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   From: baltimore-whore@democrats.org   
      
   WASHINGTON -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is so fed   
   up with the anti-Republican "War on Women" narrative that he   
   went on a rant Thursday, accusing Democrats of trying to   
   convince women they need the government to help them "control   
   their libidos."   
      
   "Our party stands for the recognition of the equality of women   
   and the capacity of women," Huckabee told his audience at the   
   Republican National Committee's winter meeting in downtown   
   Washington. "That's not a war on them. It's a war for them. And   
   if the Democrats want to insult the women of America by making   
   them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming   
   in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth   
   control, because they cannot control their libido or their   
   reproductive system without the help of the government, then so   
   be it."   
      
   Huckabee, a former preacher and 2008 Republican presidential   
   candidate, was referring to the provision of the Affordable Care   
   Act that requires most employers to cover the full range of   
   contraception in their health insurance plans. Many Republicans   
   argue that employers should be allowed to refuse to provide such   
   coverage on moral grounds, and conservative commentator Rush   
   Limbaugh called one women's health activist a "slut" for   
   advocating for contraception coverage.   
      
   Huckabee told GOP leaders on Thursday that women are "outraged"   
   when Democrats paint them as nothing but "victims of their   
   gender."   
      
   "Women I know are outraged that Democrats think that women are   
   nothing more than helpless and hopeless creatures whose only   
   goal in life is to have the government provide for them birth   
   control medication," he said. "Women I know are smart, educated,   
   intelligent, capable of doing anything that anybody else can do."   
      
   The "War on Women" charge against the GOP refers to Republicans'   
   opposition to equal pay legislation; repeated attacks on family   
   planning funding and legal abortion; lack of women in leadership   
   roles; controversial comments about women, rape and birth   
   control; and push to leave it to employers to decide whether   
   contraception should be part of health insurance plans.   
   Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's loss in 2012 and the major   
   gender gap in the voting booth have been attributed to the GOP's   
   poor reputation among women voters.   
      
   Still, this week the Republican National Committee is   
   considering a resolution that would urge Republican candidates   
   to speak out more aggressively on the subject of abortion.   
      
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/mike-huckabee-   
   women_n_4653426.html   
      
        
      
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