Christie Declares Health Clinic Week -- Except for Women?

by: huntsu

Tue Aug 09, 2011 at 09:19:00 AM EDT

These two lede paragraphs from two separate articles in two separate newspapers are pretty sad when taken together.

Gov. Chris Christie signed a proclamation Monday declaring Aug. 7-14 as National Health Center Week, calling community health centers the most effective and efficient way to provide New Jersey residents with a wide range of medical services.

Now this:

Flanked by two of the three Republican women in the state Senate, Christie sought Monday to neutralize Democrats' repeated attempts to restore funding for women's health clinics, pointing to the backdrop -- Southern Jersey Family Medical Center's Burlington City Health Center -- as a clinic that delivers "efficient and effective" care for "patients of both genders and all ages."

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Christie Declares Health Clinic Week -- Except for Women? | 6 comments

The hypocrisy is (0.00 / 0)

sickening!

by: Senator Loretta Weinberg @ Wed Aug 10, 2011 at 05:02:07 AM UTC

Addiego and Allen (0.00 / 0)

Dawn Addiego and Diane Allen should be embarrassed to stand next to the Governor, softening his image and enabling him to look like somebody who cares about the health of people who need care.

Diane Allen, so recently ill herself and so well taken care of - as I would hope only for the best for her health - should be particularly mortified at her role in this little fiction.

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.

by: Rosi Efthim @ Wed Aug 10, 2011 at 05:09:09 AM UTC

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Diane has stood up to her party (0.00 / 0)

on issues we have in common. I find this a little appalling.

by: Senator Loretta Weinberg @ Wed Aug 10, 2011 at 18:19:28 PM UTC

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to clarify (0.00 / 0)

I find the behavior of some of my women colleagues from across the aisle "appalling".

by: Senator Loretta Weinberg @ Thu Aug 11, 2011 at 01:44:00 AM UTC

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Diane Allen (0.00 / 0)

I observed from the Senate gallery during the veto override sessions that Diane Allen was silent for two solid days, and effectively voted lock step with her party. I wish she would have at least taken to the floor (which she did at the very end with a very weak statement) to defend her position and explain her votes. We now have a great woman candidate in Gail Cook who will be challenging Senator Allen in November.

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by: deciminyan @ Thu Aug 11, 2011 at 02:40:17 AM UTC

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Diane Allen's behavior ... (0.00 / 0)

... no matter what her damned party, is dishonest and unfaithful to every woman she represents. Bad, bad karma. I really never knew Allen was this much of a sellout.

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.

by: Rosi Efthim @ Thu Aug 11, 2011 at 02:50:25 AM UTC

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