 2013

FOX’s Lou Dobbs and Other Males Astounded, Outraged That 40% of Women Out-Earn Men

Trish

You’ve probably heard about it but you have to see it to believe it. Watch for yourself the spectacle of Republicans coming to the realization that they live in a new world — if you consider all the years of most of our lifetimes “new.”

Fox News Commentator Says Women Heading Households is ‘Anti-Science’

Buck Banks

I’m so used to liberals telling conservatives that they’re anti-science. But liberals who defend this and say it is not a bad thing are very anti-science. When you look at biology — when you look at the natural world — the roles of a male and a female in society and in other animals, the male typically is the dominant role. The female, it’s not antithesis, or it’s not competing, it’s a complementary role.

— Erick Erickson, on Fox Business, commenting on a Pew Research report that found mothers were the sole breadwinners in 40% of American households with children.

Weiner Says He Has Thick Skin

Buck Banks

Frankly, if you don’t have a thick skin — and I’ve developed an almost rhinocerosly thick skin going through this process — then you probably shouldn’t put yourself up for office, particularly if you want to be mayor. I certainly understand completely … that people have some pretty tough things to say to me, and I’ve certainly seen them all.

— New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (D), quoted by Politicker.

Plurality See IRS Probe as Most Important of Three Scandals

Buck Banks

44%

Of voters see the IRS probe as the most important of the three controversies surrounding the White House — Benghazi, IRS targeting and seizing reporter phone records — with 24% citing Benghazi and 15% picking the AP records seizure, a new Quinnipiac poll finds. But voters say 73% to22% that dealing with the economy and unemployment is a higher priority than investigating these three issues.

Jeb Bush Disagrees with His Mom

Buck Banks

What can I tell you? All I can say is we all have mothers, right? She is totally liberated, and God bless her.

— Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), saying “he’s undecided about running for president but didn’t appear to agree with his mother that enough members of their family have occupied the White House,” the AP reports. Bush said he needs another year before making his decision.