Why Young Americans Vote for Democrats
On March 19, 2012, Mitt Romney said "I don’t see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat." Here are reasons why they can and do vote for Democrats.
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Romney: 'I don't see how a young American can vote' for a Democrat - The Hill's VideoGOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said Monday he doesn't understand how young people could vote for Democrats. "I don't see how a...Despite the fact that Romney claims that the national debt is the reason young Americans should vote Republican, GOP presidents are the biggest deficit spenders and have contributed most of our current debt.
Growth In Government Spending Under President Obama Slower Than During Bush, Reagan AdministrationsRepublicans have continually decried the Obama Administration’s “runaway spending” since he took office, blaming him for growing deficits...- The most recent Republican plan from Paul Ryan would actually worsen the debt.
GOP Plan To Reduce The Debt Actually Makes The Debt WorseHouse Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the GOP’s new budget this morning, and in doing so, he touted it as a plan to m...The GOP has been raging a war on women, especially on their reproductive rights and health issues.
INTERACTIVE MAP: The Most Restrictive Abortion Measures In The StatesConservative lawmakers around country have introduced legislation that would not only limit women’s access to abortion services, but also...
Idaho sponsor of abortion ultrasound mandate criticized for comments about rape victimsBOISE, Idaho - A Republican Idaho lawmaker's suggestion on the Senate floor that a doctor should ask a woman who says she was raped if th...- The odds that a woman who is raped will get pregnant are "one in millions and millions and millions," said state Rep. Stephen Freind, R-Delaware County, the Legislature's leading abortion foe. The reason, Freind said, is that the traumatic experience of rape causes a woman to "secrete a certain secretion" that tends to kill sperm. Two Philadelphia doctors specializing in human reproduction characterized Freind's contention as scientifically baseless.
- Last year, Republicans attempted to redefine "rape" so it only included forcible action. Drugging a woman to take advantage of her would no longer be rape, just bad manners.
The House GOP's Plan to Redefine RapeEditor's Note: On Thursday, House Republicans, facing an onslaught of outside pressure, decided to remove the controversial "forcible rap...- In South Dakota, Republicans tried to legalize the assassination of abortion providers, claiming it would be justifiable homicide.
South Dakota Bill Could Legalize Murder Of Abortion ProvidersKilling a doctor who performs abortions could soon be legal in South Dakota — that is, if a bill passed out of committee in the state Hou...- The Arizona State Senate voted to allow doctors to lie to women in order to keep them from getting an abortion. This could range from serious, life-threatening birth defects to even the possible death of the mother.
Arizona Senate approves lying to women to prevent abortions | The Raw StoryBy David EdwardsThursday, March 8, 2012 12:23 EDT The Arizona Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow doctors withhold informa...- Republican PA Governor Tom Corbett defended the bill requiring women to view ultrasounds of their fetus before getting an abortion by saying they can just close their eyes.
- Romney himself admitted you should vote for Obama if you want greater access to birth control.
Romney To Women Voters: ‘Vote For The Other Guy’ If You Want Greater Access To Birth ControlMitt Romney found himself in hot water over his opposition to expanding women’s access to contraception, less than a week after suggestin...- The Mudlfats reports that State Rep. Alan Dick recently “said that he doesn’t believe that when a woman is pregnant, it’s really ‘her pregnancy’” and “would advocate for criminalizing women who have an abortion without the permission via written signature from the man who impregnated her.” “If I thought that the man’s signature was required… required, in order for a woman to have an abortion, I’d have a little more peace about it.”
