March 14th, 2011
Unconscionable. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know what “unmarried” is code for. From Think Progress:
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Priya Lynn
March 14th, 2011
So, what is “unmarried” code for? I’m not a rocket scientist but I am married to one and he doesn’t know either.
Jim Burroway
March 14th, 2011
In a political campaign? When describing an opponent and why that opponent is disqualified?
Chris McCoy
March 14th, 2011
Priya Lynn wrote:
Didn’t you know? All unmarried women over the age of 25 must be lesbians!
I love the damning text for Unmarried to the right in the ad
I’m sure if she were married and had children she would be told that running for political office was tantamount to neglecting her husband and children.
Priya Lynn
March 14th, 2011
I must be dense, Jim, I still don’t get it.
Priya Lynn
March 14th, 2011
Thanks Chris, I posted just after your comment and hadn’t seen it.
Regan DuCasse
March 14th, 2011
This is why I keep saying that color was a means of enforcing Jim Crow against blacks and others of dark skin.
Marital status is a means of doing similar damage to gay people. Whether someone is gay or not, marital status is code for being gay, untrustworthy, and immature.
Of course, married politicians have proven themselves to have two of the latter unsavory qualities.
Giving squat credibility to being married as a character reference.
Matt
March 14th, 2011
e.g.,
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/03/14/wife-tells-wisconsin-protestors-that-senator-has-run-off-with-mistress/
(The fact that the mistress is a lobbyist is icing on the cake for him. I suppose in Newt-world, it just means he REALLY loves Wisconsin.)
Brieuse
March 14th, 2011
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* The Elizabeth Prebich Elected Official Leadership Award for 2008 from the National Association of Counties (NACHSA). This award is for distinguished leadership in human services for an elected official whose efforts and commitment have helped increase awareness of the critical role that county human services agencies play in local, state and national arenas, March 2, 2008.
* Italian-American Women of Excellence Award, October, 2004
* The Florida Pharmacy Association honored Rose Ferlita in July 2000 with the James H. Beal Florida Pharmacist of the Year. This honor was bestowed upon her by her fellow pharmacists statewide in recognition of her “outstanding service to pharmacyâ€.
* Faces and Places – Drug store owner has cure for neighborhood woesâ€. The Tampa Tribune Nov. 23, 1993
* Best of the Bay ’94, Drug Store Category, Creative Loafing, September 1994
* “Pharmacy Spotlight†Pharmacy Times, October, 1994
* “Independent Superstarsâ€, 1996 Drug Topics, The Drug Topics Honor Roll, October 1995 and 1996
* “Woman of the ‘90’sâ€, St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Edition , May 2, 1994
* Florida Pharmacy Association’s James H. Beal Award, “Pharmacist of the Year 2000â€
* Harvest of Hope Political Leadership Award, 2005
* “Prescriptions for Successâ€, The Tampa Tribune, February 24, 2005
I think the above speaks for itself.
BlackDog
March 15th, 2011
So there’s something wrong with being unmarried…it might mean someone is gay?
But especially on the Republican (NEWT!) side (but also, on the Democrat side i.e. Bill Clinton, John Edwards, etc.) the political spectrum is overrun with married serial adulterers…and we’re supposed to find THAT more trustworthy?
Mr. Maddox…do I look like a f*ckin’ idiot to you?
I don’t care if he’s gay or she’s a lesbian…or if he or she is bi or straight…if they’re honest and loyal to their partner I don’t care. I’m f*cking sick of “family values” politicians who cheat on their wives.
I’ve been cheated on, it ain’t no fun.
JimInMa
March 15th, 2011
Actually, it doesn’t even have to imply she’s lesbian.
Just the fact that she’s an unmarried woman makes her unfit to serve society. That is *at least* what they’re implying. And there are still people who think that “career women” are inherently against family values.
The “lesbian” implication is just icing on the repugnican cake.
JimInMa
March 15th, 2011
Wow – I have to correct myself…
Of course I immediately jumped against a certain party, even after reading “Democratic”
Shame on me!
dave
March 15th, 2011
Un-married? Maybe they mean she’s a lesbian and are trying to make her look bad. Maybe they mean she’s straight and no good, a worthless woman because a man hasn’t married her? What ever it is, they’re using marriage and her lack of it to try to destroy her and who ever thought of it is probably divorced.
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