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Man.

Yeah, Renee Elmer's.

It was spoken by a woman.

That just twists the knife for me.

This is what people have told me all along, you know.

You ladies will never get equality.

There's too many tra traders in your ranks,

right? She was speaking at a messaging meeting. Republicans need to learn how to message better to women by bringing the policy talk down to their level.

Yeah, yeah.

Which-

You do these pie charts with the trillions of dollars and it just, you know, that's not really talking down to a woman's level.

Now, we had a discussion about this on one email thread with some knowledgeable women who really wanted as liberals, as good liberals, to give her the benefit

of the doubt and say, look, it is important with certain categories of women voters, particularly

women who are working mothers, to make your arguments regarding policy practical.

And it's very easy to do that when you're talking about health care.

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