Abortion

'Dear Doctor Governor ... ': Women Protest On GOP Govs' Facebook Walls

Pema Levy | March 21, 2012, 12:07PM

Bob McDonnell

As Republican-led states take on anti-abortion legislation, women frustrated with the laws are voicing their anger in a very public way: on their governors' Facebook pages. Some comments are earnest, but many seize on the notion that the measures suggest men know what's best for women's health.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a mandatory ultrasound law this month that is proving unpopular even after some of its more extreme provisions were removed. McDonnell is probably getting a good sense of that unpopularity from his Facebook wall, where women are taking issue with his supposed expert knowledge of women's health.

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Sam Brownback

Kansas Gov. Scrubs Sarcastic Posts From Facebook Page

David Taintor | March 16, 2012, 10:58AM

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback might want to rethink his social media strategy.

First, he landed a teenager in the principal's office after complaining about comments posted on her Twitter account. Now his Facebook page has been bombarded with critical -- and mostly sarcastic -- comments about an anti-abortion measure making its way through the state legislature. The comments have been purged from the page, Mashable reports.

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Government Shutdown

DeMint Calls On Republicans To Force Fall Spending Showdown With Democrats

Brian Beutler | October 5, 2010, 10:24AM

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is sending out a warning to his fellow Republicans: Stand tall against government spending this fall, and be prepared for a showdown.

"[B]efore they're replaced in January, all of the Democrats who are put out of a job in November will be able to come back and rob the nation blind," DeMint writes in the conservative National Review.

At a glance it appears DeMint is lashing out at Democrats. But his real concern is that members of his own party -- who he described last week as "retiring Republican appropriators" -- will join Democrats during the lame-duck session of Congress and pass large spending legislation to keep the government running (what's known on the Hill as an omnibus spending bill).

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