On Sunday, Sept. 2nd, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Op-Ed page rolled out the newsprint carpet to let "GOP Pollster" Kellyanne Conway argue that "The GOP can win women". (This sprawling epic apparently first appeared in the Washington Post, but why are we not surprised?) She writes:
As the "war on women" rhetoric shows, Democrats seem to want to speak to women only from the waist down. To win, Republicans should call their bluff and address women from the waist up as well, especially their heads and hearts, where economic worries are key.She said a recent poll she conducted for Lifetime television, along with Democratic strategist Celinda Lek, found that "41 percent of women said a candidate's position on the issues is the biggest deciding factor when they vote...." trumping moral character, background/experience, record in elected office, political party and spouse.
For five straight years, women have said the economy and jobs are top issues. Health care and education are important too.But instead, she argues, Democrats are ignoring these issues important to women and concentrating all their efforts on abortion.
I'm just a guy, and seriously deficient in the "lady parts" department, but even me, a retired almost 70-year old, knows nonsense when I read it, and especially when it is coming from a GOP Pollster, so I sat down and crafted a letter to the editor which just ran in today's (Sept. 9th) issue. The text, below the orange whoop de doo.