CAF In The News

Patting the little ladies on the head

Rick Perlstein — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:23:21 -0400

John McCain weighs in on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which Isaiah pithily describes here, and demonstrates the utter inadequacy of E. coli conservatism to grasp, well, reality:

"I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle, opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems," the expected GOP presidential nominee told reporters. "This is government playing a much, much greater role in the business of a private enterprise system."... "They need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else," McCain said. "And it's hard for them to leave their families when they don't have somebody to take care of them.

Of course, as this document shows, average educational attainment has been higher for women than for men for ten years now. Read here for the definitive demonstration that, yes, women make less than men for the same jobs, and yes, the only possible way to explain that is discrimination.

Doesn't matter. The Senate's conservative minority just filibustered fair pay for women—or, as the AP laundered this shameful action, "killed the bill Wednesday night on a 56-42 vote that denied the measure the 60 votes needed to advance it to full debate and a vote."

Conservatism Itself

Andrew Lara — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:00:08 -0400

Robert Borosage, Campaign for America's Future co-director, responds to thoughts that Republicans have failed because they are not conservative enough, writing, "Bush didn't fail because he betrayed conservatism. He failed because his administration was the most conservative of modern times."

Even Gipper Can't Pull This One Out

Andrew Lara — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:46:46 -0400

Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage writes of the fundamental conservative policies championed during Reagans's presidency, which are currently responsible for President Bush's failures and could be potential platform issues for future Republican, presidential hopefuls wishing to gain loyal conservative, primary votes.