This is the whole video, but if you go to about the 16 minute mark you'll get treated to the full version of Senator Ron Johnson's inner loathing for women, poor women in particular.

Here's the transcript:

One of the first people I met on the campaign trail was a state senator. His entire stump speech talked about a single mom working hard, who we have a great deal of sympathy for. She makes $15,000 part time; doesn’t pay tax, she gets the earned income tax credit. Then he totals up the dollar value for benefits. His figure came to about $51,000; I’ve kind of gone back and I calculated about $43,000. I asked my audience, now if she wants to increase her take-home pay, what does she do? She has another child out of wedlock, right?

Audience Member: Yes.

Senator Ron Johnson: If she wants to lose it all, she finds somebody to support her and she gets married.

Audience Member: Right.

Senator Ron Johnson: Now, unless we, as a society, are willing to take a look at that, and honestly, with our eyes wide open, take a look at the effect of the unintended consequences of all of our good intentions, we’re never going to solve these problems. That’s some of the information we’ve got to convey. So we’ve got a lot of challenges ahead of us here.

Let's get real. Ron Johnson has ZERO sympathy for single moms. In his heart of hearts they're sluts and slackers. They're moochers and we've got to deal with them, people!

More fundamentally, in Johnson's view we shouldn't be supporting them because for them welfare is a job and motherhood is a pay raise. This, from the "family values" guy who would deny women the right to an abortion and then kick them in the head for daring to have a baby and needing help raising it.

In context, Johnson's entire speech was framed to tell rich people to kick middle class and poor folks around because liberty means business being in control. His constituents aren't that single mom; they're the Business Roundtable and the US Chamber of Commerce.

He should remember that even WalMart is panicking because that welfare mom isn't spending the way they hope.

Let that inner pig out, Senator Johnson, for all to see.

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On this Sunday's This Week, guest host Martha Raddatz did a nice job of shooting down George Will's flawed arguments on lifting the ban on women in combat. We've had women out there putting their lives on the line for years now, and it's about time they were allowed the same opportunities and recognition as their male counterparts. That didn't stop Will from throwing the red herring out there: that it's a concern they won't be able to get someone physically larger than themselves off a battlefield. As Raddatz pointed out to him, there are women on the battlefield doing exactly that right now.

RADDATZ: And you've given me the perfect segue with Army and Marines to talk about what happened this week, lifting the ban on women in combat. There were all sorts of headlines this week lauding what happened, supporting what happened rather openly.

George Will, you think it's a good idea?

WILL: Well, it depends on how it's implemented.

RADDATZ: They say the physical standards will not change.

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Rather than admitting that Republican's policies just aren't that attractive to most women, and that maybe they should take a look at those policies if they ever intend to change that dynamic, Rep. Marsha Blackburn twisted herself in knots and came up with some pretty ridiculous excuses for the lack of women in GOP leadership roles.

After being asked about the backlash to House Speaker John Boehner putting 19 white men in charge of their committees before finally appointing Rep. Candice Miller to lead the House Administration Committee, Blackburn did her best to try to put a positive spin on the situation.

JANSING: Well, there is a perception out there that there's not an opportunity for them to move ahead. When I talk to women who try to recruit other women to fun for Congress, to run for higher positions, one of their concerns is that they won't really have a significant place at the table.

BLACKBURN: Well, I think that that's always a concern. But you know, one of the things that I have found is that, number one, you don’t have to be entitled in order to lead, and that is something that we see happening. Women jump in and take the leadership role and they get in there and it’s kind of the lead from behind and move to the front. They take the responsibility. They perform beyond expectations and by doing that they have the ability to change the debate.

My goodness, look at what has happened in the tea party movement. Every time I go to a tea party rally, I'm amazed. The crowd is primarily female. The organizers are female, and I think that that bodes well for participation, grass roots participation and policy making participation.

When asked about the fact that women organizers or participants at the grass roots doesn't change the fact that their numbers in leadership positions on the Congress are still sorely lacking when compared to their Democratic counterparts, Blackburn responded by saying that Democrats have more women in their ranks and who have served for longer lengths of time. She also came up with this doozy.

BLACKBURN: They have women that have had more of a career in the political process. Those of us who are conservatives, we kind of have a circuitous route in our lives. Politics is not something that is a lifelong job for us. We have careers in the private sector. Look at the women that are in the House. You know we've been marketers and nurses and we've been teachers and we're education specialists. And we bring all of that expertise to bear in the public sector.

Yeah, they have careers, unlike those Democratic women who are all just lifelong politicians. And what is it with Blackburn suddenly loving the idea of "leading from behind?" I thought that was what that Socialist, Marxist, Kenyan usurper, evil, Democratic President did.

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After looking at the horrid poll numbers after the last election, Republicans like Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal are trying their best to put a kinder, gentler face on the Republican brand and distance themselves from Romney's recent race baiting remarks, but no one should be fooled. Jindal might be talking a good game here, but he's no moderate.

Bobby Jindal Again Explodes Over ‘Insulting’ Romney Comments:

Bobby Jindal isn’t done excoriating Mitt Romney for attributing Obama’s win to the president’s offer of “free stuff” for Democratic voters. On Thursday, the Louisiana governor told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the former nominee was “completely unhelpful” in his remarks.

“This is not where the Republican party needs to go,” he said. “Look, If you want voters to like you, the first thing you’ve got to do is to like them first. And it’s certainly not helpful to tell voters that you think their votes were bought.”

In a reference to Romney’s “47 percent” video, Jindal added that Republicans needs to appeal to “100 percent of the electorate, not 53 percent.”

Romney complained in calls with donors this week that he had difficulty competing with Obama’s offer of “big gifts” to minorities, youth, and women such as expanded health care access and “amnesty for children of illegals.” Among leading Republicans, Jindal cast the first stone against Romney’s remarks on Wednesday and shows little sign of letting up now.

Jindal told Blitzer that the GOP couldn’t improve its standing by “insulting folks” who voted against them.

I'm not sure what they'd have to run on if you take away the sexism and overt racism and fearmongering. Your party is going to have to do a lot more than give the voters lip service before they take any of this seriously Bobby.

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I'm sure we're going to see more of this over at Fox as the evening goes on this election night. Bill O'Reilly was already getting the excuses ready if Romney loses the election -- O'Reilly already blaming a potential Romney loss on Hurricane Sandy:

With results still rolling in, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is already prepping to blame a Mitt Romney loss on Hurricane Sandy, Obama’s visibility in the wake of the storm, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s (R) praise of the President:

O’REILLY: I did pick up two things. On the exit polling, Hurricane Sandy was prominent in the exit polling. And that is really interesting. Because it just impacted a bunch of Northeast states who would vote for Barack Obama but the country was so locked in on this fierce storm. Americans like storms. And they were — and there was Chris Christie and president Obama walking down the beach, you know, with a little ‘Seth in the Moon Glow’ music behind him and it just wiped the Governor’s campaign off the map. For five days. Five days Mitt Romney disappeared from the national debate and from the media headline.

And what would a night on Fox be without Bill-O managing to get in a little race baiting as well -- O’Reilly: Minorities and women voting Obama because they ‘want stuff’:

O’Reilly went on to predict that Romney would lose the election if he lost Ohio.

“How do you think we got to that point?” host Megyn Kelly wondered.

“Because it’s a changing country,” O’Reilly insisted. “The demographics are changing. It’s not a traditional America anymore and there are 50 percent of the voting public who want stuff, they want things. And who is going to give them things? President Obama.”

“The white establishment is now the minority,” he added. “And the voters — many of them — feel that this economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff. You’re going to see a tremendous Hispanic vote for President Obama, overwhelming black vote for President Obama and women will probably break President Obama’s way.”

“People feel that they are entitled to things. And which candidate between the two is going to give them things?”

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From this Sunday's Meet the Press, David Gregory sat down with Jeb Bush prior to the Republican National Convention in Florida and Bush offered some advice for his party if they're going to appeal to more voters. Apparently Bush thinks if they just speak a little more nicely and tone down the hateful rhetoric, voters aren't going to pay any attention to their policies.

Jeb Bush: Republican Party Needs 'To Reach Out To A Much Broader Audience':

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) warned on Sunday that Republicans aren't doing enough to boost their appeal to a wider swath voters, a lack of action that could damage the party in the future as demographics shift.

"This is going to be a close election, but long-term, conservative principles, if they're to be successful and implemented, there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to a much broader audience than we do today," Bush said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Bush often sounds the alarm about GOP rhetoric and Latino voters in particular, whom he said could be turned off by the way Republicans discuss immigration and other issues. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney trails President Barack Obama by significant margins among Latino voters, the second-fastest growing population in the United States. Bush's brother, former President George W. Bush, held far better numbers with Latino voters than Romney currently does.

On Sunday, the former Florida governor did not refer to the GOP's need to appeal to any specific group, but said the party could find it seriously damaging if Republicans do not expand their base.

"I'm concerned about it over the long haul for sure," Bush told "Meet The Press" host David Gregory. "Our demographics are changing and we have to change not necessarily our core beliefs, but how we -- the tone of our message and the message and the intensity of it, for sure."

Gregory pointed to a recent poll that found 20 percent more voters think Obama would be better about caring for average people than Romney would. But Bush said the president's advantage won't stick, adding that Romney can boost his efforts to connect with voters in his speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention.

"As the president goes on the attack, constantly attacking, constantly using negative messaging, I think his connectivity with people will drop," Bush said. "Governor Romney has a chance at this convention going forward to reconnect with people to set the stage for the general election and show who he is, what's in his heart."

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Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is dismissing the idea that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney needs a specific plan to win over women and Latino voters.

During a Sunday interview, Fox News host Chris Wallace noted that President Barack Obama had a significant lead among women, Hispanics and low-income workers.

"During the campaign, Romney said he opposes the DREAM Act, he supports the Arizona crackdown on illegals, he said illegals should self deport," Wallace pointed out. "A lot of Hispanics express concern about those positions. He can't just say, 'I didn't mean it.'"

"I don't think he has to at all," Daniels replied. "He gives away nothing here with regards to the president who has been, I believe, very duplicitous sometimes on this very same subject, but I think he's got to speak the language honestly, not narrow broadcasting -- narrow-casting, let's say -- to individual groups, as much as the language of unity that talks about the issues the unite us all, the threats that menace us all."

Daniels added that Romney's economic policies were good enough that he didn't need to cater directly to groups like women and Hispanics.

"Gov. Romney is already getting good marks for his superior point of view on the thing that bothers Americans most. It bothers everyone, all those groups you just mentioned as much as anyone. So, he's got a great opening, and I think he'll seize it."

(h/t: Talking Points Memo)

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Stephen Colbert took some more shots at the Republicans and their primary race this Wednesday evening and was seemed very grateful that his countdown to loving Mitt clock had not run down yet.

COLBERT: Folks, the Alabama and Mississippi primaries were last night and the stakes for Romney were high, or as Mitt would say, just the right height, because if he won either state, he could dispel doubts and the conservatives and I would have to start loving him. Which of course I do, as long as I have no other choice.

But I do, because after a week of candidates forcing "cheesy grits" down their throats, and ya'lls out of their throats, the deep South has spoken and for once, the nation could understand what they were saying. [...]

Long, slow and painful. Thank you Jesus! This is great. This is great. The Democrats had the same situation the last time when they won last time in 2008. Now the Republicans get that Hillary vs Obama magic, minus any women or black people, or magic.

He also went after Santorum and his teleprompter remarks, but failed to point out that if Santorum really thinks it "should be illegal" to read off of one, maybe someone should ask him why he was using one at CPAC 2012.

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Liz Trotta apparently doesn't have any remorse about her statements that John wrote about last week, where she said that women in the military should expect to be raped, and rather than apologize, she decided to double down and blame the liberals and feminists for her woes.

Via Raw Story -- In labored clarification, Fox contributor castigates military’s ‘fake heroism’:

Appearing on the Fox News show America’s News HQ, contributor Liz Trotta attempted to clarify remarks she made earlier this month that became fodder for The Daily Show, during which host Jon Stewart summarized that she did not want the military helping women who’ve been “raped too much.”

Unfortunately for the former Washington Times editor, what she actually said isn’t going to make the controversy go away — but then, that may have been the point.

After suggesting that the issue of women in military roles has “never gotten a fair and open hearing,” Trotta went on to say: “The political correctness infecting the Pentagon has resulted in silly and dishonest fairy tales about female heroism,” she said. “Has anyone forgotten the Jessica Lynch story?”

“There are countless other stories of fake heroism or exaggerated prowess in which women are the stars, many of them tailored for The New York Times and its agenda to promote militant feminism, no matter what the truth,” Trotta added.

And here's more via Mediaite -- Fox’s Liz Trotta Clarifies Remarks About Women In The Military:

Later in her appearance, Trotta noted that:

The military is not a social services operation, or a testing ground for gender wars. It is a fighting machine. Women are not as strong as men. Their instincts and reactions in crises are markedly different. There’s a reality the left will not face: biology is not destiny.

“I certainly did not say all military men are rapists,” she added. “I believe that the environment of combat, by definition, sets up the situation where basic instincts rule. Any scientist will tell you that testosterone rules.”

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Poor little Annie. It's pretty pathetic when even the Fox footage proves that she's talking out of her hind side right after she claims that there weren't any women protesting in Egypt. Along with that obvious lie, Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity had themselves a nice little fear mongering session over the protests in Egypt and slamming President Obama’s response to it. They wrapped things up with Coulter proving she needs to do a little research on protests in our own country and what they've led to.

They started out with more of the yammering we’ve been hearing out of way too much of our media about how the Muslim Brotherhood is going to take over the country. Coulter goes on to take shots at Obama for his response to this uprising in Egypt compared to the one in Iran and then after claiming she’s an “expert on mobs”, says she didn’t see any women protesting in Egypt.

Cue the Fox video that plainly shows women out there protesting where even Hannity was forced to point it out to Coulter. She then is forced to correct herself and admit that yes there were women there, but they were only “a small portion” of the “mob” and she paints them as “dangerous”. Yeah… okay Ann. Whatever. When even your buddy Hannity has to call you out it’s pretty obvious you’re just talking out of your posterior.

Onto more fear mongering about Muslims taking over and Coulter winding it up with this bit of flame throwing:

COULTER: Yes, that is what I’m worried about. Sure, or course change needed to be made. It wasn’t a fabulous regime and brutally unfair and a dead end society; the same sort of society Obama wants to create here. But nothing good has ever come from riots like this in the streets. You need a slow transition and I think you’re right. Obama, you know, if they’re going to turn around and support the protesters when this comes up, then they should have been supporting a peaceful transition to a more democratic and just regime with a rule of law. This isn’t a rule of law protest.

So Obama wants us to be a “dead end society” huh Annie? I’d say your Republican buddies beat him to that by about thirty years or so. And if you don’t think anything good ever came from riots in the streets, maybe you need to spend a little time reading about the history of the labor movement in the United States.

Those "riots in the streets" or in other words, protests and men, women and children being willing to put their lives on the line taking to the streets brought us an end to child labor, a forty hour work week, overtime pay, collective bargaining rights, and a host of other laws that protected workers from being abused by their employers.

I don't know if Coulter is lying or just doesn't know that people protesting has actually been one of the few things that have led to reform when people have finally had enough of being abused, but I would guess the former is true.

That said, I'm sure reading up on that dirty f&#king hippie, commie, evil union history about how the Pinkertons shot at women and children who were out there protesting with their husbands, or how coal mines basically kept their workers as slaves in company housing, or how women burned alive in factories that kept them locked because their doors were chained and on and on with more examples I could give are just too much for Ann to worry her pretty head about and read about. Lord knows there are more important issues for her to spend her time on like figuring out how to trash liberals and get more air time on Fox.

The only reason we have the labor laws today that people take for granted is because people were finally outraged that too many people were dying because of injustices by companies that treated their employees like cattle. And those protesters weren't too worried about the "rule of law" at the time, just as the protesters in Egypt are not. They're fed up to the point that they're finally willing to risk their lives for something better.

It's a lesson we'd better not forget here with the powers that be wanting to take us backwards and one that the likes of Hannity and Coulter would prefer to erase from our history.