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War on Women

Enough!   When will the War on Women end?   Former congresscritter calls his successor a bimbo, frmo, Melissa Quinn, Red Alert Politics [1]:

The sting of a loss still seems to burn for former Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.), who lashed out at past victor Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Calif.) on Wednesday, calling her a “bimbo.”

Baca, who was ousted from Congress in the 2012 elections during a Democrat v. Democrat civil war, spoke with The Hill  [2]regarding Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod’s (D-Calif.) decision to retire [3] after one term. The former congressman is running for the seat vacated by retiring Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) and told  [2]The Hill [2] he has no plans to switch districts. Still, it’s apparent Baca’s loss remains an open wound.

“Look at what we wound up with: Some bimbo who decided not to run again. … Here we go again now with another New Yorker trying to tell us who’s going to be the representative of the 31st. It’s up to the people to decide,” Baca said, referencing both Negrete McLeod and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.).

Expect Amanda Marcotte to fly into a rage in four,three, two.   Oh Baca is a democat. Never mind.

On a related noted, I am pleased to see the three million dollars Micheal Bloomberg spent to oust Baca from Congress was so wisely spent.

Addendum:   More War on Women.    This time from the great state of Texas, Texas Observer [4]:

Dem Candidate for Harris County DA Says Domestic Violence is ‘Overrated’

[Lloyd Wayne] Oliver doesn’t just hold some old-fashioned ideas about family violence. He makes it clear that he wants to be Harris County DA to reduce prosecution of domestic abuse

[…]

Oliver’s most written-about scandals are linguistic. In a 2012 interview with the Houston Press, he used terms like “queers” and “rag heads” and called the local Democratic leadership “frustrated homosexuals” for trying to kick him off the ballot. (After he won the nomination, party leaders decided they would rather run nobody. Oliver sued to get back his spot.)

Among his least popular public statements was that maybe victims of domestic violence should “learn how to box a little better” and that battery can be a “prelude to lovemaking.” This went over poorly, especially when he reiterated these thoughts at a debate hosted by the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council

Must be a Karl Rove plant.