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Equal Pay For Women Distorted
Sep 19, 2008 | 1:50 AM
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John McCain's position on equal pay for women is being distorted by a recent Obama TV ad. The ad states of John McCain:
"He opposed a law that would guarantee women equal pay for equal work."

Wrong! He opposed a law that would make it easier for them to sue. Basically, he only opposed the law as it was written. This is what he's actually had to say on the issue.

"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 ad also says "He explains away the wage gap by saying "They need the education and training..."
The ad leads you to believe he thinks women are stupid.

What he actually said and what was left out at the end of that truncated quote was:

 "They need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else."

Also

"And it’s hard for them to leave their families when they don’t have somebody to take care of them."

Either of those statements untrue? A lot of women ARE single parents that lack the free time to get a higher education that would afford them a higher paying job.

The wage gap has two areas to address. One is the over all $.77 cents to the male $1.00. The the other area is equal pay for equal work. Greater education as McCain expressed, WOULD help close that 23% gap. Secondly, we already have laws that give a woman the right to sue when she's being paid less than a fellow male worker for the exact same job.

So as you can see, Obama has not only distorted McCain's position on equal pay but also distorted the fact that we already have equal pay laws! Obama forgets the often amended Equal Pay Act of 1963, which itself amended the Fair Labor Standards Act from way back in 1938!

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JANICELPED read my blog
Sep 19, 2008 | 1:43 PM

This is pretty much par for the course since good old Osama will distort anything to make himself look better. The closer we get to the election the worse it's gonna get out there. When I consider the source it's coming from all I can do is shake my head and wonder what's next?
Flippy read my blog view my photos
Sep 20, 2008 | 3:53 AM

Obama has nothing else to offer, other than slanderous statements such as that.

He thinks the electorate are fools.

He will soon learn otherwise.
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