Gosh, I'm actually glad I found this. I should thank the author for being so blunt; I've read plenty much like this, however variously coded in softer, gentler misogyny:

Putting people to work

What does contraception have to do with to putting people back to work? It was a christmas tree ornament, and an obvious "gimme": something to drop in negotiation.

This is a comment on a liberal blog, on a thread critical of the stimulus bill. I left a reply, rather mild for me but I'm not in the mood for engaging those who use Hugh Hefner quotes as their sig lines. But still, this is just the most blatant example of O-xcusing I've read from supporters, as they ignore the reality of Administrative caving on #1) 40% of the "stimulus" is in the form of tax cuts and #2) Stupid sluts who don't deserve contraception.

I don't think the new administration understands how deeply this one goes, this betrayal, as more strongly worded writers have put it, and the anger it has generated in the feminist community. Women don't forget those who toss them under the bus at the very first, and wholly unnecessary, opportunity. Particularly those women who were told to, erm, 'grin and bear it' during and after the primary season, in the name of "victory" and "unity." It's especially bitter to realize: Obama got *nothing* in exchange for ah, screwing over poor women. Nice job, Hero. Way to help the helpless...to the poorhouse. With bratz in tow, even! I can't wait to pay for their upkeep, can you? I'm so glad those women will be less likely to find jobs and benefits which would keep their slatternly selves and bastards off the public dole. It's where they were meant to be, right?

I won't, um, belabor the point, except to say that strategically, this is in Major Fuckup territory. There is no "solidarity" or "feminist consciousness" in America, but there is one truth to all American women: we take the freedom to fuck when we please for granted. Our boyfriends and husbands do too, even as some of them may not be willing to fight for our reproductive rights or get angry when they are threatened. This isn't about "poor women." It's a statement about the value the new administration places on women as a whole. No amount of apology will make us forget this. I will not "rejoice" when the funding is passed in a later bill, assuming the new administration ever actually gets around to that. Reproductive freedom is and should always be a central, automatic position for any politician calling herself/himself a 'Democrat.' For all women. All of the time.

I hate to say it, but the much-mocked, frequently-hated 'PUMA' crowd scored a big victory today, not that people like the author of the quote would admit that. I'd like to coin the meme, "She told you so," replacing the gender neutral "we." One doesn't have to love the idea of HRC as Prez to perceive and understand how different this particular issue would've been played out, had she or any other Dem woman been in charge. Yeah, I'm starting a flame war. It's a shame to think that I never should've been given the opportunity, and that technically, I'm the last survivor of the primaries with any interest in doing so.