women. angry protesters want the regime, angry with the regime says it needs to be ousted after a crackdown killing 17 people earlier this week. some of the most stark images are those of soldiers dragging women through the streets, stomping them and beating them with clubs. a ceremony in damascus where 40 people died in suicide bombings. state tv reports security and intelligence buildings were target of the explosions. the terror strike the first in damascus since the beginning of the march uprising. so new numbers are out today about u.s. voting trends. a usa today analysis shows 2.5 million voters left both, both the democratic and republican parties since the 2008 elections, while independents, they re on the rise. what does this exodus mean for the electorate and the candidates? joining me now, msnbc, tulane university professor of
powerful men, claim false paternity suits and claim sexual assault. we should always look at any woman with suspicion and suspect she s just after a powerful man for his money, that this framework, kind of our popular culture, this degrading of women, i think has infected our political understandings as well. and it is seeing these women who have come forward, getting their names dragged through the mud and seeing them get outed as they try to preserve their an anonymity. some of them is deja vu all over again. melissa harris-perry, tulane university professor and msnbc analyst. thanks for being here. we ll be right back with today s latest on the elections.
language that women are these money grubbers, they re gold diggers. and what they do is go after powerful men, claim false paternity suits and claim sexual assault. we should always look at any woman with suspicion and suspect she s just after a powerful man for his money, that this framework, kind of our popular culture, this degrading of women, i think has infected our political understandings as well. and it is seeing these women who have come forward, getting their names dragged through the mud and seeing them get outed as they try to preserve their an nim anonymity. melissa harris-perry, tulane university professor and msnbc analyst. s we ll be back with the elections including our first results on the mississippi personhood amendment.