Senator Thad Cochran on his vote against the Franken anti-rape amendment

Furthermore, the Franken amendment does NOT dictate contract law. It only stipulates that companies with clauses like this will not receive government contracts. They can still have whatever they want in their contracts, but the government won't hire them. That's reasonable. It also makes Thad Cochran's argument dead in the water.

This guy Cochran is in the Senate? Oh my God!☺

@phillipmarch22

but I have - I do legislation for a living and I worked in the Senate for 11 years - for members of the leadership of both parties - with all due respect, you don't understand what Thad was saying

With all due respect, I really don't give a fuck about what Cochran said. By voting no on the Franken amendment he is saying to God and everyone that he is more concerned with KBR/Haliburton, then a women being gang raped. A victim of assault should not have to arbitrate with their employers before they can take their case to an article 3 court. As a matter of fact, the employer should only find out about if they are called in to the case in an article 3 court. Cochran is a pro-rape asshole!

well, giving you and your comment all the respect it deserves, and I think you can guess just how much THAT is - there are a myriad of reasons to vote for and against amendments to legislation - Thad gave a cogent and logical reason why he voted no - you are assuming you can read his mind and determine motivations that are not expressed

I imagine your ability to read minds must make you very popular - and quite lucrative as well

smiles - now go away liberal sycophant (lol go look it up...)

I would add that harleyman makes my point from another angle

you cannot enforce a contract that signs away your rights

That's bullshit. Thad was saying that the government should not be able to dictate contracts, but if he means that, he could also be saying that OSHA is not something he supports. If a contract involves someone surrendering basic human rights, then damned straight the government should be able to legislate it, and include it in labor and contract law. I for one do not think that the Franken amendment goes far enough. It only covers government contracts. I think that's not enough.

So far I have noticed that most of these senators that voted against the bill are old white men. Hmmmmm

this fucker is sick!

In a Republicans eyes, a little rape is good for a woman.
I will never understand for the life of me why Republicans hate women so much - their scorn for opposite sex is so visceral.

" Well if she signed the contract, and did not read the fine print that said, she will be gang raped every Tuesday - well too bad for her."

Because we all know whatever a corporation put into a contract's fine print is the law of the land and no court should be able to tamper with it.
Republicans are scum.