CD6: Tea Party Blogger Reports on "Sandra Fluke" Robocall Targeting Rep. Roscoe Bartlet on Contraception

Ann Corcoran, editor of Maryland's Potomac Tea Party Report, tells readers about a recent robocall she received about incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. The taped telephone message appears to be from Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University student who recently became famous after rightwing talk show host Rush Limbaugh called her a "slut" for defending contraception.

The issue has now spilled into Maryland's heated 6th Congressional District race, as advocates are trying to highlight the issue for CD6 women. The Tea Party reports:

I got a call from Sandra today!

Well it sure sounded like Sandra Fluke!  And, she identified herself as a ‘woman of the 99%,’ so I figured it had to be her!

She called to let me know that 85-year-old Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) hated women.  Yeh, no kidding!  She said that she “couldn’t be silent anymore” and told me I couldn’t be either—that I had to call the elderly Bartlett (she gave me his number) and give him a piece of my mind because he was one of those waging “war on women.”   And, what was her proof?

He refused to repudiate Rush Limbaugh (so far).

And, she was calling in this recorded message to let me know that stunning piece of news and that we ninety-nine percenters “couldn’t be silent” any more (did I say that already?)…we had to fight back….for the women of America!

I would like to have asked her, are we fighting for the women of Saudi Arabia too, or just the downtrodden women of America.

Stay tuned for more on Maryland's 6th Congressional District Race!

Del. Ariana Kelly Speaks Out with SlutWalk / Take That DSK!

A few people have drawn my eye to this Washington Post story. Delegate Ariana Kelly recently spoke out against sexual violence by telling her own story and encouraging others to join her in a "SlutWalk" this Saturday. Del. Kelly is a freshman representative, who recently took over for retiring Delegate Bill Bronrott, after winning a slot for one of the three District 16 seats in last September's Democratic Primary. Kudos to Kelly for using the pulpit of public office -- especially since the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair has shown once again how quick we are to blame or doubt the victim (still!!!).

"Kelly plans to tell that story Saturday when she speaks at the SlutWalk D.C. rally downtown. It will be the Washington debut of the provocatively named, fast-growing movement against blaming victims for sexual violence. Organizers said more than 6,000 people have signed up on Facebook to attend."

SlutWalk D.C. begins Saturday at 11 a.m. in Lafayette Park and ends with a rally starting at 1 p.m. at the National Sylvan Theatre near the Washington Monument.