Linda Lingle: A wolf in sheep’s clothing

We’re not fooled. Hawai’i GOP Senate candidate Linda Lingle announced that Senator Blunt will be a “special guest” at her fundraiser.

Senator Roy “I want your boss, not your doctor, to decide what kind of health care he thinks you deserve to have” Blunt. That guy. Despite having his amendment defeated last week, Lingle is trying to drum up some attention and bring out the checkbooks for her fundraiser.

“Linda Lingle’s days of pretending to be a moderate are over,” said EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock. She added:

She may still be dodging questions about whether she supports right-wing Senator Blunt’s infamous proposal to give your boss control of your health care coverage, but she’s telling Hawai’i everything they need to know by highlighting Blunt’s support for her campaign at a Washington DC fundraiser. Let me be clear – in their zeal to deny women access to birth control, Republicans have threatened the health care of every man, woman, and child in Hawai’i by literally placing your medical decisions in the hands of your boss. If your boss thought childhood vaccinations were wrong, he would not have to cover them under Blunt’s proposal. If your boss thought unmarried women shouldn’t have babies, he could deny their maternity care coverage. It’s nothing short of stunning for Linda Lingle to publicly embrace Roy Blunt just days after his radical amendment was defeated in the Senate. And Hawai’i is definitely watching.

Good thing we have Mazie Hirono, who isn’t afraid to stand up for women and health care.

Very glad the Senate rejected misguided #BluntAmendment. If I were in the Senate, I would've voted against it too. #1million4women (1/2)

— Mazie Hirono (@mazieforhawaii) March 1, 2012

But the GOP is likely to continue its attack on women's health. Pls stand strong: MazieForHawaii.com/OneMillionStro…. #1million4women (2/2)

— Mazie Hirono (@mazieforhawaii) March 1, 2012

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