The Bizarre Alternate Universe of Republican Women

Despite the fact that the Republican Party opposes most women's rights laws and initiatives, including equal pay for women who do the same jobs as men and, of course, the right of women to make their own health care and contraception decisions, the Congressional Republicans have launched a  "GOP Women's Caucus" to further they ridiculous myth that it is the GOP, not the Democrat Party, that is the "pro-women" political party.  Would that pigs could fly.  In this bizarre world where black is actually white, up is really down and where being "supportive" means maligning and reducing women's rights, the GOP has paraded out some of its biggest female nut cases in Congress as evidence of the Party's friendliness to women.  Michele Bachmann and Virginia Foxx are but two of such disingenuous and delusional loons.  The International Business Times looks at the reality of the GOP's approach to women's rights versus the fantasy being promoted by the delusional GOP spokeswomen.  As noted in the article, these spokeswomen routinely vote against women's rights. Here are highlights:

In an attempt to quell accusations that the Republican Party is waging a "war on women," all of the Republican congresswomen serving in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday announced they are forming a GOP women's caucus to provide a "unified" voice on a wide range of critically important issues.

But it turns out by that they didn't mean actual women's issues.  The new caucus, formally known as the Women's Policy Alliance, does not appear to have a purpose beyond the advancement of traditional Republican policy goals. Its mission statement clearly says it is devoted to "influencing, advancing, leading and communicating the Republican agenda in the House of Representatives." The agenda cited by the group includes classic Republican issues: job creation, smaller government, lower taxes, and a strong national defense.

However, there is not one mention of subjects such as contraception, reproductive rights or domestic violence, despite the fact that controversy surrounding those areas -- and some of the Republican Party's responses -- catapulted women's issues into the national spotlight in recent months.

 A video released by the group on Tuesday follows the same vein. Aside from constant interjections of the word "women," it once again focuses on the caucus's goal of "working together to create jobs, reduce spending, help small businesses and put healthcare decisions back in your hands."

Saturday Night Live should have a field day with this batshitery.   The GOP's idea of women's rights is to keep them barefoot and pregnant, but with the benefit of indoor plumbing, apparently.