I know this happened nearly five years ago, and is yesterday's news. But, we might want to remember that yesterday is still with us today in the Republican Party.
The 2008 Democratic nominee for president of the United States is not a woman. The Understatement of the Year seems to be: many are disappointed about this. The irrational can blame Obama. The rational can blame a traditional media elite that is wallowing neck deep in sexism, bigotry, and misogyny. Both are distractions from a deeper problem and a real and present danger.
This is the Republican Party.
President Bush signs the Partial Birth Abortion Bill, November, 2003
Are They Not Men? Well, certainly not real men.
Let's remember, these are John McCain's men.
Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, says her group has always considered McCain pro-life as well. And it's not just abortion, she says.
"He voted against family planning, he voted against the freedom of access to clinic entrances — that was about violence against women in clinics," Keenan says, adding, "He voted against funding for teen pregnancy-prevention programs, and making sure that abstinence only was medically accurate. This is very, very extreme."
Yet in Florida's GOP primary on Jan. 29, McCain won 45 percent of Republican voters who said abortion should be legal.
—NPR, Misperceptions About McCain's Abortion Stance
Problem: not enough voters know about John McCain and the decisions he and his men will be making about reproductive rights should he be elected president.
Let's not let this little skirmish about what went wrong, or right, during the Democratic presidential primary cloud our memory of what the Republicans have done, who they represent, and what John McCain and his men will do if elected in November.