Wendy Davis Shoves Pink Sneakers Up Rick Perry's Ass, With Words
Remember like two hours ago, when Rick Perry said it was so sad that Wendy Davis, the petite pink-shoed wonder, was fighting for abortion rights when she was a Teen Mom herself? And that why hadn't she learned anything from her own life story, of the life that she lived? Yeah, Wendy Davis (totally running for governor) has taken a page from Bill Clinton's War Room and is letting no idiocy go unpunished.
Shut up, Davis explained: "Rick Perry's statement is without dignity and tarnishes the high office he holds. They are small words that reflect a dark and negative point of view. Our governor should reflect our Texas values. Sadly, Gov. Perry fails that test."
We hate to suggest Sen. Davis start measuring the governor's office for drapes, but fuck it. LET'S MAKE WENDY DAVIS THE NEXT TEJAS GOVERNOR, Y'ALL. And stuff.
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sarcasm, how does it work?
On a lighter (pale reddish) note, the Amazon reviews on the shoes' page are wonkworthy.
It works like this: women who have abortions never ever also have children. And women who have a kid never ever also have an abortion. So if you have a kid, that proves that you would never have an abortion. Therefore why not be anti-choice, since it would never affect you personally if abortion were banned?
Short version: Why aren't all mothers hostile to the freedom to choose?
This mentality is fostered by a) the standard GOP hostility to any behavior or way of life preferred by people they don't happen to know personally; and b) the silly but widespread myth that having an abortion is a traumatic, handwringing decision that women only choose after great angst and much questioning, and also tears.
It cracks me up that Rick Perry clearly cannot picture the possibility that Wendy Davis has had an abortion. What a tool.