" Much like in the 1980′s with the rise of Reagan conservatism, the evangelical Christian base has again been mobilized this election to support republican policies under the banner of “small government,” and “returning to Christian, American values,” and is often motivated by “I don’t like that black dude in the oval office.” Now, however, “Christian values” have been boiled down to “no gays are allowed to have any rights anywhere” and “every pregnancy is a joyful gift from God, even if it is a result of rape or your baby will be born without a chance of life and will die a terrible death almost instantly.” In a stunning decision, Mitt “no one wants to be my running mate” Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his VP, an author not only of a terribly ineffectual budget plan, but also a co-sponsor of one of the most extreme personhood bills to date. So what is it about the women who vote for these men? Do they have the worst case of “it can’t happen to me” seen to date? Are they all post-menopausal and no longer concerned about all the yucky “down there” things that affect younger women? Are they more devoutly religious and buy into the patriarchal notion that women must be submissive and defer to their husbands opinion? Or is reproductive care really not that big of a deal to them? "