Equal Pay For Me, But Not For Thee

I’m sure the MSM will be all over St. McCain’s views on equal pay:

Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which “restores the longstanding interpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,” overturned last year by a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. In New Orleans today, McCain explained his opposition to the bill by claiming it “opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.” Later in New Orleans, he added that instead of legislation allowing women to fight for equal pay, they simply need “education and training“:

“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.

“It’s a vicious cycle that’s affecting women, particularly in a part of the country like this, where mining is the mainstay; traditionally, women have not gone into that line of work, to say the least,” he said.

So girls, the Psychogeezer says that a) you’re not very bright; and b) you don’t know how to do your jobs.  More warm fuzzies after the jump.

Well, as St. Ronnie would have said, facts are stupid things:

The issue is not “education and training.” When denied equal pay by her supervisor, Lilly Ledbetter was doing the exact same job as her male counterparts and received numerous performance-based awards. McCain has a long record of failure on women’s issues, earning him a 0 percent rating from NARAL ProChoice America six years in a row, from 2001-2007.

Wonder if this will cost McCain any o’ them thar wimmin votes?

McCain Dismisses Equal Pay Legislation, Says Women Need More Training and Education [Think Progress]

Comments

[tata]

I'd put up an argument but I've got to go hang up the wash.

[Magical Shrimp]

Ugh. I guess the only votes he'll get from women are from the ones who ask their husbands who to vote for. Like that chick on The View who didn't know the world was round.