Quote of the Day

"I believe in almost any organization where women aren't while dining, where it's skewed male in present day era, that's a business that's deficient. That's a business that will have issues. It's among the problems we've structurally within the Republican Party. We do not have enough women while dining. But any organization, any business in present day era that does not give equal chance to women, that does not advance women towards the table, will probably be a business which has difficulty competing."—Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, on Satisfy the Press yesterday.That's a positive thing to state! However, this really is, obviously, not only a problem of institutional structure. It's a problem of systemic marginalization by means of established misogyny, whether that's obstinately pervasive harassment of ladies in Corporate America or promoting guidelines which are deeply hostile to women's agency and consent within the Republican Party.It is also an problem that's not solved by tokenism. Schmidt, obviously, was the brains [sic] behind nominating Sarah Palin towards the vice-presidency. It will fuck-all for the goal of significant inclusion for ladies to champion ladies who want to act as Exceptional Lady while indicating contempt for that very concepts of inclusion that produced possibilities on their behalf.Obviously, the GOP is busily driving women like Senator Olympia Snowe from the party.